Applebee's ,Dalma Mall,Abudhabi

It was definitely the taste,  Beauty of place and the quick  hospitality that made us revisit Applebee's   within fifteen days.and this time it was 27 March 2016. My  family enjoyed their meals during our last visit . they

 were not interested to experiment new dishes  this time   and ordered for the same  choices they made formerly. Finally it was me who come forward for a try and I choose pasta this time rather than ribs ( I choose in last visit )with a cherry mojito.

It was Parmesan crusted chicken  for me. Its is a marinate crusted & coated chicken with the italian sauces and fattuccine pasta along with  the mushroom and alfredo sauce.The breaded chicken was so tender and crusty with a big serving of pasta that made my hubbi  jealous of my choice .the meal was so delish and  ample as it was easily enough for two people. 

Applebee's did not ignore littles  with us.They offer colors with a big coloring sheets for an activity to the little kids that's always a good part of a restaurant. it kept aariz,  my son,  so engrossed as we totally forgot we have a tantrum lover child  with us.

Country fried chicken was the best option for my kids as we did not order the kids meal and go for the all regular  meals.it's perfect for my  chicken lover daughter with plenty of meshed  potatoes and steam veggies. My daughter hates vegetables but she has a mom like me who always volunteer for some yum healthy options. Fried chicken is very juicy and tender and the country sauce is really the  super sumptuous .I always borrowed  the sauce from my daughter to try with my any meal.

A serving of four  slices of garlic bread is a complimentary serving to fill any unfulfilled portion  of your appetite . We  really don't  have any such place as all their servings were  ample and enough for two people. 

It was the mutton ribs I choose during my last visit . It is  grilled and almost  free from   any calories guilt afterwards . The four ribs were served with plain rice and mushrooms. The ribs were yummy but I couldn't eat  the plain rice without a gravy so I had to leave that. 

Fiesta lime chicken is  grilled chicken and very yummy with seasoned rice,  lime sauce and freshly made pico de gallo.Maxi _ranches and heck _chadder is mouth watering and Pico de  Gallo is yum.as it's  grilled so  have a watch on calories.

The colorful  glamorous environment filled with green pink and yellow,  is lush with elegant paintings of the capital and the world around.it's really a big dinning hall that contributes our aesthetic sense and cheers our mood.

It was the last but not the least delicacy that impressed me, the matching mint candies they offered us while we were leaving. It really made some value to the place,  taste  and impressions,as manners are like zero in arithmmatic.it's nothing in itself but when used with something,  raise their value. the candies perfectly played the role of zero behind  their  services. 

For us it is one of our favourite spots now we are expected to visit every now and then . Applebee's  knows how to make a perfect family place with the appealing delights.they are courteous and hospitable to everyone from around every corner of world. After my every visit up there I will keep adding the updated reviews here in sha Allah!

Hospitality    4.5

Money value  5

Environment   5

Services      4.5

Taste    4.5

One to One ,The Village

A few days back we received a groupon voucher for 2 large pizzas with cold drinks in One to One village from one of our family friends . I haven't visited  the four star hotel  so far.So during the 2nd week of Feb.2016 we decided to redeem the voucher. 
      We needed to  follow the Google map to reach there. So as we entered the premise, we noticed we do not get any reception nearby. We inquired an attendant and he guided us about the direction of the dinning hall.
  We popped in the hall but there was not  any  attendent around to greet us and to  take us to the table. We approaced the  desk and the desk boy  took us to our  reserved table.

    About  the interiors, it was quite  simple .we placed our order for margarita and one to one special pizza.

Usually  I  avoid to post my family photos, but now as I have  a  very few photos of their hall so I am  offering you my family photo  to have a batter view.they started to serve the sauces and cold drinks. I asked the waiter for an extra empty glass for my little man with no ice.I was quite loud but I don't know why he just not listened as for next five minutes  we did not receive anything. As my littluns were eager to drink their cold drink, so we couldn't afford any more delay and my hubby waved to another and asked for a glass.As a whole scene,  I did not observe any  warm hospitality  there or any quick and efficient attendance  . Two or three servers  were available there  but  showing very cold shoulders.It  seemed  as they were not very happy with us or may be they do not like to give any protocol to the groupon voucher holders. In any case our moods were ruining  every minute. 

They served pizzas quite coldly as there was some sort of ban on politeness .it was even more disappointing as they did not serve any of their fresh bread that is very customary around every pizza counter.this was the only place we were served pizza alone .it was really strange and disappointing . As we were five including my four year old son and one friend of us . it was a perfect pizza serving with the expected complimentary fresh bread but the absence really left a very bad taste in my mouth .I planned to order some extra food for us but my husband simply discouraged me as he was  quite unhappy with the services and wanted to leave immediately. 

So their poor services, skipped sessions of starters, very cold behavior totally ruin the taste of pizza.may be it could be yummy but at the moment no one  was enjoying the taste. Ultimately,without extending our order we left our tables.I was so in bad mood as I did not try to get any  photoshots over their ;as it's true, the good services makes everything worth trying. It was definitely a no more trying place for me!

