When boozing in Delhi one thing we often miss is a need to drink in peace. With the influx of trendy, modern, youthful spaces, drinking has become a loud intense vacation, which sometimes leave a desire for a calm nook to sip your drink at leisure. The scenario may not be fitting with the casual bars in the city but it fits very nicely with those elegant hotel bars, where not only you can hear each other but are not bombarded with a burst of sound and heat. You may end up paying a little high but will leave with a sense of peace and relaxation. Suitable to your need is a bar, located at Crowne Plaza of Mayur Vihar Phase 1. Called ‘Lobby Lounge’ the bar is frequented by the suits or corporate in-house guests who come to the hotel for conventions.
Lobby Lounge’s superb full-fledged bar is bursting with great booze labels picked from all over the globe. Being a hotel bar, Lobby Lounge is a little pricey. Tap into their vast selection of wines or have a peg of smooth mature scotch. They even have a decent selection of gin, vodka, cognac, rum and tequila. For a change you can skip the hard liquor and let the bartender impress you with his killer cocktail skills. Have a Singapore sling to get the ball rolling and follow that with a classic long island iced tea for that added buzz. If you are driving then stick with Lobby Lounge’s delicious mocktails. Orange iced tea, strawberry colada and tropical fruit punch will be good choices to go with. You can even sip on a tea or coffee if you happen to be visiting in the evening.
As munchies you can nibble on a delightful range of appetizers to give your drink that savory kick. Try, tomato & parmesan arancini basil pesto, gosht seekh kebab, vegetable samosas, deep fried chicken wings, haldi mirch paneer key tinkey, smoked salmon croquettes with lemon mayonnaise, falafel with tahina, murgh malai tikka, navrattan subz galouti, ajwaini fish tikka, grilled Thai chicken satay and corn & kaffir lime spring rolls. A portion of sandwiches or kathi roll could be opted for to kill any leftover hunger pangs. Lobby Level reminds you of how a hotel bar should be, elegant, modern and very plush. A bit expensive but worth it.
