3 Stories

Ratings

Food 6/10
Ambience 4/10
Service 5/10
Price: Rs. 300

Description:

On a little lane off Lavelle Road in the same building that housed the original Sunny’s, is an unassuming little coastal cuisine restaurant called 3 Stories. Everything about the place is quaint – from the name (disingenuously derived from the fact that the restaurant offers seating at three levels) to the simple decor and “reminds-me-of-home” serving dishes. The owner, Sanjay, is a friendly chap who usually swings by to chat with the patrons and who didn’t take too long to mention to me that he chose the old “Sunny’s” as the venue for his restaurant becuase this was where he proposed to his wife.

The food is good coastal cuisine from the Malabar coast. But where restaurants like Karavalli and Dakshin aim to serve you the kind of fare you would expect at weddings in that region, 3 Stories gives you an everyday coastal meal. Do not expect 5 star food quality or presentation. You gravy will be watery and served in a simple serving dish. The meats are oily but not richly so. The quantities are wholesome but not extravagantly so.

The menu is quite standard for that type of cuisine though hidden in there are a few gems that are well worth mentioning. For instance, this is probably the only restaurant outside of Kerala that I have seen serves puttu, the traditional Kerala breakfast dish. The Mutton Sukka and the Coorg Pandi Curry are also excellent should your taste run in that direction. But far and away the best item on the menu is the Kerala Parotta which is soft, fluffy and surprisingy light on the oil.

The decor is nothing to write home about and where the old Sunny’s had a quaint bistro feel to it, 3 Stories doesn’t seem to have made any effort to project a theme. In fact it seems like they were so happy to have got the restaurant that they were content to leave the decor as it was when they bought it with minimal cosmetic improvements. The end result is a confused slightly bewildering ambience.

This is a value for money restaurant. Try as you might you are unlikely to spend more than Rs. 300 per person. The food is wholesome – though not spectacular – and, in some strange way does end up reminding you of home. The service is by and large adequate. You do not expect fancy serves in a place like this and to give them credit, the staff does try awful hard. Though I think someone should have a word with them to get them to practice putting a curry down on the table without spilling.

Getting There:

Come down Lavelle Road from St. Marks Cathedral and just before the first main turning to the right along the wall of Bowring Institute, you need to make a left. 3 Storeys is the second building from Lavelle Road.

Recommendations:

The Mutton Sukka and the Pandi Curry are tasty. Kerala Parotta’s are excellent and the Appams are adequate.

Ideal For:

A quiet meal with the wife or girfriend, though if you are planning on proposing to the latter with a view to making her the former, you should perhaps choose a more romantic venue. Do not bring someone here to impress them. This is not an impressive restaurant and the food is not outstanding. However, it has a homely charm to it that appeals to lonely homesick patrons. And to me apparenty…

~ by anonymousfoodie on December 13, 2006.