04 April,2009 09:37 AM IST | | By Bhairavi Jhaveri
If all that's personalised about your Saturday night is your signature drunken behaviour, The GUIDE can help change that. We list 6 hotspots that custom-make everything from cocktails to dinner napkins, menu cards, even photo frames you can take home
Personalised menu cards AT INDIGO
When you call to make a dinner reservation at Indigo, one of South Mumbai's hippest fine dining restaurants, they will personalise each menu with the guest's name.
Indigo has recently introduced the valet service that offers to drop guests all the way home, in case they prefer not to drive after drinking. Nominal fee charged for the service.
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At: 4, Mandlik Road, Colaba.
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Call: 66368999
Bring home a photo souvenir from ZODIAC GRILL
Known to offer a one-of-a-kind culinary experience, Zodiac Grill presents every guest with dinner napkins with their names embroidered in gold and silver.
The staff is prompted to stay alert on the brands of wine and liquor that you order, and your favourites are marked with your name on it.
So, the next time you walk in, they will bring out your preferred brands, with your name tagged on the bottle.
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In case a couple or a group of friends are celebrating something special, you might get photographed and be given a Polaroid-sized magnetic photo frames to take home.
This is left to the staff's discretion and what they gauge by watching the guests, so that there is surprise to the experience.
At: Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Colaba Call: 66653366
Embroider your name on dinner napkins AT HENRY THAM's
This Chinese restobar offers select clients silk dinner napkins with their names embroidered on them. They also offer custom-made menus, with your choice of dishes, that will be printed and designed on a different quality of paper.
Guests can pre-buy a bottle, in case they are entertaining friends from work. This bottle will then be tagged with the guest's name, and used to serve the group through the night.
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AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY: You have the chance to have a cocktail named after you. The next time you drop in, scan the menu for Passion of Mangal, named after a regular who loves his passion fruit vodka cocktail.
At: Dhanraj Mahal, Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Call: 22023186
Sip cocktails named after your pet AT WINK
When Wink gets calls for reservations, the staff ask the caller to dish out more details on the occasion and/or the person he/she was planning this for.
"For instance, if a guy wants to usher in his girlfriend's birthday, we ask him to share her girlfriend's likes, name of college she went to or a pet she loves," says F&B Manager Melvyn Saldanah.
The bartender churns out drinks with names linked to these details, so you could end up sipping on a Xavierite's Enigma or a First Date.
Decorating tables with a guest's choice of flowers and helium balloons, embroidered linen for regulars and using special glasses studded with Swarovski crystals create a personalised experience.
At: Hotel Taj President, 90 Cuffe Parade. Call: 66650808
Swirl your fraternity's colours in a Martini AT GEOFFREY's
This English-style pub sees alumniu00a0 meets from IIM, ISB, The Doon School among others every month. The pub ensures they are guaranteed whatever they ask for including cocktails in their school/institution colours!u00a0
At: Hotel Marine Plaza, 29, Marine Drive. Call: 22851212
Get behind the bar AT BONOBO
If you can't be caught dead drinking the same cocktail the tart next to you is sipping on, get behind the bar to make a unique recipe for your lover.
Bonobo's interactive bar allows you to choose from an assortment of exotic ingredients, a premium collection of alcohol, flavours, sprinkled garnishes and glassware to come up with a custom-made cocktail.
If you want to be pampered, just tip-off the resident "mixologist" on your likes and dislikes, and let him create something for you.
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At: Kenilworth Mall Phase 2, 2nd Floor, off Linking Road, Linking Road, Bandra (W). Call: 26055050
