Tchi is a Chinese/Thai restaurant tucked away in a quiet interesting corner of Queen's Road - Edwards road in Bangalore. Its a house converted to a restuarant.
I have been there three times now. The very first was just two days after it opened. The bar was not yet functional.
The service was a bit tacky - 'perhaps because of the newness/earnestness ', I thought. The most noticeable factor was that - the waiter doesnt rest till he has hounded you multiple times to take the maincourse order - after you have ordered the soup. The funny thing is - this repeated itself all 3 times!
The food was delicious. Priced a little above average, the portions were very satisfactory and preparations very tasty and balanced in flavors.
The second time around again - great food and tacky service. The head waiter wouldn't rest till he forced out a complete order from us and another waiter spilled wine on our tablecloth. Minor glitches I suppose - but the stuff that separate the classy from mediocre is what I would say.
This third time last month was the worst - their valet service was not present because 'the boys have gone for parcel delivery'!
This time around, they had some extremely bad acoustic live music. Seriously, the place could just do with some soft instrumental music in the back ground.
Of course - the usual: great food and off service.
What finished my experience with Tchi was they way they dealt with the bill. Suddenly, they were not able to accept credit or debit cards! Their 'server' was apparently down. We paid up a bill of Rs 2000+ in cash - rather unexpectedly and headed out looking for an ATM to replenish our cash reserves to last for the weekend.
To conclude. like my title says - good food and thats about it.
And frankly, Bangalore has such a vibrant eating out culture, I could easily give Tchi a miss and not notice it at all for the rest of my eating out here.
And thats what I am going to do. :)
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