Generally mall food courts are pretty ordinary and most of the establishments are pedestrian to say the least. Bangalore Central Mall in J.P.Nagar has a kind of decent food court and Bangalore Bistro is one such place which serves Middle Eastern cuisine.

I tried the Shawarma there once and I found it quite to my liking. Not too oily or greasy, the chicken was done just right. They also have healthy Greek salads which are served fresh with feta cheese.

As luck would have it, they also do home delivery. Recently, I went all out and ordered in for the family. For appetizers the fried falafel and hummus were a great start. I liked the texture of the falafel and also the fact that it wasn’t soaked in grease. The hummus was also very good.

Kids being kids wanted Cheese Pizza and the thin crust pizza that came in wasn’t too bad either. They called it Arabic style pizza but I’m not sure what was so Arabic about it.

An order of grilled BBQ chicken (half) had 4 large pieces of chicken and the meat was tender and not too spicy and the little ones were able to handle it.

The falafel sandwich was also light and tasty and I stole a bite from the kids just to see what it was all about.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Arabic style biryani which they call Kapsa so I had to chance the Chicken Kapsa. To me, the Kapsa topped the list of things to eat at Bangalore Bistro. Made with regular rice, the spices and the dry mixed rice were really tasty. It did have a kick to it, especially the chicken but overall, I rate it high in terms of tastiness quotient.

The entire order came to about 600 bucks which is quite decent for the kind and quantity of food we got. Go try it!