Gabbar's Kitchen

Location : Thubbarahalli, Whitefield, Bangalore

Quite a small place but something about it struck me. Very modestly arranged and decorated.Bollywood themed. The walls have framed reminders of famous Bollywood dialogues. The table mats are dedicated to the villains of Bollywood! I personally loved the idea.

Missi roti, chicken goli mirch and a sumptuous plate of Chicken Achari! The chicken achaari took me by surprise because of the generous size of the portions :-) The chicken was well cooked and the missi roti was my first ever :-) A very small place.  This place will definitely evolve .Prices of all dishes range from 100 to 300. A bit highly priced for a new and small place.
A special note about the service - Excellent!
While dining at the place i noticed a lot of calls being answered continuously for home delivery continuously. 

Average price for 2 : Rs. 500

Ambience : 4/10

Food : 6/10

Value for money : 6/10

Chutney Chang

Location : Museum Road, Bangalore

Im certain most people have visited this "paisa vasool" place. I have been here 3 times for lunch.
Once with my husband. Once with the extended family and another time with my team.
The place has 2 floors which are replicas of each other. There is an enclosed area which i prefer due to its distance from the buffet table.

The spread is as good as 2 buffets - a veg and a non-veg spread
There is a live chaat counter OR a live dimsum counter. I haven't seen the live grill counter on any of my visits here.The chutney assortment served on the table is a very good accompaniment  for the starters. You can start your meal with either a veg soup or a non-veg soup.There are 4 veg starters, 4 non-veg starters, at least 10 salads and desserts (if not more). Apart from this there are the main course dishes. Humongous is the word!

Ambience wise the place is actually good, but the heavy crowds can put you off.
Heavily packed at all times, his place requires a reservation to be made at least a week in advance!
Definitely worth a try.

Buffet price : Approx 500 (varies on weekends)
Ambience : 7/10
Food : 8/10
Value for money : 9/10

La Franza

Location : Anjuna, Goa

La Franza is located very close to the flea market in Anjuna and just 10 minutes from the Anjuna beach. It serves Seafood, Indian, British, Chinese, Coastal, Continental, European. Dimly lit like most restaurants in the place. They have a rooftop and ground floor verandah, both opening out a view to the road. 
On the ground floor, they have a tv inside and a pool table outside. To use the pool table you would need to shell out ₹ 30 per game .

We ordered a beef steak and a chicken steak.  Both were yummilicious. We chose to have it with fries and vegetables though there was option of mashed potato with it.We ordered a beef steak and a chicken steak.  Both were yummilicious. We chose to have it with fries and vegetables though there was option of mashed potato with it. The meat was tender and looked like the meat from a whole chicken.

We had a long an relaxed dinner.  Good food, great view, soft music turned out to be a great experience finally.

The service is very friendly and cordial. This was the only place we ate at "twice" while in Anjuna :-)

Average meal for 2 : ₹ 750
Ambience : 6/10
Food : 7/10
Value for Money : 7/10

Kobe Sizzlers

Location :
                  CMH Road, Indiranagar , Bangalore
                  Garuda Mall, Magrath Road, Bangalore
                  5th block, Koramangala, Bangalore
                 

Yes, i have visited Kobe's at all these locations. My favourite sizzler joint.
The most amazing chicken sizzlers/steaks available here.

 Sizzling chicken with pepper sauce. Served with vegetables and fries.

 Chicken satellite (my favourite) . Boneless chicken, mushrrom and cream. Served with vegetables and fries. You can opt for fries or mashed potato.

And not to forget a glass of fresh lime soda to go with these absolutely delectable dishes.
I also recommend the sizzling brownie to finish your meal here.

Average meal for 2: ₹ 1000
Ambience : 6/10
Food : 8/10
Value for Money : 7/10

Cheers Coorg

Location : 80 feet Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore

Visited the place with my husband on Christmas for lunch. My hubby had been eyeing the place for quite some time!

We opted for the buffet. Before i get to the food, the ambience for me was simply superb. Wow is the word. If i ever think of opening my own restaurant it would be on similar lines :-) The menu was refreshingly different. But i was disappointed with the number of items on the spread. Very less!

I enjoyed the kadamputtu (rice balls) and akki roti with chicken curry. The rice balls were my first ever! The akki roti is different from the traditional ones that we get in Bangalore. They are puffed up and the texture is very thin.They resemble the Kerala Pathiris. The ghee rice tasted a little different. It was plain rice minus veggies. And the fact that the chicken curry was watery didnt help much either. Pepper chicken fry was yumm. The pandi curry had very strong flavours. The pork in the curry was soft when compared to the pork fry.

The spread also consisted of Mollagu bajji and a potato side dish.Then came the dessert. There was akki payasam and cocounut souffle and litchi souffle!For some reason, after we took a serving of the coconut souffle it was replaced by the litchi souffle. But i enjoyed both. Being a mallu i have tasted some lip smacking varieties of rice payasams and this one came nowhere close to the ones i have tasted. Was extremely watery. But i completely enjoyed the souffles. The cocunut souffle seemed a very innovative idea to me.
To sum it up, i would say the place is worth a visit. And yes, i simply loved the way they have done up the place. :-)

Meal (buffet) : ₹ 399 all inclusive
Ambience : 8/10
Food : 6/10
Value for Money : 5/10