Chicken cordon bleu. Pics/Rosetta Vaz

Intrigued by an invite that introduced us to a 'quaint gastropub in the heart of Colaba', our first attempt at checking out Pergula - never mind the altered spelling of the garden feature, a pergola - is futile. Despite the time stated on the aforementioned press note and all other indicators on social media pointing out its opening time as 12.30 pm, we arrived at the said time only to be told by the door attendant that it opens at 2 pm.