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Rated: Average
based on 5 reviews
Casa Piccola
26 CMH Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore
22212907, 41131888, 22203330, 41154888, 25258823
| Locality | Indiranagar |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Restaurant |
| Food Type | Western |
| Timings | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM |
| Price |
Moderate
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first reviewed by ArunM
- User Reviews (5)
Dec 23, 2007
'Paisa vasool' enjoyment...and great food too!
It was one of those bright, but nippy Sunday afternoons that are so typical to the Bangalore winter, when staying cooped up inside four walls just doesn’t seem fair and you look forward to getting outdoors into the lovely, confused weather and doing something...anything. Even if that something turns out to be walking into another set of four walls a few minutes later and proceeding to feed your face. Well, feeding our respective faces was muchly on the agenda of a couple of friends and myself and so we found our way to the Casa Piccola outlet on CMH Road, Indiranagar. I’d been to their flagship Residency Road branch ages ago and remember the food being the kind of hearty fare that’s perfect for the kind of weather that was in circulation.
I guess a lot of other people had the same kind of idea as we did as we walked in and managed to get one of the last few available tables in the restaurant. The dining area is large and airy, with wide windows on one of the walls, which on that particular day, allowed for the afternoon’s sunshine to pour in from all sides. From what I remember, there are close to 20 tables that allow seating for between two and four, with a couple of the two-seater tables set under green and white awnings that lends the place that European café vibe. They also have a dessert and drinks counter on display. Observations and other such pleasantries aside, we checked out the menu. The menu is all continental / European but with enough range and choice to make you take a while to decide. After much hemming and hawing, we decided on the Chicken Tetrazinni (with penne and extra spicy, please), the Fish & Chips, the Chicken Fritters and the Prawns Barbados – yes, we were three rather hungry people. To make up to it for a previous night of high-spirited revelry (or debauchery, depending on your perspective), I also decided to give my body a shot of good health and ordered the Double Berry Blast, a low-fat, low-sugar yogurt-smoothie flavoured with, well, two kinds of berries. The food took its time coming but we spent it ‘oohing’ and ‘aahing’ over what turned out to be a very good Berry Blast. Fruity, cool, smooth and highly recommended.
The food arrived soon after and the first thing you notice is the size of the portions. Enormous. Or, in the words of the Indian consumer’s indefatigable mantra, total ‘paisa vasool’. Undaunted, we dug in.
Chicken Tetrazzini: One of the largest single-servings of pasta I have seen anywhere. And absolutely slathered with grated cheese on top. But who’s complaining? It was capital stuff - the pasta was cooked just right and so was the chicken. The sauce was spicy as promised but allowed for the flavours of all the herbs to jump out when they were supposed to. Served with a large slab of garlic bread, it gets a 3.5 out of 5 on my scale.
Fish & Chips: Standard fare – crumb-fried fillets of fish fried and served with tartar sauce, fries and salad. You can’t do much wrong with F&C and they didn’t either. Again, a commendable serving in terms of size. A 3 on 5.
Chicken Fritters: My pick from the menu, and the biggest disappointment of the meal. It promised me a spicy chicken and cheese filling inside crisp pancakes, but what I got were two large and rather limp spring-roll like things with a chicken filling that wasn't spicy by any stretch of the imagination. No repeat-value whatsoever in this one, and it gets a 1.5 on 5.
Prawns Barbados: The black sheep and hands-down surprise package of the lot. Spectacular stuff. Juicy prawns in a tangy, spicy-sweet gravy are served with herbed rice and salad. And they do not skimp on the prawns, oh no, they don't. It gets a fully deserved 4 on 5, missing out only because they could have made the flavour of the sauce a little less ‘ketchupy’. Nevertheless, a definite do-try. The leftover gravy from the prawns was dribbled over the leftover lettuce from the salad and sent down with much relish - such is the charm of the stuff.
The iced tea left me cold. We decided to skip dessert over promises of home-made chocolate mousse as soon as we got home.
The service is polite, though a tad slow.
We were stuffed to the gills. We even doggy-bagged. And we paid just under 800 bucks for a meal an uncle of mine would have thought was enough for a whole starving village, including leftovers for the strays.
High on the last couple of hours, we headed back into the afternoon sun. It had become one of those bright, but lazy Sunday afternoons that are so typical to the Bangalore winter, when being outdoors just doesn’t seem fair and you look forward to getting indoors into a warm, cosy blanket and doing something…anything. Even if that something turns out be sleeping late into the evening.
Sep 22, 2007
Good and Simple
Simple and warm decor and good food. Reasonable priced, full meal for 2 would be around 400. Tried most of the non-veg dishes, love the pizzas and steaks. And desserts are good.
Jun 11, 2007
Always loved it
This place has now been around for so many years
All these years they have served good food, specially the continental fare
I have always loved it ...
Mar 05, 2007
Not a patch on the original
Fairly decent continental stuff but the quality isn't a patch on the original Casa on Residency road. The desserts are best avoided...