For the first time it was a college friend’s (Rajesh to be specific) as his treat to me and Vincy, on him getting job at Adobe…second time when my manager at Tech Mahindra, Bangalore asked me to recommend a place for team lunch (as you know I am known to be giving nice recommendations ;))…then with my dear friend Andy on his visit from States…then few more visits …then with Ravi sir,Baddy sir and Vincy… last to last month with Vincy dear(on a special day :))…and again last Saturday with my colleagues( Thang and Vipin)of Talisma in Barbeque Nation, Chennai.
For the uninitiated, Barbeque Nation is a chain of restaurants and the place is open till 11:30 pm to 12:30 am (it’s there in Chennai, Bangalore and other cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune etc.) and serves unlimited mouth-watering grilled vegetarian (and non-vegetarian) kebab followed by excellent main course and topped by a selected assortment of desserts….
Every time we have been there, we had to wait a good 30 minutes on an average for our turn after arriving at the place but the wait was more than worth it. In any case, one can make a reservation, especially on weekends, before one visits the place. Barbeque Nation offers everything that one can relate with a fine dining or high-end restaurant. Valet Parking, live singing performances, nice ambience, excellent customer service and its share of USPs.
The USP of Barbeque Nation is that the starters are grilled on the table. So, we can have them hot and watch them being grilled too! This is what you are told by the attendant when you say you are here for the first time; and last Saturday, I did their job by letting Thang and Vipin know about it … 🙂
The starters, usually comprising vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, are served on the table. You can keep ordering the starters till you decide to save some space in your stomach for the main course and deserts, which are equally good :p … The service is excellent. The main course is well laid-out with a bit of assortment and in deserts we have vanilla, truffle, gulabjamun, mousse, brownies, fruits, tarts,phirnee….
Overall, Barbeque Nation, both in Bangalore and Chennai (and I hope they are equally good in other cities) is a must try for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians.Every time I’d been there I had real good time and would love to go there again and again… 🙂
One of highly recommended and my fav place.I so love the concept and food.
If you are a non vegetarian then its a treat to be at BBQ nation.
One tip Hog on starters and deserts,maincourse can be skipped .
Love the after mint as well at times they give gummy bear 🙂
Kanu…tea, then BBQ nation…more to count on our common list of favorites…Cheers!See u soon 🙂
Hey that was a good testimonial to BBQ. One of my favorites at chennai. Infact it tops the list. I’ve always been there reserving table in advance to spend good 3 hours of non stop hunting. I love the starters they provide, especially the prawns. we usually skip main course there. Even among the starters, I skip a lot only to enjoy more prawns and every time the server stops by to server, I plead “more prawns” 😉 😀 It is definitely a place worth visiting very often. There are a few more restaurants that follow BBQ on my list like shogun at karapakkam, blue fox at chromepet, arabian hut at Ascendas… There are a few concept restaurants along ECR too..
Happy dining 😛 😀
Cheers,
Loga
How did I forget to mention THE ROCK at velachery – opposite McD. The ambience and food are good are the Rock as well..
Cheers,
Loga
Hey Cres!this time no ctrl+f 😛 :D…will check out the restaurants u suggested 🙂
yeah.. check out and write about them.. 🙂 btw,Thanks for stopping by my blog
Cheers,
Loga
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well yeah.. totally agree 🙂 .. one thing that i missed a lot in UK was BBQ nation .. i wud dream abt coming back to india and dine at BBQ.. just like u i have also started recomending to others as well 🙂 🙂 … well in the first u recommended it to us:) .. thanks to u.. its a different exp altogether 🙂
Hey Shruthi dear…wssup????
Hey Shalu,
I visited their place in Gurgaon when I went to Delhi earlier this year… the food was just awesome! I’m not normally into non-veg food, so I was a bit apprehensive if I would like the different things served there or not. But then I tried prawns, fish, mutton & chicken of course I have had earlier also. Everything was just so well cooked, totally enjoyed it all. And the desserts! So many different things were there… I completely skipped the main course in fact… just had the starters and then skipped directly to the desserts! :p A bit expensive place though, especially for people who can’t eat too much food at one go… but worth the experience.
I agree wd you 🙂
bbq natian is rocking
i love bbq