No fuss, no frills, just regular North Indian and Mughlai fare at Carter Road's newest street side eatery
No fuss, no frills, just regular North Indian and Mughlai fare at Carter Road's newest street side eatery
Golden Grill meets all the requirements of the quintessential neighbourhood street side restaurant.
It's small enough to be cozy, but big enough to handle a weekend crowd.
The interiors are simple: white walls with an oversized printout of the Indian Flag by way of d ufffdcor in the air conditioned section and a couple of tables on the outside.
Apart from a tendency to serve one person more than the other, the service is competent and the waiters are familiar with the menu.
Not surprisingly, the menu is a roll call of familiar north Indian Punjabi and Mughlai dishes.
We ordered the Murgh Kali Mirch Kebab (Rs 120) and since the Galawati Kebab (Rs 160) wasn't available, and also because they seemed rather keen we do, the Gosht Seekh Kebab (Rs 160) to begin with.
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Their faith in the tough seekh however seemed misplaced for it was the mildly peppery, cottony soft Kali Mirch that we found praiseworthy.
Somewhat different from the regular versions, their brick red Bhuna Gosht (Rs 160) comes with bite-sized mutton pieces in a tangy, mildly spicy tomato rich gravy.
The Dal Maharaja (Rs 120), their version of a kali dal, was not too creamy, but pleasantly soft and thick. What we really liked though were their unusually soft tandoori rotis (Rs 15).
Fortunately, the only disappointments came towards the end of the meal in the form of Jhinga Dum Biryani (Rs 180) and the Malai Phirni (Rs 35). Considering these are pretty standard dishes we were surprised to find that they had got them so wrong.
Though they had used large prawns, the prawns were not very fresh and terribly overcooked and instead of being smooth, the rough and granular phirni tasted as though the rice had been cooked in seriously watered down milk.
Since much of the clientele on the Carter Road stretch is made up of youngsters and strollers who want to pick up a quick snack, the menu offers a number of vegetarian and non-vegetarian Indian roti-wrapped rolls as well.
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Golden Grill doesn't pretend to be more than a simple, casual eatery and it delivers as much as it promises.
At: Golden Grill A/4-5, Gagangiri premises, next to Movie Empire, Carter Road, Bandra (W).
Call 9967026600
Golden Grill didn't know we were there. The Guide reviews anonymously and pays for meals.
