Wall Street Cafe - Ahmedabad

I got a voucher for this restaurant about a month ago, but in all this rush for finishing the work before Diwali at work and the shopping, I somehow did not get the time to visit them. So post Diwali, this was the first place that we decided to pay a visit. It was the 2^nd day of their opening up after Diwali. The place is right at the vijay cross roads junction, above Belgian waffles. Previously, the same place hosted The Tea Exchange. Now they had the same décor and the mechanisms of tea exchange with the screen still up there for the drinks menu. For those who aren’t familiar with the concept of a tea exchange, it basically works like a stock exchange. The prices of the drinks are shown on a screen and they keep fluctuating depending on the demand for the drink. If you’re in luck you may end up paying much less than the actual cost but that seldom happens, so good luck with that!

Now the space is large with all sorts of settings available, the regular table chairs, high chairs, indian setting and so on. They have books and games for you to enjoy with your meals. They have two screens that show the stock market kind of pricing for the drinks menu which isn’t very convenient to be honest. If you’re seated at some table from where you cant get a proper look at the screens, you’ll have to get up to look at it and place your order. Plus the font is so small that I think you’ll have to get up anyway.

The menu isn’t very extensive so that’s a good thing. But given the short menu, they did not have half of the things that we wanted to try and their excuse was, “We only opened yesterday, after the Diwali Break!” so that was that! The entire place was empty except for us and a group of 4 guys on one other table, and it remained that was for the entire portion of our stay there. There was only one person to serve and take orders that day which I guessed was again because of Diwali. So we ordered out of the limited options that we were given that day.

First to arrive were the mint mojitos. They were good but lacked salt so we had to ask for it since they don’t have salt and pepper shakers. Once the much needed salt was added, it was good. The next to arrive were the pasta. Tbh, they looked sad. It was such a deep red sauce that it looked more like an over cooked gravy than an Italian pasta sauce and there was absolutely no trace of any green. So the freshness was gone. And the moment we tasted it, we were like they should call it Paneer makkhani pasta, cause that’s how it tasted. The pasta was cooked al dante but we did not like the sauce. The pizza reminded us of Jasuben’s, with their ready made crust and meagre toppings, topped with processed cheese. Thumbs down. The waiter suggested we try their Mexican Phuskis. Now I did not know what that was and on asking we were told that it is a fusion of Pani puri that has a Mexican stuffing. We weren’t very excited but since they wanted us to try that and also because they did not have a lot of things available that day, we went ahead with that and we regretted our decision with the first bite. I don’t know what they added to the stuffing but wasn’t at all mexican and tasted exactly the same like their pasta in red sauce. Again, this was topped with a lot off processed cheese which did nothing more than choking you if you tried having the entire pani puri in one go.

The guy taking the orders was very decent and polite and the service was good, but food wise the place still has miles to go before it expects a regular clientele. Also, we had the voucher so it did not pinch so badly but I wouldn’t want to pay 900 bucks for that food. They definitely need to improve on the food front if they wish to continue as a successful restaurant in Ahmedabad. It might kindle the taste buds of a few college goers but that’s about the size of it. Also did I mentions the parking menace? No? Well guess what! It’s huge.

Bon Appetit! (And from what I’ve been through, you’ll need it here.)

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