Mumbai: Restaurants inside clubs not ready yet

Restaurants have been allowed to open for dinein services but those inside clubs are still preparing to join their standalone counterparts Officials of some clubs said that restaurants inside clubs have a different dynamic as clubs themselves are not allowed to resume yetClubs have massive spaces and they are supposed to be closed for now Only playing tennis is allowed and there is a curb on the number of people entering A number of clubs have a store inside selling groceries with strict regulations While dining at restaurants within clubs members may meander into the club or lounge around having beverages unlike restaurants where people leave after their meals We have to be wary of that they claimedRadio Club at Colaba started a delivery service sometime back File picThe National Sports Club of India NSCI at Worli is up for the openingrestaurants challenge Atul Maru honorary secretary said We are holding meetings for opening our Viceroy Continental and Italian and Maharaja Indian restaurants These are outsourced so we have been talking to the contractors We have also thought about opening up some kind of delivery or parcel service though plans are nascentCommittee member Viren Shah said the old NSCI clubhouse with the restaurants and the next door Dome which is a COVID facility is completely segregated Maru finished with a laugh We hope to give our members some good news by DussehraThe eating facility at Malabar Hill ClubPlanning and prepRadio Club at Colaba started a parcel service some time ago to whet the appetites of club members Our take away service is doing well with all guidelines adhered to said General Manager GM Kamlesh Anjaria We will have a meeting soon as to how to go about opening our Harbour View restaurant maybe with a limited menu at first because of the staff crunch which needs to be factored in said AnjariaJust a little north of Radio Club the Garware Club at Churchgate is chalking down plans to open restaurants in different phases Raj Purohit executive vicepresident said In Phase I we will open our restaurant on the ground floor but first we are pasting notices about guidelines on boards across the club We will be looking at takeaways food parcels very soonGarware Club at Wankhede Stadium is making a phasewise plan for reopening File picPurohit said that in the second phase they will open their thali speciality restaurant called Swaad and in the third phase We may open the bar I do not have a definite timeframe but we are mulling starting as soon as possible We are also going to open our banquet hall within the club a big space for a very small crowd of 50 according to government guidelines by NovemberStill tentativeThe chairman of Haji Alis Willingdon Club Adi Narielwala simply said We have not taken any decisions with reference to the clubs restaurants we will do so very soonThe Cricket Club of India CCI president Premal Udani said We have a takeaway service which is doing well We are studying procedures to see how we can start maybe dine out service on our lawns since that is open to the sky and there will be social distancing We will begin gradually It is better to err on the side of cautionThe Bombay Gymkhanas Vijay Rai took a similar cautious approachWe are analysing hygiene infrastructure staff strength all that needs to be in order to start said the Fort clubs president While Chetan Shah of Malabar Hill Club said Things are still at the meetings stageThe Wodehouse Gymkhana at Cooperage has decided not to open any restaurant within Said its president Mohan Lalvani While restaurants have been given the green light clubs have to remain shut So there should have been more clarity on the issue of restaurants inside clubs We also have to think about members coming in Clubs have a majority of senior citizen members I am a senior citizen and I may not want to step outKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news