Restaurant Review - Green Theory, Bangalore

Had been hearing a lot about Green Theory mainly from my pure vegetarian friends and we gave it a try last night.

It is on convent road between residency and richmond road which can be a nightmare during day time, but was rather quiet at night.
We found parking on the road easily and walked into the neat setup.

They have seating outside as well as indoors, we sat outside as it seemed better. Indoors was uninspiring.
There will be a few mosquitoes outside at night, but they had lit up some coils, so it wasn't much of a bother.
They have low sofa seating or normal chair seating outside. Music was a bit louder than expected, but ok.

The cuisine is continental, and we ordered a mint lemonade and Mediterranean salad to start with.
The lemonade was all too lemony and the mint taste was very subdued. We had to add some sugar and water to make it drinkable.
The Mediterranean salad was cut veggies tossed in a bowl, but with excess vinegar, which over ruled the other tastes. The quantity of cheese was less and the salad was mediocre at best.

We went on to order the roast vegetable skewers which was interesting. The vegetables were coated in a nice batter and roasted, which gave a thick coating on the outside. It was cornflour mainly, but added a good twist of taste to the skewers.
The vegetables like brocolli, zucchini, onions etc were crunchy and the outer covering was nice, filling too. And it was 3 large skewers. This was the highlight of the meal we had.


The main course gives you a choice of pizzas, pasta, sandwich, burgers, sizzlers or other mains.
We ordered the cottage cheese and mushroom pepper curry with rice.
The moment i took my first bite, i was so disappointed. I felt cheated almost that i managed to pick the wrong dish out of the many options we discussed. The paneer was like thermocol, so chewy it was inedible. The curry had excessive pepper in it and felt like european thick rasam. The small bits of mushroom were not enough to salvage this dish. Rice was just there in the plate, not knowing what had to be done with it.
So we ended up eating just enough to not feel hungry and left the rest.

After the very average food we got, we didn't gather enough courage to order for desserts.

Surprisingly the service also was not upto the mark. Staff communication was a bit weak and the waiter would just stand at our table with plates in his hand, waiting for us to clear things and create space for him to keep everything in order, LOL...

The only saving grace was the bill of 800 which was not a rip off.
I'm very surprised that a lot of my revered fellow foodies have rated this place so highly, but then most of those reviews were more than 6 months ago.
A case of quality gone down maybe, or just a bad day?

I wont be coming here to cross check again though. People who only eat at veg restaurants can make do with this restaurant as they have the rare jain-continental combination too..

Rating - 3/5