So I you are someone from Pune University, this is THE happrnibg place in town. Ofcourse it has competitors in the very next building, and a couple more in SB road, but I have seen people travel kilometers just to visit this pub, and I didn't know what was this fuss about, so decided to go there myself.
Luckily it was a weekday, and we decided to make the complete use of your Zomato Gold Membership. We were 4 of us, using 2 golds we got to try 4 delicious dishes. We again visited them once, but it being a weekend they asked for cover charges of 500 per person, and not having any intention of drinking, we were not sure if we would be able to completely redeem that amount, so went on some other place. Anyway, lets talk about one of the coolest place in town, FROZEN MONKEY!
The waiting area itself good. As in its not 'officially' a waiting area, but you of course wouldn't be wanting to sit outside where there is ni music and no fun right? One thing that bothered me is that they have a fooseball table, but it had no ball! Then WHY did you keep it there in the first place??
The ambience is spot on. Dim lights with tiny blue fairy lights, and yellow chandeliers hanging from the wall. DJ playing the latest tracks at a good volume so that you could feel the bass and your body automatically starts to move in the groove. The entire atmosphere was lit and by just being there you would enjoy yourself. But we needed food to 'really' enjoy, so apart from doing our funny weired dance moves, this is what we ordered,
MEXICAN MONKEY PIZZA - This one was a non-vegetarian pizza, and when we went there I had stopped, or actually paused eating chicken, so I was not going to have it, but it looked so tempting, that I cheated a bit. I removed the chicken chunks from it and had the pizza and man it was delicious! Technically I DID NOT EAT NON-VEG!! It was good! The pizza size was good. The toppings and the sauces stole the show.
TANDOORI PANEER PIZZA - The vegetarian version of the mexican monkey pizza, this one had the very same base. The same crunchy thin crust, tangy sauces, bell peppers and onions but just instead of chicken, it had chunks of tandoori paneer on it. The pizza over all was impressive, with or without paneer, they just were like cherry on cake.
CLASSIC LASAGNE - I am a huge fan of this italian preparation. Its just the same pasta that we are used to having, but in a different shape. The reason why I love it is because it looks like a cake, and apart from having a good amount of sauces, it has more veggies than other forms of pasta. But this one had a bit too much of brocolli and some other leafy green which kind of was letting the taste down, but over all this was good too. Cheesy and yummy, nevertheless.
MAC AND FIVE CHEESE - My friends blaming me for a too much of veggies in the previous pasta, now they are done with the veggies and wanted to have just the sauce and pasta, with nothing coming in between these to, so went for classic mac and cheese. But this time it was even better, because they used 5 different types of cheese! This pasta preparation was way better than the lasagna. The garlic bread were good too. It might look from the images that the macroni was too dry, and even I was doubtful about it, but each and evert single bite and a flavourful portion of cheesy sauces in it. LOVED THIS ONE THE MOST!
Not finding time in the weekdays to visit this pub, and not being able to splurge on tbe cover charges, I think it will be a good amount of time till I get to feel its places atmosphere again. Its just a different vibe altogether! You just forget about everything and want to part hard! And being a pub, it didnt compromise with the taste and quality of the food. Next time we are here, we drink!!
Happy Burping!!!
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