to keep terraces shut than to get in trouble with the authorities permission to be allowed to run terrace operations has been an issue with the ndmc for long in delhi at least in gurgaon that is not the situation we have clarity that there is a certain procedure to be followed and we will be allowed to use a part of our premises for openair dining policies in haryana are far better and clearer when it comes to doing business than in delhi so it is easier to run a restaurant in gurgaon than in delhi says a restaurateur who runs an outlet in delhi and at cyber hub inderjeet banga owner of prankster at sector 29 adds the good thing is that we have a policy in place a representation was made by the restaurant body in novemberend and we had a reply from the excise department in december in january restaurants paid their fee and followed other instructions and soon we will be legally allowed to serve guests in our openair dining at least there will be no fear or ambiguitypicture for representational purposes only bccl ajay kumar gautam picture for representational purposes only bccl ajay kumar gautamgurgaon diners dont want to eat in an airconditioned roomrestaurateurs feel that outlets especially at a place like cyber hub need outdoor operations as a majority of guests do not want to enter in an airconditioned glass room where they spend their entire day says ashwini chaudhary from soi 7 pub brewery the profile of guests in gurgaon is very different from delhis we have expats and corporate employees whod want to have their meal or a drink outdoors after spending their entire day in an airconditioned building sharad madan from imperfecto adds we were earlier serving food outdoors but till we get the additional point license we have shut the openair area as most guests would want to have their meal outdoors and if we only serve them food and not liquor they ask questions most of them are foreigners who ask why they cant have a glass of wine with their food when they sit outdoors with other guests even if we tell them that currently we are only serving food outdoors they fetch a drink from the bar and bring it out and it is difficult to chase every guest and if someone is already drunk they do not listen if we refuse them a drink outdoors so to avoid all these problems for the time being we have shut the outdoor area but all this will be sorted once we will have final permissions