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Restaurant in Nariman Point
Rated: Average
based on 8 reviews
Vong Wong
Express Towers, First Floor, Ramnath Goenka Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai
22875633, 22875634, 22875635
| Locality | Nariman Point |
|---|---|
| Landmark | Opposite Hilton towers |
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Chinese, Thai |
| Price |
Expensive
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- Additional Information
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Credit cards accepted
Air conditioned
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first reviewed by Santa
- User Reviews (8)
Sep 10, 2007
Wrong wrong!!
The owners of this place have invested in staff and decor. Four guys to park cars, ten chefs behind a glass screen, twenty waiters, and some vaguely eastern-looking women who come bouncing up to your table whenever your plate gets empty and serve you from the bowl. A stylish, if rather characterless, ambience.
Unfortunately, as with so many "fine dining" restaurants in Mumbai, they didn't bother much about the food.
Half the menu is Thai food so we assumed they knew how to make it. My friend and I first had Tom Yum soup. For half a cup of this watery liquid with a few grams of boiled chicken thrown in at the last moment, we paid Rs 200 each. Next was the green curry, which I would rate as passable - though vastly inferior to the fragrant delight you get so cheaply in Thailand.
As for the last dish, steamed fish in lime juice and chili - it was a tragic failure. It's billed as "filet of sole" on the menu, but even as we ordered it the waiter confessed this was a lie and it was actually kingfish. We told him "any fish, so long as it's fresh" and he swore they got fresh fish every day. Well maybe they do, but what we got had been marinated in lime juice and frozen for at least a week. The fish had a mushy consistency like thick porridge. When I pointed this out the waiter repeated that they get fresh fish daily (not at all the same as saying that our fish was fresh!). When the oriental ladies tried to re-serve the fish and I politely told them it was not good, they ran away into a corner to hide. No one made the slightest attempt to talk to us about our experience though we were clearly dissatisfied. (I'm nostalgic for the wonderfully fresh steamed fish in lime juice and chilly that I had last year in Phuket - for the princely sum of 150 rupees!!).
The damage for this very light meal for two (including one glass of passable Australian wine at Rs 400) was Rs 2250. At that price we could pig out at Trishna, Excellensea, Ling's or Indigo Deli! And from my experience of those places, the food is usually fresh.
Vong Wong (as long as it lasts, which won't be very long) should change its name to Wrong Wrong.
Aug 19, 2007
Mixed Reaction
Disclaimer - I am gonna compare this restaurant with the Thai restaurants in US.
My wife and I went here without reservation on a Saturday evening. Ever since we came back from the US, we had craving for Thai food. Of course, they had to act pricey by calling up the first floor and saying things like "I'll try my best". We managed to get a place without any waiting.
The ambience of the restaurant is decent, nothing to rave about. There's much more they could have done to make it look more oriental and funky.
They served these sweet seasame covered peanuts. I liked those since I was too hungry. The names on the menu were a little confusing. But since we're experienced Thai eaters, we could figure things out by the ingredients.
We called for a Tom Yum soup and a tofu with peanut sauce for appetizers. The soup was decent but the starter was strictly OK.
We then called for Penang Curry with Steam Rice and Pad Thai. I must say the Pad Thai was very good. But I was highly disappointed by the Penang Curry. The curry was way too thick and it had a lot of Indian flavour to it.
One could pass the curry for Paneer Makhanwala! Another 'not so cool' thing was that they served Jasmine Rice which was just like Basmati. Thai food does not go well with that rice.
We then called for Sticky rice with Mango - one of our favourite Thai desserts. That was passable.
All in all, the service was good. The food - not sure we would get the kind of craving for the Thai food here ever so often. Worth trying once!
Aug 10, 2007
Good food but clueless service
I work in the building next door and have been here for lunch twice in the last 4 weeks.
The food is actually quite good (6 out of 10) although not on par with Royal China despite having a chef from Singapore.
What lets this place down is the service. The staff do try but aren't very well trained and we havd to ask at least two or three times for anything we needed. Hopefully its just teething pains.
Aug 04, 2007
Finally Almost Authentic Thai Food
I have been searching for months for real Thai food in Mumbai(everyone raves about Thai Pavillion but it is shut) so I made a reservation at Vong Wong. The whole venue was very refreshing for some reason....I kind of felt as if I had left Mumbai....cant put my fingder on what element made it so refreshing. Anways in regars to the food, I had the basic...papaya salad(hitting close to what you get on the streets in Bangkok), Tom Yum(excellent after I asked for extra fish sauce, chilli, vinegar & sugar). green curry(thumbs up), pad thai(above average)
So I would have to say I would come back...
A little on the high side in regars to cost but for above average thai food I would do anything!
Jul 29, 2007
Told to "VACATE" the Table
It was my dad's 70th birthday & we were a group of 12 family members out for dinner for a 8.30 booking on 21st july [sat].
drinks...my apple & hazelnut Martini gets full marks.
the service was erratic & after dinner was served our waiter & steward chose to ignore us.
not much choice for veggies. the usual chinese items were missing from the menu so the kids had to miss out on their std favorite dishes. Not a place for kids.
the ambience & crowd was classy....a change from our regular haunt China Garden.
what put all of us off & shocked us was that at 11.15pm as we sipped our chinese tea & waited for the paid bill to be returned, we were told TO VACATE THE TABLE as they had another booking.....after spending 10 grand , the last thing we expected were to be told to F_ _k off.
5 minutes later, on our way out all we saw were 5-6 persons sitting awaiting a table.
guess, VANG WONG really showed their "CLASS"....and so did We as we made our way home quietly WITHOUT CREATING A SCENE. we simply swore never to visit the place again!!