Absolute Barbecue BTM Layout - An afternoon of fun, food and bonding

It was a birthday treat of few of our office colleagues which we had planned for a long time. All were keen on having Buffet lunch and after considering all our options and considering the commute time we decided to go to AB's - Absolute Barbecues, BTM layout in Bangalore.

We were a group of 11 people and had done our reservation one day in advance and the whole morning our group was abuzz with excitement and even in some cases we had kept our stomach empty to be ready for the sumptuous buffet that was planned. Keeping every ones time constraint we went to Absolute Barbecues between 2-4 PM, one thing to note is that they have a valet parking and have parking space for two wheeler in an underground parking as well. And as its above Reliance Fresh outlet I chose to use the parking of Reliance fresh. As we entered the restaurant the place was already abuzz with people relishing their meals. We got a central location to sit and were still waiting for another group of friends to join who were coming. Now you can say it to be my lack of patience or the urge of hunger I was unable to resist the clings and clangs and so many delicious food that was spread around us, my stomach was already crying to eat something hence I said my friends, let me explore you guys wait for other and went on my exploration spree.

Now this is not my first time in Absolute Barbecues and I had a fair bit of idea which counter is where. Unlike other places I like the live counter of Absolute Barbecues as here they have the largest verity of meat & sea food and sauce which I have tried earlier, hence I picked my combinations and asked the chef to cook them for me. I picked combinations of Quail, rabbit, shrimps, chicken sausage, emu, squid, tiny octopus and egg white for different types of barbecue sauce to be fried. And as before this time too the taste was fantastic.

Then came various barbecues various types of meats, fish and veggies. Personally I liked the vegetarian starters then non veg. Thinks like barbecue potato, corn skewers, grilled pineapple and grilled sweet potatoes are my all time favorite. The chicken skewers were moist and tender but I liked the fish and prawn skewers. The chicken legs were moist but not great kababs. The lamb sheen kabab was another item that I liked the most. I also liked potato cooked in white sauce and corn fry where corn kernels were deeply fried this absolutely delicious. Having eaten multiple rounds of barbecue skewers were were completely full but I still sampled the soup which I guess was chicken tomato broth but was light and little bland and after all the starters of no help to reboot me to main course.

But when I went to main course I liked the options there as well. Though the spread is less but was cooked tastefully. There was the biriyani, shikari gosht and srilankan prawn curry. I also liked the fish curry and relished on curd vadas which just melted in the mouth. Even here the curry of small potatoes were my favorite the salad options though limited was fine.

Coming the deserts I had rasmalai, small earthen pots of phirni and finally strawberry - vanilla ice cream which was mixed well by the attendant. 

If you ask me strictly about the food I may give it 3.7 / 5 for a limited main course and sub par soup and limited non veg barbecue options. But just for the jubilant environment and the fun we had with the courteous attendants made our experience memorable and hence my overall rating would be 3.85/5 for Absolute Barbecue.

Finally also danced and celebrated our friends birthday with a lovely cake and left with smiles and memories for a lovely afternoon to remember.