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Rated: Good
Apr 14, 2008
Best Sunday Lunch ever...?
I find this really strange, that on a website where reviewers are saying how over-priced some restaurants are because they charge Rs1200 for a meal and drinks you can also find reviews on Rs2000 Sunday lunches, and people seem so happy to pay this... but if you are going to pay that much for your lunch, make it worthwhile!
I've had Sunday lunches at a couple of the hotels and while nice it tended to be a bit 'samey', and some of these places are a bit, well, lacking in atmosphere? So when we went to Olive Beach and I saw that they had a buffet, my first thought was "oh well, more of the same". I couldn't have been more wrong. Yes it was a buffet, but the selection had to be seen to be believed, and the quality was amazing. So you sit there with your plate of mini-gyros, little biscuity things with cheese and spinach, marinated pear salad, seared tuna etc etc, and the waiters keep appearing at your table with yet another pot of spicey meatballs in tomato cream, or delicious crispy thin crust pizza, or peppered gnocchi... then another waiter comes and asks if you want anything from the grill, so you get your fillet steak or lamb chops, then you spot the seafood counter with the freshly prepared baby lobster tails... and you just keep going back for more! Eventually of course you have to slow down, not least because you've had their cocktails and wine which they very kindly include in the price (Rs1900) , so you head for the dessert counter for a rest and find that this whole new 'pudding compartment' has now appeared in your stomach and you're ready to start again!! Bliss.
If it was just the food that was good, that would be enough, but the surroundings are lovely. We sat in the lovely cool white-walled interior and watched people outside enjoying the equally lovely sunny outside area, with trees, cool blue water, and multi-coloured cushions spead everywhere. Musicians wandered round from table to table taking requests, and I honestly couldn't think of a nicer way to spend Sunday lunch. Olive Beach was already one of my favourite restaurants in Bangalore, but is now possibly one of my favourites ever. So like I say, if you're going to do the posh lunch thing, do it properly...
