The Village Restaurant R Mall Thane

Girish Patil 60 months ago

This place is good to spend some nice time. They have a good variety of Indian dishes and a good ambiance similar to a village. They have unlimited food policy. Hygiene is good and well maintained. The taste of the food is not that great but it's fine. They have puppet shows , dandias, DJ's,and many games during when u visit. The staff is well mannered and polite.

Shashank Parmar (forcedfoodie) 72 months ago

Visited this a week ago on an invite for a birthday party.
What i loved most about this place is an Amazing Decor and secondly the chai.

So many sections with different themes (Cinema, Railway Station, Beauty Parlor, Classroom, Zoo etc. to name a few). Loved touring through all of them as i was early and very few people were there so was able to get through every section. But that was not the case after an hour, The place was full of lots of people. They have a little play area which they use to play games, Garba, Balloon shooting, Puppet show, Dancing and many other activities.

Food was also great, But mostly i liked the place for the overall ambiance and good feel. Nice job maintaining everything there. They also have different types of counter for food as well. For example Theka(Which doesn't serve alcohol, But Chaas, Sarbats etc.), Chat Counter, Dosa Counter, Chinese, Dessert, Main Course(Buffet), Chaiwala, Icecream stall.

As you enter you are welcomed with welcome drink (On that day it was Rose Sarbat and Lemon Juice).
Coming to food it's a buffet kind of place (i.e. Fixed price and separate rate for children), Everything is self service here. You can visit the counter you want and ask them to prepare the dish. A guy roams around and delivers the starters. At the start he had Batata Vada and Khaman both of which were very good in taste. But that kept changing to Samosa, Kothimbir Vadi etc.

Also had Panipuri and Sevpuri from chat counter, Which were great.
Tried the Masala Dosa which was kind of okay in taste.
From main course i was able to try a very little because of all the other options. So i was only able to try Bhindi bhaji, Chole and couple of rotis. Food was better.
In dessert they had 2-3 options, But one of them was Gulab Jamun so didn't try anything else. And this was one of the best Gulab Jamuns i had in a long time. Very soft and perfectly sweet (Not to much and not less).

Overall it was a wonderful experience going through this place, Also the entire team serving there is very welcoming. I tried my best in being part of the birthday celebration :). Definitely worth the money you spent here. Perfect for large groups, family outing or partying without non-veg & alcohol :).

P.S. :- The rating is for overall experience, If you are visiting only for food, Then consider the rating to be 3.0 or 3.5.

Adwait Bhide 60 months ago

It was a fabulous dinner. Food here was quite tasty and had various variety.

Ambience - restaurant has taken a lot of efforts in ensuring that the Ambience resembles to that of a village. Restaurant has a jail depiction, allowing you to have feel of eating In jail. Even the chairs have the feel of sitting in some country side dhaba.
Food - Food can be divided into sub menus viz. Chaat, Main Course (comparising Maharashtrian, Punjabi, Gujarati and Village special), Deserts, Live Counter (Dosas and Pav Bhaji).
The taste of every food item was at beautiful and restaurant had taken enough efforts to ensure it has village feel.
Staff - The staff here is quite friendly and the hospitality provided by them is at par with star restaurants. They also had organised games for kids.

In my view, if you want an unlimited Indian style buffet you can visit this place. This is a good place for family visit and to spend time while dining.