I know this blog is coming pretty late, its been a while since I got some free time on my hand. So, finally here I am, giving you my experience of dining at Jalsa restaurant. I read different reviews where people did not like the lights inside the place, did not like the food, service, etc - Due to the fact that I went to this restaurant on Valentines day, I do not know what the place might have been on normal days. My review might be a little biased, so giving the restaurant benefit of doubt.
My husband and me always try to go and check out new places to eat. Sometimes, when we do not wish to try out new and want to get into something we call as "safe zone", we go to our normal hangout places that we are sure are good. This valentine's day, we decided to try out a new restaurant.
Jalsa restaurant is located on Outer ring road, Marathahalli, Bangalore. The restaurant is designed like a palace, On Valentines day eve, the restaurant was lighted up and looking really amazing from the road. We reached the place at around 9.30 pm, and had to wait for half an hour before we could actually get a place to sit.
The ambiance of the restaurant is really good. The lights were neither too dim nor too bright, just enough to have a very good affect. All the restaurant people were wearing turbans looking like people from the palaces that we see in Jodha Akbar like movies. The inside of the restaurant is not that big and the four corners have 4 service owners. What we could make out from the arrangement was that every corner had a set of waiters who took care of tables near that corner, and some part of middle rows.
Now, I come to the part which is very important to me - eating. We had to wait at our table for around 10-15 minutes before anybody actually noticed us and gave us the menu card. We took hardly 5 minutes to decide our starters as well as main course - but took another 5 minutes to get the attention of a waiter. When we finally got the waiter to take our order, he was reluctant to take the order of the main course, mentioning that he would take it once the starters are served. We had to convince him that we are ok if the starters and main course come together. Now it was really late, and my stomach was growling with hunger. Maybe this was the reason why the time looked as if it had stood still. The food took almost half an hour to come to our table. The taste of the food was good. We had ordered a chicken starter, chicken curry and bread/naan. The chicken was delicious, it was very soft to eat, and I wished that I had ordered paneer, which would have also tasted good.
We gobbled up our food in almost 10 minutes flat, and then started waiting again to grab the attention of the waiter to clear our table and bring the bill.
We saw people sitting in front of us, who had come before us, ordered some drinks and then dinner. They were just waiting for the food to be served, where the order was given before us. Finally, when the bill came, we were so bored, that we paid by cash directly and ran out of the restaurant.
My opinion - on a scale of 1 to 5.
ambiance - 3
Food - 3
Service - 1
Should try - 2
