Vasudev Adigas, Bannerghatta Road,

Vasudev Adigas is one a very popular south Indian food chain in Bangalore. You can go in and have a satisfying meals.
Let's find out about this outlet in Bannerghatta road.

This outlet is opposite to IIM bangalore and close to popular hospitals like Apollo and Fortris

Address:  No. 195/175C-50, 17, 23, Bannerghatta Road, Vijaya Bank Colony, Shanbhag Nagappa Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076

Our visit to this place was on Monday for lunch. I will expect this to be less crowded but this place was full of people. Not a place to stand. Hmm.

Location and Parking
Location of this place is amazing, however no parking. The road is narrow and most of the time you have to park at a considerable distance.

Ambiance and Store look

This is an old restaurant with seating space as well. So ambiance is not clean.

Staff
I can assume that their restaurant will not look jazy but there is an impact on staff as well. Arrogant staff and very lethargic service. At the end of the service they expect TIP, TIP, TIP

Food
We took meals and food was below average.

What pinched us?

a. Restaurant was not clean and hygienic 

b. Staff morale is low

Recommendation:  Do not visit this place

Asharfilal Kulfi

Asharfilal Kulfi - near DLF new town is a tuck shop for ice cream and kulfi. This place is well lighted and clean next to Krishna Kuteera. 

Seating and Parking
It doesn't have a place to sit and park your vehicle. For vehicle parking you can park on road as long as there is some space.

These guys have kept few stools to sit down and enjoy kulfi.

Our Kulfi
We had Pista and Regular Malai Kulfi. Kulfi was good but did not find it to be fresh.
Our kulfi was brittle and hard not as smooth as it should be. 

Recommendation: Enjoy the kulfi, it is a good place to grab sweet post lunch and dinner.

Recommendation:

Go and Enjoy your Ice cream and Kulfi!

Aladdin Mediterranean

Review is for Vegetarian food served in  Aladdin. Being a vegeterain, this is my go to place and is well connected by public transport.
I must say it is one among the best places for fresh Mediterranean food buffet. This place do not need a reservation and you can walk in.

My visit was on a Saturday and I will definitely recommend this with full heart. 

Here is my review for what i had
a. I loved the ambiance, however there was no one to guide on "what to do"
b. Pita bread is large and is amazilgly soft.
c. There spicy hummas is delicious
d. Although, i did not like there pasta salad but mashroom salad was quite good.
e. Hummas - I am not a fan of spicy hummas and i love original hummas. Avoid 
the spicy one. Stick to original Hummas

I would expect them to serve Falafal with the meals but they charge for it. Falafal can be imporved and they are dry.

Final word: Go for it. You will enjoy!

On side note, for Falafal, I cannot forget "Falafal king" in Boston, MA

Krishna Kuteera, Hulimavu, Bannerghatta road

Krishna Kuteera near DLF new town is a restaurant similar to Kamath or one of your fovorite and popular sagar food chain.

Address:  Krishna Kuteera, DLF New town (Opposite to: Simply Indian )

Sunday..., is the last day of weekend and we already spent most of the day hanging around with friends. So no food was cooked at home.

We were on Baneerghatta road and headed towards BTM, but took a U turn towards our home and stopped by this place. This is not the first time we are visiting this restaurant. 

Location and Parking

Location and parking is on the main road opposite to Simply Indian.

Ambiance and Store look
No doubt the restaurant is clean and have a neat ambiance. Store has place to eat outside and seating as well. I will prefer not to use the dining space as it is not clean and hygienic.

Our Order

Jira Rice, Panner Butter Masala, Tandoori Rooti. 

Over all quantity was sufficient. We loved the freshness. The roti was made up of maida and whole wheat was not used. 

Over all this place is worth trying and is value for money. We will visit this place again.

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Meals!

Tea Bar, Magrath Rd, Ashok Nagar, (Garuda Mall)

After having a satisfied tea at  Chai Point , We headed to Tea Bar a small outlet outside Garuda mall.

Few things which caught my eyes is Price Point. The small tea costed me 22 Rs with GST. 

