Dome, at the Intercontinental, Marine Drive, Mumbai is expensive, has white sofas, repetitive lounge music and very bad food. So what makes it one of the most popular lounge bars in Mumbai?
Dome is home to the best, and more importantly, the Longest Long Island Iced Tea in Mumbai. For the uninitiated, the LIIT was allegedly an invention of the times of Prohibition in the United States, and was a cocktail of alcohols in the guise of Iced Tea. The cocktail is a mix of vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec, topped with cola and some sour agent. The glass is endless, and its good. Good enough to provide the inspiration for several hilarious stories. Good enough to be worth the 500 buck tag (taxes extra). For those who enjoy variety, the bartender replaces the cola with red bull and adds some blue curaco to create the "Bullfrog". It's tolerable only after you've already had an LIIT. It gives one an overwhelming sense of benedryll.
Dome is home to the best, and more importantly, the Longest Long Island Iced Tea in Mumbai. For the uninitiated, the LIIT was allegedly an invention of the times of Prohibition in the United States, and was a cocktail of alcohols in the guise of Iced Tea. The cocktail is a mix of vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec, topped with cola and some sour agent. The glass is endless, and its good. Good enough to provide the inspiration for several hilarious stories. Good enough to be worth the 500 buck tag (taxes extra). For those who enjoy variety, the bartender replaces the cola with red bull and adds some blue curaco to create the "Bullfrog". It's tolerable only after you've already had an LIIT. It gives one an overwhelming sense of benedryll.
(Clockwise from top left corner: the"Dome" in the Dome, Candlelit decor, the Star of the Show, and the very talented bar)
Even if you're a teetotaller, Dome gives you the best view in Mumbai, so its worth a lounge. This is a food blog, but food's the last thing on my mind on a Saturday Night, and it should be the last thing on your mind at Dome. For the record, the cuisine is Oriental Grill. We had grilled chicken and prawns once, the chicken was coated in a caramelized sauce which tasted of nothing much else, and the prawns were, tsk tsk, stale. I should have returned it, but I didn't order it. Besides, I only return food when I'm sober. A better option would be to eat at Corleone, the IC's Italian restaurant which is currently the best in Mumbai, on your way up. If you want my advice, buy yourself another LIIT with the money. Stick to the complimentary Bingo chips (ITC, ITC) if you want a nibble.
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