Angeethi is a restaurant famous for its North Indian food in Bangalore. I got good food reviews about this restaurant from a couple of friends. Thats why when the time came to go for a team lunch, I decided to go for this place. I called them up and made a reservation for 12 people on a Friday afternoon at 12 pm.
Now you know what Bangalore traffic is like. We started for this place and by an unfortunate quirk of fate ( read traffic jam ) we reached Angeethi at 12:45 pm. And there was this big hulk standing in the lobby informing me of the pleasure he felt when he decided to unilaterally cancel our reservation, since they had a policy of waiting only for 15 minutes. He also was kind enough to give me a lecture on the advantages of punctuality.
Before you dear readers come down with your moral sledgehammer on me , let me give my point of view. I accept that reaching 45 minutes late was inexcusable ( even by India's allowed slack time standards this was a bit extreme ). But I was not informed of the "15 minutes" policy when I made the booking, nor did they have the common decency of informing me when they decided to cancel. Now this is a bit hard to stomach. To reach this place , we had to walk 15 minutes after getting down from our vehicle near Brigade Road. This being a Friday afternoon , we could not reasonably expect to find a place in any other good restaurant. ( That we were able to get seats in Ebony is beside the point ).
For those of you aware of my short tempered side, it would seem inexplicable that I left the place without punching that d***head on the nose ( excuse the language ) .The thought did cross my mind, I assure you. The only thing that saved him was his six foot frame and a chest to match. Only an Evander Holyfield can take panga with Mike Tyson - or so I consoled my grieving heart.
The Angeethi guys might be better cooks than me , but I sure can teach them some manners.
Let the hate mail pour in.
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3 comments:
Hey the restaurant people in Bangalore throw too much of weight around as there is never dearth of customers.Its like if you dont come, there is somebody else waiting.
I have been to angeethi and have seen people standing in queue to have the buffet.May be thats why they acted smart.
I frankly think it is rude on their part to cancel the resrvation without even consulting you.What if you had arrived at the 17th minute.They cant penalise you for a 2 minute delay right.
hmmm.....being late is something i personally can never forgive myself of....but then that is my set of standards for myself
the restaurant was wrong to not inform u during reservation that 15 minutes the deadline....
n i think u shld have taken on the mike tyson....it might have left u with a couple of bruises....but also a lot of satisfaction (why am i giving u this advice...coz it would have left the bystanders with a lot lot more satisfaction.... :o)....nothing like a muft ki ladai :o) )
Thanks Chitra...I was expecting a moral tongue lashing ;)
Anurag...I usually *am* punctual. This was just one of those ( certainly not once in a blue moon but still relatively rare , I hope ) instances.
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