JUGHEADS, MUMBAI

I cringe at the thought of saying anything remotely bad about anyone and if by chance I do, I regret it the next minute and think, I might be too quick to judge or maybe there is more to the story and I might have made a mistake somewhere. but some times you just can't do anything about it and you have got to say what you have got to say, which here is, if you are a foodie like me, then this place is not for you especially when you don't exactly booze. 

I have been told time and again that the place is for people who like to drink and just get the evening pass by. I don't belong to that category. I am there solely for the food and the best of pubs, lounges etc do serve good food and to me there is no excuse for well, not-good food. (See, there also I can't say that well, they are bad)

I don't know if they were trying to reinvent the food in their own style or not, but it did indeed fail. Everything just felt a little off. I was so looking forward to the chicken wings bu was disappointed as it felt more like chicken wings masala than the way chicken wings are supposed to be. The same goes for the pan fried steak. Pan fried means Pan fried, not Beef steak Masala and that is what it tasted like. Also, the masala seemed very much similar in the bbq wings and the steak. I still let go and was like no one could go wrong with pizza, there again wrong I was. It felt like the same masala had become the base for the pizza. If that wern't enough, I couldn't understand what flavor where they trying to give to the pasta. All I know was it tasted weird. Even the bread served with the pasta felt stale, dry and devoid of taste. I actually hardly touch the pasta and asked for a take-away thinking I might want to have it later. Big mistake. Withing 2 hours when I reached home, a stale smell started leeking out of the plastic. So it actually gives me doubts if any of the food was remotely fresh.

I would bring this to the management's notice but the management seemed hardly interested in even serving us as he seemed totally engrossed in serving a bunch of college going girls besides us ( Makes me wonder have i grown old or maybe because I had company :P ). Interesting point was that the girl and me both were there to celebrate our b'days ;) . 

The most important part, the management should change the name from JUGHEAD's. Why? Do you Know Jughead? If you are familiar with the comics Archies, you would know the one and only die-hard foodie in it, JUGHEAD. To name a place after him is practically an insult to him because Jughead would never approve of this place. I know it is named after him only, because all the character's from the comics can be found on their menu.

The only lesson learned here was I should always listen to my instinct and when I don't, I regret it. So many good places around and for some reason i chose this. I didn't complain (much atleast. Atleast I think so :P) was because I was there more for the company and it was my b'day.

WHAT WE HAD - Chicken Wings 

                           Pan Fried Steak

                           Chicken Meat lover's Pizza

                           Pasta 

                           Margarita

WHERE - Jughead's, Viviana.2nd Floor, Viviana Mall, Thane (W), Mumbai

DAMAGES - Rs 1700 (inclusive of 2 beers)