Restaurant Review - Sakley's Bakery, Nainital

Every hill station worth its mettle has a good pastry shop. One that is usually owned by a foreigner or an Indian with a love for baking.

Nainital is a beautiful and popular hill station and no doubt it had its very own charming deli.

Sakley's on one end of Mall road towards Mallital is your destination for wonderful food and desserts overlooking lake Naini.

The menu features continental and Chinese specialties and being in an adventurous mood we tried a mix of both cuisines. 

Some sweet corn and manchow soup to start with was a good idea on a damp rainy day. The thick soups were delicious and served piping hot. 

We ordered for our main dishes soon after.

We tried some sizzlers, a veg and a chicken variant and both were very good. They had different sauces poured on it and the pepper sauce was brilliant. Chicken was cooked all the way through and came off the fork quite easily.

The pasta was below average though, didn’t really like it much. 

We also had a bowl of noodles which had lot of vegetables in it and could be had as a meal in itself even without any accompanying gravy.

So overall it was a good meal by and large, but in a pastry shop you just can’t resist desserts can you?

We tried a few of their delicacies including banofee pie, chocolate pastry etc and all of them were pretty good. Full marks for the food.

The decore is simple, lots of wood work and a large painting of a beach surprisingly. The nice aroma of food was all over the small restaurant. 

It's a pity our peace was marred by some Punjabi aunties who felt they were in Palika Bazaar and were just too loud, not allowing us to get into our ruminative best.

Service is good and pricing is not out of the roof either.

It's great for a break from the usual north indian or indo-chinese cuisine available everywhere else and certainly more homely for any western travellers.

If nothing else it makes for a good dessert takeaway place.

Rating - 4/5