Arthur's Theme

Koregaon Park, Pune

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Arthur’s Theme is a nice small French food restaurant in Koregaon park.

I  quite liked this place. You get only continental/French food over here.  How authentic is the French food? Good question. I have no comparison  at the moment.

But none the less, you will not be disappointed here.

[Ambience / Experience]

Arthur’s Theme  is a small restaurant with not many tables(I did however notice there  was a "downstairs" basement like section but did not actually see it, so  all in all it is a nice cozy place. It usually is not very crowded  which is very good at times when you want to have a nice quiet dinner.  This works for you when are on a date.

Where you sit is  rather important because  the placements of the large standing air  conditioners  can give a direct jet blast to your face.

You can of course just ask the staff to also switch it off or point it away.

There  is very little parking available at the restaurant so one needs to find  parking in the lane which it is located in. That is not usually too  difficult. The restaurant itself has parking for one car and 3  two-wheelers.

All the served dishes have the name of a past King/Queen/Royalty of some sort.

Service time is pretty standard, not surprisingly fast and not slow.

[Dinner]

All main course dishes are standalone dishes.

1)  Leopold II. Soup - This is a clear non-veg chicken soup. I was  expecting a little better. It was more like boiled water, with boiled  carrots, cauliflower and chicken. I was was not too impressed.

2)  Cleopatra - A chicken starter. A piece of chicken cube on a stick  stacked on a square piece of bread. I liked this but I found the  flavouring to be not string enough. What would happen is that the bread  and the chicken piece would dilute out the coated flavouring. A slight  improvement here would make this have a great taste.

3) Herbed rice - Nicely herbed rice. So good that I liked eating it without any gravy as well.

4)  Markus - A large patti of fillet of fish with a light brown cheesy  sauce dressed all over the patti, with three pieces of smokes vegetables  and accompanied by mashed potato. This was awesome. The best dish that  night. I usually do not like fish because of the smell but when the  fillet is this good, it really makes me feel good. The only issue with  the dish was that after eating it for a while, the taste felt more  sweet. Recommended none the less.

5) Heidi -  Chicken  breasts with a brown sauce(and a bit of mustard) with french fries.  Nice. Me is not a fan of mustard sauce at all but this dish is till  good. Second best dish that night

6) William III  -  Chicken breasts in a brown sauce with vegetables. A more detailed  description escapes me at the moment. Okay tasting. What I liked was  that sometimes, restaurants make the same brown sauce for more than one  dish with just a minor difference, and thus two different dishes with  brown sauces almost end up tasting the same; this was not the case here.

[Pricing]

1) Coke - Rs. 40

2) Cleopatra - Rs. 180

3) Heidi - Rs. 290

4) Leopold II - Rs. 160(expensive for soup!)

5) Markus - Rs. 300

6) William II - Rs. 300

7) Herbed rice - Rs. 125

A nice place to go for Continental and on a date.

[Inside Scoop]

I have found out from unofficial, inside sources of the way Arthur’s Theme source their fishes. Details are a bit scarce.

Arthur’s theme apparently source their fish from an importer who imports them from Vietnam. I am working to get more details.

Dishes I have made a mental note of to try next time are, Czar and Alexander the great.

Their website here [Not loading properly when I tried last].

Address: Shop No. 2, Vrindavan Apartment, Lane No. 6, North Main Road, Koregaon Park**, Pune