Gold Rush - Taleigao

This restaurant is located near the beautiful Vainguinim Beach close to Dona Paula, offering stunning views. The ambiance is bright and inviting, with excellent service from friendly staff who strive to exceed expectations. The prices are reasonable, and the food is of good quality and generous portions.

The service quality is excellent and the food is delicious. The dining experience is amazing, however, they only serve starters. All the sizzlers we ordered were tasty. This place is a must-visit!

I love their seafood reciepes ther are authentic and yet their experiments with flavours are different and out of the world.. ambiance is simply prefect .. beautiful and pleasant atmosphere clubbed with excellent service .. must visit for all goans

Samarkand Chances Hotel at Dona Paula Heard on FM radio the opening of a new restaurant Samarkand at Dona Paula. Since the new restaurant is located at the Chances Hotel and very near our home in Goa, we decided to investigate.... Ambience/Decor: very unusual well finished...and attractive certainly a 5 star restaurant. The best part is the elegant decor and the subtle lighting not 'in your face ' but effective enough so that one can see what one has ordered and the rough hewn, natural wood effect log tables and benches, accompanied by soft, subtle music in the background...not easy to find in most of Goa 's eateries. As soon as we were seated, the courteous waiter offered us damp hand towels and yes! an APRON to put on; with this we were readied for the task of 'digging right in '! Having eaten, over the years at the unbeatable Bukhara restaurants at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in Delhi and the Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu, we recognised some of the Bukhara type touches: the rough finish of the furniture, the aprons and the copper thalis, katoris and drinking vessels used in place of the usual crockery. As the Manager of the Samarkand informed us when we pointed out the similarity, like the Bukhara, the Samarkand too was created to carry its guests back to earlier times in India 's North West Frontier Province region: the proper or typically anglicised colonial set up that is usual in a hotel restaurant had been cast aside for a characterful Indian ambiance to encourage digging in to North Western favourites like the Raan, Kababs and Naan with ones ' hands, rather than using cutlery which they do have, as well, by the way! . And now for the main draw: The Food! We looked through the many menu items, some of which we were unfamiliar with, and sought the advice of Chances ' Executive Chef Arun. A great decision! I outline some of our favourites here. This list of items was eaten over two sessions, by the way after our first wonderful experience, we went back a second time with friends, and were not disappointed. Our special recommendations include the following: We were told to start with a Shorba we chose the chicken almond, served with kulcha great choice light but flavourful. The Galoti kababs similar to the Shammi kabab but exceptionally soft and melt in the mouth creations to be eaten with the Sheermal smaller, crisp and delicious rotis , still popular in Hyderabad and Lucknow The Sikanderi naan very tender leg of lamb the Sanarkhand 's signature dish, we were told The Dum Biryani which is made in the Oudh style and is served with an unusual dahi raita a delicious mixture with a dash if sweetness and topped with a 'baghar ' of dry red chilli Kali daal, or the Daal Samarkand was as expected sufficiently creamy Have to mention the yummy Pudina chutney Khurmi Naan again another unusual combination with a topping of tomatoes and paneer Family Naan: this really serves four people and as we were only two of us, the Chef brought one out just to show us. Much of the fun would be sharing the naan with your group: tearing it up into your own individual pieces after it comes to the table. Although it looked impressive, it seemed a bit toooo crisp in the centre. I believe the crew is still trying to perfect the texture. Rawa fried prawns a very good size for a decent portion Roghan josh excellent, tender mutton you could tell it had been perfectly browned. Apparently there are several vegetarian items on the menu, but we stuck to the meats!! And, as expected, we had no room for desert though we were told the Malai Kulfi was very good! All in all: Excellent value for money great to find a place that serves amazing food in elegant surroundings, yet doesn 't make a deep hole in one 's pocket. Dinner for two, including soft drinks, plus a 'shorba ' each, and a starter, with a couple of non veg main course items and naans but no desert: ₹.1400 approx Go for it!

We came for samarkand first time we feel awesome ambiance its great dinner for us. one must try dum ki galouti with sheermal. there are lots of vegetarian and non vegetarian kebabin the menu. service is attentive and courteous.