Above Sea Level Restaurant — Restaurant in Tamil Nadu

Wanted to go some place exotic for our 17th anniversary . Chose this place as it has a Northindian menu. Called and fixed a reservation. They accepted. But they never told us that we could reserve a table with a good view. If given the option I would have. Only if I knew. We reached on time and was shown a table. Not bad view but If they had told me I would have taken a table with better view. What's going to a roof top without a great view?. This restaurant has both Italian and Northindian limited menu. Not anything listed out of the menu is done here.. Small tables with a battery powered egg shaped LED lamp. The ambience is great and it's breezy. Also there are a lot of mosquitoes. So make sure to wear full sleeves and full pants. The music is loud but pleasant. We were given a menu. Also we can scan a QR for menu. There is also a separate alcoholic beverage menu. We ordered Paneer EKhas for the starter. It's a regular paneer tikka. Paneer was succulent, soft. It was mildly spiced and tasted lovely. The ginger chutney and mint chutney along with paneer tikka was so heavenly that we ordered it again. We ordered main course and it came after an hour. Really after 1 hr. I'm not joking. For main course we ordered Cheese & Butter naan and Bharwan paneer Makhanwala. The Naans were average. Not very soft or very fresh. The paneer gravy is the worst I have ever had in my years of life of loving Paneer Butter masala. Don't be fooled by the soft paneer starter. The paneer in the gravy was hard, chewy and stale and the gravy tasted so yucky that we didn't want to have any more of it. We didn't want to pack it and bring it either despite it costing Rs700 + tax. Those of you want to eat, order at your own peril. Or you may need to discard it after the first serving. Penne e verdure di stagione is a Penne white pasta. It was cheesy and subtly spiced and tasted good but over time when it became colder it started to lump together and became very chewy. Secondly no seasoning was offered for the pasta. We wanted to ask for seasoning but all the waiters were very busy. Already it was late and we didn't want them to delay things much. There was a surprise cake for us as we talk them that it was our anniversary. Cake too was too soaked in sugar syrup and didn't excite our taste buds.

On the whole the bill was RS. 4078 which included a 6% service charge

Pros : Hospitality and Ambience Cons : Food and Not letting us knew that we could book a table with view

Will I return?. No. Never until they get the paneer...

The ambience was great, especially on a cool December evening. The music was just right. Not loud and not intrusive but very pleasant on the ears. The food was decent though a little overloaded on the spices. But the bartender needs some more training OR the recipes need to be fixed. We ordered a pitcher of “Sand in the Crack” and all 5 of us on the table couldn’t drink beyond a couple of sips :( it tasted simply like sparkling wine, with no hint of the vodka or the lime juice) We returned the drink and the manager finally agreed to take it off the check. Ordered another round of cocktails. 2 of the “basil smash”, each of them looked and tasted different, the “short trip to hell” was supposed to be in a copper mug but came in a martini glass, the cosmos … have had much better … we normally would have had 3 to 4 cocktails each but we stopped with the second. I didn’t mind the high pricing ( ~50% more expensive than a few other places we went to in Chennai) cause of the ambience but the cocktails failed to set the tone for the evening :( 3 stars for the food and 1 star for the cocktails. Not a place I...

Terrible experience! It's quite sad that a reputed restaurant in a reputed hotel has such a poor experience. One waiter, Pranay who tried his best running around between tables and we had to try our best to get his attention.

Ordered a cocktail, southern spice which took 30 mins to arrive after repeated requests. It was nothing like the description on the menu.

Food was decent, nothing worth mentioning.

We probably picked the most sultry night on a rooftop. Really really hot and sweaty.

We asked for finger bowls and they said we need to use the toilet to wash our hands which is half a floor below and through another room. (REALLY? IS THIS 5 STAR SERVICE?) Even a Buhari will give you a finger bowl. Especially with 3 senior citizens at the table.

The only saving grace was the live music by Marc and Marcia. We actually booked this place to celebrate my mom's birthday with them.

Over all we completely regret going here....