Shashikala P.
Yelp
Food 4 stars
Ambiance/vibes 5 stars
Service 5+ stars
I'm hardly writing any reviews these days, but felt SBPH definitely deserves more than 3stars so here it goes.
When I heard about the new place CP area, got excited and checked the reviews and was not fond of it, but still wanted to try as it's close to home, so me n a friend decided to stop by for HH.
My friend made the reservation, but I think you should be fine without reservations either, as the place is huge.
As soon I stepped in, I felt like Woww, place is huge, spacious, cozy, good vibes, loved the ambiance and the way it has been setup, there's a bowling and other stuff and that place has that sports bar vibe, and where me n my friend got seated, it was like a cozy nice place to sit and relax.
Our server name is I think Ben, who was attentive, welcoming and friendly.
We ordered Bruschetta, corn fritters, crispy cauliflower, fries, lemon cake.
Drinks, Gold rush, and Tom Colin's.
My friend got Tom Colin's and she liked it, I initially got Californian based on our server recommendation, but all I tasted was bitter orange juice, couldn't drink it after 2 sips, and I let my server know about it, and he replaced that with gold rush without hesitation, and I loved Gold rush, it was well balanced drink.
Bruschetta was disappointing, goat cheese tasted funky, so took that off, and all I tasted was crushed raw tomatoes on bread, no flavor at all, I'd skip that.
Corn fritter: if you don't know it's name, you won't know it's corn, I think they had crushed corn and added some spices to it, overall you don't taste corn at all, and it was made more like falafel, my friend liked it, but me just okay.
Crispy cauliflower, this I loved it, it's crisp but not greasy, it's not heavy, it has nice spicy kick to it, and it made up for bruschetta and I can eat two plates of it, for my friend it was bit spicy though.
Fries: we both loved it, it was just perfect.
Lemon cake: I'd skip it, cake was dense and crumbly, and dint taste as freshly made either, they say raspberry sauce, but the sauce is so little you don't taste it, it needs more raspberry sauce to balance all the tangyness, they really should work on this.
We felt it was pricey but quality of the food, ambience of the place, and you don't have to drive to domain or to downtown for a cool place to hangout make it worth the price, and we have plans to visit them for brunch.
Overall definitely recommend SBPH!!