Barbeque Nation — Restaurant in Tiruchirappalli

Visited on Monday night, July 1st. Deserves definitely more than my 4 stars, would have given 5 stars but for a few negatives that can be addressed if the management decides so.

First, the few negatives:

No proper waiting place as we wait for our reserved table to be cleared. Though we are informed that there will be a buffer time of 15 minutes, at least proper waiting place is expected. It was awkward standing outside with our friends and family.

Being first-times, we decided to taste both veg and non-veg items. Need improvement in vegetarian starters, especially mushrooms, not properly marinated and barbecued. So were the prawns on the non-veg starters, could have been marinated well, though nicely cooked.

No tissue-towels to wipe our hands and mouth at the table.

With an air-conditioned restaurant, the heavenly smoke of barbecued items is missing.

Now the positives:

Will give more than 100% for staff and service. Highly courteous, well-informed, timely, attentive to the details. This one aspect almost nullifies all the above-mentioned negatives. When we told the staff who was attending our table that this was our first visit to a Barbeque Nation, he was kind and patient enough to explain the concept and functioning of their restaurant, cuisine etc. When we wanted the starters to be less spicy, it was done without a hitch and in no time.

Non-vegetarian starters are absolutely delicious but for prawns which is okay. Mutton, chicken, fish were simply good. Potatoes and corn were tasty as was pineapple.

The variety and quality of desserts, salad and kulfi are worth mentioning.

The main course, which we did not indulge much, is good as well.

Their "No tips" policy is also...

BBQ Nation is opened in Trichy, couple of years back. They are still maintaining the usual look and menu.

It is located couple of kilometres away from Central bus stand and from Trichy court. It is in 3rd floor, above reliance Mart, in the same floor as Manghalam Cinemas.

If you book your table in advance, you get free welcome drinks, 1 per head, of your choice. Additional drinks are chargeable as per the combo you select.

The service done by them is really awesome. If in case you want a starter as per your liking, you can mention then and they will get you, as per your taste or liking. That's much appreciated.

Non veg starters, you have different menu in mutton, chicken, fish, and prawn. For veg, you have baby corn, potato, pineapple, paneer and crispy Corn.

The main course was a bit limited than what we saw before the lockdown. Same applies for the desserts as well. Cake varieties were limited, roll over icecream was not available pan (Beeda) was not there.

The place was a bit crowded, so they were having issues managing the cutlery. But they did their best.

There is no variation in pricing as per the day of the week you visit. It was costing about 780Rs per head. Not too costly. Not cheap as well. Expected more menu in main course and desserts.

There is a dedicated parking place at the ground floor for car n bikes at 10 and 20Rs respectively.

Overall, a good place to spend your time with your friends or family. It will easily...

It was the last day of the year 2021, we wanted to order food and chill. While scrolling down on Swiggy, we found that Barbeque Nation was delivering to our location. (It's been a very long time since we visited BBQ due to pandemic) We thought why not to try this. We ordered 'Barbeque in a Box(Veg)' - price was Rs. 849 + delivery and packaging + additional charges for extra starters which are not listed in the menu(we ordered Crispy Corn, it didn't come in the combo, had to order separately).

Packaging was really good and plastic free containers for almost all the items (except for dips and desserts) Quantity was good for the price (4-5 pcs for all starters - Paneer Tikkas, Veg fingers, Grilled Pineapple, Veg kebab) with 4 different gravies, 3 desserts, veg dum briyani and salad Briyani was quite good with flavours

Here comes the most disappointing part which made me choose only 3 stars,

Not satisfied with the taste of the dishes, all the gravies tasted the same. Paneer butter masala was not good. Moong dal halwa was dry and looked odd, not appealing to eat. Except Gulab Jamuns, we didn't like the desserts that much(moong dal halwa and brownie)

Overall, happy with the packaging and quantity. But taste can be improved. I could see a lot of good reviews for Dine-in, may have to...