Mediterranean, Pizza, Seafood
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Price range per person INR 300 - INR 1,000
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Mediterranean cuisine is served at this restaurant. In accordance with the guests' opinions, waiters serve perfectly cooked mushroom pizza, pasta and pizza salads here. That's a nice idea to order tasty ice cream, churros and creamy dessert. Most reviewers mark that you can have good gin, Sangria or liqueur at Verandah. Great bread drink is a decent choice.
You can listen to live music in the evening. The high ratings of this place wouldn't be possible without the accommodating staff. Nice service is something that people highlight in their reviews. Here you will pay democratic prices. At this spot, guests can enjoy the lovely atmosphere and fancy decor. Google gives it 4.3 so you can choose this restaurant to spend a good time here.
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Mediterranean, Pizza, Seafood
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Price range per person INR 300 - INR 1,000
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Calist House, Ashwem-Mandrem Road, Mandrem, Goa, India
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Outdoor seating
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A few things observed based on the two visits I did in the past 2 months (3rd Dec 2022 and 14th Jan 2023)
1) menu needs to be at the table once the guest is seated.
2) someone should attend to the guests to take the order and suggest the new specials since it's a newer menu.
3) attentiveness to taking orders.
4) The bread baskets we ordered had some stale breads.
5) table clearance once dishes are done eating. Our table looked cluttered and messy. Your staff needs to be attentive and proactive. also if the staff notices a dish hasn't been finished and is laying on the table, one would expect the staff/management to inquire/get feedback about it.
6) cocktails at the main bar have been disappointing both visits. There is inconsistency in the same cocktail ordered over a period of time in the same evening. If a guest is paying 800-900 for a cocktail, s/he expects consistently being served good cocktails. Exorbitant priced drinks with mediocre tastes. And the previous week, the cocktail I had at the main bar was just regular like at any beach shack in Goa where one would pay 200-400 for the same.
7) the bill took a long time to be presented after being requested. We gave the hostess a feedback about the food experience and she was indifferent about it. Lack of customer service and attention to customers feedback/disappointment. one would hope some compassion for being served raw/cold/improperly cooked food, and complimented with a replacement, a dessert or just taken off the final bill.
8) the pork ribs were brought cold to the table so upon tasting one, we asked the staff to change it. Within 5mins another plate of ribs that were haphazardly stacked,came to the table which was not up to the mark at all- low quality meat, undercooked and flavours were off.
9) we also ordered the beef steak medium rare , which was again bad quality meat, chewy with a lot of cartilage and the marinade was wrongly done. Since it was precut into slices in the kitchen, we had 4 slices (there were 4 of us at the table) and left the remaining 5 odd pieces in dissatisfaction.
10) the Burrata was hard and lacked the rich creamy texture. We left that dish half eaten as well.
11) Friday night is supposed to be live music as advertised on the Instagram page, and we came especially to listen to the music. We were disappointed on being told on arrival that the event was cancelled. Why wasn't it posted on instagram that the event was cancelled? I had informed my friends Sharan and Ash( regulars at the establishment) who came with their guests and we all were disappointed upon arriving there. We wouldn't have made a reservation at Verandah and gone elsewhere to experience live music while dining on a Friday evening.
Verandah is a cosy lovely restaurant and I have recommended it often to friends and relatives visiting Mandrem, but in my humble opinion, it will lose out on the regulars (local Goans as well as Indians who have moved to Goa), would visit more often than the weekend tourists.
I've tried to be as objective in my feedback as possible, and it's not meant to hurt sentiments, only improve the establishment. Having said that, I don't think I will return to this restaurant after yet another disastrous experience.