Sector V has got another address to party and chill. Located on the first floor of Godrej Waterside building, Moksh Club is a restopub but here you are neither blinded in semi-darkness nor deafened by ear-splitting decibels. The apparent contradiction has been achieved in keeping with the wishes of the owner.

“I want to take Someplace Else (the night club in Park Street) somewhere else. That’s why we have a performance dais and not a dance floor,” says Dharam Sonkar, the owner. Moksh Club has applied for a licence for live band. Till that comes through, there is a DJ manning the console.

“Be it while the DJ is playing or while there is channel music, we are keeping the music soft enough for people to have a proper conversation.” The lighting too is more vibrant than one would expect in a lounge.

Moksh Club, spread across 4,963 sq ft, sits 95 but can cater to upto 130. “We have compromised on cover to provide for relaxed sitting.” There are three chambers for private seating fitted with sofas where the doors cut out the sound even further. The partitions are collapsible and the extended space can be converted into a single space and booked for parties.

The theme for the decor is music. “We have used original musical instruments wherever possible,” says Tapas Debnath of The Shoppe who has done the decor.

Thus a bugle or a trumpet works as the stand for the centre table top in the private chambers where guitars hang on the walls.

Cymbals of various sizes hang upturned from the ceiling in the main lounge space giving it a sense of depth. Framed photographs of musicians hang in clusters on various corners of the walls, clubbed together according to the genre they represent. Some iconic album covers, like Michael Jackson’s Bad are pasted on original vinyl records.

There is scope for leisure activities too. One can shoot dart on a board at a corner or play pool on a table illuminated by vintage looking LED filament bulbs. There are playing cards on offer too.

Sonkar, a Burrabazar boy who has ventured into food and beverage after stints in construction and logistics business, chose the name Moksh as he aims to offer complete satisfaction. “When you are completely satisfied, you attain moksh,” he smiles.

Soumya Sengupta, who is acting as consultant to Moksh Club as also to other players in the vicinity including Raize the Bar in the same building, feels Sector V eateries are no longer dependant solely on IT and BPO workers. “With transportation even at midnight becoming available thanks to the app cabs, the area is drawing customers from New Town and Barasat on the east as well as central and north Calcutta.”

Food, the management believes, is the star at Moksh Club. “In other lounges, people have a drink but move elsewhere for dinner. Here we have options for not just finger food but also full meals,” Sengupta says.

The pub is serving global, oriental cuisine as also tandoor dishes. “Other than individual dishes, we have Thai platter, Chinese platter and north Indian platter,” said chef Palash Sarkar.

The menu has a smattering of Bengali dishes too — a rarity in pubs — with a Bekti Paturi and Chingri Malai Curry, both with a portion of steamed rice, being on offer.