Food Street, Fort Road, Lahore

Visited: January 2012
Location: Fort Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Ordered: Chicken tikka, Chick seekh kabab, Fish tikka

Overall: *****

Food: *****
Services: *****

Atmosphere: *****

Cost: $$$$$

Overall it was a disappointing experience. First of all, it is in 'that' part of the city where people really don't want to go. I am not sure what is the intended audience of this food street. The one in Gawalmandi (closed now) was a great experience and foreign visitors also went there to dine out. This one is really on the other side of the city and hard to reach driving our way through crowded Bhaatti gate area.

Anyway, there is too little space and it was crowded. Hard to find a table. One has to shoulder sniff on guests who are finishing off their food, hence giving an uncomfortable feeling to both. 

So, finally we were able to find a table after about an hour. During the wait time, we tried to go to Cuckoo's but they said they are also full and are accepting guests by appointment only (so they showed they are not part of this food street :-))

Service is poor. Actually poorer than one would expect at such a place. We had to call waiter multiple times to get menu card which was really a photocopy and he had just 1 copy which he was giving out to guests.

Food, yes this was the best part but still lacked the traditional street side touch of Lahore.

And by the time we started enjoying food or may be the environment as well, we saw people around our table waiting for us to get off so that they can sit in :)