Gulati Restaurant, Pandara Road

Tried the food here and really enjoyed it! The non-veg platter was delicious and more than enough for our family of four. The butter naan was absolutely yummy! The butter chicken, though decent, didn’t quite live up to the hype for me—and felt a bit pricey too. Overall, still a satisfying meal!

Good food service and restaurant, I was here to have a meal couple of years ago and came back today with my family. The buffet was good, worth the price paid. Last time I had an Ala carte and it was good. The desserts and curries were really good. You can ask them multiple bread options and they did serve them hot.

We finally tried the Gulati. Went with non-veg friends and their feedback for the Butter Chicken is 4 stars. I really liked the veg biryani that was served with a lot of Mirch ka Salan and Mix Veg Raita. The Paneer Tikka was also perfectly made. I didn't like the Naan as it was thick and not crisp. The ambience was only 3 stars as the music was too loud and we were given a round table in the very corner which was too close to the waiter station. Staff and service were 5 stars. Portions are big so you need to go to a bigger group to be able to try more dishes. The buffet was available but it was expensive, given our bill was around ₹800 per person and we were totally full.

I visited Gulati's for the first time after 10 years of living in Delhi. But sadly, I left with the view that it is entirely skippable. In general, Pandara Market is a rundown collection of partition era eateries, which are needlessly hyped by South Delhi people. It may have been a posh enclave to dine at, till about thirty years back. Now, it belies expectations. Food. The chicken tadka was 3/5, the paneer tadka 3/5. There was so much oil everywhere. Check the photos. Please don't give me the drivel that Mughlai cuisine is necessarily oily. There's no point eating at a famous restaurant such as this, of its serving the same amount of oil as a back alley kitchen from Laxmi Nagar. The cream of onion soup was good 4/5, while I really liked the Khameeri Roti 5/5. Prices. Dishes are supremely overpriced, given the overall experience. Service. The elderly gentleman who's the manager needs to show a bit more professionalism. He snapped at my wife, albeit very softly, saying 'Yes, Ma'am, I am coming to you'. She was ordering and may not have understood him the first time. He also needs to bow and smile more. That's just how the business is.

Tried the buffet on Sunday. The place was packed with people waiting for walk-ins. The ambience was good, but the thing that disappointed me was the service; it was slow. The buffet dishes were empty while the restocking was taking a long time, so I just had to stand there and wait. Also, when we asked for rotis/breads, the servers took a long time to get them while we just sat there and waited for a long duration. However, the manager, Mr. Ankush, was professional with his job and helped us get some good hot food and a table without much wait. The dishes that I tried were satisfactory. I think if I had ordered à la carte, it would have been better tasting food. I have tried better tasting butter chicken & dal makhani at a lot of other places; they should really work on that. Apart from that, Ankush's hospitality was top notch, but the restaurant needs to work on restocking the items quickly during the buffet, not to make the customers wait, and could improve on the flavour of the dishes they were serving. I hope next time I will experience better tasting flavours because I always have high hopes from this place.

Gulati’s is a big name when you are In delhi and looking for some indian food, the place has not changed over the years (last I was here atleast 15 years back) but what has changed is the price, after eating in the Leela’s and Oberoi’s I found paying Rs 280 for a garlic naan with such an ambience a little too over the top. Maybe I had high expectations with the food at the place but it did not live upto what we were looking for. Here is what we ordered and my ratings of those considering price and taste 1) tomato soup: this was good, a little spicy, but I liked that, though not everyone might 2) chicken 65: this was not bad. Again a little spicy (living in the south of India I have had variety of chicken 65 and this was surely not the authentic receipt but it’s ok). The chicken quality though was not great 3) chickens tikka masala: a let down as had too much salt. The quality of chicken was good but the overall taste was not 4) paneers double masala (I think that was the name): not good, way too many different spices overpowering each other giving a very mixed taste 5) garlic naan: very good though way too expensive 6) khameeri roti: very nice and soft 7) tandoori roti: this was also good 8) ordered 1 mocktail, blue lagoon, it was ok. The glass was too big for the straw, had to ask them to change it mid way So overall the breads were good but rest was average or below average and considering the price they charge it made the overall experience even not so great. Also service wise, it took them way too long for getting the main course after the starters because of which we were already feeling full. So I suggest you order everything together. We did the mistake of ordering mains later.

Do I need to write any detail review here?? Mujhe toh bas, haan mein haan milana hain!!! Very perfected butter chicken, and every item we had.. Mutton Galawati, if you have eaten in Lucknow, then you won't like the one here at Gulati.. Here it's took thick and bulky,

Unfortunately, I found a hair in my dish which was quite off-putting and made the meal inedible. I have attached a photo for your reference. I understand that mistakes can happen, but I do hope this issue can be addressed to ensure better hygiene going forward.