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At Breeze!

I hadn't heard of this place until about two days ago, when one of my girlfriends made a plan that we should all catch up from where we had last left off..this was a long standing plan which was  being dilly dally-ied on for the longest time. So we all finally agreed to align our timelines,and meet after work.We had to go to a place that was close to work so that we spend lesser time travelling to get to the venue, than spending with each other- quite a common concern in Mumbai. My friend chose the venue and we drove down to this place.
Breeze,  is situated on the 18th floor of a commercial tower in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. As soon as we got there, I knew that I could come here just for the view, and of course the lovely ‘cold’ breeze. The place is a Mediterranean dining. We ordered our drinks to begin with. So a big dampener to start off,was that the restaurant serves only Vegetarian. For a meat lover like me, that was a downer. However I was ok with the trade off as long as the vegan food was good, and the view was so awesome.
So we ordered some munchies to go with our drinks, Cheese Chili balls that was our first order. The stuffing was of Cottage cheese or Paneer, and tasted alright. I was actually expecting some gooey oozy cheese, so was a little disheartened.

                               Cheese Chili balls, skyline at the backdrop at Breeze



Next we ordered a Mediterranean meze platter. The only thing I liked in the platter was the Pita bread and the Hummus. The Moussaka was average. Everything else looked confusing, and also too less to be in, and called a platter!
                               Mediterranean meze platter at Breeze

After another round of drinks, we moved to ordering the main course. My friend was very insistent on ordering Tagine with 7 vegetables & Herby  Cous-cous because she loves it. Only until the plate arrived, after which she kind of avoided the green rather bland mix of gravy on the side. The Cous-cous was palatable, but the rest of the plate was not up to the mark. 
                                Tagine with 7 vegetables & Herby  Cous-cous at Breeze

They also had Italian (Pasta/ Pizza) option in their main course, so we thought of ordering a Pizza. We went with the 10 inch ‘Pizza Funghi’, a thin crust pizza with Wild mushrooms, grilled artichokes, tomato, kalamato olives, and mozzarella. To our surprise it was pretty good and tasted fresh.

Pizza Funghi at Breeze

The place actually raises it’s standard,as it has a lovely ambiance and arguably the only place in Powai with a view like it has. With some out of the box thinking, this place can be turned around into a real gem. They really need to work on their offering in Food. For a vegetarian restaurant, it has to notch up its standards in food taste.
Also they were out of stock on Bacardi white rum, when we ordered for a drink. We changed our order, but the Bar needs to at least have everything that is mentioned on the menu.
So in a nutshell,  although the place scores full marks on the ambiance, I would say that it has to do a lot to get there on the Food bit.
Ambiance- 4.5/5
Food- 3/5
Tariff- 3.5/5
Service- 3/5
Overall- 3.5/5

Venue: Breeze Restaurant
Supreme Business Park,"A" Wing, 
Hiranandani, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
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Location: Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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