Spaghetti Kitchen (High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel)

Tolerable in parts

Spaghetti Kitchen is probably the least popular of the 4 big Blue Food restaurants given the number of empty seats even during peak hours, and it is not too difficult to ascertain why. Food here is simply inconsistent in quality, ranging from good classy stuff to the borderline unpalatable. Cheese garlic bread works for a good starter (being the one continental thing one cannot go wrong on), along with the delectable Cappuccino of Four Mushroom Soup (served rather evocatively in a coffee cup with a very soft crouton topped with minced mushroom pieces which makes the entire thing even tastier). Thereafter, one may try the starters: the Parmesan Cream Cheese Baby Potatoes - oven-roasted potatoes cooked with parmesan, cream and fresh herbs - certainly sound very appetising (in a rather synaesthetic way), but do not seem worth the money once you have tasted the fare. Among the pizzas, the thin-crust Pizza Primavera, with a good selection of olive, artichoke and asparagus toppings, is worth a try. Not so much so is the Pizza Giardiniera, where bell peppers, artichoke and jalapeno do not combine well at all.This inconsistency stretches on to its flagship pastas as well. The Asparagus and Spring Vegetable Risotto, made of premium Carnaroli rice and served with a green sauce, convinces you of the merits of this restaurant. Meanwhile, the Lasagna verde alla Bolognese di pollo, a spinach-flavoured lasagna with a whiff of chicken (and recommended by the chef), is extremely shoddy in its execution and presentation; and the taste too is far below Spaghetti Kitchen standards. One rather unique feature at the Kitchen is the steward collecting a payment card from the customer (for available discounts etc.) at the end of the meal and then swiping it at a terminal before even presenting the bill to the cardholder - a practice that is usually not followed anywhere in India. And mind you, those aforementioned discounts will be important - you need to comfort yourself on getting a fair deal at last!

Ambience                ★★★
Service                    ★★★
Presentation            ★★★
Taste                           ★★★


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