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Restaurant in Andheri (W)
Rated: Good
based on 9 reviews
Sernyaa Tibetan Chinese Restaurant
185, Adarsh Nagar, Oshiwara Link Road, Oshiwara, Andheri (W), Mumbai
66784645, 65741005, 9820531935
| Locality | Oshiwara,Andheri (W) |
|---|---|
| Landmark | Opposite Lotus Petrol Pump |
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Tibetan |
| Timings | 11:30 AM to 1:00 AM |
| Price |
  Moderate
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first reviewed by anand
- User Reviews (9)
Sep 20, 2008
THANK YOU!!!
A very HUGE thank you to all our guests who have written about sernyaa. We have been awarded as the only AUTHENTIC TIBETAN RESTAURANT in the entire city of MUMBAI!! thank you for all your love and support please do keep helping us to serve you even better ...after all we all get there " with a little help from our friends" as said by mccartney n lenon...cheers
Kamal Karma Lama
(proprietor and food consultant)
Aug 02, 2008
not very clean but great food
very nice tiny place. you have to keep looking to your left after you pass the lotus petrol pump when coming from Fame.
The food is really nice, the manager is very friendly. I only wish they were a bit cleaner!!
May 27, 2008
pork momos
Well-kept and guarded secret of Sernyaa - you do get pork momos. Just ask Uncle John on the quiet!! Shhh...
Mar 03, 2008
Real good Tibetan food
Correct me if I am wrong, but this is probably the only Tibetan eaterie in Bombay. Another good thing that the SoBo-ites are missing out on as it in on the Link road stretch.
Reaching there
It is a blink-and-you-will-miss kinda place, but there's one thing you cannot miss when driving from Infinity Mall towards Oshiwara - the Lotus Petrol pump (shaped like a funny kind of lotus) on your right. At this point, veer to your left and this small place called Sernya is next to a large Sansui neon sign over a shop.
The small entrance and even smaller space inside may initially disappoint you, but wait until you are greeted by the 85 year old owner Uncle John. He will welcome you like how a host welcomes guests into his house, which is a very heartwarming experience as compared to most other restaurant hosts in the city.
The food is mainly Tibetan - Soups, starters, Noodles, Rice and Main course and a small Chinese selection. This Saturday was our almost sixth visit to the place in a span of 9 months or so. We landed up here as we were tossing between Mainland China, Prataps and Sernya to take my cousin out for dinner. Since Tibetan food sounded like novelty to her, Sernya it was.
Starters
We started with Steamed Vegetarian Momos and soups. [Sernya special Khowa and Red Rice with baby mushrooms khowa]. This red rice, as uncle John enlightened us, is not rice, but a herb found in the hilly regions of Tibet and is extremely good for overall wellbeing.
Main course - vegetarian
Dauzien De [Rice in a clay pot cooked with vegetables and black mushrooms] - This dish can be eaten by itself as it is fairy mushy with its own sauces. One excellent dish that you must try, biting into the black mushrooms is a yummy experience.
Lhasa Gyadhuk [Noodles in sizzling platter] - Noodles with veggies in flavourful sauce served on a sizzler plate
Yang Chen Chema - Snow peas, mushrooms and baby corn in hot chilli sauce.
Both the noodles and the curry were excellent, spicy but not over the top. I have always found the vegetables crisp and fresh and none of the dishes use MSG (ajinomoto).
Service
We have always found the service decent and with uncle John popping by to ask if everything is fine, it is more hospitable than most places in this city. The six odd tables are always full and the people always keeping coming back to this tiny place in Bombay with flavours of Tibet.
A generous meal for three came to Rs.500.
Nov 19, 2007
Best birthday dinner
My girlfriend had been raving about this place ever since she came across it on burrp so i decided to take her to Sernyaa on my birthday....
The facade on the outside is a little depressing and one might even miss it if they were not looking for it. But the insides while stark and spartan were reminiscent of tibetian joints found in the north, which is nice cos it gets quite unsettling at places like the taj where you always feel under dressed no matter what you wear, get confused by the silence and then have to keep looking at the contents of your wallet every time you order something...
Now being a foodie in a place where you do not understand 80% of the menu is confusing, even though every dish has been explained there. We spent almost 15 minutes studying the menu before calling on the nice old man to place our order.
"Call me John" he said with a nod. Something about that man's demeanor tells you that you are about to enjoy your meal.
"well uncle John, we do not know much about Tibetian cuisine so why dont you recommend something nice?" we ask...
looking at me he instantly knew i m not some 'grass munching, insult to food vegetarian' and promptly asked me if i wanted momos...... a resounding "YES" was the reply so he asked a few more things about the rest of the stuff which i just said yes to...(hell i wouldnt know the difference)
The soup arrived after about 12 minutes of waiting which is great.
Started off with the soup which was red and yummy... lots of burnt garlic and cilantro in it.... then came the steamed momos.... drooool......... smooth and tender, they just melted into my mouth along with some red sauce which was lying on the table....
the main course was bamboo rice which comes in this quaint little bamboo container filled to the brim and some prawn dish whose name i cant remember.....
Bamboo rice at first tastes like mixture of chinese fried rice and punjabi biryani but as you get caught in the aroma of the herbs and the bamboo it gets yummier. Trust me the aroma just takes you and spreads within.
The prawn gravy alongside was also yummy.... nice big prawns by bombay standards... I had just returned from a lil trip to goa n couldnt help comparing the size and the tastes.... ok so goa prawns are much bigger and a lot juicier but hey do they have prawns in tibet???
Sorry i cant tell you what i ate cos quite frankly I dont know myself.... all i can tell you is that it was lovely.
I normally eat enough for 1.5 ppl and my lil girlfriend eats for the other 0.5 ppl. so we end up finishing all the food but that night we had to let go of some food.... THE QUANTITY REALLY ROCKS.....
i still cant believe i couldnt finish the food and had to forgo dessert.....
The bill came to around Rs. 350 which is really inexpensive...
Am going back there as soon as my girlfriend gets back to bombay from her trip up to Kolkata. (I m jelous that she ll eat all the lovely streetfood there all by herself)