Address:  211, Magrath Rd, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025

Ambiance and Store look

This is no fancy store and that is the probable reason their tea has an appropriate pricing. They do not have a seating space but there is plenty space provided by Garuda mall to sit and enjoy your sip of Tea.

Our Order

Ginger Tea, The tea was steaming hot and was served in paper glasses. I could taste and smell the flavor of Ginger in Ginger tea. The Ginger Tea was stronger the Chai Point Ginger tea and was thicker then the one serve @ Chai Point.

The ratio of Water, Milk, Sugar was also appropriate. 

Price

I paid, 22 Rs with Taxes for a cup of small tea, by the way they offer Medium and Large size of beverage as well. 

The pricing of the Tea will not hurt my pocket.

Other Chai Options near Bannerghatta Road

You can't go wrong with your Chai in Disney Bakery in BTM layout. The only problem is it has no place to sit and their are insane smokers.

Look at the below blog to view loads of other sophisticated and classy tea outlets

1. http://www.polkacafe.com/top-tea-places-in-bangalore-806.html

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My favorite among all of them is no doubt "Taj Mahal Tea". I have tried Tata, Brooke Bond and Wagh Bakri but my inclination is towards Taj Mahal

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Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Tea!

California Burrito

California Burrito is a concept of Mexican food. I compare this to US largest chain Chipotley. 

Let's experience this relatively new outlet on Bannerghatta road, Bangalore.

Address:  417, Bannerghatta Main Rd, Sundar Ram Shetty Nagar, Panduranga Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076

Our visit to this place was on Monday for lunch. As expected less crowd, good service and clean place. Staff was cool too.

Location and Parking
Location of this place is amazing, you can zip your vehicle from main road to this restaurant just before Arekere junction. Although, it has limited parking.

Ambiance and Store look
Fresh and cool look. White and Red color lifts your mood. Staff explains you the process well. So if you are here first time, do not hesitate and ask help!

Our Order

Rice Bowl with Paneer (Regular), 

Over all quantity was sufficient, We did not find "our" taste in Rice. Since we live in rice eating part of the country. No one can mess with Rice. Which is the main ingredient. 

We loved the freshness. We will visit this place again.

Snachos We liked the whole recipe, especially the Chipotle sauce on top of Nachos. It has fresh creamy feeling and tasted tangy and spicy.  Perfect for 4 pm snack. 

We were not happy with the Nachos. Oil over nachos was visible and we could taste Oil.

What pinched us?

a. The cost of Guacamole was 49 rs (excluding tax). I think this should be reduced.

b. Oil over nachos was visible and had a typical different taste. I prefer my Nacos to be dry.

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Meals!

Chai Point

Beverage market in India have many giant foreign players, especially those serving Coffee and Soda. Chai Point is an Indian start-up aspiring to capture market via Tea rather Coffee. 
At this point of time they have outlets in Bangalore and Delhi.

Every other organization in this segment wants to be Starbucks. Starbucks is famous for their innovative products/menu which they had developed over years.

Let's experience this Chai Point outlet, located @ Bannerghatta road, Bangalore

Address:  Ground Floor, Opp. Meenakshi Temple, Bannerghatta Main Road, Hulimavu, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India

Ambiance and Store look

Store color looks cool and attractive. Menu is well categorized. They serve standard and popular Tea flavors. Snacks and Breakfast is also part of their option

Our Order

Masala Tea and Ginger Tea, The tea was steaming hot and was served in paper glasses. I could taste and smell the spices in Masala Tea and the flavor of Ginger was evident in Ginger tea.

I never expected this to be just perfect. The ratio of Water, Milk, Sugar was also close to what I like. I felt they made this Tea for me. 

Price

I paid, 57 Rs with Taxes for a cup of small tea, by the way they offer Medium and Large size of beverage as well. 

I found this to be at higher end. But, when we can spends 100's on Coffee I am sure this is affordable.

Other Chai Options near Bannerghatta Road

You can't go wrong with your Chai in Disney Bakery in BTM layout. The only problem is it has no place to sit and their are insane smokers.

Look at the below blog to view loads of other sophisticated and classy tea outlets

1. http://www.polkacafe.com/top-tea-places-in-bangalore-806.html

Recommendation:  Go and Enjoy your Tea!