The Great Kebab Factory does indeed have the atmosphere of an efficient industrial outfit. It makes no pretence at creating an ‘ambience’ with plush carpets, subtle lighting and nor does it boast a clientele of elegantly gliding socialites. In the good old Kebab Factory, corpulent exporters and their bejeweled wives plonk themselves comfortably into solid chairs and tuck into their tikkas and burras with open-mouthed gusto, often following their culinary adventures with appreciative burps before whipping out their toothpicks as proof of their admirable rules of personal hygiene. Watching such displays of enjoyment can be of great benefit to dieters. Now to put aside social commentary, the food served here is rather yummy.
You can choose between either a vegetarian or non-vegetarian all-you-can-eat platter for a little beneath 600 bucks per head. The booze unfortunately is extremely expensive though from the looks of it, many clients turn up tanked up and ready to pay homage to the traditional kabab follows sharab combo. The menu changes everyday except for a few highly recommended staples such as the galauti kabab. But you don’t really get to pick and choose what you want to eat. Seemingly endless rounds of different kebabs appear at assembly line intervals. This suits indecisive menu scanners such as I. You get a pretty good deal …hariyali kebabs, seekh kababs, exotic little rotis, rice, dal…tons of good stuff. And you can have as many helpings as you please! What I liked about the place was the cheerful ‘local’ atmosphere. Raucous laughter, tightly packed chairs (I had a delightful back-rubbing encounter with a callow youth) and no-nonsense furnishings. But then again, if that’s the kind of scene you fancy you should probably visit Kake ka Dhaba and suchlike rather than shell out 600 bucks for an ‘authentic’ experience. You don’t need to go to a five star hotel to slum it out in Delhi, right? Still, if you’re rolling in it and have a penchant for air-conditioning and glamorous hotel lobbies, then by all means head straight to the Radisson for the protein feast of a lifetime.