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Restaurant in Bandra (W)
Rated: Poor
based on 3 reviews
Tavaa
Saquib, Junction of 24th Turner Road, Turner Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai
26406351, 26510222, 26510231
| Locality | Turner Road,Bandra (W) |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Mughlai, Chinese, Seafood |
| Timings | 12:00 PM to 12:30 AM |
| Price |
Expensive
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first reviewed by yash06
- User Reviews (3)
Jun 26, 2007
BAKWAS :( ...
i tried ordering home delivery over the week-end due to the bad weather - unfortunately Sheesha on linking rd had a big ego to deliver so i said why not settle for tavaa because i pass by it like everyday.. the food ended up coming late but i can't blame them for this because it was pouring.. so i thought the taste of the food would make up for it - it just got worse!!!!! the paneer was just not good.. the gravy was like tomato pury from left over pizza.... jeera rice was had alot of ajino moto to make the rice shine and tasted more like chinese fried rice and luckily i dont have braces from the butter naaan... it was like dunlop!! so all that hooo haa about this place aint all dat.... bottom line i wish the site had a "ZERO" star system or if we could vote to mark it as "JUST SUCKS" or "DONT EAT HERE"
Jun 26, 2007
Bad experience
Tavaa is located at prime real estate in Bandra. It's just a stone's throw away from Toto's, Hawaiian Shack (the place has expanded and so have the prices!), and Just Around The Corner. In fact, Tavaa is just around the corner itself.
I admit that we chose a rather bad day to visit a "walk in" kind of restaurant. It was raining heavily, and the place was not very clean - understandably so. But the service was still alright. With the kind of prices, you couldn't expect anything better. I feel, the best indicator of any restaurants "priciness" (a priciness index, if you may) is the cost of one tandoori roti. The ones at Tavaa were a comfortable six rupees, and dal makhani was priced at about Rs 70. You get the idea.
From the looks of the place (which I presume would've been rather decent, had it not been for the downpour and the Sunday night rush), I had expected the menu to be rather exotic and fancy. I was in for a disappointment when all I could see on the vegetarian page was Paneer X and Paneer Y. Apart from Mumbai's regular Veg Kohlapuri, there was Paneer Kohliwada as well! What's next, a Chembur Chana and Dadar Dum Aloo?
I'm S-I-C-K of that typical red gravy that most of the veggies in Mumbai are served in. It's not the regular tomato based gravy you could expect in a butter chicken or a paneer butter masaala up in the North, but something different. But, it's in ALL the dishes in this city. And Tavaa was no different. Upon inquiring, the waiter categorically told us that all the gravy items were in red! Can you believe it? Even a mushroom matter masaala was in the sickening tomato based gravy! Aaargh! Left with no choice, we ordered a tavaa chicken roti and a tandoori paneer tikka for starters. The main course was a vegetarian affair consisting of a dal makhani, a mushroom matter masaala, and boondi raaita.
The only thing good was the tavaa chicken roti. It was a sparse matrix of mince chicken meat in egg covered with roti. The paneer tikka was marinated in the same bloody red gravy. The dal makhani was half done - it's supposed to be left overnight on simmering coals to cook and thicken - guess I was expecting too much :-). And the mushroom mutter masaala, as expected, tasted awful in that red gravy. To top it all off, even the boondi raaita was pathetic. I mean, I can make better raaita than that. Seriously! But that's a topic for another post.
So, even after having such a bad experience with the main course, we attempted the dessert. A dry fruit rabri and falooda kulfi. Both B-A-D. The rabri was sour and the kulfi was a molten mash-up of the remains of a kulfi.
It could be that we ended up ordering vegetarian at a primarily non-veg joint, but I can't believe someone can get something as basic as boondi raita wrong. And the desserts? Sour rabri?
Anyways, we spotted Razak Khan aka Makaudi aka Pappu Kanghi dining there. Quite a P3 joint this, eh? :-)
The complete version of this review is also available on my blog at http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com/2007/06/tavaa-bandra-mumbai.html
Jun 12, 2007
Good food. Great prices
I've been to this place a few times now. I've had most of the kebabs and the fish and its all been good. The tandoori chicken was very good as was the pomfret. The Reshmi kebab wasn't very good but decent. Overall I was pretty satisfied with the food.
I haven't tried anything from the Chinese section of the menu yet. Doesn't feel right eating chinese in a place that clearly has the ambience of a tandoori joint.
The decor is nice. The ethnic look of the place keeps you comfortable.
But the best part about this place is when its time to pay the bill. Its absolutely dirt cheap compared to most of the restaurants these days. Dinner for two without drinks was well within 400 bucks.
That alone is worth giving this place a good rating. Affordable without having to compromise on quality is what I like best about this place. Give it a try if you haven't already.