Fiesta Restaurant Darjeeling
Category: Mid-Scale, Cuisine: Chinese, Tibetan, Snacks
The Ambience
Fiesta is located at the Chowrasta Mall and straight ahead of the point where the Nehru Road meets the mall area. The restaurant is semi circular in shape as it occupies a corner of the Mall. It's more like a cafe rather than a proper restaurant.
If you are planning to watch the Mall activities and people passing by while you enjoy some snacks or food, then Fiesta can be a good choice. Fiesta mainly serves Chinese dishes, sandwiches & burgers, pastas, and some snack items along with beverages.
The entrance to the restaurant is from the Mall. There is a small outdoor and enclosed patio on the ground floor where there are couple of tables with chairs laid out under large umbrellas. These are ideal for enjoying the Mall view. From inside, there are doors that open out to this small patio.
There are two floors for inside seating. As you enter through the front door, a staircase leads to the upper mezzanine floor. On both ground and upper floor, there are several round tables arranged along the window side. The windows open out to the Mall, so almost from all the tables you can watch the mall activities outside.
Ground Floor Seating at Fiesta
The carpeted upper mezzanine floor looks a little crammed compared to the ground floor. The windows in the mezzanine floor are much smaller than the ground floor.
There is a cash counter and a kitchen at the upper floor. There is a tea and an ice cream counter at the lower level.
Fiesta, Counters
Food & Beverages
So what kind of food do you get at the Fiesta? While the menu is not extensive, there are several choices. The restaurant offers Chinese dishes as well as breakfast and snacks.
The Chinese items dominate the menu. You get Chowmein (egg, chicken, mixed or veg), Fried Rice (egg, chicken, mixed or veg), Chopsueys (American and Chinese), Chicken or Veg Schezwans, Mushroom Chilli, Paneer Chilli, Chilli Chicken, Garlic Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Chilli Fish, Chicken or Fish in Black Beans, etc.
The last time when I went there, I ordered for a Chicken Chowmein. What was served was an egg chowmein. When I pointed that out to the lady staff, she asked me if she could add chicken to it. I agreed, she took it back to the kitchen and got a chicken chowmein prepared out of it. While it was okay, it was greasy and not of great taste though.
Our Chicken Chowmein at Fiesta
They also have regular Chinese soups in the menu... both veg and non-veg. There are choices of veggie or chicken sweet corn soup, munchow soup, hot & sour soup, wanton soup, lemon coriander soup, etc.
They have a separate section on the menu called "Egg Express"... items here include Chicken or Plain Omlet, Hawaiian or Spanish or Italian Omlet, scrambled eggs, French Toasts, etc.
They also offer vegetarian and non-vegetarian momos, pizzas and sandwiches of different types. Some of the nice items to try here includes the Tibetan dish chicken thukpa or the veg thukpa, or even the momos.
When I asked one of the staff what are the specialty or best dishes here, she said that they make the momos really well.
There are also daily specials. The last time when I walked in, a blackboard in front of the main entrance door had the day's specials listed... Fish Fry, Pizza, Pasta, Fish Finger, Lassi. They also make fish orly, fish and chicken cutlets which are served with French Fries.
Fiesta also offers confectioneries, hot and cold beverages of various types including Darjeeling tea and fresh coffee. You can take Darjeeling tea in cups or in pots.
You will also get ice cream sundae, fruit cocktail with ice cream, banana split, milk shakes, fresh lime with soda, fruit juices etc. They also keep Coca Cola products.
While the staff are friendly and cooperative, the service didn't seem to be great, which is often the case with many Darjeeling restaurants. They take it easy and take their own time to serve.
Open Hours
8am to 8:30pm.
The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. They accept credit cards.
Location and Contacts
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Visitors' Reviews/Comments
Abhishek Paul (March 2024)
This cafe is horrible. They are Just surviving because of the location. They served a pizza after 1 hour and the pizza was undercooked and they charged it full. They don't listen to anything about food quality they just need the money. Don't visit this cafe when you are in Darjeeling.
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