I was recommended this restaurant for my first evening out in Mangalore and I was almost satisfied.
PHONE NUMBER:0824 2218693.
You REALLY need to reserve, especially on Saturday night!
LOCATION:
It is located in Yenepoya chambers ,just after Balmatta on the right side,on the 1st floor and I was initially put off by the slightly seedy entrance area, but the restaurant is fine..
But the toughest part was ... The crowd ( it WAS a saturday evening, I give you). Luckily, I had reserved, but it still took 10 minutes to get a table.
AMBIENCE:
Alright, a lot of chinesy lanterns and figurines that you begin to expect in most of these ''chinese'' places, a nice fountain in the centre with a couple of cute turtles. A fish tank that needs cleaning..
SERVICE:
Poor, as there were only four, overworked, harried waiters who had to do everything from taking orders, serving orders and clearing up... I felt that they should have had a least a cleaning and clear up crew..
We waited 10 minutes to order. And after the order was placed it took way too much time to come and we were famished.
But the food was (almost) worth it...
FOOD:
Based on friend's recommendations we had: Lung Fung soup, Spring rolls, chilly chicken, fried rice (very good). The dessert choice was uninspiring, just something called ''fried icecream'' For the uninitiated, it is vanilla icecream dunked in flour and deep fried quickly and topped with chocolate sauce, not bad if you haven't tried it before, but not something you'd like to try again..
The pork spare ribs are good I hear and the food is quite sought after.
COST:
Wallet effect? Ok, that lot cost us @ 500, which I feel is very reasonable. Mangalore is good for seafood and the prices are OK.
Decor was good, and some interesting tortoises( or turtles, I'm always unsure of them!) were there in a pool inside.
Service was mmmmm.... not too good, the few (four)waiters had to serve,clean and pick up... either many were on leave, or the cheapskates running the joint have saddled the available few with too much work.
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