Zomato Meet-up - Kokkita Review

View of the lit-up place from open seating area

After receiving the invite for the Zomato meetup, I looked it up to check that it is situated in the unremarkable locales of Hadapsar, but as my fellow foodies have rightly put it, the place itself looks unassuming from outside. I entered through the parking area (which is huge) and passed by the play-zone where quite a few kids were enjoying themselves. Then I saw, the grand place - it's an entire building - brightly lit up with lots of open seating separated by different levels.

I humbly apologize to all attendees since I was late for the meet-up but I was gratified as everyone kindly accommodated me. The menu set for us consisted of soups, salads, main courses with assorted rotis and rice preparations, desserts supplemented by both cocktails and mocktails. They do have an extensive menu, and even the owner informed us that they have over 400 preparations available to choose from(!) when we had a brief meeting with her.

Cream of Broccoli

Murg Rossali Kebab

I started off with the 'Cream of Broccoli' soup, which looked wonderful but surprisingly was not a smooth puree - in fact had little broccoli bites in between. From the starters, I loved the 'Stuffed Mushroom' and 'Murg Rossali Kebab', both of which were prepared creatively and were extremely delectable.





The main courses arranged before us presented a meal fit for a king with numerous
kadhais of rich vegetables and curries. I tried 'Paneer Tikka Masala', 'Subz Kandhari', 'Dal Makhani', 'Chef Special Chicken', 'Konkani Macchli Curry Pomfret' and 'Chicken
Malvani'. As I am not a massive non-vegetarian, almost all the non-veg preparations seemed ingenious and unconventional to me. All the while I was sipping on charming beverages - 'Guava Spice Colada' (quite refreshing but close to guava juice) or 'Bartender's Special Mocktail' (more of a dessert shake!) or B-52 (Irish cream fire-shot but lamely waited for the flame to extinguish while we clicked photos :D).





So by this time I was completely satisfied and hence decided to skip the rice preparations and moved on to the dessert - 'Sizzling brownie with ice-cream' which was nice but a bit too sweet for me, with a bonus pineapple slice hidden beneath the brownie. The service was very attentive and I was thoroughly pampered. They have nice open spaces to celebrate kids' birthday parties, something which was already happening next to us that day.


Thank you Team Zomato and Kokkita for hosting us!