The newly opened Hilton Garden Inn in Delhi enjoys a good location within Saket's popular DLF Place Mall. The hotel has a basic business-like look totally lacking in character.
After some shopping in the mall, decided to check out Garden Inn for lunch. They have only one restaurant - India Grill located on the first floor. On walking into the place, the open layout and bar area is impressive. It was a weekday and only a few tables were taken. We ordered Hoegaarden draught beer along with our mains. The beer was not chilled and from thereon this culinary journey went only downhill.
Iam amazed at how standard coffee shop meal items can go so wrong in a hotel. The chicken kathi roll was barely warm, tasteless and the bread too hard with hardly any egg being put into the bread. The staple fare of coffee shops : fish and chips was another disaster waiting to happen. When the dish arrived, I nearly sent it back since it looked like anything but fish and chips. The fish meat was hard and over fried to the extent of being darkest brown in colour. Chips were oily and stale. Even the good old plain dosa was not spared. The batter smelt stale and the sambhar was all tomato.
The restaurant levies a service charge (maybe it is their way of penalising people for making their chef work). At INR 4,000 for the above items, India Grill is pricey for the abysmal food and drinks they offer.
Do yourself a big favour. Stay away.
After some shopping in the mall, decided to check out Garden Inn for lunch. They have only one restaurant - India Grill located on the first floor. On walking into the place, the open layout and bar area is impressive. It was a weekday and only a few tables were taken. We ordered Hoegaarden draught beer along with our mains. The beer was not chilled and from thereon this culinary journey went only downhill.
Iam amazed at how standard coffee shop meal items can go so wrong in a hotel. The chicken kathi roll was barely warm, tasteless and the bread too hard with hardly any egg being put into the bread. The staple fare of coffee shops : fish and chips was another disaster waiting to happen. When the dish arrived, I nearly sent it back since it looked like anything but fish and chips. The fish meat was hard and over fried to the extent of being darkest brown in colour. Chips were oily and stale. Even the good old plain dosa was not spared. The batter smelt stale and the sambhar was all tomato.
The restaurant levies a service charge (maybe it is their way of penalising people for making their chef work). At INR 4,000 for the above items, India Grill is pricey for the abysmal food and drinks they offer.
Do yourself a big favour. Stay away.
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