Are Modern Restaurants More About Ambience & Less About Food? A Rant! Vlog 275
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Hi folks, the title says it all. Somewhere, I feel most new age restaurants do a great job in the looks department, the sort that makes you go 'wow' the moment you step in. But when it comes to matters of the plate and palate, well, it’s a different thing altogether. In most cases, it doesn't seem to live up to what one would expect to taste in fine dine environs like these, and especially when paying top dollar! Watch the vlog and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Finally someone said it. This instagram generation has reduced the dining experience to just aesthetics. Thus you see instagramification of the food. I am 27 years old.
people eat with ego and status and money now . gone are the days where people eat to enjoy food.
"People eat with ego and status" well said it's so true
This is what we need from Ur videos pls don't appease anyone and be open and brave in Ur opinion
Jack of all master of none. Specialization is the key. You can have a small menu, a small kitchen, fewer chefs, and less expensive to run and maintain if you focus on a particular cuisine. Nobody likes to read through long menus and decide. Win-win for all.
I totally agree with you Kripal. Restaurants and even diners are actually wanting ambiance experiences rather than sticking on the main agenda :food and doing it with excellence. I am glad you brought it out openly. Few food channels are candid about offerings of eating joints.
This is 100% right for restaurants as well as breweries. You’ve been to one, you’ve been to them all except for the theme of the decor.
Kripal, people will visit one time only on seeing ambiance. If food is not good, they don't visit again. This is my opinion. Thanks.
That is enough for them, by then they would have recovered and made some money over it.
@@ganesh3663 when did making money 💰💵 became a crime in India who aspires to become world's number 1 economy where capitalism is the foundation and bedrock of rich, western capitalist economies
@@vijayrangarajanramakrishna318 I didn't say it's crime anywhere
My Economics professor used to say, all these star hotels are about exclusivity and less about food. Recently In Morjim, Goa we had a fish and prawns thali for Rs 280, zero ambience but a clean place. The thali was way better than what we get in pricey restaurants here in Pune....
The Restaurant is Bastian!
Thank you
Am in sync with your thoughts too....
I prefer the old world restaurants' food for the soul.
"Are Modern Restaurants More About Ambience & Less About Food?"
YES. ABSOLUTELY. That's the reason i why i check out your video for FOOD reviews.
I love to watch Kripal Amanna Show .he's is honest to comment and I find that he realises and appreciates small hotels which servers tasty food and home food .i wish he explores more hotels in and around chennai
Totally agree with you!
These are the things I can feel in many places, but surely time will tell the kind of restaurants for those who think the ambiance is more than food, particularly if the food is served without soul!
It's so very true. Even restaurants these days have been caught up with this FOMO culture because if they don't get on the bandwagon they too may get cancelled by the gen z crowd. Restaurants are all about the "Aesthetics" these days as more attention is given to the ambiance of the place rather than the taste and quality of food being served.
Absolutely agree with every word of your's Sir. Restaurants these days are all about ambience and hype. Very rarely we come across one which serves great food. We can count such restaurants with our fingers, so few are left. So as the saying goes, 'don't judge the book by its cover,' frankly speaking the less ambient ones that we can find in small towns and villages serve awesome food.
Just a runaway thought..which didn't run away but just kept poking me, distracting me from listening to you, Mr. Amanna. I thought I'd comment on it, get that thought down in words so I can continue in peace😂
YOU DIDN'T GET RID OF YOUR OLD RECLINER AFTERALL!!! Just added the new yellow one!
Is it Shilpa Shetty’s restaurant?
I think Kripal sir secretly doubles as Baba Sehgal in his leisure 😎
I’m so happy you made a video on this!!!
I still feel, small scale establishments, whose attention more towards food than ambiance, whose cuisine has developed from generations together - beginning with home style cooking, they alone are genuine towards Food these days!! Rest are commercial establishments whose focus is making money through outward appearance. Where as, the restaurants mentioned above, do make money no doubt, through their dishes!! Thanks for telling the hard truth Sir! ❤
quite analogous to Bangalore start up scene( focusing on valuation and not on value) in other words, all fluff no stuff. Sticking to tried, tested, trusted and tasted 😂
2 types, 1. places for comfort and social media showoff, 2. Places for authentic food and taste.
