so the same old struggle of a new place that is pure vegetarian and that serves good food was on - after much deliberations and eliminations of choices like la shakahari, veg nation, eden, little italy, cream centre, mathura, shree mithai, 2 square, woodlands, saravana bhavan and even flower drum, the choices came down to kailash parbat or some other place. one such place that was suggested was bikaneri bojanalai. located at the corner of ragaviah road in t.nagar, i should have taken some clue about the experience that i was going to have by looking at it from the outside. to be honest, i myself have got confused as to where exactly the dine in place was for i thought it was a place for just take aways and home delivery on more than a couple of ocassions earlier.
so as we take a closer look at the place, out in the corner is a small door that leads us to the first floor where the restaurant actually is. the place is quite bigger than what it seems to be honest and i was pleasently surprised. what hits you the first thing is the music - my god they had super dooper hindi hits played at good volume to just make you wonder if it was a desi pub - that last sentence is 'highly' sarcsatic. they had the most. i repeat, the most outdated music - a part of our conversation suggested that it could be songs of a couple of generation's old - the music is annoyingly loud and it seems that the guys there wouldn't want to reduce the volume - which is even worse. even more horrible is the fact that at times the music is too slow and it makes you sleep. the service that followed the dinner was not applicable most of the time and quite horrible otherwise.
the starters were a big let down - they didn't have chaat in the first place and the kababs and the papad was really not inviting. the most standard and the usual dish of the north indians - as i consider - the dal makhani was also not that great and a friend of mine who is simply obsessed with the former just forced himself to eat just because he made the choice to order. the breads were ok and not that great or anything special. the best part about the food was the 'masala coke' - just the alternative of bhangra pepsi that you get in sachin ka dhabba or any other. only cause it was coke, it was a tad stronger and thus better. the rice - had it earlier - was quite good and was yum though it was oily. we didnt try the thali and i suppose that this place runs mostly for its thalis.
so considering all this, if you are in the mood for some really odd experiment that is ok even if its not that great in the end and if you can put up with the really old loud hindi music, you could give bikaneri a shot for you will not be grossly disappointed with the result. my suggestion : its seriously good for you to just order and enjoy at home for other than being spacious, this place is not that great when it comes to service. a lot needs to be improved and surely you would, on more than a couple of times, feel that you have come to a place where the entire concept of dine in is either forgotten or outdated.
food : 2.5/5
ambience : 3/5
service : 2/5
meal for two : rs.250-500
overall : 2.5/5
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