In Short:
Food Mantri has been tracking the progress at Nako's Express well before they opened the doors for their patrons. We wanted to visit Nako's Express and experience the Mexican flavors that were being advertised. After experiencing the food and service at Nako's Express, we felt that the preparation of food could have been done with a tad more of enthusiasm. Unfortunately, we are told that 'Nako's Express' has suspended its operations at this location and we have not been able to visit it for another time.
Nako's Express at Ameerpet
Full Review:
Tucked away in a quiet alley of Ameerpet is a startup food joint “NAKO's EXPRESS”, first look, looks like an ice cream parlor from the outside and boasts that its WiFi enabled. As we entered, we noticed that it was themed to Mexican and cowboy style with eccentrically placed roman helmets and English lady hats like a square peg, the feel and look was promising and we soon took our table which were a little small and a little uncomfortable (obvious that they want you to eat and get out, not spend chit chatting for an hour over a ½ vegetable soup ).
Seating outside Nako's Express
The Hats & Roman Helmets that caught our fancy
The menu was a little disappointment, though it had a “NAKO's Special” category, there was nothing special and after a few minutes of sensible scanning, we decide to go for ½ Chicken Corn Soup and 1 Mexican Chicken Fried Rice.
MENU at Nako's Express
After a wait for about 5 minutes the Soup arrived, first reaction, what is this, aesthetically, I would give the soup 0/100, its all plaint transparent with white chicken meat strands and a countable number of sweet corn pods, my hand hits the spoon and the soup hits my tongue, first reactions for taste, bland. I asked for some pepper and salt only to get just white pepper which was so mild that it didn't help even after adding 2 full spoons.
Chicken Corn Soup
Even before we finished the soup the Mexican Chicken Fried Rice arrived at our table and the waiter somehow dumped everything on the table which was a little small and we had to maneuver our soup bowls to accommodate everything on the table.
Mexican Chicken Fried Rice
We finished with the soup and here comes the rice into the apple shaped plate with a provision for a dip sauce which I think is inappropriate for eating rice and noodles. The only colors visible in the rice was white and green, nothing to be amused, first morsel and it’s a thumbs down, 1- It's not Mexican ( not one ingredient synonymous to Mexican was in the food), 2 - It was tasteless and no amount of white pepper helped, we were given some garlic sauce on request which was nothing but crushed garlic in sweet tomato sauce - not good for a start up food joint (authenticity matters), 3 - There was more unborn chicken (Egg) than the actual chicken in it, we could count the number of chicken pieces (chicken bits would be the appropriate word) in the plate. They did not serve water (A Supreme Court ruling makes it mandatory for all eateries to serve its patrons free drinking water in India.) and we had to purchase bottled water after our meal, a 10 rupee generous tip from us did help us in getting a few more pics of the place without any objection.
A view of the outside from our table inside Nako's Express
We are finally done!
We spent Rs 220 for 1 Chicken Corn Soup, 1 Mexican Chicken Fried Rice, and 1 Water Bottle. I think, considering the taste, the presentation, and taking some other things (we couldn't connect to the WiFi) into consideration the price should have been somewhere near 150 – 160 INR.
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Additional Information:
Stairs - Yes (11 Steps)
Lift/ Escalator - No
Parking: Available for 2 & 4 wheeler.
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