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Reviewed FM 94.3 - Bangalore

Are you listening to music or advertisements?

The 94.3 is one of the few Hindi channels in Bangalore - of late the ratio of music being played to the ads getting aired has gone for toss. For 10-12 mins of songs, we are forced to bear the verbal diahorrhea of nearly 20 mins- not worth it..I will rather listen to my recorded music and enjo...Read more

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Reviewed Chanda Mama

Pay for Chandamama for NO DELIVERY

I had paid 1 year subscription last year and so far I have received only 4 issues  and that also after making numerous calls to their Mumbai office. In a way, they are cheating the general public as most of us can not keep following up so the publishers of the magazine make a neat profit for ...Read more

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Reviewed Oxemberg

Poor quality fabric and poorer customer care

I have purchased a Oxemberg trouser from Asendas mall in November 2012. Within no time, the trouser became a limp piece of fabric, looks like a pyjama when worn due to its inherited property of wrinkilng. Please note this trouser has been always washed by hand and not machine washed. When I s...Read more

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Reviewed Nilgiris Cafe Restaurant - Brigade Road - Bangalore

Tasty and healthy Dabeli at Niligiris - ITPL -CMR

I stay at Bangalore but am from Mumbai so sorely miss typical mumbai's street foods- one of favourite being a tangy and tasty'Dabeli' - a spicy potato mix in a pav laced with garlic, tamarind, date chutney along with finley chopped. Well, the other day, while shopping at Nilgiris at ITPL road...Read more

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Commented on JVN_j_p's review

Legal action against the Idiots
ABN Amro Credit Card

I completely agree the way these call centres harass you for the payments which either you never made or you have no idea about it. They just raise the issue after some 5-6 years and expects you to pay without raising any objection. They are doing the same thing with me and I told them to send me th...e account statement by email- which they are not ready- they want me to visit one of their branch without any piece of documentation- comletely illogical way of working. what is the legal remedy to stop such harassment?Read More

Reviewed Choosing a Coaching Class

Giraffe classes

I had a misfortune of registering my kid for 11th class, Giraffe class at the school for CBSE curriculum and AIEEE. The entire experience has been terrible to say the least. The coordinator is just not available to listen to your complaints. He is there on the first day to collect your fees but ...Read more

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Commented on sam.dz's review

Enthalling experience
Giraffe Learning - Bangalore

it does not tell what all is good, what course he took up, what duration, what was the end result?

Reviewed COSMOS MALL - Bangalore

A worth visit mall

This mall at Brookefields has many good things to offer. The ground floor has a Pizza joint having value for money propositions, Pantaloons offers a good variety and they do keep coming with discounts. The food bazar is fairly well stocked though the pricing is not that competitive. The Depot...Read more

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Reviewed ICICI Lombard General Insurance

ICICI Lombard car insurance - AVOID

If you wish to see what is user unfriendliness- get a 4-wheeler insurance from ICICI Lombard and try to renew it online. This is one of the worst experience I had. Fisrt of all you go in circle- the site asks you if you are new or a repeat customer- I am a repeater- so its asks for all the de...Read more

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Reviewed Taxsmile

Stay away from them

We had Taxsmile person who marketed their services with impressive brochures and lot of pep talk. They had posted one person to collect the form 16 and other supporting docuemtns for offline IT return for us. We were told that we will be getting our acknowledgement within one week. but I had ...Read more

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Reviewed Gramin - Koramangala - Bangalore

Gramin - a good, healthy veg food

We went to Gramin last week for a lunch. It is located at Kormangala so the parking is an issue as there is no valet parking and all the surrounding roads are No Parking Zone. We ordered a Paneer item, a tava item, buttermilk , Boondi Raita,  Jeera rice, naan adn roties. The order was served ...Read more

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Commented on foodieno1's review

Kitchen blues
China Valley - Prabhadevi - Mumbai

the review is realistic but i failed to get the location of this place..in which city it is located and where?

Reviewed Innovative Multiplex - Marathahalli - Bangalore

Not all that Innovative

After coming to bangalore fm Mumbai, this was my second expereince in a multiplex after Inox at Garuda. and what a stark difference between two,. Only similarity was the ticket price. Pl note that this is not a multiplex as the nasme sounds, it is a plain old fashioned theatre with no regards...Read more

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Reviewed Inside Outside

Worth buying

As I have interest in the modern, contemporary architecture, space planning, new product ideas, I normally go for such thematic magz. There are other magz like Indian Architecture, Interiors which dwell upon the similar themes. This mag is oldest of them getting published from the stable of B...Read more

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Reviewed Ullaas Restaurant - Avenue Road - Bangalore

Ullaas : no Ullaas

The location is just too tempting esp the open air seating during evenings though traffic noise can be irritating. We landed there about 8 pm with kids and the place was somewhat dirty with uncleared plates, uncleaned tables and open sacks of onions and potatoes lying in the public area. The ...Read more

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Reviewed New Shanthi Sagar - Indiranagar - Bangalore

New Shanthi Sagar - Not so great

New Shanthi Sagar at Airport wears a trendy look with its blinking neon, but that's all about it. I went with my family in the late evening. The sofas were old, with oily head rests, fans were far above and few, making the place hot and uncomfortable. We ordered standard south Indian dishes b...Read more

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Reviewed DAily News Analysis (DNA)

Full of Zest and Zing

When I saw mumbai ad space being splashed with DNA ads, I was telling myself 'here is one more daily to vanish like others in the past'. but I am pleased today that I was grossly wrong and really underestimated the power of brand positioning, a neat logo, a strong marketing, imaginative page lay...Read more

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Reviewed Zinda

Depressing but engrossing

Well I had to kill time and that was the sole reason to watch this movie at bangalore. The cast has some good names and faces. The movie starts off rather awkardly with Manjarekar making fool of himself ( and even after) but suddelny the tempo changes in next 15 minutes and you are thrown int...Read more

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Reviewed Brooke Bond Red Label

Red Label My Label

My choise of tea is rather extreme. Either I like it with a very light body i.e. Brooke Bnd Green Label or a real strong one aka Red Label Brooke Bond, nothing in between. In today's era of switching the brand loyalties, I also went on to buy some other tea, replacing my usual Red Label Brook...Read more

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Reviewed Cecil Hotel - Matheran

Suman Motel : just avoid

Am referring to Suman Motel at Panvel, near Mumbai.. we had a booking thru' our common friend and thought it to be a grand weekend experience..but alas it was pathetic to say the least.. First the rooms are dirty, smelly and dingy.. the attached washrooms are infested with cockroaches, lights...Read more

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