ROASTEA KORAMANGALA

Recommended by a friend and highly impressed with 28 page menu, mostly vegetarian with a few dishes with egg in the mix...I headed to this place with the intention to pig out on some Italian food. Somewhere along the way I changed my mind and decided to give in to my cravings for noodles. This place is done up very well, warm and inviting indoors and they have outdoor seating as well. Menu is vast, quirky combinations and very impressive with varieties of tea and beverages...one of those “ I've never heard of these” kinds of dishes. Tea and coffee lovers would really enjoy this place. What I ate: I started with water chestnut and cream cheese dumplings...it had a pink coating on it. I hate pink food but, oh the taste was awesome! Total melt in the mouth dumplings steamed just right. I was craving chilly garlic noodles.. my go to dish every time but was recommended UDON NOODLE BOWL (Udon style noodles, kung pao cottage cheese, tempura fried veggies, sautéed bell peppers) ....I like the bowl combo dishes that are gaining popularity. The presentation was awesome but the whole dish...from the noodles to bell peppers to fritters was dunked in some sweet sauce while I craved spicy food…only the tempura fried veggies which were like bajjis were tasty…rest was a letdown. Total thumbs down for me. Dessert was strawberry ensemble and this won me over. Top marks for the presentation too. Kind of expensive so go there with a full wallet. Nice to catch up with friends here. The service is okayish. They need to step it up in terms of understanding and communicating with the customer. Seemed lost in terms of asking customer needs and recommendations. I got pizza and blueberry panacotta as takeaway. Pizza was dry and unappealing and yeah I’ve had cold pizza from other places as takeaway at nights without reheating and it was mind blowing so it wasn’t because I ate it late! Dessert was better. There was one sauce that stood out – a greenish one..I really couldn’t make out what that was.. which went so well with the dumplings and the main course that I would go there just to have the sauce!!! Overall 3.5 (because the main course didn’t do it for me.) Would I go again...not a definite yes but I'm curious to try their other items on the menu and the dessert menu has a lot of variety for the ones with a sweet tooth. And hopefully give it a higher rating. Would I recommend to others? Yes give it a try!. Ratings for reviews 1-No! No! No! 2-Just about average 3- Good. Can give it a try 4-Great!! 5-Yes! Yes! Yes! And I’ll tell all about it. Details: 612/3, 80 Feet Rd, next to Akshaya Motors Mercedes Benz Showroom, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034 Z2xl/AVvXsEjbWIyTIpnhXDD9A61NAH1zm6tCyqOc5goyFFoA3PMgdz4mTC-Zx3Dy-nzNj0LNROO8-eWAr7VgdV2hVyfF9xj4Mk5_sJdcg89NkHgkcGijDsboPZBv5IPpnVRHge8aLOqOoMlWD1vK-RX5JobXf5buvAVZBmnuV0oRJddcsVab8kbiZVbPmAa2Cl5aOVll/s200/STRAWBERRY%20ENSEMBLE.jpg"/>