Bangalore's Romantic Restaurants

The other day, I was looking for a nice place for a date. Some place with a cozy, quiet, peaceful, romantic, candle-lit sort of atmosphere. I posted my query on my company's bulletinboard, and had an overwhelming response. Here is a list of the restaurant names I received (all in Bangalore):

1. Spiga - Vittal Mallya Road, near Ffolio
2. Fresco's - Cunningham Road
3. Gufa - near 3rd Block Circle, Jayanagar
4. Blue Ginger – Taj West End
5. Fiorano - 100ft Road, Koramangala
6. Cosmo Village - Magrath Road, near Garuda Mall
7. Mynt - Taj West End
8. Citrus/ Jamavar - Leela Palace
9. Take 5 - 100ft Road, Indiranagar
10. 100FT - 100ft Road, Indiranagar
11. Tangerine - 100ft Road, Indiranagar
12. Holiday Village - Kanakapura Road
13. Ebony - 13th floor of Barton Centre, MG Road
14. Magnolia - 3rd Block, Koramangala
15. Inchara - 6th Phase, JP Nagar
16. Guru’s Garden - near IIMB campus, Bannerghatta Road
17. Adigas - 8th Block, Jayanagar
18. Bangalore Bistro - Brigade Road, near Eva Mall
19. Lemon Grass - Sarjapur Road, Koramangala 1st Block
20. The Harbour - Outer Ring Road
21. Aura - Cunningham Road
22. The Beach - 100ft Road, Indiranagar
23. Elements - Nandidurg Road
24. Orchids and Roses - Cunningham Road
25. i-Bar - in The Park Hotel on MG Road
26. Zero-G - Residency Road
27. Hint - Bangalore Central, Residency Road
28. Copper Chimney - Bangalore Central, Residency Road
29. Royal Afghan - at the Windsor Sheraton Hotel

New additions to the list:
30. Olive Beach - on Wood Street (off Richmond Road)
31. Samarkhand - at Gem Plaza on Infantry Road
32. Paradise Island - at the Taj West End
34. Sahib Sindh Sultan - at the Forum Mall

I finally decided on going to Ebony, on the 13th floor of the Barton Centre, on MG Road. Here's a report on my visit, and a review.

I first called them and booked a seat outside, on their terrace. Me and my date arrived there at around 7.45pm. The rains had stopped by then, and there was a pleasant cool breeze (and romance) in the air. We were offered the menus, a lit candle was placed on our table, and our waiter held a plastic bottle of Aquafina water in his hands like it was an expensive bottle of champagne, and asked if that was fine for us. All sorts of creatures that once walked, crawled or swam had been featured in the menu, and we being vegetarians, steered clear of all those pages.

For starters, I chose the Broccoli and Cheese soup, and my date chose the Minestrone Primavera soup. My broccoli soup was quite good, whereas the Minestrone was on the watery side. Both soups were hot, and we carefully sipped our respective soups, looking into each other's eyes, with the candlelight dancing on our faces. After the soups, came the entrées that we'd selected. I had chosen a Lasagne Primavera, while my girl had preferred a Provençale Pasta Quills. My lasagne was on the bland side. I felt that it should have spent more time in the oven - I prefer my lasagne crispy, but this was more on the soggy side. The pasta, on the other hand, was much better, and tasted good. The serving size was generous, and was quite filling. After this we decided wash it all down with a mocktail. This was mysteriously named Kukri, essentially a mixture of various fruit juices like orange, passion fruit, lemon and other unidentifiable liquids.

After we were done with this, the courteous waiters decided to let us talk, rather than thrust the bill down on us. So we sat there, doing some more of looking into each other's eyes, and talking softly. Just when the waiters began to wonder if we'll ever get up, we called for the bill, paid and left the place at around 9.30pm.

And then we got to my home, called it a day, and had a good night's sleep together. Oh btw, the date was my wife. It was her birthday :)