Thankyou for saying this Kripal Sir. I was discussing this exact matter with some of my friends. Especially these microbreweries that charge exorbitantly for small quantities of food and huge ambience. It's literally becoming the biggest scam of Bangalore . And all corporate parties by default are happening there , and everyone tries to book a place based on ambience only . Probably that's why food has taken a back seat and restaurant owners just focus on the ambience , and people go for the best looking place.
I can see the new yellow sofa . I can relate to your visit to furniture store to purchase this .
100%. Love the candid nature of this one.
100% agree. It’s also about consistency. It’s not how it used to be, whole new generation of chefs who are not crafting their skills and owners are more about experience and charge you a bomb! I don’t think they are looking at retaining customers.
The ambiance of a restaurant significantly influences its image and its ability to attract patrons. Both the exterior and interior design play pivotal roles in enticing customers. Given the diverse range of settings, it is important to know: to what extent does ambiance impact the culinary experience? Can the sophisticated atmosphere of an upscale restaurant enrich the dining pleasure?
Truly said. So much of importance is given to the ambience these days that the authenticity of certain dishes that have been relished for ages seems to be weaning off and I’m sure the pricing would also be on the higher side….thus becoming a deterrent for customers to patronise such places in the future.
This is true for all restaurants throughout India and it is true as well for all other activities that we Indians indulge in. Quality and dedication is the last thing in our minds. We only want profits and we care the least bit about our customers. As for the food industry in India, the less said the better. We have become used to eating adulterated food and food that is mixed with carcinogens and other chemicals that are extremely harmful for our health. But no one cares because we all want to earn more.
Couldn't agree more....wondering about this since past 2 years
So true , totally relatable . These days the whole concentration is on the ambience of the restro rather creating a masterpiece of culinary retreat . And I think these days as ppl are eating out almost every second day , more one of kinds of menu are getting lost or new creation is not there in dishes . Its more of the vibe of decor and interiors rather on butter chicken gravy varieties as experimenting with the tastebuds can be dangerous .
In simple words taste and ambience are two independent entities.
When one goes for ambience taste sincerely is not a criteria
Taste on the other hand depends on the food itself and can be anywhere
Lastly taste is also a factor of the state of mind and hunger level
Like the old saying goes "Hunger is the best sauce"
Therefore we should effectively not connect these two
I couldn’t agree more !
This is definitely what it is. I am almost always disappointed with the food in all these new fancy looking spaces. Some places put so much effort into presenting the food. Some others use complex techniques (purees, sous vide, etc) to make their food but in the process forget the basics of cooking. Fancy looking food but lacking in balancing basic flavours like salt, fat, acid, etc
I also think, with a newer generation of people making wealth, they have not yet had time to refine their palettes and therefore are easily wowed by something that looks fancy. There used to be a time up until a couple of decades ago when pizza was an item only eaten in urban areas by the rich.
(Yes, this thought is a little elitist of me, I see that)
New restaurants are like flash in a pan, get the social media going, get footfalls for few months, try to break even. Longetivity lasts with restos who serve food to come back to else its just a fad.
You said it! We live in the US now, from Mumbai originally, we come every year to India and also travel in India. We come hoping to find "our" food, food that has memories. It has become harder harder to find it wit every passing year. This is a sad situation. Social media has given us something good and a lot of bad. Food business is also suffering from the same impact, some good and a lot of bad. It is good to have a nice ambience and a good feel and vibe at a restaurant but why must that be at the cost of taste? Unfortunately, there will be a generation of people who will not know how our food really tasted. I believe Indian food has so much to offer to world cuisine, it is unexplored. I hope this is a phase and things change. There is a team of chefs/restauranters in Mumbai who have started a few restaurants(like Bombay Canteen, O Pedro) which seem to be the way forward. They have the cool vibe, instagrammy, while they have stuck to the roots with the food.
Perfect review. 👏👌👍. No need to mute when you tell the names of good restaurants.
