Status (Matunga West)

Was this a restaurant then?

You may pass the white 2-storey building a number of times as you walk from L.J. Road to Cadell Road and admire the way 'Status' is embossed on the top right corner. However, unless you are attentive enough to notice the words 'Refined Gourmet' below the title, it is very easy to mistake Status for an automobile or hosiery showroom. That said, if you do happen to go inside for a meal, you do get a favourable first impression from the interior decors, especially the interestingly sculptured showpieces that adorn the niches in the walls. In a full 4-course meal, you may find the beginning a trifle disappointing if you are the soup sort - the vegetable sweet corn soup is rather ordinary. However, you are left spellbound by the starters in both their vegetarian and non-vegetarian variants. Among vegetarian starters, the Paneer hariyali tikka is a good pick with extremely soft cottage cheese spiced up to perfection and duly complemented by fried onions. But even that is overshadowed by Tandoori mushroom, an unusual preparation of marinated giant mushrooms baked to softness over a clay oven and served red-hot. The non-vegetarian starters are no less, as both the Murgh Malai Kabab and Murgh Achari Kabab please the taste buds with some finely cooked chicken in freshly ground cashewnut paste and brown masala respectively. For the main course, with a slightly overpriced and strictly OK tandoori roti, you may want to consider just the Dal makhani, whose aroma of butter mingled with freshly cooked pulses is often enough to satisfy you after the variety of the starters. However, if it is the non-vegetarian fare that interest you more, go no further than the popular Murgh makhani, a dish of shredded and barbecued chicken cooked in a delicious butter and cream sauce - the perfect accompaniment to the bread and easily consumable thanks to being boneless. While the desserts are certainly not the specialty of Status, the Sizzling brownie, with sizzling hot chocolate sauce seductively poured over a freshly cooked brownie, is an excellent finale to a meal. Not so is the Caramel custard, which appears slightly under-prepared and leaves a putrid aftertaste. At Status, therefore, you choose carefully - certainly more carefully than the designer of the restaurant has chosen the look of the place.

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


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