A Chinese food feast.
Mainland China Pune, is a place where you can eat authentic Chinese food. Only the Manchurian dishes are spicy, the rest are mild and they all have their own unique taste. The restaurant also serves the best Khimchi in town, the best starters (they give at least three original kind of starters and the main course is simply a lot of variety, originality and taste.
The best time to visit the restaurant are on sundays for the buffets. The prices have been raised to Rs 350/- per person now but the price includes free beer/ cold drinks and the buffet meal is complete with starters, soup, a main course which has more than a dozen combinations of chicken, fish, crab/lobsters and vegetable dishes. The rice and noodle dishes are very good. There is variety in dessert too. There is a choice of three different sweets, plus ice-cream. If you are hungry (and that’s what we are when we skip breakfast on sunday mornings) and like sea-food and beer, then one can have a real food feast here. One should avoid the soup however, that’s the only dish which is average.
Overall, the money spent is worth it. Not only because the food is absolutely superb, the service and ambience are excellent.
There is valet parking, but even without it, there is usually space to park. The waiters are courteous, helpful and friendly, even when you make unusual requests. I always say a real test of a restaurant is when it’s crowded and Mainland China passes with flying colours. It doesn’t matter how many people are around, you get the best service (we have been there about five times up till now) and what’s more – the waiters are cheerful and alert. I haven’t found this anywhere, not even in five-star hotels.
You can have a Mainland China card as well which gives you points everytime you eat there and which you can redeem the next time you visit.
The ambience is good. The tables are reasonably apart, and the lighting is not too bright. The décor is tasteful. The crowd is decent mostly.