Ali Shamim

Review of Ramada Plaza Karachi

My first ever dining experience @ Ramada. Well...i...

My first ever dining experience @ Ramada. Well...it was a disappointing one!

NOT RECOMMENDED

Let me explain why I was disappointed:

First of all..the hi-tea was setup alongside pool area and the irony of the matter was...there were people swimming in the pool. It was not only disturbing but in fact...annoying.

The seating was somewhat acceptable and showed that it would have been impressive once upon a time. Lack of maintenance was apparent.

Now let's move to our focal point I.e. FOOD. Cost 1300/head.

If you think that you are going to enjoy a lavish variety of pakistani and continental dishes (as claimed by the management).. well..you are not.

There was not a single main course dish except for Chicken Haleem which was more of chicken daal than haleem.

They served Chicken boti as barbq item, and it felt like It was made by my young cousins when we have a barbq party at home sometime. They wouldn't care about whether the meat was cooked or not...or if the meat contains coal smoke aroma or not. They are just happy that they made it...its up to you if you wanna eat or not.

Pasta was nice but where it should have been thinly sliced chicken strips...there were sliced pepperoni. And quite boldly...they named it Beef Pasta

The chicken wings were nice too. Also there were assorted samosas, patties, kachori and chana chaat. Some brown and white bread sandwiches which contained pepperoni or cheez. Oh...there were French fries too.

The Lahori fish was bad...it felt like they just re-heated some previously cooked fish. There was no sauce to go with it.

Now the dessert bar did some damage control with some nice croissants, assorted glazed puffs, mousse and pastries.

The tea was freshly made and served. You can enjoy regular milk tea along with green tea.

To sum it all up, the food was below standard and wasn't worth the price tag. The ambience was somewhat acceptable. The lack of cleanliness showed on the cutlery, dinnerware and the buffet area.

In such a competitive environment where there are gazillions of great dining options available... Ramada need to up there game big time!!