Darshan is a small unpretentious restaurant tucked away on the still leafy Prabhat Road in Pune. If you are tired of the idli-dosa-uttappa routine of an udupi joint, then try this place. Some of the popular dishes are the Vegetable Patties- vegetables encased in mashed potato and deep fried, Chana Bhatura, Ragda Patties with tamarind and date chutney.
My all-time favorite is the Mix Fruit Shake. Some analysis reveals it to be a blend of bananas, chikkoos, mango pulp, and milk. Could contain a bit of sitaphal too. This is no ordinary shake to be drunk, but comes with a spoon as seen in the picture. You eat the smooth as silk concoction spoonful by heavenly spoonful. To top it all, the prices are reasonable, the cutlery clean and sparkling. Space is a wee bit tight though, as they have very few indoor tables, and the outdoors seating is open only in the evenings. But all considered value for money and certainly worth a visit.
Visited the J.M. road branch in Pune for evening dinner. Surprisingly spacious, with high ceiling, indoor and outdoor seating. Outdoor is much better as it is partially covered and the food smells are dissipated by the cooling breeze. 
The lighting is low but the seats are very comfortable and nice. A buffet-only restaurant, they have a nice concept of a live grill on the table for serving barbequed starters. Hence the name too. However the skewers were sparsely populated with pieces of few forlorn looking standard vegetables like corn, carrot, capsicum and pineapple. The non-veg ones had some chicken pieces I think. Other starters served to us were paneer which was nice, a bland dense kebab, and fried or baked potato chips in some kind of yogurt dip. 
Among the three salads, the peanut salad tasted good. The main course (veggie) had kofta, a paneer curry, some kind of daal, white rice, curd rice, and a so-called pulav. So called because it was just white rice underneath a few fried onion rings on the top. There was no chaat or any of the other goodies one expects to find on a buffet. There was no sign of any roti/naan either. After catching hold of a passing waiter, someone brought a roti basket to our table. But none of the staff kept an eye on our table to ask us whether we needed rotis or how we should go about the main course or anything. The desserts were nothing to write about. Really. 
The omelette sandwich I ordered was hot, spicy and worth the 30 rupees. The tea was perfect - not too sweet and piping hot. Apart from sandwiches of different kinds they also serve buns, biscuits, cold drinks and a few other packed snacks. 
