"Ahoy!", says this unique new Cafe restaurant as you pass by the Kompally highway! 🛣️
A boat/ ship themed establishment, with fine attention to details, makes it quite an appealing place. ⛵⚓
There's a huge grass lawn garden outside, and also a large open air seating space among some palm trees and pebbles. Great place to chill on a breezy evening! ☁️🌴
Inside, the decor was much better, with some mellow lighting and soft jazz playing in the background. 🎷😊
Being a hungry bunch of 6, we ordered a LOT of food:
🍢 BROCCOLI CHEESE BULLETS (260/10) - Crunchy fritters made of a rich and cheesy vegetable mixture. Served with a sweet and spicy sauce, good choice for the vegetarians!
🌰 CORN CRUSTED ONION RINGS (220/10) - Greasy and soggy. Lacked the flavor, again, the dip served alongside was good!
🥪 PANEER TIKKA MINT SANDWICH (280) - A 6" long sub, loaded with fresh salads, spicy paneer tikka cubes, and a strong mint after taste! Really liked the flavors, however it felt dry and could definitely take more mint sauce.
🍝 CREAM SAUCE PASTA (280/veg) - Perfectly boiled penne in a white sauce that was a tad bit dry, with veggies! No garlic bread was served with the pasta.
🍕 SPICED COTTAGE CHEESE AND PEPPERS (320/12"(6)) -
AMAZING! A strong after taste of burnt chilly, with soft and fresh cottage cheese topping. The best pizza of the 4 we had for sure.
🍕 NAPOLITANA (300/12"(6)) - A vegetarian classic, with fresh tomatoes, basil and olives.
🍕 CLASSIC PORK PEPPERONI (350/12"(6)) - Classic pepperoni, with thin slices of meat, and a garnish of fresh basil.
🍕 ROAST CHICKEN (320/12"(6)) - No flavor came out too particularly in this one, however, liked the spring onion garnish and taste overall.
With all the praise about the pizzas, be aware, they weren't all that good. There was a very scarce amount of toppings, sauce and close to no cheese. For the price, I would stay away from them the next time.
🍳 BAKED EGGS FLORENTINE (250) - A big bowl of creamy saucy soup, with 2 eggs soft poached right in the middle. It looked upsetting at first sight, but this turned out to be one of the best dishes of the night! Only 1 piece of toast was served with the big bowl, garnished with a small drop of butter.
🐟 BEER BATTERED FISH AND CHIPS (370/3) - Fine cuts of fish, in this classic dish. However, the fish wasn't fresh and had a very strong and nauseating smell. Also, not worth the price.
🍔 PULLED PORK AND RED CABBAGE SLAW BURGER (320) -
Saved the best for the last! This was my favorite item of all we had! Spicy and strongly flavored juicy pork, came together with a sour tartar curd/ mayo and a bed of fresh and crunchy red cabbage. Served with a small portion of fries.
After all that food, ordered some shakes to wash down:
🥤 BUBBLEGUM SHAKE (160) - This came in second, only after the pork burger, in my list of favorite items! Strong bubblegum taste brought back the little kid. Absolutely loved this one!
🥤MINT AND CHOCOCHIP SHAKE (160) - A unique blend of chocolate and fresh mint, refreshing!
🥤 OREO CHOCO SHAKE (160) - A standard Oreo Chocolate shake, nothing special. Garnished with a deconstructed Oreo.
☕ NUTELLA CAPPUCCINO (150) - Strong brew with a mild nutella after taste. A nice hot beverage for a change.
Ended the meal with some desserts:
🥞 DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PANCAKE (250/3) -
Fluffy and soft pancakes with a dash of powdered sugar and chocolate sauce dressing. No sign of any double chocolate. The pancakes were good. The overly huge serving of Peanut butter was unnecessary.
🥧 THICK CHOCOLATE AND ICE CREAM WAFFLE (300) -
A big waffle cut in 4 pieces, served with a chocolate sauce drizzle, and a scoop of chocolate ice cream. The waffle was too dry and crunchy, and overall had too much sugar.
🥧 CHOCOLATE COOKIE SKILLET (320) - Avoid! It didn't sizzle, nor was it a brownie. Just a flat chocolate pancake with some chocolate sauce garnish. Too expensive, no taste.
Some complimentary focaccia bread was served as an accompaniment. It was buttery and baked well. Would love to see some garlic or Italian garnish on it! 😄
All this food was served very professionally and with a big smile by our host for the night, Mr. Sunil. I especially appreciate the way he interacted with us and his tone of talking! Kudos! 👏🏻
One point about the service, the head waiter/ manager was very casual in his approach, when asked how many slices in a pizza, he replied "8 to 9". This was a lifetime first for me, a pizza with variable slices. 😂
Coming back to the food, and Ahoy as a place overall. True a lot of capital has gone into establishing the beautiful place, but the prices are extraordinarily and unnecessarily high. While the desserts weren't worth half of what we paid, the pizzas simply couldn't justify the price, with little to no toppings and small size. The fish and chips also for 370 is a rip off.
To summarize, Ahoy has huge potential, if they keep up the service, maintain the beautiful place and work on the quality of food being turned out.
Some of the items I recommend to try out are:
❤️ Pulled Pork Burger 🌟
❤️ Paneer Tikka Mint Sandwich 🌟
❤️ Egg Florentine
❤️ Spiced Cottage Cheese pizza
❤️ Bubblegum Shake 🌟
Here's my overall SCORE:
Food - 4/5
Ambience - 5/5 🌟
Service - 4.5/5
VFM - 3/5 (huge potential, like I said already) 🤷🏻♂️
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