Even some of the mainstream have upgraded their "ambience" and too lost the charm and taste
Diana Restaurant of Udupi tops the list
Small hotel taste 👌
Kripal Sir yes what u r saying is the norm everywhere these days to put more money n energy towards the smbience n u r feeling this lack of punch in food more becoz u have been delving into the other end of the spectrum where the ambience is least bothered about n its mainly about good food n that too in a city like Bangalore where these types small establishment have attained legendary status .....if these large restaurants also start seving some specialities it will give complete experience to its guests 😊
Even the quality and taste of food have also degraded in metros. The sole aim of restaurants is to generate as much money as possible. People have made it symbolic to visit restaurants, and even after experiencing issues, not complaining about the same. In the next few years, this will become worse.
Totally agree
Yes to a major extent it's true that the dining experience has shifted from food and taste being the central focus to ambience simply because there is in reality a large set of people out there who want to garner likes and following on Instagram regardless of what is being served. Fortunately I am one of your ardent followers and make it a point to visit your recommendations whenever I'm in Karnataka. So cheers to that!
Sadly that defines most of the restaurants now😢 Here in Pune, even the ones we used to love for their food, drinks & service have lost their charm post covid. As you rightly mentioned, majority people now seem to gauge a restaurant by how Instagram worthy it's more than anything else! Even the elaborate reviews with all the fancy terms you see for many of them don't give any sense of the "taste of food" but the aesthetics of it! For majority of diners, priority seems to be posting pics of the place and the food rather than enjoying the food & the experience, hence resturants seem to be focusing more on those aspects 😢
Quality and variety of 3-5 star buffet has also gone down here in Pune... 🙁
A restaurant should be a result of "someone knows how to cook some special food+someone wanted to serve it to it's audience the most special way" Few places these days feels like "look! Taj Mahal now has a food menu too!"
I am a good cook myself, occasionally an item I make, I feel like more people should have tasted this. This feeling should be the noble motive behind any food place.
He is talking about bastian garden city
Sir, there is another new trend of restaurants mimicking IRCTC, Tatkal system where one needs to log in at 8pm Monday, to get a reservation the next month
I really prefer those simple restaurants where the ambiance is
Homely and comfortable….where one can be themselves and don’t have to be conscious 😊And the food should be the ⭐️ star.
Kripal well summarized with current Gen Z opting for colorful restaurants but is the food great not sure as you mentioned is it the food or only the ambiance. In you current series in Food Lovers TV you have been visiting as Angel Investor to some small enterprises that are serving great food this is something that bigger or colorful restaurant's must catch up. No doubt they also have some signature dishes but we cannot really count while the MSME has few and you want to visit for their taste. Thank you for this great summary 🙂
You are spot on. Sadly good tasty food is put in the back burner. Luckily my pallet desist me from such places.
I totally agree with you. Its quite hard to find that simple shack or even a good restaurant which have gastronomic innovation! May be thats why we dont have michelin stars by the street corner but only in handful high end restaurants beyond the reach on common man.
The great food is always in the small places -
So bloody true
Yess even busuness offices and wedding halls
Exactly..that's why we watch u r show when u cover resturant which history. Any new restaurant we will skip
That's called bias and partiality..New restaurants are not villains
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Unfortunately yes Kripal Sir
Ambience is also a factor for choosing the restaurant but good food is essential to maintain it in the long run
Exactly 💯 true...If the food is good but Ambience and Aesthetics resembles a shanty with unhygienic surroundings...it's better for it to go out of business than providing service delivery in a untidy, unkept environment 🙄
I came to India after 7 years; thinking of fresh and good foods from India, sadly what I experienced in the hotels that I visited or been regular visitor before 7 years is, nowadays the Chennai and Bangalore hotel servers particularly the South Indian restaurants are bhaiyaas (those low class no education no job transporters from north or east such as Assam, their service is not only poor but rude and expect tips alone) ; surprisingly all these hotels engage them as they look fairer in colour and perhaps low waged acceptances. And the hotel tables are extremely congested and literally no peaceful ambience and always crowded. It wasn’t case before 20-25 years. All were authentic Tamil servers and foods in hotels such as Sangeetha in triplicane, Ratna Cafe etc… i lost all the eagerness and cravings I had before coming to India. I have to be choosy now for real good ambience no congestion and good servers (without bhaiyaas :D) . For me those are as essential as food quality. Also I’m quite surprised by tissue cultures after eating in Indian restaurants, I’m from overseas but ethnic Indian, very uncomfortable to use tissues and I always wash hands even after a coffee lol but surprised how now Indian people changed that most of them use just tissues and pay bill with same hand on the bill folder and same folder he brings back to my table and I’m hesitant to touch or put my card or cash on that, perhaps we are orthodox Brahmins who follow our custom and traditions still called as “echil pathu” and wash hands and legs after every eat!
