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Italian could mean a lot of
things, but in HSR Layout,
there arent really too many
options. That probably ex-
plains the crowd on a Saturday night at
Napoli Bistro. Owned by four cousins
from Andhra, the restaurant began
operations a couple of months ago. A
flight of stairs takes you to a well-lit
floor with views to the busy 27th Main
road. The faux brick wall, the framed
art and the functional, elegant furni-
ture all add a semblance of character to
the place. We got there just in time be-
fore the place filled up. The menu is all
Italian and seemingly extensive, but
misses out on a couple of things
drinks and desserts. Apparently, there
are plans to add wine soon, and sweet-
en the afters deal a bit.
Appetisers: There is no dearth of op-
tions soup, appetisers and a host of
salads though there is a clear skew to-
wards vegetarian. On a chilly Banga-
lore night, a soup is a great way to be-
gin a meal, and thats exactly what we
did. The description doesnt offer a lot
of explanation and simply states Non
Veg. The risk turned out to be worth
it and we got a delicious,
creamy yellow soup
(pumpkin was the guess)
with chicken sausage
slices. The Napoli Pesto
was a tasty dish too
toasted bread with a
tasteful signature pesto.
The Chicken Quesadilla
standard tortillas stuffed
with diced chicken wasnt re-
ally the best we have had. A bit too
greasy.
Entre: Napoli is the birthplace of
modern pizza and thats probably
what gives this section two whole pag-
es in the restaurants menu. The Spa-
ghetti Pizza wasnt something wed
find on a standard menu, so we began
there. A thin crust pizza with loads of
cheese and topped with spaghetti, it
was all subtle flavours and quite tasty.
The Napoli Meaty Feast seemed like a
good way to balance the vegetarian
domination thus far. The pizza did
have the potential chicken sausage,
pepperoni, and chicken cubes but
despite the star presence, the
pizza was ordinary. We were
surprised by the appear-
ance of the Mushroom &
Meatballs crepes; it
looked more like a can-
nelloni actually. It came
with what was advertised
as a pink sauce, but was
closer to yellow. There was
no taking away from its awe-
someness though, and this was the
best dish we had. The Chicken Crme
was our first choice of pasta. The shell
pasta was well cooked and the creamy
sauce with chicken chunks and a faint
trace of egg yolk was reasonably tasty,
if not great. The Limone Mintova
sounded quite interesting and we
asked for it with fettuccine. The sauce
clearly had a mint flavour and the very
mild lemon touch gave it a nice tangy
pop. The pasta we got was definitely
not fettuccine though! There is a kids
pasta section as well, and that offered
some explanation to the unusually
large number of kids around!
Afters: There are exactly four options,
and we chose the clichd (by name)
Death By Chocolate and the Choco
Bomb. Theres no way to sugar coat
this, neither of them were really great.
The former was a let down on two
counts the excessive sweetness and
the lazy Hershey job that accompa-
nied it. The latter was not better either,
and was in essence the standard stuff
one finds in a dozen other stores.
In all: While there are a few restaurants
that also serve Italian in this part of
town, there are probably none that
specialise in the cuisine. That does of-
fer a good potential for Napoli Bistro,
but they need to polish up their act a
bit in terms of the menu and the quali-
ty of the food because these are defi-
nitely things that could come back to
bite them later.
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Cuisine Italian
Owner(s) Suresh
Chef Goutham
Alcohol Not yet
Price range A meal for two would
cost around `1,000
(Inclusive of taxes
and service charge)
a non veg starter, a
non veg pizza and
pasta and a dessert
Parking No
Wheelchair No
access
Service Friendly though
a tad slow
Music No music
Sound level Conversationable
Ambience Functional yet
comfortable
Kid-friendly Yes
Hours 11 am 11 pm
Home delivery Not yet
Reservations Might not be a bad
idea
Napoli Bistro
646, 12th Cross, 27th Main, HSR Layout
Sector 1, Bangalore 560102
Ph: 22580999
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From Top: Limone Mintova with Farfelle;
Mushroom & Meatballs crepe; Napoli
Pesto and Cream of Carrot & Sausage soup
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