New Cocktail Menu at Deccan Harvest – A Bumper Crop of Cocktails

Deccan Harvest, a Multi-Cuisine Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge situated in Magarpatta City is a theme restaurant with a tensile canopy that gives its unique visage. Situated right next to the expansive Aditi Garden adds a lot of green cover.

A huge restaurant boasting of an al fresco area and indoor seating with a mezzanine option, they can easily accommodate over 175 covers at a time. [That’s really huuuge!!]

Recently they launched their new cocktails menu and invited #TheBTeam [Yaay us!] over for a tasting session paired with some of their popular and highly recommended dishes.

Beverages

Shooters

Equator [Rs. 249] – Made with anis vodka and garnished with a ring of fiery tabasco, this one felt gooood going down the throat. Kicked the sniffles out of me right away!! They also served jelly set in orange peels to counter the spiciness. Have it for its delicious taste! #YumYum

Equator

Panipuri Shots [Rs. 299] – These have a quirky factor to it with vodka infused pani in the shooter and the sev stuffed puri on top. Nice potency of the alcohol in the pani. Loved this enough to down a few additional shots! [;-)] #YumYum #HighlyRecommended

Panipuri Shots

Cocktails

Whisky Malai Maar Ke [Rs. 199] – This had whisky shaken with Irish and lime served on the rocks with optional cream. Tasted much like Bailey’s however with a dash of whisky. Absolutely lip-smacking drink. Hands down the best cocktail of the evening! #YumYum #HighlyRecommended

Whisky Malai Maar Ke

Rose Petal Litchi Martini [Rs. 299] – Made with vodka, litchi, rose petal and lime, it didn’t quite appeal to me much. Probably a little too much litchi syrup and a little too less vodka, maybe?

Rose Petal Litchi Martini

Cherry Tomato & Cucumber Mojito [Rs. 299] – This had white rum on ice muddled with cherry tomato, cucumber, lime and fresh mint. Nicely presented but was a tad oversweet.

Cherry Tomato & Cucumber Mojito

Mango Bell Pepper Mojito [Rs. 299] – Made with white rum on ice with mango, hot peppers and fresh mint, this one was a winner for me. Loved the spiciness of the peppers with the punch of the rum.

Mango Bell Pepper Mojito

Rum Curry was a combination of rum with Indian spices like fennel and curry leaves. Tasted lip-smacking!

Deccan Harvest Pan Martini [Rs. 249] – Made from fresh betel leaf, gulkand [rose petals] and coconut shaken with vodka to give the taste of mitha pan. Amazing combination of the betel flavor with the vodka. A very good alternate to any dessert as an end to a delicious meal. #YumYum

Deccan Harvest Pan Martini

Mocktails

As our team had a couple of teetotalers, DH was kind enough to serve them some mocktails.

Hot Wired [Rs. 159] – A black currant slush with salt rim. Good to look at and good to taste.

Hot Wired

Mamamiya [Rs. 159] – A fruity delight with mango juice, coconut, ice cream and optional mint. This one didn’t tickle my taste buds at all.

Veg Appetizers

Nawabi Kumbh [Rs. 285] – Stuffed mushrooms served with a regal touch, this one made it to everyone’s list very soon. Beautifully cooked mushrooms, it tasted yummy! #YumYum #HighlyRecommended

Nawabi Kumbh

Paneer Lasuni Kebab [Rs. 285] – Creamy cottage cheese chunks marinated with yogurt and garlic, this dish ticked all the right boxes for me.

Paneer Lasuni Kebab

Non Veg Appetizers

Mutton Seekh Kebab – Beautifully presented and tasted really good as well. Not dry as has been the norm in most places.

Mutton Seekh Kebab

Murg Noorani Kebab [Rs. 320] – Nicely cooked chicken chunks with rich dry fruit stuffing and garnished with cheese. A chicken lovers’ delight!! #YumYum

Murg Noorani Kebab

Murgh Kali Mirch Kebab [Rs. 320] – Smoky chicken parcels marinated and grilled to perfection. The peppery edge could be felt in every bite! #YumYum #HighlyRecommended

Zinga Jaitoni [Rs. 390] – This was zesty char grilled prawns with a twist of olives. Wasn’t too sure of its taste however was pleasantly surprised. Tasted delicious. #YumYum

Zinga Jaitoni

Honey Chili Basil Chicken had long and crisp slices of chicken drenched in the sweet and spicy honey chili sauce. [Sugar and spice; and everything nice! What else do you need in a dish??]

Honey Chili Basil Chicken

Veg. Main Course

Bawarchi Ki Khasiyat [Rs. 320] and Veg Tuk Tuk [Rs. 300] were two well-prepared vegetarian dishes that went well with the dal and rotis however there was nothing extraordinary in either.

Bawarchi Ki Khasiyat
Veg Tuk Tuk

Non Veg. Main Course

Murg Rajdhani [Rs. 400] – A classic chicken dish from the capital with generous helping of the white cream gravy. Huge chunks of the chicken ensured sufficient meat to go around.

Murg Rajdhani

Chef’s Special Mutton Angare was a dish presented with flair and panache. Minced mutton covered in a blanket of whipped egg white which is drizzled with whisky and flambéed. The theatre certainly added to the overall zazz of the dish and upped the flavor profile greatly. #YumYum

Chef’s Special Mutton Angare

Dal & Rice

Dal Dhabewali [Rs. 240] – This was an attempt to prepare the dal in a similar manner to what is available in any roadside dhaba, but with a whole lot more hygiene. Served hot, this went very well with the curries.

Veg Potli Biryani [Rs. 335] – While this is their attempt to replicate a potli [or bag], the outer cover container for the biryani resembled a large kachori more, prompting someone to rename it to “Kachori Biryani”. However there was no denying the flavours that potli packed. Absolutely delectable biryani with perfect seasonings. #YumYum

Veg Potli Biryani

Bread Preparation

Assorted bread basket including Olives Naan [Rs. 95] and Nasi Naan [Rs. 70]. Although the bloggers table menu mentioned these two unique naans, the bread basket served on our table had only the regular rotis and naans.

Desserts

Caramel Custard [Rs. 130] – With a nice glaze on top, this one had a nice wobble when jiggled. Tasted good too.

Caramel Custard

Kulfi [Rs. 150] – Another standard dessert with nothing that made it stand out. But tasted good as expected.

Kulfi

With a new cocktails menu recently launched, Deccan Harvest has focused on bringing some new and innovative cocktails to the table. Some of them may not work, some would go on to be a grand hit however there is no denying the unique factor in their drinks.

Do check out their menu for more innovative and quirky drinks; all at very very reasonable prices.

With an interesting canopied outdoor seating and an indoor seating with a fine-dine appeal, Deccan Harvest is certainly enticing customers to “Eat Drink Socialize”. A perfect evening getaway option for the IT crowd and families in the neighborhood.

A big shout out to Nitish Kamdar for inviting us and Team Deccan Harvest for hosting us.

Deccan Harvest is located in Magarpatta Cybercity, Hadapsar.

Disclaimer: The invite was for a complimentary food and cocktails tasting event.

This review is a narrative of my experience at the event. The views expressed in this review are solely mine and others are more than welcome to agree or disagree with the same. The review is in no way influenced either personally or commercially nor has it been lifted, copied or plagiarized from any source however I have done my due diligence on the event via publicly available information on the internet.

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