After finishing the main courses, we sat for 15 minutes amid our dirty dishes and the remnants of our meal that had spilled onto the glass tabletop, waiting to order dessert. When a woman at our table asked for her water glass to be refilled, it never happened. And we sat for another 20 minutes after finishing dessert, waiting for the check that I had called for when ordering dessert. You can see nicely embroidered tablecloths under the clear glass tabletops. The tables are decorated with small vases of dried and dyed grass leaves and seedheads in blue, red, pink and purple.
Indian music plays softly in the background.
Wine is available, but you must try the lassi, plain or mango. The sweet, refreshing drink will cool a mouth enflamed with the copious quantities of spices used in Indian cooking. That's because capsaicin, the ingredient in hot chilies that makes them hot, dissolves in the microscopic globules of milk fat in the yogurt and is washed away when you swallow. There's a good selection of beer as well, including Taj Mahal and Flying Horse lagers. While the flavor is fresh, the texture is soggy and greasy.