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Olive Bar and Kitchen
Rating **1/2
I have always maintained that unlike a film review, a restaurant review is always subject to change. Especially with two aspects. The first obviously being change in the chef. The second shift has a huge effect on your experience is a change in manager/ management. Olive, in the swanky union park neighborhood has seen a revolving door of chefs. And while that is the worst thing for a kitchen, it is better for the management to keep trying out new people than to serve up some soup below par. They may have ended their problems with the Prodigal son Chef Manu Chandra.
The salads itself set the meal in the right mode. Deliciously flavored, fresh and simple. The green apple carpaccio with baby spinach and feta is light and airy, the signature Caesar's salad is also well built and the wine cured grapes with aragula and goat cheese is bold. The seasoning is just right, the staff is polite and open to suggestion. While their pizzas are good and the Tomato Pesto Timbale is interesting and flavorful, the humble char grills are the most popular entrees at Olive. The Portuguese style chicken grill and the mixed seafood are both easy to order. With your coffee you will get delicious chocolate coated orange peel which is a must try.
People watching is always interesting. Young ladies having drinks, Bollywood celebrities enjoying a meal with friends, fashion designers, models and other members of Mumbai's swish set are here. Sit at the bar for a while and then move to a window table for two or the ones against the wall for more. Based on the last two meals the rating might have been higher, but a good kitchen proves itself. And the proof is in the pudding.
Olive Bar and Kitchen
Pali Hill Tourist Hotel, 14 union Park, Khar West, Mumbai 400052
Tel: +91-22-26058228/9
email: olive@2die4.com
Website: www.olivebarandkitchen.com
Rating **1/2
Pricing: $$$
Recommendations: char grills, wine cured grape salad, lasagna
Atmosphere: Contemporary, hip, lounge feel
Service: polite and attentive, receptive
Decibel: Music loud over weekend, drowning off conversation a bit
Price Range: Rs. 3000 for 2 people (not including drinks)
Hours: 12.30pm to 3pm and 7pm to 12.30am.
Make reservations
Child friendliness: at lunch time, in the evening, children are not welcome. It is a bar mostly.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Reflections Bar @ JW Marriott
Reflections, JW Marriott
Rating: **1/2
Points for just being at the JW Marriott. The hotel with the revolving door to some of the most famous faces in Mumbai. In fact if I am not mistaken, a Bollywood character actor recently tweeted about his meeting there implying that the best thing about conducting meetings at the JW is that he bumps into several industry friends. The reason I go on about this, is quite simple, Reflections is the perfect people watching space. And an additional point for utterly efficient and polite waiting and managerial staff. Shah Rukh Khan could be on the next table and I will be handled with as much fuss, interest and dignity as the over achiever on the next table.
Reflections isn't the swishest space at the JW. That would paradoxically be the cafe - BBC. Reflections is quiet. You can have a private meeting, actually have a conversation, and just linger in the company you have. They have tables and sofa spaces and an excellent wine and whisky list. A glass of Veuve Cliquot is for Rs 900 and a glass of a good Reisling will set you back 600-700.
The only failing is it's proximity to the restrooms, but because people walk past these tables to for Spices and Mezzo Mezzo as well, waiting here is a feast for the people watchers.
Reflections, JW Marriott, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400049.
Telephone: +91-22 66933000
Rating **1/2
Recommendations: The bar snacks are satisfactory, but save your appetitie for Spices
Atmosphere: Contemporary, elegant and quiet
Service: efficient but not hovering over you
Decibel: Conversational
Price Range: Rs. 450-900 for a drink
Hours: 7pm to 12.30am.
No reservations really necessary.
Child friendliness: people under 21 are not permitted at bars in India.
Rating: **1/2
Points for just being at the JW Marriott. The hotel with the revolving door to some of the most famous faces in Mumbai. In fact if I am not mistaken, a Bollywood character actor recently tweeted about his meeting there implying that the best thing about conducting meetings at the JW is that he bumps into several industry friends. The reason I go on about this, is quite simple, Reflections is the perfect people watching space. And an additional point for utterly efficient and polite waiting and managerial staff. Shah Rukh Khan could be on the next table and I will be handled with as much fuss, interest and dignity as the over achiever on the next table.
Reflections isn't the swishest space at the JW. That would paradoxically be the cafe - BBC. Reflections is quiet. You can have a private meeting, actually have a conversation, and just linger in the company you have. They have tables and sofa spaces and an excellent wine and whisky list. A glass of Veuve Cliquot is for Rs 900 and a glass of a good Reisling will set you back 600-700.
The only failing is it's proximity to the restrooms, but because people walk past these tables to for Spices and Mezzo Mezzo as well, waiting here is a feast for the people watchers.
Reflections, JW Marriott, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400049.
Telephone: +91-22 66933000
Rating **1/2
Recommendations: The bar snacks are satisfactory, but save your appetitie for Spices
Atmosphere: Contemporary, elegant and quiet
Service: efficient but not hovering over you
Decibel: Conversational
Price Range: Rs. 450-900 for a drink
Hours: 7pm to 12.30am.
No reservations really necessary.
Child friendliness: people under 21 are not permitted at bars in India.
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