Tea Villa Cafe, Bandra
Not on my list, and I have already been here 4 times in the last 8 months, thrice in Vile Parle & once in Bandra. Even though this review is for the Bandra outlet, one little recommendation would be that they need to refurbish the Vile Parle outlet a bit. I have started to notice little cracks here and there and it is slightly a turn off.
My major reason for visiting this place was to have their chocolate cake/mousse in a an edible chocolate shaped cup. But we will get to that later.
The trysts of Ramadan. Through out the day all you think of is food, and when you get down to breaking your fast, you eat half of what you generally would. Does this happen to others as well?? I guess not. My sister is a prime example of this. This is where I broke my fast over the weekend. I have learnt to time my shopping sprees and other activities in tune to the sun-setting and reaching the restaurant, being seated, placing orders and the food arriving in the nick of time.
The interiors of their Bandra Outlet, is along the lines of the one in Vile Parle but this one looks slightly more up-beat. Tea cups and coffee mugs laying down the theme and being adorned all across the walls and shelves, even a statute of sorts which is pretty fancy and dressed up in tea-cups. I also appreciate the way they have made use of every little space possible. One interesting thing I witnessed was a small table set up high enough with bar stools facing directly the AC (How did those people manage to sit there with cold air blowing in your face, is something I am left to wonder). We had been seated at bar stool ourselves, but facing the window (If there was a little greenery on the outside and the windows a little higher, and what with the rains refusing to stop, would have been quite the view).
They have a lot of staff on ground, adding to the already crammed space. Though, I have to say it is a wise decision, since the place is almost always packed and way too many people being seated, I don't think it would be manageable with limited nos. Their service is at par with someone always circling around and asking after you but otherwise leaving you alone.
We had ordered for the Fusilli Pasta in Arabiatta Sauce. This was one heavenly dish. Some times all you need is a little classic recipe to make your day and this pasta did the trick. The garlic bread served along were soft, the garlic and butter both melted on the bread which in turn melts in your mouth. It was so good that I had literally left the last bite of the bread for after my meal was over. We had also ordered one Sizzler in Barbeque Sauce. Well, here I was a little confused. The sizzler was good, just that I didn't really find it to have Barbeque sauce. Barbeque sauce is generally brown in color and has a slight sweet tinge to it. The sauce here felt more a combination of chinese-thai. Also, we were given sauce on the side, which felt more like soup than sauce. A combination of Hot and Sour and Sweet Corn soup. This is why I am a bit confused. Also, the vegetables served were slightly uncooked, at least the carrots. So over all, I felt a bit confused. I liked it, but it isn't what I had ordered as such or what I had expected. We had also ordered a green apple iced tea to share between the two of us, which is a good drink again, on it's own, but I would call it a green apple mock-tail, or a green apple lemonade maybe, not an iced tea from any angle.
Now comes the dessert for which I had made my way till here. The edible chocolate shaped like a mug with whipped cream, hazelnut mousse and chocolate cake being its fillings. Sounds the stuff of dreams right. I know that there is a lot of fancy stuff abroad which we don't get here, edible chocolate mugs being one of them, this is why the fascination I had with them. But now a days I feel like the more I expect out of something, it never really does live up to the expectations. Well honestly, the cup on it is good and is more than good. The problem I found was between the layers of goodness of whipped cream and chocolate cake i.e. the hazelnut. The hazelnut felt off to me, as if someone had mixed a little cough syrup in it. I am not kidding with you when I say that. It feels good when it first makes contact with your tongue then you feel like you are having cough syrup and that's just weird. Something they should work on??!! Everything else was perfection.
Tea Villa, because it's a cool place to hang out with your friend or family!! Also, the place is a pure vegetarian. Who ever says Vegetarian food ain't good enough, should step in here and obviously and the vegetarians? What's stopping you??!!
WHAT WE HAD - Pasta in Arabiatta Sauce (Yumness Personified)
Paneer Sizzler in Barbeque Sauce (Yum, but no trace of BBQ)
Apple Iced Tea (Good but more like Green Apple Lemonade)
Edible Chocolate Mug with Hazelnut mousse (Yumness, except for the hazelnut mousse)
DAMAGES - Rs 1425 Approx (with Taxes)
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