Mediterranean restaurant, Bar, Cocktail bar, Live music bar, Restaurant, Tapas bar
Layla – An Indian -Terranean Love Story
Twenty-one floors up at The Den hotel in Whitefield, Layla blends Indian spice with Mediterranean cooking, served in an artfully lit dining room or out on a rooftop terrace with cabanas and wide skyline views.
The story
The kitchen works a compact menu that crosses Indian and Mediterranean ideas: paneer croquettes filled with spinach, grilled squid sourced from Kerala, pumpkin lasagna, and lamb chops with slow-roasted pumpkin and couscous. Desserts are a strong suit, from bread pudding to knafeh with saffron kaymak. The bar turns out inventive cocktails such as Dark Temptation, Bitter Truth and Common Sense. For a deeper look, the Prologue tasting menu, conceived by Dolev Maymon, pairs ghee with olive oil and mustard seeds with za'atar, served at counter seating facing an open kitchen alongside wines from Grover Vineyards. Outside, cabanas and bed-like seating look over the Whitefield skyline, making the terrace a natural choice at sundown and a setting suited to date nights or quiet business dinners.
Good to know
TAGGG AI- ✦Ask for the outdoor cabanas or terrace tables, which have the best city views and suit a sundowner.
- ✦Save room for dessert; the bread pudding and the knafeh with saffron kaymak are standouts.
- ✦The menu is small and leans toward meat and seafood, so vegetarians will find fewer choices.
