This
amazing microbrewery is located deep in the industrial area of Whitefield.
Quite hard to locate the place. But once you do, you will never regret it. This
place will always hold a special spot in my heart. An amazing experience! Why
special? I was invited to be part of the Zomato Foodie Meetup. A get together
with so many other amazing foodies from across the city and of course, free
food and drinks! Wanted to go here for a really long time but did not get the chance to. But I finally could go.
Once you reach the location, you will see "Windmills Craftworks" written which looks elegant. You need to take the lift and go to the fifth floor where it is actually located in the building. You will be amazed with their ambiance. Very elegant and beautiful. Compared to other microbreweries, this place is more towards the "classy" style. The place is pretty big with couches and tables all across. The bar counter is on one end. The other end houses a Live Jazz theater where various performances happen on certain nights. They also have a British library right next to it. You can just pick up a book to read and enjoy. The place is mostly indoor seating. But, they also have two small balconies where you can just enjoy the view of Whitefield while having an amazing time. We were seated there. The dim yellow lights all across the place just adds to the ambiance. Jazz music was being played.
I need to visit the place again to speak about their service well. As we were part of the Zomato foodie meetup, special attention was given to us. The head of Marketing and promotions of Windmills also came and greeted us. But I'm pretty sure the service would be up to the mark even otherwise.
We were then escorted to have a tour of the microbrewery by the Assistant Brewmaster of the place. This was brilliant indeed. The extensive setup this place has, no other microbrewery even comes close to it. If any place would come a bit close to this, would be Arbor Brewing Company. We were explained all about the process of how craft beer is made and how extensive the process is. Their entire setup is just like how it is in the U.S.
As I am a beer lover, I wouldn't miss this opportunity to try their beers out. The first thing I ordered was their samplers which included five beers called Indian Pale Ale, Stout, Hefeweizen, Golden Ale and Seasonal Ale. Each one was distinct and tasted just brilliant. I loved the Hefeweizen and Golden Ale the most. Went on to have a glass each of these two. I also had a whiskey cocktail called Smoked Barrels. Tasted really nice. Coming to the food, there was a special menu made for us. The Vegetarian starters included Onion Rings, Nachos, Cocktail Samosas, Soy Keema and Matar Seekh Kabab. Loved all of them. Good quantities were served and the taste was just right. The Non Vegetarian starters included Hot Prawns served with bread, Chicken Wings and German Pork Ribs. They loved the Chicken Wings the most. Coming to the mains, I had the Lasagna. It was delicious! There were two more options of a burger and a wrap. But I did not have those and opted for the Lasagna. These were in the vegetarian section. The meat lovers had options like Spicy Flame Grilled Chicken, Grilled Chicken Burger and Herb Spice Salmon. Coming to the desserts, we had three options which included Sticky Toffee Pudding, Bakewell Tart and Sitaphal Cheesecake. After trying all of them out, I actually loved them in this order! The pudding was simply delicious. But it was a bit too much on the toffee and chocolate side where you cannot have much of this. The Tart was perfect and all of us concluded this as the winner among the desserts. I was hesitant to try out the Sitaphal cheesecake as I am not a big fan of Sitaphal. But, surprisingly it was not bad!
I cannot comment about the price as everything was free :P
After this, we came to the unfortunate end of a fabulous night. Met some amazing people. Had delicious food and mouth watering beer. A must try for anyone! Will recommend this and I would definitely visit again soon!
Overall Experience :
F & B - 4.5/5
Ambiance - 5/5
Service - 4.5/5
Price - (Do not know. Until next time) :P
Once you reach the location, you will see "Windmills Craftworks" written which looks elegant. You need to take the lift and go to the fifth floor where it is actually located in the building. You will be amazed with their ambiance. Very elegant and beautiful. Compared to other microbreweries, this place is more towards the "classy" style. The place is pretty big with couches and tables all across. The bar counter is on one end. The other end houses a Live Jazz theater where various performances happen on certain nights. They also have a British library right next to it. You can just pick up a book to read and enjoy. The place is mostly indoor seating. But, they also have two small balconies where you can just enjoy the view of Whitefield while having an amazing time. We were seated there. The dim yellow lights all across the place just adds to the ambiance. Jazz music was being played.
I need to visit the place again to speak about their service well. As we were part of the Zomato foodie meetup, special attention was given to us. The head of Marketing and promotions of Windmills also came and greeted us. But I'm pretty sure the service would be up to the mark even otherwise.
We were then escorted to have a tour of the microbrewery by the Assistant Brewmaster of the place. This was brilliant indeed. The extensive setup this place has, no other microbrewery even comes close to it. If any place would come a bit close to this, would be Arbor Brewing Company. We were explained all about the process of how craft beer is made and how extensive the process is. Their entire setup is just like how it is in the U.S.
As I am a beer lover, I wouldn't miss this opportunity to try their beers out. The first thing I ordered was their samplers which included five beers called Indian Pale Ale, Stout, Hefeweizen, Golden Ale and Seasonal Ale. Each one was distinct and tasted just brilliant. I loved the Hefeweizen and Golden Ale the most. Went on to have a glass each of these two. I also had a whiskey cocktail called Smoked Barrels. Tasted really nice. Coming to the food, there was a special menu made for us. The Vegetarian starters included Onion Rings, Nachos, Cocktail Samosas, Soy Keema and Matar Seekh Kabab. Loved all of them. Good quantities were served and the taste was just right. The Non Vegetarian starters included Hot Prawns served with bread, Chicken Wings and German Pork Ribs. They loved the Chicken Wings the most. Coming to the mains, I had the Lasagna. It was delicious! There were two more options of a burger and a wrap. But I did not have those and opted for the Lasagna. These were in the vegetarian section. The meat lovers had options like Spicy Flame Grilled Chicken, Grilled Chicken Burger and Herb Spice Salmon. Coming to the desserts, we had three options which included Sticky Toffee Pudding, Bakewell Tart and Sitaphal Cheesecake. After trying all of them out, I actually loved them in this order! The pudding was simply delicious. But it was a bit too much on the toffee and chocolate side where you cannot have much of this. The Tart was perfect and all of us concluded this as the winner among the desserts. I was hesitant to try out the Sitaphal cheesecake as I am not a big fan of Sitaphal. But, surprisingly it was not bad!
I cannot comment about the price as everything was free :P
After this, we came to the unfortunate end of a fabulous night. Met some amazing people. Had delicious food and mouth watering beer. A must try for anyone! Will recommend this and I would definitely visit again soon!
Overall Experience :
F & B - 4.5/5
Ambiance - 5/5
Service - 4.5/5
Price - (Do not know. Until next time) :P
is this a must visit for a college student?
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting one! :D
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