Phone: +4921150088826,+4915732086519
Address: Bahnstr. 72, Düsseldorf, 40210, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
City: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Dishes: 35
Reviews: 50
"I decided to wander around town in search of a decent restaurant. To be honest I wasn't really sure what I wanted. I started first with the internet and keyed in 'Italian restaurants in Dusseldorf' but the best ones, according to Trip Advisor, were a good 25-minute walk away (excluding Da Bruno, which was closed) and I really wasn't inspired enough to go on some kind of trek. Close to my hotel I found Jaipur, an Indian restaurant. I wanted to get off the street and into somewhere cosy where I could chill for a while. Jaipur seemed to fit the bill, but it wasn't cosy enough, it simply didn't cut the mustard. First I ordered a Warsteiner but was given a Paulaner – odd when Warsteiner is advertised all over the place – on the menus, outside the restaurant – but I wasn't complaining. Then I asked for poppadams, expecting the usual plate-sized variety but getting instead a couple of dozen mini poppadums the size of a 2p coin. Very disappointing.I certainly picked the wrong table, right by the door. Every time somebody walked in I got a cold blast of April weather. It went right through me. Decor-wise it was fairly basic: red and beige tablecloths with a bar/servery counter on the back wall and tables in front of it.The waiter was the height of good manners: polite, friendly, he passed with flying colours.A hot plate arrived, always a pleasant moment of the Indian restaurant experience, but not today. It was cold. Put it this way, I could easily place my hand palm down on it without risk of burning myself. The food followed and, fortunately, it wasn’t cold.I had ordered a chicken curry dish with pillau rice and a nan bread and found the entire meal a disappointment. First the rice was a little on the crunchy side (not what I'm used to in the UK) and the chicken, while fine, was chewy and Gristly and nothing like the prime chicken breast meat I would have been served in an English Indian restaurant. Theoretically they should be in the same ballpark, Germany is, after all, a Western European country. The meal was sort of average and I kind of regretted making the decision to cross the threshold of Jaipur, although, that said, I might be completely wrong about the place. I say that because as I was about to leave many Indian customers came in, virtually taking over the restaurant, and having so many Indians sitting in an Indian restaurant is, in my opinion, the best review an Indian restaurateur can expect. So I started to reappraise my attitude towards the place, although I stand by what I have written. Put it this way, I felt reassured about Jaipur's credentials.At the end of the meal I was given some scented 'bird seed' – a kind of Eastern Trill – to refresh my mouth. It did the trick.The bill was around 26 Euros, which was a fair price for what I'd eaten."
All prices are estimates.
North Rhine-Westphalia is known for its industrial heritage and vibrant cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf, with typical foods including hearty dishes like Sauerbraten and the beer Kölsch.