As of now, Oakroom is probably the least crowded of the restaurants in the UB City Mall, and it's a decent option if you don't want to wait for your table and would like to have a good, relaxed meal.
The Oakroom is nice,big and airy, with good natural lighting, and has this huge chandelier right in the middle of the room. They serve soup and starters at the table, both of which were good. Mind you, the variety here is quite limited compared to other similarly priced buffets. Which means you get only 1 veg starter and 1 non veg starter. The salads were OK, and there was nothing really interesting, that you would want to waste your appetite on (yes, i *am* one of those healthy food haters)
Onto the main course, the buffet had a mix of different cuisines, a bit of North Indian, a bit of continental and a bit of Chinese as well. As the choice is limited, I really could have a try of pretty much everything on the spread, and i certainly wasn't disappointed. There was some really delicious fish, some great mutton Biryani, a nice rich Paneer curry, some noodles(again good) etc.
I'm someone who likes to gorge on the desserts at buffets, and at first glance, i was disheartened. They had precisely 4 items if i remember correctly plus the usual serving of fruits (yeah right, as if i'm even remotely interested in them). But once i dug in, the buffet had redeemed itself. The chocolate mousse i had was some of the best i've ever had, may not be as good as the ones you get in close by Ecstasy, but almost there and that's something. The lemon tart and the assorted pastries were equally good and that brought to end a thoroughly satisfying meal.
At 325 plus taxes per head, you might argue that you could find much better spreads in the city for the same price or even less, and you might be right as well, but there really isn't a lot that you could complain about this one apart from may be the limited variety.
rohitnair
