Food: Excellent
Ambience: Friendly
Service: Prompt
Cost: Reasonable
Verdict: 2/4

India isn't Europe yet. We probably won't reach those standards of living in our own lifetime. But the signs of western gentrification are already here. There was a time till the mid-nineties when our idea of foreign food for instance, outside of Chinese dishes, was restricted to one section of the menu termed "Continental". Italian food meant generic pasta and pizza made not with mozzarella, but grated Amul cheese. Coffee shops entered our collective consciousness a little later, though they were restricted to Barista first and then Café Coffee Day. But now, you have eateries that specialise in French, Mexican or Spanish cuisine. The term "Continental", if you've noticed, is in fact hardly there on menus these days. And even when it comes to cafés, we have moved past the usual chains to include boutique options that recreate the sort of experience that you might have in a neighbourhood in Paris.