Oye Pape, Vashi

Quick Bites:

Dine In, No Home Delivery, No Bar, Non Veg Available

Cuisines:

North Indian, Chinese, Italian

Cost:

800 for two people (approx), without alcohol; VAT & Service charges extra

The main story:

A friend recommended this place to me and I decided to give it a try on a Sunday afternoon.

Location: Oye Pape is located on the 3^rd floor of Raghuleela Mall, Vashi (just opposite Vashi Station) and is thus easily reachable. On its doorstep, I saw a large board saying “Aap Mood Banao, Khana Hum Banayenge!!”.  I must say, this raised my expectation a bit as the welcome sign was dramatic.

Ambiance: Full marks for the ambiance. This place has a feel good factor to it. It cheers you up the moment you set your foot into the place. Actually, the place has a “Bollywoodish” tone to it. Right from small paper windmills on the tables, a bicycle suspended from the roof, catchy filmy dialogues on the walls to the bright and countrysidish interiors, everything is nearly perfect. Music was good too, volume neither too low, nor too high.

Food: I decided to try out the buffet. It costs 399/- per head inclusive of all taxes. Following is the in depth analysis of the buffet:

·         Welcome Drink: No hard drinks at all !! I was served a chilled & refreshing mocktail that tasted good. That’s all I can say about it.

·         Soup: I opted for the Non Veg Shorba. It could be better. The consistency was on the lower side and it was way too spicy down the throat. I didn’t like it much.

·         Starters: Complete show stoppers !! Each and every starter was cooked to perfection and had a good portion size. As usual starters had both veg and non-veg options. 

I preferred gorging on non-veg but I tasted the veg items as well.

Veg starters included Cutlets, Tandoori Gobhi, Chilly Paneer & Potato Wedges.

Non Veg options included, Chicken Tikka, Malaysian style chicken, chicken seekh kebab, tandoori fish. I really liked the fish as it was best of the lot. It was piping hot and fresh, plus it was perfectly marinated and cooked. Chicken tikka was simply divine.

·         Salads: I have been to many restaurants serving buffet in Navi Mumbai but all of them disappointed me in terms of variety in salad section. Oye Pape didn’t !!

There were 6-7 varieties of salads, including nachos and a chicken salad. Salad dressings were also available which is a common thing missing at most of the places.

·         Main Course: It had both Indian and Chinese varieties. Dishes included, Chicken Afghani, Mutton Rarha, Lemon Fish Curry, Dal Makhni, Shahi Paneer, Chicken Biriyani, Veg Biriyani, Thai noodles, Manchurian and fried rice.

Since I was stuffed after having copious servings of starters and salads, I only tried a few spoons of Chicken biriyani with mutton rarha and chicken afghani. All three were exceptional in taste. Dal makhni could have been better as it was a bit high on salt.

All in all, the main course was good.

·         Desserts: Ahh.. finally.. my favourite part of the buffet. Desserts included hot gulab jamuns, fruit custard and moong dal halwa. But the tragic part is, THERE WAS NO ICE CREAM!!!!

This is the most basic thing in every buffet and it was missing. I tried gulab jamuns which were soft and melted in my mouth. I didn’t try out the rest, they looked tempting though.

THE VERDICT:

Given the price you pay per head, this place is totally worth it. I must say that places like Barbeque Nation and Tunga are all time favourites when it comes to buffets but this place is worth visiting given the price tag and the food.

I give it 3.5 points out of 5.