Bombay Club

[Beachfan]

A synopsis of your food experience is solicitated!

[Steve Klc]

Beachfan--I haven't been back since Sudhir Seth left, and I felt even then that Sudhir was talented but was being held back--better to please a power, conservative and unaware clientele.  That the restaurant was the problem, not the chef. On my last visit I was with a few Indian restaurateurs from New York and our meal there was nothing special, service spotty, very pricy for standard-issue stuff--and except for a few special things that Sudhir did for us once he recognized someone in my party--which were quite good--the experience was mediocre. (At the time, the ownership group was considering bringing Sudhir to New York to cook.)

When were you last there?  Pre- or post-Sudhir?

Have you been to Heritage India in Glover Park?

[Beachfan]

When did he leave?

Sorry to ask, but where is Glover Park.

I'm happy to accept all Indian Restaurant recommendations nationwide (from this august group of eaters/posters).

[Steve Klc]

Sorry to confuse Beachfan--Sudhir left Bombay Club a little over 2 years ago to open Heritage India as chef and co-owner and it is located on Wisconsin Ave. in a neighborhood of Northwest DC called Glover Park--north of Georgetown.  I lived in Glover Park for 10 years--so I got to know that area well, eating often at Faccia Luna and Rocklands.  Heritage India took over the space of Germaine's restaurant, above Faccia Luna and there also was a charming, elegant classic French restaurant called Le Caprice, in a little townhouse next door.

On my two visits to Heritage, I found the wine list uninspired and poorly thought out, the service slow and awkward and the prices high, but Sudhir's food was excellent.

Tom Sietsema mentioned in the Post last week that Heritage India had opened a second location on Cordell Ave. in Bethesda--and included a revealing comment--that because of the intense restaurant competition in the Bethesda area, prices at the new branch will be lower.

[Suvir Saran]

They had a chef by the name of Arvind Bhargava their many years ago.  He was the first master chef from India to come to the US.

I was there when he was cooking.  I would also love to hear about how they are now.

[Busboy]

Had dinner at The Club last night and had some of the best shrimp I've ever eaten and a Chicken Korma that was completely inedible. Still a lovely room, though, and excellent service all around.