Khao (at Rasa)
Rated: Good
based on 2 reviews
#30, 1st Cross, Sampige Road, Malleshwaram, Bangalore
42067030, 9741355844, 9845095924
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Rated: Good
Jul 14, 2008
Food is rasila but the service is not....
Rasa is a new three-level restaurant in a bylane off the busy Sampige Road in Malleswaram. The first level has Hejje, which offers 'cuisines of Karnataka'. The second level has the Chinese-Thai eatery Khao, and the rooftop has Shish - a Continental, Tandoor, Mughlai place with a bar. Malleswaram has for long been badly in need of a decent restaurant offering something beyond dosas, minimeals and kulcha-kofta-biryani. Hopefully Rasa will meet the need.
Their promotion consisted of a glossy leaflet delivered with the daily newspaper, so one could assume that all Malleswaram knows about it. So it was surprising to see that the place was not very crowded on a Sunday night. My friends and I checked out all three levels before settling for Khao, where only one other table was occupied. The rooftop was the only place that was almost full.
Our expectations that the service would be swift, since the place was so empty, were sadly belied. Our first waiter did not seem to know everything that was on the menu and could not answer some of our questions. Thankfully someone better informed edged him out and took our orders. We went straight for the main course, of which the various items were brought one by one instead of together. A mocktail that one of us had ordered did not turn up at all, and she had to ask for it again - it was served with the desserts!
The food was the saving grace - all the dishes were quite good, though one of my friends found the Schezwan chicken quite spicy. I really liked the vegetarian Gaeng Pak - vegetables in coconut milk gravy, and the Malaysian flat noodles. The veg fried rice was not too bad either. The desserts on offer were not particularly Thai or Chinese, except a couple. We asked for gulabjamun and khubani ka meetha, both of which were not that great. (The best khubani ka meetha I've ever had was in Moksh, Jiggs Kalra's veg restaurant at the Chancery, which, sadly, is no more). But it was well worth it, considering that the bill for four people came to only Rs.615/-! The four stars in my rating are for the good food at low prices.
Rasa offers valet parking and home delivery. What they do not have, to my great disappointment, is a separate non-smoking area. Khao is just one big room with nice seating and well....interesting decor. If they improve their service and maintain the standard of their food, I suppose they should be able to become as busy as Shanthi Sagar!