Winter Palace

5 Reviews on “Winter Palace”

• Ravi Prasath

  Was here last week after enough permutations and combinations for choosing a restaurant. We finally decided on this place after reading reviews and as a matter of fact something that actually prompted us was the Dineout offer which was buy one dish and get other free. It’s located inside the Russian embassy, so finding the place is never going to be a problem, just that only cars are allowed inside and bikes have to be parked outside. Atleast to the looks of it that was what I assumed.It looks very decent from the outside, luxury written all over it with the colours and lighting’s giving it a rich feel. It got us excited to try the food and it was a long time since I had something different from the normal South Indian food. This place offers continental and Russian cuisine. The ambience was very pleasing, even Though it looks like a old place that was newly renovated, it still holds its charm. It was clean, soothing music and welcoming staffs are all positives. All these increased the appetite wanting to taste the food immediately.For soups we wanted the beef borscht, which unfortunately wasn’t unavailable and ended up having the Thai coconut with prawns costing 230₹. It was amazing, it was finger licking good, the prawns were very well cooked and the soup was mild but tasted excellent. We even went to the extent of asking for more, but since it was chargeable we unfortunately had to control ourselves. This was an excellent start to our dinner night that started with a bang.For starters we ordered the calamari with onion rings costing 360₹. To be honest, the onion rings were simply delicious, probably the best I had in chennai. The batter was very light with enough spices that wasn’t overdoing and it felt completely fresh and again we enjoyed it with the chilli garlic sauce. However the calamari was a deal crasher. It was rubbery as if it was cooked immediately after taking it from the freezer. It tasted good but the rubbery feel made us not like the dish. Having understood the concern they offered us fresh calamari but again it tasted good but felt rubbery. I wouldn’t call it a disaster but not my cup of tea. We had to return it and our appetiser dream was a wash out.And for mains we ordered the beef stake 550₹ and chicken al a kieu costing 560. It was supposed to be their best dishes as suggested by the waiter and even after our bad start we still were positive and confident with the mains.And it turned out to be a disappointment once again. The stake wasn’t cooked to perfection since at most places I had dined in before the juices simply ooze out and with the mashed potatoes and stake sauce it’s majestic. Here it was dry and lacked flavours. The insides of the stake still needed cooking and the outside portion lacked flavours. Stakes generally have a resting period after they get cooked for the juices to set in. But the one we had wasn’t to be.The chicken which looked like a big potato has butter pouring out when cut into pieces but again lacked flavours and was bland. The sauce they served had mushrooms that were rubbery as if it was frozen before dropping it in the sauce. I knew the food was going to be less spicy, but lacking flavours and with no perfection is not ideal especially for a place like this. I explained them the situation to which they accepted my point of view and offered to cancel the calamari dish which we didn’t even eat and returned except for the onion rings that tasted amazing. The service is slow, so be prepared. The waiters offer the best to choose the dishes and take care of you throughout. Will I go back again? May be not.

  March 17, 2020, 4:12 pm

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• Sharon Austin

  I absolutely loved this place. Very polite service, extremely good food and very affordable prices. My only issue was that it needs a cleaner washroom. Other than that I really loved this place.

  February 9, 2020, 10:06 pm

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• Hemanth Raj

  My friend had insisted me long time to visit this place since she was in Russia was 6 years. She desperately wanted to sneek this restuarant. Ambience and location wise it’s posh. Ambience is cozy as expected. Coming back to food. We have ordered veg soup along with ‘fish and fur ‘ and chicken krilishnki. we waited for the food. We had veg borscht soup which was so bad the smell and quantity wise. Fish and fur was again bad smell like live fish smell which was not cooked properly then chicken krilishnki was cooked properly but they have added a sauce which i don’t even like it. They aint asked me what type of sauce i prefer. We were super disappointed because it’s saturday evening with no crowd or vibe and ended up in bad food. How does it feel ? So , we have ordered dessert which is Napolean dessert , again it’s hard syrup and cream taste quality was poor. Spoke with their manager and came to know chef is not an russian ,he is an indian chef trained by russian. Menu has been changed to indian style food because lot of people opt of indian food . This restaurant run by an agent and his job to help people to study mbbs in russia. He was successfull in his business so he initiated this food business in chennai with russian style. I would prefer if couple opting for this place means just go there take pictures and order virgin mojito. One more important point, bike has to park outside and car can park inside which was too bad.

  January 14, 2020, 12:22 pm

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• James

  This place has very courteous staff who from the get go help you with deciding what to eat. The interiors are very cosy and well done.Do not go here expecting anything overly spicy / tangy. They serve very mild food with minimal spices which seem to be very authentic.The desserts were the highlight of our experience. We tried the napoleon cake and the nut biscuit. But we were a considerably large group, else yo may feel overpowered by the sweetness.

  December 16, 2019, 1:22 am

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• Annanyaa Raya Reddy

  Great ambience And service ! And very good food 🙂 The manager and waiters are polite and efficient.The food was quick and fresh . Not expensive

  October 30, 2019, 10:45 pm

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