Being in Indiranagar on Friday evening, I forced my friend we should try out the new place though he was reluctant in experimenting!
Cirrus is on 5th floor of the Reid and Taylor Building. It's the same building as that of Xtreme Sports Bar on 100ft Road.
It's a small board which one could easily miss. One has to take the long narrow lane on the right hand side of the building to go towards the lift. While we were in the lift, there was a power failure and we were stopped for almost 5mins. Thank god, none of us in the life were claustrophobic. The door of the lift opens and we found the wall. Dint know how long it would for us to get out of this! All started on a wrong note, the lift went to the basement and again moved to the 5th floor. This time, thanks to the generator.
On the 5th floor, the lift directly open to the restaurant! Not too appealing. But, yeah I was prepared. Thanks to dheeraj's review. It was the polished cement floor as said by Dheeraj. And there?s nothing much one can talk about the interiors here. They have a indoor and a outdoor seating. Intital plans of outdoor seating was totally buried when the waiter suggested we should opt for a table with the Red Color Nilkamal Chairs!!! Yes. I'm not exaggerating. Only a few tables there had proper chairs and the rest, it was RED colored Nilkamal chairs. I don?t know who in the restaurant came up with such brilliant idea. But, this would totally help cirrus in not bringing their customers back.
This made us opt for the indoors and we sat 2 tables away from the big screen. The big screen existed for the namesake. There was no water served. The waiter handed over the drinks menu. My friend, already frustrated did not take too much time and ordered for his regular Budweiser Pint and I ordered for a Kiwi Martini. His Pint was brought in less than 2mins but, my drink arrived after 15mins. While he got my drink, the glass was carried in his hands and I guess they have no concept of using a tray if they are serving only one drink.
There's more bad news. My drink was extremely sweet tasted like a tonic :( Yeah. I?m not exaggerating again. But, the cough syrups taste much better and it's a serious advice the management of Cirrus ? Guys, please please please train your bartenders and the waiters. There's a long way to go!
The starter and the main course menu was given to us and after a thorough check, we hardly found any choice for the veggies. They probably specialize only in non-veg food. We ordered for veg sheek kabab and here I was almost losing patience. The music wasn't all that great. The big screen is just hanging on to the wall and its not being used. And in addition, our starters were served after 40mins!!!!
By this time, along with my friend, my frustration levels were reaching a new high. The kabab was nothing to be appreciated or talked about. It was just ok and filled our tummies to some extent.
For the main course, they has some listings of some coastal food and some Tandoori. Not to overload ourselves, we ordered 2 plates of Neer Dosa and a Veg Stew. This took another half an hour to arrive and thank god this time. This one was definitely edible. Though not something that can get a 5 star, this was the only saving star from my end to Cirrus. There was something called 'Kori rotti' in the menu. When I asked the waiter, what it was, all that he said was, 'Madam, its made of Dalda'
This answer was sufficient for me to not ask him any more questions. We asked him to get us the bill and thank god again. This one, just took 15mins.
The total damage for the 2 disappointed souls was around 700 bucks. A total waste of Friday evening and the precious 700 bucks. Looks like, my friend is gonna curse me all his life for taking him there!
Its definitely ok to never try this place and spare ourselves forever!
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