A Hot Night Spot next door

After a tiring day and the journey, (half hour in traffic trying to get past Metro Cash & Carry) my wife and I decided to go out. We contemplated turning the car around and heading to park street when we suddenly remembered that we wanted to try out this place which we had been seeing so often and heard so much about and that it was right next door to our place. So we decided to head to I Lounge Bar situated in Metropolis Mall, Highland Park.

Once there, we enquired what kind of food they served and got to know apart from the huge facade promoting the Peshawari. We got to know apart from India, North West Frontier Cuisine, they served Chinese. So we stepped in. The place is surprisingly bigger than I expected. On the left is a Lounge set up with a DJ booth, right in front is a long bar with a counter and high stools, beside which are a couple of high tables with high chairs and on the right is seating for dining kind of experience. I liked the entire layout and ambience.

Once we were seated at the dining area, what was really nice was the beam down to the centre of the table from a focus lamp on the ceiling which was a standard feature on all the dining tables, while the rest of the restaurant was in darkness highlighting the rays of light coming from the various fancy wicker lamps hanging from the ceiling.

We started with a Pina Colada each and some Chilli Pepper Chicken for starters. This was followed up with a Pitcher of Mojito and some Chicken Liver preparation from the Indian palette. Once we downed the Pitcher which served six glasses, we ordered food which was a mutton preparation (it had some exotic name) and one naan. The food tasted as exotic and yummy as promised on the menu. Oh and there reason for the small quantity of food was the constant refill of the bowl of cheese lings. We went through 5-6 of them.

Meanwhile the DJ was belting out one good song after another and mixing them to perfection. He went through a whole Hip-Hop phase playing some of the classics. In the middle, he fell from grace with some recent Bollywood music, but then resurrected himself with some more classics. Thereafter, we knocked down another Pina Colada each to that pulsating music which held us back after eating a bit past midnight. After which, I kind of got transported to the lovely beaches of Goa.

So if you want to get transported to your place of happiness, you ought to visit this nightspot. Its reasonably priced and the food is really good.

i Lounge Bar
1925, Metropolis Mall, 2nd Floor,
Hiland Park, Kolkata - 700094, West Bengal
Phone: +91-33-24367811, 24367812

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