Shakahari JW Marriott Senapati Bapat Road

I took lunch at Shakahari last week as part of celebrating my wife's birthday. The restaurant is at first floor inside the JW Marriott hotel, Senapati Bapat Road.

Food: The menu of the restaurant is available here. There was a Gujarati food festival going on in the restaurant between April 14-30.

We got iced tea as welcome drink. Then we started with Gujarati as well as Asian Salad. There were in total more than 50 items, including Khandvi, Papdi Chat, Samosa Chat, Dahi Wada, Chana Chat, Patra, Patra Chat, Khaman, Fafda-Chutney, Kachori Chat and many more Gujarati items as well as Japanese items, Mushroom, Masala baby corn, etc.. Asian items. There were drinks like Mango Lassi and Chhaas which were both delicious.

Then we ordered starters and main course. We chose to order more Gujarati food like Surti Dal, Kadhi, Rice, Fansi Dhokli, Roti. Both Dal and Kadhi were of typical Gujarati taste and I personally enjoyed them a lot.

When it came to desserts, we had lots of varieties there too. There were in total 20 different desserts including three flavours of ice-creams like strawberry, chocolate and vanilla, Mung dal shira, Gulab Jamun, five types of sweets, pastries, and some other desserts.

We reached the restaurant at around 1:30 PM and it took us around 3:30 PM to finish the whole lunch tasting each item just once. Our stomachs were so full that my wife complained of pain and we didn't eat anything for the rest of the day to give our stomachs some rest.

Fees: The total bill including taxes came to around INR 1880. I considered it a bit on the higher side for two people considering that my daughter is four and her meal is complimentary.

All in all, it is worth visiting both for the ambiance and grandeur of the hotel as well as food.