Caravan Serai
Rated: Good
based on 4 reviews
First Floor, 155, Waterfield Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai
26432570, 26453581, 26452600, 26459711
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Nov 28, 2006
In Bandra. Need Indian?
I admit, I’m not a fan of the generic “Indian” food. Give me specific regional Indian cuisine any day over the paneer butter masalas of the world (yes yes I am fully aware that Punjab is a region too!). So I did agree to go to Caravan Serai with some trepidation (it was a Monday night and it was miracle enough that I’d found people willing to go out instead of watching Monday night comedy in a dazed “waiting for the weekend already” manner!). Post the silent prayer that this not be yet another meal that left me feeling like I’d drunk a litre of oil with a few peas thrown in, I tried to focus on the thought of dessert.
The ambience was the regular “we serve authentic north west frontier food here” getup, nice I guess, complete with the low tables and full aprons a la Bukhara. The non-veggies on the table (read all but moi!) ordered the burra kebabs and chicken tikka and breathed them in faster than can possibly be healthy, but from what I gauged they were very good. I myself had the sabz galauti kebab (ordered in an assertive “just cause I’m vegetarian doesn’t mean I have to miss out” manner) which I must say seriously melted in the mouth and was really quite delish, enough for my carnivore friend to comment that there had to be some meat in there somewhere for it to be this yum.
The rest of the food was also very tasty (trust me I’m usually NOT a fan!) and while I’m sure I did practically drink a litre of oil/cream, the taste was atleast worth the guilt! And as if I hadn’t eaten enough I had the malai kulfi too, which as it turned out was surprisingly good.
Some friends of mine had complained earlier that the service here was very slow etc but I guess we were lucky. Our waiter even agreed to get chaas specially made for us though it wasn’t on the menu (ofcourse one could question how a place like this could not have chaas on the menu in the first place). As you walk out the main entrance there is pretty good Pan for the taking. Without alcohol, the food is around 400 bucks a head which isn’t too bad. So if you’re in Bandra and craving Indian food, this place is definitely worth a visit.
