Ohri's Rubaiyat

 

I had heard a lot, and I mean A LOT, about this place's food. It was a friend's farewell dinner, so, this was chosen as the dine in place for the 7 of us.
If you're aware of Cyber Pearl, locating the restaurant would not be a problem. Four wheelers are offered a valet parking, while two wheelers are asked to park outside the premises (where the board reads "Parking at Owner's Risk).
When you enter the place, the magnificence of the decor blows you away. Done in dim lights and lighter shades, it gives you all the right feels of a fine dine. As we were a comparatively large group, we took seating in the Private Dining Area kind of place, that was separated from the regular seating by a curtain.
And I warn thee, never to take this table, ever. The service gets pathetically slow for this one. Though the partition was only half drawn, we had major troubles getting the attention of the servers. Despite asking in the first go, to have someone stationed close by for our orders, we weren't paid much heed.
When we had asked them to take order for the main course, twice the waiters said "one minute" and didn't reappear for five. I can rant a lot about the service, but I'll try and restrict myself here, and continue with the food.
On the table are placed pickles and chana chat etc, to munch on.
For the starters we had 4 Shorba Taratar Bemisal, Makai Chatpata and Paneer Dum Roll. The last one wasn't available (which wasn't informed while placing the order, but sometime after that), and we settled with Lal Mirch ka Paneer Tikka. The Shorba gets served in form of cups, portion sufficing for one person. The corn was served in a papad basket, but had zero flavour. It was just crispy, and did not have proper seasoning or salt. The paneer tikka was okay, though.
For the mains, we ordered Ohri's Dal Makhni and two portions of Kofta Zartari, along with Tandoori rotis and Naans. The Dal was just okay, considering I have had better at other places. The Koftas I liked. That were the only good dish of the evening.
Because two of us had Zomato Gold, our bill was around 1700.

I had a disappointing time, which is my first with Ohri's.The two stars are for the Koftas, ambience, and the seemingly lesser bill for the good ambience.