VIE LOUNGE & DECK

Shacha (my good friend Sharath Chandra) and I had been to Vie – a pub in Juhu last night. We had good fun, drank a lot and made merry; we talked of our lives in engineering, work, and B-school. The reason why I like pubbing is not because I am a toper, but because a pub is one roof under which people shed their inhibitions, talk of anything and everything under the Sun and just get ‘high’ and ‘over’ their cark. You get to realize the lighter side of people and know them better. For instance, I never knew that a geek like Shacha who holds a patent and has now taken a career shift to Corporate Finance could let his hair down too! You might even bump into and make friends with the ‘rich and famous’ and influential class too. For a matter of fact, it seems that the Citibank World-Wide Head won his job in a pub! (Thank You Shacha for that bit).

Vie is quite an impressive pub with a decently spaced bar (deck) and an open-air lounge that overlooks the sea! There’s even an attached restaurant, but I didn’t have a look at the menu there. The crowd is hep and sophisticated. The ambience is chik and the menu gives you a good choice for all kinds of drinks and light food. The music is funky, tic-tac and hip-hop, the lady-DJ does mix the music well; but in general, I feel Bangalore outscores Mumbai in this area (It’s probably because I like hard rock than hip-hop). The deck does get morphed into a mini dance floor once the crowd is ready to shake a leg. A word of caution though – go to Vie with a deep pocket! Yes, the place is expensive, but you will have fun for sure!

The Vie Coordinates:
102, Juhu Tara Road, Santacruz (W),
Mumbai – 400049
Ph: 26603003