Gypsy Restaurant- Review.

 Gypsy Restaurant- Review.

We were told, if you visit Jodhpur, go to Gypsy, famous for its authentic Rajasthani Thali.

So during our recent visit to Jodhpur, we did visit Gypsy. It is a 'Vegetarian only' restaurant.

The Gypsy occupies two floors. The ground floor caters for a wide variety of snacks and mini meals. From chats and snacks from North India, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, South Indian specialities, dosa, idly etc etc., not to be outdone in varieties, they also serve Continental, Mexican, Italian and Mediterranean snacks.  Then there are iecereams, various shakes, etc Just mind-boggling varieties.

 Thali is not served on the ground floor; it is served on the first floor. Entrance is by a staircase on the side of the building.

When we reached, the dining hall was almost full, and we occupied one of the very few remaining tables. The place was doing good business.

So far as the ambience is concerned,  it was a purely business-like arrangement with putting in as many tables as was conveniently possible.

The table was already laid out with a thali with bowls neatly arranged, ready to be served as soon as the customers were settled.

 As soon as we had settled, there was a parade-like queue of servers, each with a serving vessel that had two types of food items. Each server called out the name of the item he was serving; this way, the customer knew what was being served. For example, the first one called out 'kadhi' and 'Raita'. Another one, 'Ker ' and 'Sangari', which incidentally are two of "the"  many Rajasthani cuisine items. 

Gradually, all eight bowls were filled. Further, the sides of the plate were also filled, then the centre, eventually the complete tahali was filled. Sweets and "churma" formed part of the centre serving. See photo.

Service was good. Waiters were going around asking for anything needed and serving the required items. 

Thali lived up to its reputation. Tasted typical Rajasthani dishes. found them a bit spicy for our taste. 

The Gypsy thali was good as a change.

Gypsy, Jodhpur.

Rajasthani Thali at Gypsy.