All hotel nd restaurant book order on previous day and provide fresh to people who ordered previously so that no fridge food , no wastage of food or energy nd worthy to all .
Yes you are absolutely right. There is no exclusivity any more. Food tastes same in most of the restaurants.
Yes sir
Few such restaurants which lack the soul in their food but have instagrammable interiors/ambience in east Bengaluru are:
1. Nusa
2. Tall Oaks
3. Long Boat
4. BLR brewing co
5. Prime Golf
Sir i have a request that before you visit to any hotel please mention the address so that ur subscribers near by come and meet you.... Thank you sir god may bless you and ur family in the journey.
Kripal Sir according to me ambience is important but quality of food would always be my first preference 💯👍🏻🩷
They must be after the demographic that wants social media eye candy type ambience, as you said. Previous generations who didn't eat out often when growing up still place primary value on the food being really tasty.
We got kripal amanna ranting before GTA6
Agree Kripal. Its more about asthetics than the food. Secondly foods are not worth the price which is paid. That is why still you find that humble restaurants though there ambience is not good but food quality has genuine out last these up market restaurants.
Can somebody name the restaurant being mentioned in this video (the one in the image) Thank You!
Which restaurant are you referring to sir
Easy giveaway...its Bastian Garden City
Highly hyped restaurant… appreciate if the restaurant could take this honest feedback and give the customer a much better experience shunning the false hype it has created
In mysuru street foods are far better then any restaurants , always i see crowd near street foods rather then restaurants
I agree sadly today's world
Can't agree more
Especially biryanis have become overrated than ehat it really tastes. It has given me a confidence to start my own homemade biryani and soon planning to start kitchen delivery but not a hotel. Recently had Ambur biryani and it is just a tomato rice calling it as biryani
The prices!!!! 😮
Due to instagram restaurants are more focussed on the ambience and look rather than food
Hope restaurants now give equal attention to the food also. Instagram crowds would disappear after initial euphoria, it is the food that has to win over customer in long run
It is what it is Kripal. It’s more like inviting Instagram influencers for aesthetics shoot and rarely anything related to food.
Taste is subjective depending from person to person but majority can agree that it’s not worth for the price and quantity/quality these so called European/American style food joints offer.
And Spot on with what you said, there’s no that special feeling of going back to the same place again and have certain food again.
It’s been 2years and I travel 40kms to Mallika Biryani because it’s just best in the business!! Now that’s how you gain customer’s attention..
"Taste is subjective depending from person to person" is the stupidest thing to say. Equivalent to BS like "Whataver happans, happens for the good."
@@jayantdrummer LMAO.🤣 . well, so everyone has the same taste and liking for food, doesn’t matter which cuisine it is right? That’s the most dumbest thing that I heard on this app. Thanks for making my Monday slightly better.
😊 You are not at all wrong,Sir. You hit the nail on the head No harm in giving importance and putting in all the efforts on the ambience of the place. At the end of the day, It's a restaurant and people come to eat good food. It's not a picnic spot. Top priority should be given to the quality and taste of the food. Top priority should be given to curating the dishes on the menu. We the people should not give patronage to such places which only concentrate on the ambience and not the food. That's fooling people.
Both are important in this day and age of globalized world
Sir is the camera placed above, like angle seems upwards down
What is the name of the restaurant he is referring?
Its better to prefere regular daily food in small mess or hotel, weekly once in multi cuisine resturant for high class food exprnce, nd mnthly once in star hotels where average food taste with grand ambiance. Its reality of today food industry taste. 5star hotel dish can also get in roadside vendors with better taste, but many going for fancy experice.
Let me put it this way - the ancient philosophy of a restaurant WAS *centered* ON food, and was opened by a chef/cook. the uber rich then had five stars to meet friends. today perhaps the uber rich outnumber the current 5 stars spots available.
