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Barbeque Nation
Kalyani Nagar, Pune

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Barbeque Nation, Kalyani Nagar, Pune
Oct 11, 2011 07:10 PM, 6070 Views
(Updated Dec 03, 2011)
Awesome time/experience and food

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If you are planning to go to Barbeque Nation on Nagar road for dinner, I suggest that you stop reading this, phone ahead to make a booking and plan on reaching there.


I went there recently and had quite a pleasurable evening.


This one is a long one so be prepared to read.


[Ambience / Experience ]


The restaurant is well decorated like most other restaurants in the same  league. It is quite well and brightly lit; I mean that in a good way.


All the tables have a cavity at the center of the table where a  mini-barbeque grill with fresh embers of coal are placed. Your barbeque  skewers are placed on top of these mini-barbeques. There is a small  brass-rod like stand with a joint half way up it’s length and a flag on  top. When you would like them to stop serving starters, the flag needs  to be turned down, until which time they would keep serving you  starters.


Also on the table are two groups of 3 sauces each. There are flavoured  sauces, some sweet some a bit ketchup like, and to apply the sauces,  brushes are provided for one group and spoons for the other group, which  has thicker sauces.


I went in the week when they had their 3rd year anniversary, so, there  was even more decoration around the place, mainly balloons.


The restaurant is divided into two halves, the separator is a rectangle  which encloses the kitchen. On the longer side of the rectangle are the  two buffet counters and on the shorter side is the Bar.


The waiters are pretty good and courteous too. Every waiter is dressed in a black T-shirt and has his/her name on the back.(One guy’s name is Sudan! Reminds me of Africa).


For entertainment there is a live band too. They were pretty good. Two  guys playing the guitars, one electric the other one acoustic, and  singing slow soft English numbers. Not that I am a fan of pop music(Ronan Keating and the like, I like Metal/Heavy Metal & METALLICA),  but these guys made it enjoyable. They were just the right volume and  not disturbing at all, in fact enjoyable.(Some day I hope to be good  enough at the guitar to play in  Barbeque Nation!). Kudos to them


Some time later, the waiters put up a dance show for all the customers. I  am not sure if this is a regular feature or was a special feature for  the anniversary week.  None-the-less, they danced pretty well, some good  steps,  some slightly girlie, but delightful to watch. So much so that I  was compelled to watch and video shoot the second performance! The  second performance was for the second half of the restaurant as both  halves can almost not see each other.


One potential disappointment was that the speakers in the exterior half  of the restaurant were not working. If I had sat in this section and  later found out I missed hearing the live band, I would have been very,  very disappointed. I hope they fix this soon.


A new feature in Barbeque Nation,  something I have only seen on t.v. on the travel and living channel and  no other restaurant in Pune, was a dude, wearing a cowboy hat, carrying  a neck hanging tray filled with shot glasses and walking around to make  people have Tequila shots. A nice touch for people who would like to  have shots and also a smart way to rake up the cash too.


On the table were these table mat sized print outs which mentioned that  the bill included a 4% service charge and that waiters were not to be  tipped, and any waiter that accepted tips would be discharged of duty.  Now the reason I like this is because they mention it clearly up front,  not leaving you at the end to decide how much to tip. I am also not a  big fan of the tipping system( maybe someday I will mention why).


The place was rather crowded, and always is very crowded, so, please  always go there as early as possible, or you may have to wait a while to  be seated. The wait time can be killer. Ideally reach there by 7:00 -  7:15.


[Dinner]


The food at  Barbeque Nation  is really good. In fact the variety and the range of dishes is  phenomenal. There are a few small disappointments but nothing enough to  put you off completely or not enjoy the evening.


It was impossible for me try all of the served dishes. So, I will list  down the entire menu for that night and then mention a small note  against the things which I actually had, leaving others with no note  against them.


Their menu changes weekly, so by the time you read this, the menu may have changed.


One thing to remember: their starters are so good that you might  actually end up eating too many starters and then end up having very  little main course and very little dessert. It might make sense to go  planning to have starters and desserts only! The desserts are  unmissable.


Barbeque grilled starters on the table:


Veg.




  • Schezwan grill veg.- I can’t seem to remember even seeing this!.




  • Paneer kali mirch - Okay I have had better Paneer at Cream Centre.




  • Italian mushroom - Avoid this one. I did not like it and found the mushrooms to have a weird taste.




  • Falafal with Humus - If you like middle easter food then you will definitely like this one.




  • Cajun spiced potato -  This was really good. A bit tough and crispy. Just the way it should be.






Non-Veg.




  • Coastal BBQ chicken - I was not thoroughly impressed with this one.




  • Parsley Fish - I am not a big fan of fish, especially if it has the  strong fish odour, but this starter is really very good. a must have.  The fish was soft and did not smelly fishy!




  • Chilly Garlic Prawns - This was a bit of  a disappointment. Medium sized tandoori prawns. Room for improvement.




  • Mutton Hyderabadi seekh Kebab - Good.




  • Angara Tangdi - Foil wrapped tender tandoori chicken drumstick with pepper corns. Yummy. Do not miss this one.






MAIN COURSE:-


Soups


Spicy coriander Veg. soup.


Chicken sweet corn soup.


Non-Veg


Kadhai Murgh


Fish in Oyster sauce


Achari Gosht


Chicken Dum biryani


Veg.


Paneer Lababdar


Corn Palak


Aloo Capsicum dry


Butter Chilli noodles


Plain rice


Veg Biryani


Veg, in hot basil sauce


Dal Tadka


Dal makahani


Baby corn mushroom matter masala


Desserts


Ras malai - Nice. Not very praise worthy since my moms makes’em better.


Vanilla ice cream


Angoori Gulab jamun - WAY TOO sweet. My teeth tingling just thinking about it again.


Fresh fruits


Apple Strudle


Italian coffee mousse - Very nice coffee flavoured mousse.


Double chocolate slice


Butter scotch pastry - Awesome, brilliant. A must have . Perfect right amount of sweet.


THAT IS ALOT OF FOOD!


I would suggest you go over as soon as possible, for dinner rather than lunch.


[Price]


Rs. 649 - Non veg.


Rs. 549 Veg.


Well worth it, especially for the sheer variety and the fact that it is unlimited.


There is a  Barbeque Nation at the Sayaji hotel in Wakad as well. I have found that the Nagar road one is better than the Sayaji hotel outlet.


Overall my verdict is the  Barbeque Nation is well worth it.


Feel free to drop me a line, or leave a comment of your experience at  Barbeque Nation.


Have a great evening.

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