We stayed at the Lilac Hotel (in which Soul is located). The hotel is a nice, clean, professionally run operation with great service and hospitality, and the restaurant is no exception. Run by the Amar Punjabi group: a very old and established restauranteur in the...city with a chain of value for money, no-frill restaurants in the city with great vegetarian food. I was sceptical to begin with since I vastly prefer non-vegetarian to vegetarian, but I was in for a very pleasant surprise. Indian food is brilliant. The best vegetarian food I've possibly ever had. Did not miss non veg one bit, and we ate all our meals here. The bfreakfast, even minus eggs was great - multiple dishes on the buffet - South and North Indian and all very good. Service is fast, efficient and polite. Prices are reasonable for the quality and ambience. Even the Chinese and Continental is not bad at all. But clearly, North Indian is where they excel.
Lots for restaurants elsewhere in the country to learn from Soul, as indeed for hotels to learn from Lilac. Wish every city had one!
The only reason this review lacks the fifth star is that they don't serve non-vegetarian food, and certain cuisines, especially Chinese and Continental are rather incomplete without it.More