Food Review || Butlers Cafe || Is It Worth The Hype...

Greatness recognizes greatness. To appreciate good food you need to have good taste buds. A fun fact while we are talking about taste buds. On your tongue, the majority of sweet taste buds are upfront, the salt and the sour taste buds are the lateral surfaces, and the bitter taste buds are at the back of the tongue. Though it's not a hard and fast rule for the buds to be located at these precise positions, the majority are found here.

I believe that if you're living in Karachi, you develop good taste buds on your own. We have so much variety of food. From continental to European cuisines. From Indian Desi dishes to the French nouvelle cuisines. It's almost an obligation to try new dishes every now and then, as we have so many options.

Although, I am not a guy who spends a lot of money recklessly, every once in a while I visit a new cafe and put their dishes to the test. Usually, it's my University mates who accompany me in this. Why? Because once we get free from the OPDs, we're extremely hungry and the food served in the University cafeteria doesn't go too well without taste buds.

So last week, we had another adventure of visiting a very famous cafe in Karachi. A cafe, I have never been to. Why call it an adventure? Because of the series of events that took place while reaching this cafe. We were stopped by the traffic police. They threatened to tow our car. Heavy rain poured down upon us. We visited the seaside for short while and then finally reached:

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BUTLERS CHOCOLATE CAFE

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Located in one of the most elite areas of Karachi, Butlers Chocolate Cafe is expensive and you need to keep this in mind before visiting this place. Even though I am against expensive food but for the sake of trying new cafes, I visited it. No. I just realized. Let me rephrase it. I am not against expensive food as long as it is good. But cafes charging hefty amounts just because they are located in an elite locality with a western name on their billboards is what I don't agree with.

So, I had an idea, Butlers would be quite expensive but I was eager to review its food. As soon as I entered the cafe, it gave me the mellow vibes of a bakery cum cafe with a separate counter built for all the sweet dishes such as cakes, patties, tarts, etc.

The seating arrangement was quite spacious with each table catering to 5-6 people at once. There was a small workstation in the corner of the cafe, provided with a charging cord, free wifi, and an upright comfortable chair for you to sit on. Quite admirable if you ask me.

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After getting comfortable in our seats, the waiter came and presented us with a menu card. The menu card was beautiful. I know it's not an important thing while reviewing a cafe but I appreciate things like these.

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Since the Cafe is named, the chocolate cafe, they had pictures of chocolate on the front card. Apart from that, they were also serving complimentary chocolate on ordering any barista-made beverage. How cool is that?

One of my friends who was with me in this cafe, told me that she has tried Buttlers' Penne Pasta and it's phenomenal and mouth-watering. Since we were five people, all of us ordered different cuisines to try new items. The order consisted of:

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• Pesto Chicken Panini

• Penne Arabiata

• Smoked Chicken Penne

• Royal Pizza

• Crumbled Chicken

• Garlic Bread w/Parmesan

• Soft Drinks (5)

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_{Crumbled Chicken}

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_{Penne Arabiata}

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_{Royal Pizza}

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_{Smoked Chicken Penne}

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_{Pesto Chicken Panini}

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MY REVIEW ON THIS CAFE

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Keeping my method of reviewing a cafe intact, I'll first of all talk about the food served to us in the Butlers Chocolate Cafe.

The food was exceptionally well cooked and tasted good except for the Crumbled chicken. I couldn't understand the logic of pricing it so high. The crumbled chicken was just a big nugget with insufficient chicken filled inside it. Well, the good thing was that it was served with fries.

Except for this, all the other dishes were perfect. The Penne Arabiata was so good, I honestly haven't tasted Penne Pasta as good as the Buttlers' yet. It was mouth-watering. All of us wanted to have a bit of it. The other dishes were quite good as well but I'd say the quantity of each dish wasn't as much as I had expected. Maybe it's because I keep a lot of expectations, but as my friend once said:

You're here to enjoy good food. Not to criticize its quantity.

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So I think the food was sufficient.

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The next thing up for review is the service. Extremely professional and considerate waiters who had good manners. The service was of top quality and I honestly had no complaints regarding the service.

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The ambiance of the cafe was amazing. It had mellow vibes. The air conditioners were working perfectly. The space was enough to cater to people comfortably. Slow music was turned on and I felt really relaxed dining there.

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Overall, I'd rate:

• Food: 7/10

• Service: 9/10

• Ambience: 8/10

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COST

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ITEMS	PKR	STEEM
Penne Arabiata	950	18
Royal Pizza	1,050	20
Crumbled Chicken	1,200	23
Smoked Chicken Penne	950	18
Pesto Chicken Panini	1,050	20
Garlic Bread w/Parmesan	300	6
Soft drinks x5	650	13
General Sales Tax	800	15
Total	6,150	118

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MY PICTURE FOR AUTHENTICATION

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Review on	Butlers Chocolate Cafe
Pictures by	@huzaifanaveed1
Device used	Redmi Note 9s

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