Interesting, Amusing, Surprising ….. Around Me!

At one side you have Arena, one of the best hangout spots here in Karachi which has been known for its high standards.  And on the other  you have Rangoli. “Eekh! i don’t want to go there again” atleast if i am paying.

This weekend i got a chance to go out with my friends to Rangoli Restaurant located at Karsaz, Karachi.  I was quite excited about it since i have visited arena quite a few times and i was carrying a perception for Rangoli equivalent to it.  Anyways, we have booked a table for 5 and move forward.  If you look around there wasn’t much theme based decor which was expected as now a days almost all restaurants are theme based and highly decorated.  The ambiance was quite normal like you can find in Lasania or Usmania.  Clean sheets, clean floor, clean dishes and that’s it.

Now starts the worst part.  The table arrangements was way too congested  and you need to make double sure of not hitting on other tables while your way in or out.  There was a family right next to us and when they pulled out their chairs they were literally hitting on our table.   One cannot able to talk properly since every time you laugh there are few faces turning around.  Now the food, I cannot say much about it because i haven’t had much.  Whenever i went to fetch me something i ended up eating french fries because that’s the only thing available in some quantity.  In a buffet iftari/dinner worth rupees 799/=, can you expect that the supply of food will be cut offed by half time?  you cant right? but that was the exact case there.  No Prawns after 8:00 PM – No Katakat after 8:15 PM and No Sajji after 8:30 PM.  Everything else tasted like fried with washing power.  Cherry on the top that there was a constant announcement going on, at which an irritating voice was telling you not to go or stand in the buffet lounge and sit on your tables to wait for a ugly looking guy keep on bugging you to clear the bill.

I know it wasn’t totally their fault, the people around us wasn’t pleasing enough either and the rush on food stalls was insane.  I think its in our culture and if you  adopt the attitude of letting them take it first, you are very wrong.  Because you will end up eating nothing.

Overall the experience was not as it was expected.  I believe Lalqila, Village and Shan-e-Mughlia are doing a great job.  And there is no reasons to rate Rangoli as one of the top three buffet here in Karachi.