Sports Bar - Game On “Nothing game about it!”

- By Bipasha

Sports bar, Game On (in Kharkhana Road, opposite Rickman Ventures, Secunderabad) has nothing much to rave about. Located in the heart of Secunderabad, I was really disheartened at seeing the entrance to the bar. It is on the floor above a jewellery store (the shopping complex or mini mall as you may want to call it) was itself in a dilapidated state. The stairs were dirty and the complex was quite ‘uninhabited’!

So after valet parking our vehicle, we proceed to the Sports Bar (which by the way is a stone’s throw away from another sports bar - Xtreme Sports). The decor inside is inundated with large billboard type pin ups of the Tendulkars (cricket dominated no doubt) and Rooneys on one side. There is a huge Man U emblem near the bar - got clickety click in front of this one!

JBL speakers all around and English music playing managed to break through the monotony. Oh, there is the bar - should have mentioned it first! The sitting arrangement was endearingly casual - a mix of sofas and bean bags. There was a bowling alley and a pool table (did not know that sports meant just these two!)- a huge disappointment considering the theme of the place.

Anyway, the menu card was eclectic - quick glance and you find pastas, Punjabi khana et al in the main course. Appetizers comprised a good collection too - I gorged on a bruschetta platter @ 179/- (which by the way was well prepared and served up with mayo and stir fried veggies on the side). My mocktail, Passion fruit on Ice (@199/-) was superbly prepared.

Amid hard drinks, there was a good collection of beers, wines, and scotch. But, but, but, the service was too relaxed. Euphemism aside, the service was so slow that we could not get past ordering the starters! It took almost 20-25 minutes for the drinks to arrive and another 10 minutes or so for the bruschetta platter to accompany the drinks - in my case, the mocktail was at its tail end when the appetizers came!

Anyway, it was a nice hangout for the young things - but if you are expecting an action filled sports bar experience, you can wait to get into this one on the nights that they have DJs playing. Maybe then, it would have been more fun!