u/swapsalot

Feel free to ignore the mess - or don’t.

Mattress on top
78x60x4
Brand: Kurlon
Cost price: 8490
2.5 years old (april 2024)
Selling price: 2.5k

Mattress on bottom with cover (used for 3 months max as it was the wrong size)
72x60x5
Brand: Endura
Cost Price: 10990
2.8 years old (jan 2024) and it’s an ortho mattress with spine support
Selling price: 3k

Bill is available for both
Both are medium firm
Ortho one is a bit softer and quite heavy
Take both for 5k
Pickup location is Bommanahalli.

We tried the half-and-half hotpot with side dishes including mushrooms, pork belly, fish fillet, vegetable dumplings, bean curd, and tofu skin, along with two desserts. The total cost was around ₹3,200.

To start with the experience, the wait wasn’t too long, but it was disorganised. It was just the two of us, but one couple and one group that arrived after us somehow got seated before we did. I’m not particularly happy about the group either, but I can understand that they may have had a bigger table open up. The couple, however, was annoying. None of us had a reservation.

We had to wait around 30 minutes, which is what the guy had promised, so points for that.

As for the food, it was quite flavourful and spice-heavy. We had the spicy Sichuan and Tom Yum broths, and both were really nice. They had six veggie broth options. There were no free refills, which was a bit of a bummer. They give you hot water instead, although I’m not really sure how that helps.

The sides were reasonably priced, albeit on the expensive side, but it was good on the quality and the portion. However, they had also run out of chicken dumplings and sticky rice cakes.

The sauce station, although we sat down at our table at 10PM, already felt like it was about to be over. Towards the end of the meal, half of the condiments had run out, and they never refilled them. Sauce station is important for a hotpot experience.

Overall, I do think the staff were aware that things weren’t going smoothly. They apologised profusely whenever there was an issue, which I appreciate, but the problem was that the apologies rarely translated into anything actually being fixed. The actual food was the strongest part of the experience. Both broths were genuinely good, and the sides were decent, but the disorganised seating, unavailable items, lack of broth refills, and poorly maintained sauce station took away from what could have been a much better experience. Maybe do a reservation when you’re planning to visit and reach early.

At around ₹3000+ for two, I expected the service and overall upkeep to be more polished. Good food, but the experience didn’t quite match the price.