Mar 13, 2008 10:30 AM
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Indigo is recognized as the best restaurant in Mumbai if not the best
restaurant in India. This is a pretty big deal and puts a lot of
pressure on the restaurant. Indigo is owned by Rahul Akerkar who also
started up Under the Over(RIP Under the Over) which was one of the most
popular restaurants of its time. Indigo is located in a lane behind the
Taj. Its the same lane as cotton world and to be honest the lane is
really shady. But once you get near Indigo things get a little better.
The restaurant is located in an old bungalow. The restaurant occupies
the whole bungalow and as a result has a lot of space that it can play
around with. The whoel idea of the restaurant in a bungalow is really
genius and IMO looks awesome. The interiors are really simple but still
extremely classy. When you enter you can see the bar with a couple of
low tables. The dining areas are located on the left and right. Overall
the ambience is perfect. Nothing fancy and yet at the same time very
appealing. Comming to the service. The service here is good but I
wouldnt say its outstanding. The waiters were able to reccomend items
off the menu but you could tell that they dont really understand the
menu that well or probably arent really that passionate about the food.
The service however is polite and so thats a good tihng. The food
doesnt take too long to arrive which again is a good thing. Comming to
the food.Iv never eaten about 15% of what was on the Indigo menu and to
me that shows that this restaurant is really out there offering the
city exotic foods which is a huge huge bonus. I had a Lobster Bisque
which was really good. Nothing really that outstanding but a good soup.
As for the maincourse I ordered a Lobster Risotto and my mother ordered
a tandoor grilled chicken. The risotto was a bit dissapointing to be
really honest but then again Im not a big Risotto fan. At this point
your probably thinking that Indigo is overrated. I had a bite of the
chicken and WOW!. The chicken was perfecltly seasoned and had a nice
juice under it which complemented it perfectlly. The chicken was
reallly amazing and Ill definatly reccomened it. Other than that the
Desert was allright and to be honest I dont even remember what I
ordered. I ordered an extra side of pinacolada ice cream that I really
liked. Now comming to the damages. Each dish is about 600 and that can
go up a lot considering what you order. There are some dishes with some
pretty exotic ingridients that are pretty pricey. At 600 a dish Indigo
is really well priced. My whole meal with a soup, maincourse and desert
came to 2200 for two which really isnt bad at all. I wouldnt be so
quick to add Indigo to my favourite restuanrants yet adn ill need to go
there a couple more times to understand if it really is the best
restaurant in India. Overall though a great restaurant and not at as
expensive as some make it out to be.