Paul Depuis,1889, Yas Mall

Wandering around Yas mall is quite a tiring task,with my two naughty kiddos ,recently adapted heels and so many bags in my hands. So sitting in a restaurant or Borders is a must for us.on 31 Dec.2015, it was Paul, we choosed as our dine in, rest in destination.
My husband headed to the interior part of Paul to sit in but as a photographer, I needed some place with most vibrant views and enjoyable place.so I made him  change our seats and fortunately got one table in  outside sitting area.it was really the best part of the discovery as located in the avenue we could enjoy the free play of my lences and fully entertained with the new years celebrations  in the avenue. A live musical show was going on with some jymnastics and dance items on the stage and we were enjoying the hilarious excitement of  a new years around the corner. 

 As my hubby with our kiddos got busy with the live musical show, I placed my order with two lasagne,and two kids meals with chicken burgers  and started to get some glimmering  shots of the event. 

As the meals approached the table, we really loved the kids meals as with an average price they were offering a full five course meal; small glass of juice, two beautiful burgers with some fries and fresh vegetable and even a small piece of cake as a dessert!  My munchies and even me loved their  meals as it was a totally perfect meal with a reasonable price . We were  served with our  lasagne and  some appetizers but it looked  quite small portion in comparison with kiddos!.:p  !well without any doubt the sauce bottles were amazing and I enjoyed their complimentary bread more than our lasagne! 

As a sweet treats I asked for macarons  that were delish ! We enjoyed their meals and  loved their location as well !  Especially it's a real fun  when 

Yas mall is hosting some sort of entertainment with a mouth watering taste! as being late for publishing my blog I missed some of my main course photos but I am sure it will look  more yummy when you ordered for yourself! good luck and enjoy fun with yum!!!

Sofitel cornice,Abudhabi

My romance with Sofitel was quite  6 months old.Since I started my wanderlust in UAE,it was one of the highlighted destinations for me .Sofital, located at cornice,Abudhabi,has French styled interiors and the name Sofital carries a big grace and sofistication ( it might Be a spark of my own name as well! ; ) ).So I had  been fencied to be there for the last six months  and had been postpond for this or that reason.In Dec.2015, I  was going to discover the destination finally 

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                  Me, with my hubbi kash and my two pretty cool munchkins parked straight at the reception door and  the protocol officers  reached to open the doors without any delay.that's the first impression  I never missed to notice as it's the first thing to the protocol. And sofitel did hit the mark about it!
                  We entered the elegant premises; the interiors were really awe inspiring and beautiful! As it was a festive season of X'mas , We could see many X'mas arrangements of xmass tree, gingerbread house,  bells and all other ornaments in plenty.

The concierge show us the way to all day dinning..I could smell quite cold reception as the dinning staff was not looking very much warm and smiling. Their gestures were not as warm as any one can expect  from a five star hotel.we were almost the second for the lunch so the big all day dinning hall was almost empty.We took our seats  and look around for the lovely interiors.It was elegant  and glamourous .the water channels and fountains were looking awesome  and we were totally in trance of a beautiful and serene enviorment! For their design, interiors,  decorations I will give them 5/5 but their festive celebrations getting definitly 6 out of 5 as we can see that around every corner , on every station , in each style! That was also a bit wow for my kids to be around so many glimmering  xmass trees and such a loud threshold of red and green color! 

We started our lunch with the appetizer.salads station was big and undoubtedly full of international appetizers. I took some salads to taste, including fattosh, and baba ghanooch.my dauther, like all kids, straight went  toward pizza  corner and  she was very  overjoyed as they had  variety of pizza and pasta.I was glad for  her to love the pizza but for my appetizers,  that was really not outstanding. It was a quite lack of flavour. We were overwhelmed by the variety but the taste was dispointing.so to satisfy my cravings I bring some fresh fruits .

After her pasta, my litl'n goes for bread and butter and muffins!  Me and my husband head toward grilled and bar b q section..mutton chops were nice,  birayani was yummy and colorful, but the grill fish was just average of taste .All the dinning hall was fully packed with guests now and  everybody filling was  their plates and satisfying their eppitite.For me the food I tried was not very outstanding. Hot and sour chicken was a good option as well I tried a little more sea food but that was quite tasteless!.I couldn't eat or taste more than this as I wanted to reserve some  portion for  my sweet guilt I  never  compromise. So I head towards the dessert station and tried a few cake pieces.without any doubt they have a lot of variety on every section   but they need to improve their taste .May be they  had have some yummilious options that I didn't try, my luck!

 Now it was a time to leave the table. We filled our tummies although  our tasteduds were quite disappoited as we did not get that delish  and expected taste we had in our mouths before lunch.Any way our lunch had been finished and my kiddies were totally filled with backery.As I am  a mom of little potty trained prince  so it was totally impossible to leave a  hotel without a toilet visit.I took my boy to the toilet and it was really the worst part of the Sofitel.With elegant  sparkling tiles and modern fittings ,  there was water around  all the counters/ basins .no towel on the counter :all were used and   filled in the towel bucket and nobody even bothered to supply some more. No tissues were available . The hand wash and lotions bottles were thrown up side down randomly. A disastrous mess for a hotel like sofitel,I could never expect.there was totally zero maintainess in the toilets at that moment .thanks God the hand dryer was working otherwise we ddn't have any other option than of being out with dripping wet hands.It was an  end of our visit at sofitel. Sitting in the lobby waiting for our car, I was simply wondering  Sofitel should work up on their tastes  as well as to raise their mantainess  in  toilets!  Good luck sofitel ! Bye bye cornice!

BOCCA @Hilton Cornice,Abudhabi