Hotel Panchavati Gaurav

You can find Hotel Panchavati Gaurav over on Bhandarkar Road. It’s a well-known street and we’ve been sitting here for quite a while. We aren't really a hotel in the sense that people stay overnight; it’s more about the food we serve. Most of our day is spent setting up tables and getting the kitchen ready for the lunch and dinner crowds. The place gets pretty loud when it’s full, with the sound of plates clinking and people talking over their meals. We don’t have a big fancy menu with hundreds of items. We just do what we do and hope people like it enough to come back. The staff here is pretty fast because they have to be. If you’re slow on Bhandarkar Road, you won’t last long. We’ve had the same furniture for a bit and the walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but it feels comfortable to us. We don’t spend money on big ads or anything. Most people know us because they work in the offices nearby or they’ve lived in the neighborhood forever. It’s a lot of repetitive work, but there’s something nice about seeing the same faces every week. We just keep the kitchen going and try to keep things moving. It’s a regular local spot and that’s fine with us.