Bangalore has no dearth of options when it comes to restaurants
and pubs in various parts of city, but some areas are hub of restaurants and
pubs and Brigade Road in one such place. I visited “By Chance” pub over the
weekend for some food and alcohol and this place has really cool ambience to
make it stand out of other places around.
The outdoor ambience is full of greenery which makes sitting
outside a surreal experience in evening. When it comes to variety of food and
drinks options, it has something for everyone. This place serves Continental,
Chinese, Indian food/starters along with fast-food like Burgers and Pizzas. In
alcohol they serve various cocktails and Beers along with hard liquor.
In starters I tried Veg
Cheese Nachos, Paneer Chilly, Veg Hara Bhara Kawab and French fries. Nachos
was decent in taste with proper and limited use of cheese and nicely made salsa.
Paneer Chilly was totally as per expectation with use of fresh crispy paneer
balanced rightly in spiciness. It didn’t have much of extra veggies like Capsicum
making it good experience to have. Hara Bhara Kawab was prepared nicely and tasted
bit different with mint chutney, it had scrumptious filling making it a hunger satiating
dish. French-fries was really good and had less salt and spiciness unlike in
many other places.
I also laid my hands on Spinach
& Mushroom Sandwich and Veg Farmhouse Pizza. I really liked the
sandwich and it was one of the best I have had in recent times in Bangalore.
Cheese, Veggies, Onion, everything mixed perfectly and bread was soft enough
making it a great combination. Pizza was good in taste, big enough in size but bit
disappointing for me as I’m not big lover of Jalapeno 😊 In sweet they serve some amazing north Indian style Gajar Ka halwa and it is
must have dessert here.
In Alcohol, I tried Watermelon
Martini Cocktail which was prepared decently with Vodka and fresh
watermelon. I could feel proper flavor of watermelon along with sourness of
Vodka. I also tried Cucumber cooler cocktail
which was made with Vodka and cucumber juice. It was ok in taste but use of
pepper or some ingredient like that made it bit uneasy to drink.
Overall this place has great
ambience when one sits outside in evening. When it comes to cost of food and alcohol it is very reasonable
as compare to pubs in same area. Service staff here is mostly decent and “Always
happy to serve” type. They also have Web-App when using the inhouse wifi, which
can be used to see live menu and order food without waiting to be attended by service
person.