.today it is also opened by business people identifying the need that people would like to come together and that there is market for 5 star spaces. today people are eating out much more,/take outs
celebrating small and big events so much more than 20 years ago and so the same owner will have 4/5 or 15 restaurants and the food may be going out (most likely) from the same kitchen.
the guy who started shake shack once owned 22 restaurants including a indian restaurant in downtown NY where food was served French style - the premium cost was for the space which tucked around financial institutions.and a park across
Yes, it’s true, there’s a certain breed of new age restaurants that is run by those who may not be food centric in their business philosophy, but thankfully there still exist those whose restaurants are built around food with the aesthetics, ambience, service etc serving to complement and create a complete dining experience.
As for the NY reataurateur you refer to, though I didn’t quite get the context here, Danny Meyer, I’ve had the opportunity to know of his restaurants over 25 years ago, Grammercy Tavern at Union Square, to Tabla, the Indian restaurant. The latter was helmed by the late Chef Floyd Cardoz, who incidentally was also the force behind the food at Mumbai’s Bombay Canteen. Which goes to show that although Danny Meyer was a prolific reataurateur, food was always core to this philosophy. With Shake Shack, he just made it more casual, but the quality of food was a key differentiator as compared to other fast food chains, and therefore the reason for its success over 20 years.
ambiance is not scale . for dining food matter
Microbreweries is a big hype now.. They charge exorbitantly and not worth the taste or quantity.
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The TRUTH!!
Everything is corporate like. Everything is process oriented. Chefs/cools are just a gear in a big machinery.
So, it is hard have unique, l rememberable taste in food.
Superfluous becomes the pivot...
Absolutely rightly said sir.
It’s only the dessert which was appealing to us.We make a better mutton ghee roast than them.
It’s just beautiful ambiance & IG purpose.
The staff too has attitude if you don’t pre book your table,especially the ushering girls.😁😁We don’t blame them coz they have been briefed so….
They are the reasons of not getting even House keeping guys now at reasonable salaries.These restaurants are spoiling the entire restaurant business.The owners are moneyed and they pay anything to acquire anyone.
It’s a sad situation.
People like us work all day long to retain staff ,customers,etc.
I so much agree with you. Still India is good in terms of food (I would especially refer to Pune my home town where there are places which have retained the same old charm) Having stayed in Dubai for last 13 years, I have seen the quality degraded at restaurants which I used to crave for. Thanks
Nikhil, can you name some old good ones at Pune….have guests coming in shortly
@@octavian2667 What would you prefer - Veg or Non-Veg.
@@hknikhil123 veg sir
@@octavian2667 Misal - Bedekar, Ramnath, Katakirr, Vaidya (All of them have different tastes), Santosh Bakery (Veg Pattice), Shahji’s Parantha House/Chaitanya (Paratha), Prabha Vishranti Gruha (Batata Wada, Sabudana Wada), Bhat kaka stall (Dadpe pohe, Masala appe, Dahi vada, Urid vada sambar), Jai Jalaram Dabeli Center (Kutchi Dabeli), Poona guest house (Maharashtrian Thali), Shri Vadeshwar Bhuvan (Breakfast - All items), Kirti Juice Centre/Relax (Pav Bhaji). Hope you get time to visit all of them. I haven't given you the detailed address and timings, but please do check them before planning your visit. Let me know your feedback on the ones you visit. Enjoy!!!!!
Bastian Garden City ?/ it has rating of 3.2 . I choose restaurant with minimum 500 reviewers , with 4.1 rating and above. to play it safe
Places like these are just for celebrations / kitty parties where, nowadays, ambiance is what primarily matters as it's being done for instagram anyway.
Isn’t it Bastian?
Yes
Is it Ishtaa?
I went the other day and firstly the prices were eye watering. The service was OK, couldn't handle large groups and were friendly but not capable. The good was sub par. The prawns had a batter that did it's level best to try to conceal the taste of the prawn! The ghee roast was an oily mess. Yes it was soulless and only for the gram. Def no for me
Is there a reason you won't name the restaurant?
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I honestly don't care for fancy restaurants their menu, ambience etc.
Am there for the food and in my experience it's the small no frills places that have the best food.