| Locality | Sector 18 |
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| Food Type | Indian, Chinese, Mexican, European |
| Timings | 12:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. |
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place added by anand
Apr 16, 2008
I went for lunch today to Superstars in Sector 18, NOIDA with an old friend, who I was meeting after nearly 14 years.
They haven’t spared any expense in doing up the place and have probably paid a pretty penny for the decor. A pool table, glass floors, huge bar, a music system that can be heard on the moon, wooden floors - the works.
I wish they had paid some more attention to the menu however. The menu itself was bland and uninspired with the same cliched dishes that you’ve seen in a hundred other tex-mex joints. When I was showing myself out, one of the waiters told me they have a buffet too. On first look, it appeared fine, so I went ahead and booked a table.
We tried their ‘Orange Country’ cocktail, which turned out to be an extra sweet screwdriver. The good part was that since it was ‘happy hours’, we got another one free. Coming to the food. The buffet table was laid out with a bowl of lettuce, a green sliced salad and a ‘chinese chicken salad’, (whatever that is), two kinds of rice, two vegetarian dishes, a dal and a fussili in ‘curry sauce’, a chicken dish and a mutton dish. Breads like paranthas, rotis, naans etc were available on order.
In one word the food was ‘ordinary’. The fussili in curry sauce seemed to be boiled pasta in watered down left over gravy, the dal was badly cooked, the vegetable and paneer dishes no different from what you can get from your neighbourhood dhaba - slightly worse perhaps, the mutton was totally insipid, diluted and grossly overcooked. The saving grace was perhaps the chicken dish, which was reasonably well cooked. Now don’t get me wrong here - the food wasn’t bad - it just wasn’t good - which one tends to expect from a restaurant with a Raddison pedigree.
Visit if you’re loaded and want a drink. If you’re looking for good food, look any other way but here.
- Sid
http://www.sidkhullar.com
Mar 20, 2008
I'm from NOIDA, and I love the place, but let's face it; the nightlife here consists of Elevate, and little else. I study in Bangalore, and as much as I detest the city, I have to admire it for its unparalleled pub culture. It is, undoubtedly, the country's drinking capital. Imagine my surprise and excitement, then, to visit a pub in Noida that manages to out-pub Bangalore!
At least in terms of ambience, that is. When you walk in, there's a pool table and covers of the New Yorker on the wall. Keep in mind that this is, effectively, a neighbourhood drinking place (I use the term relatively, given that this IS Sector 18!) This is a veteran joint, it's been around for the better part of the last decade, and it's seen change. The older venue, on the other side of the block, was lavish and overstated, with a vintage jalopy outside adding to the well-done Americana theme. This is carried over to the humbler new premises, and after a couple of whiskies, this could well be Chicago or Tennessee!
Liquor is, understandably, the first thing on everyone's mind here. The happy hours are generous (one-plus-one), the beer is smooth, and the cocktails are no-nonsense and get the job done. Dinner, however, is best done elsewhere. But should the munchies catch you, this place does some decent snacks. The emphasis is on filling Tex-Mex fare, and everything satisfies, from the Nachos to the Enchiladas. Six years ago, this place would have been a great dining option. But with the redesign, it really is a proper 'local', and fires on all fronts given this role. If you're in NOIDA, and want to avoid the Radisson, I'm confident you won't be disappointed.