Penthouse serves good food with a side of luxury

The à la carte menu, which features innovative dishes with localised flavours, was designed by celebrity chef Santosh Shah.

It was one of those summer days when the air seemed stagnant, lazed by its own warmth. Braving the mid-day heat, I pulled up to Penthouse, a rooftop restaurant and bar on the fifth floor of Durbar Mall in Durbarmarg. The entrance—featuring a curved gold-paper wall, a domed ceiling and a minimal reception desk—was something out of a video on Architectural Digest, that too of a celebrity who has probably never flown on a commercial jet.