Berco’s Restaurant Review (MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket, South Delhi)

Me: What should be ordered-in on a Friday night


Missus: How about some Chinese?


Me: Sounds great, lets check our ever-reliable ZXXXXX.


A quick 2 minute search and we decide on Berco's - how can we be wrong with something rated 3.5 and is the largest Chinese restaurant chain in Delhi! I don't think we were wrong, but I wasn't overly impressed with the food as well - on the other hand they do deliver what they are suppose to deliver, some greasy Punjabi style Chinese dishes.

Order placed @ 8.45 - Delivered @ 9.52: Is 1 hour 7 minutes the average delivery time in Delhi? Maybe, but we all have been spoilt by the 30 minutes delivery time promise or FREE service by Dominos.

Moving onto the order itself:

• Hot & Sour Chicken Soup: Good, but a bit different than the usual available at similar outlets. It was however a big helping, enough for 2 bowls.
• Vegetable Lemon Coriander Soup: Not sure how it tasted, as this was the missus pick and I would never go near vegetable dishes as such.?- Wok Fried Chicken with Basil, Chili & Garlic: Good taste of basil, even though a bit oily for my liking.
• Sliced Lamb in Chili Sauce: Now this dish (if it had chicken instead of lamb) is what all North Indian, Punjabi Chinese loving foodies would gorge on. For me, it was a bit tooo Punjabi in taste and not enough Chinese in nature.
• Chili Garlic Noodles INSTEAD of the Butter Pepper Garlic Noodles: Yes, we skipped the later due to the word "Butter" in the name of the dish, as the missus doesn't approve of anything with butter. Having said that, I believe anything with butter added to it tastes better than what it did before the butter as added!!!

Looking at the order above, I do see the common thread running through it - CHILLI/GARLIC/CHICKEN, something any self-respecting Indian Chinese connoisseur would stick with. We got what we deserved, my only complain being the amount of oil used in cooking all the dishes.

All in all, it delivered what its suppose to deliver, but I prefer some of its competition in the space - Golden Dragon, Lotus Pond, etc etc.


PRAWNSTAR RATING: 3 / 5

Address: 2nd Floor, MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket

Phone: 011-65253250, 011-65253251