Umerkot

I have checked out this restaurant couple of days back - Umerkot

The first thing to notice when you walk in is a home-converted-into-restaurant ambiance. A traditional, elite looking place with light music in the background and with lots of corporate people from the nearby MNCs.

The prices on the menu are a bit on the higher side, though when at the first look you would notice that you don't see any sight of prices printed on the menu ... they have it written in words: good strategy in avoiding the pricey bold numbers!

They apparently have a lunch buffet on weekdays priced at Rs. 185/-, though it looks like they conveniently erased that from their memory and no one cared to even talk about it when I walked in.

The only thing which put me off is that the waiter keeps reminding you what drinks, desserts etc mean! When I said NO to drinks, he again asked me if I was sure. I again said a NO with a smile! But, he again asked saying, "Not even lime soda, lassi, jaljeera Sir?" ... the act being repeated for the desserts ... "We even have Mango with icecream Sir". At that point I was almost about to say "Get the f***ing cheque, will you. I know what a dessert means!"... with a smile, ofcourse!

Ratings
Ambiance: Good
Food: Above average
Price: Higher
Hospitality: Above average

It probably is a good place for a corporate team party or if you are having a fix up with your future fiance and would like to have a 'traditional' first impression ... and if you are in a hurry, then you may choose some other place - The dishes come in their own sweet time and so does the cheque.

Location:
No. 30, 80 Ft Road, 4th Block
Koramangala, Bangalore - 560034
Phone: +91-80-25500426

Surprisingly, the restaurant has its footprint on the web: http://www.umerkot.in

Isys

Have been to this restaurant today: Isys

Located in Jayanagar, Isys is a pricey restaurant!
That's not a bad note to start off with! Because the first thing you would notice when you enter this place is the ambience and an energizing one at that! The place has a kind of blue tinge. The floor has blue light underneath making it look more like a party dance floor. And the glasses too have a faint shade of blue in them, which made me wonder whether it is the effect of the blue ambience or the make of the glass! While I was at it, I felt that one should visit this place in the night for a dinner with drinks. The lighting and the ambience would have kicked in some trippy effect!

The liquor menu was good to look at, but the cocktails came with a bit of a disappointment. Atleast so I felt, probably because, I had to go back to work and wasn't enjoying it enough. I had 'Sex on the beach' - a combination of Vodka and Peach Schnapps, which is infact one of my favorite drinks, but this one somehow let me down, with more of a 'fruit' taste and less of the tipsy kick.

We had a buffet lunch, which I wouldn't rate as 'awesome' or 'mind-blowing', but it was slightly more than okish. I guess, you can't expect more for a fixed-priced buffet. This buffet kind of limited my choice for tasting different cuisines. One pretty much has the normal stuff which is served in a lunch buffet. One interesting thing I saw in the deserts section is the 'chikoo halwa', it tasted real good, though I was very apprehensive about trying such alien stuff.

All in all this is perfect place for a date, for throwing a treat, or meeting someone over couple of drinks. Go ahead and have that perfect dinner experience, painting it blue!!

Isys
Location:
79/8, Diagonal Road, Jayanagar, 3rd Block, Bangalore- 560011
Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560011
Phone::41808777