Drifters' Inn & Cafe- BAR Restaurant in Manu Temple Road Manali

Aman Kumar Sharma 13 months ago

This is a cute cafe of two floors. View is of the old manali market and not much of the landscape. There are two very friendly dogs here who will love your indulgence. Their isn’t much crowd here but the food is good. It’s peaceful. There are board games and novels here but a little dusty and old. Chill music plays on the side throughout and the service is also very comforting. Because of the less crowd preparation time is more than average but the food is fine.

Vikas Khanna 11 months ago

This was not our first visit to Drifters. We have been there in each of our trips in 2012 & 2017 and the place was very pleasant. Smiling and courteous staff, an elaborate menu and super tasting food.

We made another trip to Manali recently and Drifters Cafe was on our must do places list. The experience was horrible. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!

First & Foremost, the staff was zoned out. Honestly we felt they were stoned. They took our order and a simple milk shake took almost 1 hour to reach our table. This, when the cafe had only 2 tables occupied, including ours.

Another order for Pork Chops was placed and after waiting for a generous 75 minutes, we were told that the order has not been placed. This response we got from the LADY MANAGER who refused to give her name. She was as FRUSTRATED as one can get, as our simple questions pertaining to the order was addressed with a COLD, RUDE & ARROGANT reply from this totally unprofessional lady who claimed to be the manager.

Needless to say that more than half the menu was not available for ordering at that time and one had to restrict the order from a minimal selection, which we did.

In conclusion, Drifters was once upon a time a great place to be at with friends & family. Today it's a TOTAL DISASTER and should be avoided by all.

Tip: Avoid Drifters Cafe, completely, even if u have to sleep hungry.

Reply

You obviously have no idea of whom you're replying to. There was no South Indian person in your service staff. There was no ₹10 note offered or thrown. There was hardly any plate / food on the table. The full bill was paid respectfully and your lady manager was also handled respectfully despite her MAD & High Headed attitude.

Why can't u admit that since the new ownership took over, you guys suck. Pathetic attitude and simply no respect for feedback or improving. You guys are pathetic and don't deserve customers. Firstly you don't have the audacity to kick us or for that matter, anyone out and secondly, as I mentioned in my previous post, I'd rather sleep hungry than come to your stupid and pathetic cafe again.

We spent excellent time at Dyllons, Lazy Dog, Fat Plate, Johnson's Cafe, Borans, etc. Wonderful places, awesome staff and great attitude. You can learn customer service from such outlets but I'm sure your fake egos and lousy attitude won't let you do that. All the best in loosing customers as if this continues you will soon shut shop.

Muskan Deori 11 months ago

Had chilly chicken and white sauce pasta.
The quantity of chicken was very less, and the pieces were too small.
The white sauce pasta tasted very bad. Again less quantity.
Overall bad experience.