It was midnight and I had just picked up my friend. Where oh where shall we go at this hour of the night? Is there no decent joint which would happily serve us hungry folks?
In our epic adventure we stumbled upon Monsters Cafe! Almost everyone who works this side of Gurgaon knows this place for the amazing food it delivers, recently they opened their sitting area as well.
Now remembering directions in Gurgaon is tough, but writing down the directions for this place even tougher, it's near Galleria Market, let's just stick with that for now!
We enter into a backyard with chairs written, lights strewn around, making for a beautiful sight! I had a girl with me so they put some candles on the tables, “to stroke the mood!” Perhaps! Little did they know it'd take a lot more than some candles to get the job done with!
We ordered the Wokked Hot Garlic Non Veg Dimsums with a Monsters Bunta and a Cold Coffee.. If you'd had Monsters Dimsums in the past you know they are good, but to have them fresh and hot, they're kind of EPIC!
We had ordered Bunta and Cold Coffee just as chasers or downers little did we know we were gonna taste the best Bunta and Cold Coffee of our lives!
Yes, Midnight fare is a bit expensive than usual fare, but with food this good, it is worth it!
We thought to now sample something that has a history to it, to see how they've approached the classics. We ordered a New Yorker Sandwich, a simple prep of chicken salami, lettuce and bread. Well they gave us the option to choose our bread (brown/white) so that was nice. When the order came, it came with a generous serving of potato wedges which was heartening and had lovely mouthfeel, the sandwich in itself had something missing, I am still not sure what it was missing but something just did not sit right in it!
Overall Monsters happens to be a must visit if you're in Gurgaon post 12, some misses may happen and that's okay.
Edit: The place being an empty place almost every time I go, now has a cover charge of ₹500, with rude staff.. get food delivered if you must, don't go there!
Overall I'd rate Monsters 2/5

I joined the walk at Tossin Pizza, I'll be honest, I had previously avoided walking into the place or ordering in simply because the pictures of the pizzas they had were too good to be true and so I was wary.. The fact that a person who was with us who hated pizza with a passion was turned goes on to commend the quality and the taste of the place, and I am more curious to try out Piano Man to see how did they manage to beat them!

So coming onto the Pizza, we ordered the Meat Lovers Pizza , 11 inch. To wash it down, I took solace in their Roohafza Mojito, and boy! Oh boy! It is exactly as refreshing as it reads and the tastes just too subtle for a drink made out of two individual drinks!
The service time was a bit on the higher side given the restaurant was practically empty, something I am sure the restaurant would need to work on, however when that Pizza arrived, it was a sight to watch.

In our usual endeavours, when you order a meat lovers pizza, it's usually all the meat rejects piled on a pizza, not here, this time around it was studded with meat pieces cut perfectly for a bite, the pizza in itself soft in the middle and crunchy all around. And the fact it was loved by a pizza hater, makes it even more worthwhile.

Definitely Recommend

If I were to rate Tossin Pizza, they'd get a 4/5 stars!

Adjoining the hub of nightlife of Delhi, there lies the hub of innovative fashion, Janpath, and adding onto the definition of the place is Bunta Bar. Quirky from the name itself, one thing the place stays true to, is the name Bunta itself!
With the name board, entrance adorned with Bunta Bottles, and Bunta Bottles also playing a major part in interiors as well, one thing that you sure won't miss is Bunta. The menu itself reinvents the way Bunta is consumed, their Pahua Cocktails showcase an innovation level that is hardly seen in the Delhi restaurant circles.
Now, a disclaimer, I have been a frequent visitor to the place, in no ways a regular and I don't get discounts or freebies at the place( though I always hope for one! :P )
Being brought up the punjabi way, Beverages are the first way I judge a place, while most places lack innovation, Bunta Bar is not short on it at all. Their Bunta cocktails are the way Buntas be adulting at this place, for regular people who are not Bunta fanatics, innovation doesn't fall short, the picture below showcases a whisky based cocktail "Whiskey Rose Mule Jar" where whiskey meets rose, it has a very different taste to it, while your sip would taste like a general whiskey mint cocktail, the aftertaste would be that of rose, a pleasant surprise! But sadly not I would order again.Apart from this, if you're looking for something potent, go try the Bunta LIIT, you will be LITT after just the one!
The best way to sample food is to order a sampler, and the way I did that was a wee bit different. With the drinks I ordered a "Chakhna Platter" , now this is something that you don't find on the menu, but it's there and it's like an amalgam of everything you liked with your drink, you have masala papad, bhelpuri , cheeselings, those spicy aloo wafers, all that stuff,most of all it's fun to eat. This was followed by the non veg platter, they give you an option of choosing four and we chose 4 non veg dishes to sample, to start of Chicken Gilafi Seekh, it would perhaps be the softest, most flavorful seekh you would ever have, Chicken 65 was good, medium spicy, the chef was playing for the audience. The other two chicken dishes were okay, I don't even remember what they were (probably a chicken tikka and a mutton seekh).
To follow them up we ordered Honey Chilli Potatoes and a Mutton Keema Pijja(Pizza). The honey chilli potatoes were crunchy, lacked the surprise that I was now expecting of the place and the pizza could've been avoided, there were dollops of cheese or yoghurt I am not really sure but they did not lend themselves positively to the mouthfeel and taste. The flavour profile was off. And I from my previous experience can say pizzas are something where the place fluctuates in quality a lot , my first visit, the pizza was good, my second it was one of the worst pizzas I have ever had, the third time( this time) improvement on the last time, still a lot to be improved.
I, in college, did a research, to find out the factors that influence a consumers mind to choose a particular restaurant and why do they choose to visit a restaurant again. While food quality was a primary factor, service and ambience came in a close second. In my recent trips I have found it difficult to have a place to sit upstairs( it's often closed or be opening soon) but I was not letting it go this time around and wanted to judge the experience on the terrace as well. But sadly it was closed at 5pm and not ready at 8pm. Now they ask people who wish to smoke , could smoke in the lift lobby, but that place is hot, suffocating and totally unwelcoming.
And as the sun got down, the music at the place got louder and by 8pm the music was so loud that people were shouting to be heard from across the table. Not the experience you want.
Also I would like to point out one thing, it's just something that happened that hurt me and my friends personally and nothing to do with this review, while we were sitting, the manager escorted a group of people (uncles and aunts) to a table next to us, one of them while calling for a waiter, whistled for him. Now that was degrading for the waiter and something that should not be let be, it was the managers responsibility to take a stand for the waiter which he never did.

Overall, if I were to rate Bunta Bar.. it would be a 3/5

Kriti!!! This is one hell of a place!! Thank you!

That must be about it!

A Cheese and Veg overload Omellete.. the prefect end to gruelling Night Shifts!

Rava Poha mix deep fried to a golden brown color, no potatoes used whatsoever!

One from the chambers, Melting Vanilla Icecream, with a spiral of mango and Orange syrup enclosing on a kiwi purée underneath, garnished with nuts for pleasure

Woh Chhoti Bhookh ka ilaaj!

Hint: it's not what you think it is...

Jaipur Ki Special Sev Puchka! A taste that lingers in your mouth for days, best place to have it? Street Vendors in Jaipur

Just scrumptidelicious

Baingan ka bharta spread over a bread, gratinated, and chilli flakes sprinkled over it

In a lettuce cup

For not everyday is a gourmet day

Dinner ho toh Aisa!

Served with the Pink Angel

Guess the place! :P