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Restaurant in Vile Parle (W)
Rated: Average
based on 3 reviews
Woodlands Garden Café
Juhu Scheme, V.M. Road, Next to Options & Kala Niketan, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai
26119119, 26172727
| Locality | Vile Parle (W) |
|---|---|
| Landmark | Next to Options & Kala Niketan |
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | South Indian, Chinese, North Indian |
| Timings | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM |
| Price |
Moderate
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Credit cards accepted
Vegetarian only
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first reviewed by ajai.bathija
- User Reviews (3)
Apr 25, 2008
Garden going to weed
An old institution that has now gone seedy & tacky. They need to renovate the entire place up. The food is consistently inconsistent in terms of sambhar being sweet & sour; hot to cold; service outstanding to non existent. Real waste!
Dec 06, 2007
Good Old Days
Food_God's review of Hotel Radhakrishna made me think of my first restaurants as a child. The first name that comes to mind is Woodlands Garden Cafe. Those days there wasn't much else to do around Juhu in terms of dining out besides the area around Sahakari Bhandar, where woodlands is located or the 5 Star hotels on the sea front. My mom loves South Indian food, so it became our official hub for any family celebrations. On weekends they would have huge queues outside - mostly foodie gujjus from the neighbouring juhu and vile parle areas. We had to get coupons and await our turn for almost an hour. Back then, even seeing the red token numbers rolling on the black LED screen was enthralling enough to keep my sister and me busy during the long wait. Then and even today, they have two seating areas; one's enclosed and the other's a terrace garden. We always preferred the terrace. You would get steaming idlis and crisp piping hot dosas with unlimited tasty sambhar and chutney. Their sambhar got so popular, they started selling the sambhar masala. The best part of the meal was the pan they served at the end of the meal. I would be tempted to take two from the dish that sat on an old fashioned cash counter upstairs and the madarasi uncle on the counter would always nudge me to go ahead. :)
At first glance, not much seems to have changed about Woodlands. But unfortunately, the staff is no longer friendly and the food doesn't taste half as delicious. Perhaps with several outlets across the country they don't see the need to retain a customer. How wrong they are! Hence, the Woodlands of sweet childhood memories now remains just another restaurant.
Jul 30, 2007
Authentic South Indian, but not quite Mysore Cafe!
Had a meal at the Woodlands Vile Parle restaurant (next to Options and Kala Niketan in Vile Parle).
The setting and service is great..
Did enjoy the Chilli idli - (fried baby idli with chinese sauces and greens - something like idle manchurian). Dieters be warned.. don't order this!
The dosas are good - but what is best is the bisi bille bhaat (am sure i have a typo there!) which is rice - kind of khichdi with veggies and some gravy mixed into it. Quite tasty and spicy, served with fried potato papad.
They have stuff like veg. thalis too - which looked good...
There is a huge terrace attached to the restaurant which is let out for kiddy parties and events..
Of course, no alcohol and non. veg food.
Try the Rasam - comes in a huge glass - and is sureshot cure for a cold...
Pricing is average to expensive for South Indian food- A meal for 3 of us cost us around Rs. 450/-
Not quite Mysore Cafe or the restaurants at Matunga and not Shiv Sagar or Shabri or Kalinga either.. A mix of both...
Cheers,
Ajai Bathija