Restaurant Review - Sunny's, Lavelle Road

Sunny's has been one of the most popular high end restaurants for authentic European/Mediterranean cuisine for years now. We remember going here 8-10 years back and experiencing a culinary extravaganza, as it was among the first genuine European restaurants in Bangalore.
The lavelle road outlet has shifted near smoke house deli now and is housed in a Bungalow.
They have both indoor and outdoor seating, pretty neat of course. I didn't explore the entire place and we just sat outdoors to enjoy some pleasant evening breeze of Bangalore.

Soon enough the waiter was at our table to take our order and we had some fruit punch, fresh lime soda and a mint leaves based drink. My wife ordered for a tom yung gung veg soup, which was a clear soup, not bad.


For starters we tried crostini with tomato and roast peppers and a Sunny's special of Chicken strips with aioli. The chicken was delightful, crunchy crust on the outside and soft well cooked chicken strips, 5 pieces in all.

The crostini bread though was a bit too hard, the tomatoes and roast peppers were fine but it was quite a struggle to bite through the crust, one which only our molars could accomplish leaving our incisors to nibble on the tomatoes alone.

For mains we ordered 4 dishes-
1. Penne with tomato puree and vegetables, which was as the name suggests, just everything put together in a bowl, taste was very average and puree was quite thin.
2. Vegetable medley with saffron rice was very bland and boring, there was nothing to excite the taste buds, it would be good if you want to have a light diet, but best to avoid this dish i'd say.
3. The chicken breast with sundried tomatoes was not bad, chicken was cooked right and it had a small serving of rice with it, nothing to write home about.
4. The penne with roast peppers and chicken was the best dish on the table, it was devoid of any sauce and my mother who usually dislikes pasta preferred this rendition.

Post dinner, we decided to try a couple of desserts. To add balance in taste we ordered a Chocolate coffee pecan decquoise and frozen key lime mousse with raspberry sauce and kiwi.
The lime mousse had a fresh lemony taste, but it would have been better if the base was thicker so that the taste of lemon wouldn't be overpowering like it was. It was a good dish but not one that everyone will relish.

The decquoise was wonderful. It had a great blend of coffee, chocolate and nuts packed in one. This was the most memorable dish of the night surely.


The bill per head will easily go above 1000 and it is surely one to be reserved for a special occasion.
My overall view is that Bangalore has now evolved into a major food destination and the younger competitors like SmokeHouse Deli and Toscano score over Sunny's in terms of food quality, so they better scale up a notch soon. I didn't feel it was worth the money spent.

Rating - 3/5