When American author H Jackson Brown, Jr. said, “Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends,” he must have been talking about people like Naveen Sachdeva, Praveen Sachdeva, Sagar Thareja and Amit Behl, who’ve been friends for 25 years. A friendship that mostly developed after working hours, but before they retired to their respective homes, saw many good times, some tough ones, and few challenges that didn’t succeed in cracking their comradeship. That brotherhood, years later, has taken a new form of expression. It’s called Qubitos, a new terrace café in Rajouri Garden launched as a result of their mutual love for food.
Qubitos has played it safe, like many of its counterparts in the vicinity and city by being a multi-cuisine cafe offering North Indian, Continental Asian and more. This way, it doesn’t lose out on any kind of customer base. In this court of food, you get everything, from Burmeese Curry to Butter Chicken Tikka. “Our head chef Amrita Mukherjee was a real find. When we tried the Burmese Curry, Mushroom Melt Pizza and the Butter Chicken Spring Roll that she made, we were awestruck by her expertise in Thai, Italian and Indian—three cuisines, all of which she excelled in,” says Naveen.
The three-storeyed dining space comprises a banquet, a separate one for dining, in addition to an open air terrace cafe. “Our USP is our sheer space, in addition to the terrace cafe, something that’s not that common in West Delhi,” says Praveen, who along with his partners thought of the region’s restaurant boom in the last few months as a good sign. Having resided in West Delhi, they often missed a multi-purpose spacious place. “Even though there are some good restaurants in Rajouri now, most of them are quite small,” says Thareja. As a result of this need, the four of them introduced a 7,500 sqft restaurant, the name of which is inspired by the game of dice. “We were in China for work and one evening, we were playing the dice game that’s considered auspicious there. It was the time when we were still in the planning process of our restaurant. Later, we though it could be an interesting name for the space we would launch, however nearer the time we found a Spanish equivalent called Qubitos,” says Behl, who’ll be introducing the same game at the café soon.
The running a restaurant is not all fun and games, however. Hard work is at its crux. The magnitude of the task ahead is well within their understanding and they aspire to take small but efficient steps towards maintaining the speed at which they’re going.