Drinks for a Cricket Match Night in Quetta
By Panjtan Juice · Published 24 October 2026
Match night in Quetta has its own atmosphere: the TV volume up, the whole household gathered, guests arriving unannounced, and the game stretching past midnight while everyone argues about every ball. Food and drinks on a night like that cannot be fussy — they have to be easy to hold during an over, quick to refill during the break, and filling enough that nobody is hunting in the kitchen at 1 AM. Here is how we would plan the drinks for a match night, straight from the counter at Panjtan Juice — with every price from our menu.
Start With the Crowd-Pleasers
The safest match-night drinks are the ones nobody refuses. A banana milkshake (Rs 250) or strawberry milkshake (Rs 300) hits that sweet spot: familiar, filling, easy to drink with one hand while the other holds the remote. For a bigger group, the chocolate milkshake (Rs 300) and cocktail milkshake (Rs 300) tend to disappear first — chocolate because nobody argues with it, cocktail because everyone wants to know what is in the mix. Order one more glass than your headcount; on match night there is always someone who "didn't want one" and then drinks half of yours.
Keep Fresh Juice Flowing During the Innings Break
Shakes are filling, but a long match is a marathon — fresh juice keeps the table lighter between innings. A pitcher-style round of orange juice (Rs 400) or apple juice (Rs 400) is the classic move: fresh, bright and made to order, which matters because fresh juice tastes best in its first minutes. In winter, the pomegranate juice (Rs 500) is the one worth the premium — deep red, rich, and the kind of glass people talk about between overs. If someone asks for pineapple juice, ours is ask price, since the fruit price moves with the season. Juices are at their best ordered fresh and served immediately, so plan a fresh round at each break rather than ordering everything at the toss.
Cold Coffee for the Long Night
T20 matches end late and ODIs end later — someone always needs to stay awake for the final overs. The cold coffee milkshake (Rs 300) is the honest answer: real coffee blended thick with milk and ice — cold, refreshing, and strong enough for the final overs. It is the drink the hosts quietly order for themselves. If the night is cold, as Quetta nights often are, swap the coffee logic for the Special Soup (Rs 200): hot, savoury and warming, and it buys you a solid hour of comfort while the match drags. A match night needs at least one warm option — the soup is ours.
The Big Guns: Falooda and Majon
Every match night needs one dramatic order — the glass that makes people put their phones down for a minute. The Special Falooda (Rs 300) is that order: layered, cold, with ice cream, noodles and everything in between, it eats like a dessert and drinks like a shake. The Mango Majon (Rs 350) plays the same role when mangoes are in season: thick, rich, unmistakably indulgent. Order one or two for sharing rather than one per person — they are genuinely filling. For the lighter eaters, the falooda without noodle (Rs 350) keeps the ice-cream-and-jelly joy with a simpler texture.
Feeding a Big Group? Think Packs, Not Glasses
When the guest list grows past eight or ten, individual glasses stop making sense — this is where the takeaway side of our menu earns its keep. Our ice cream parcel packs come in half litre (Rs 500) and 1 litre (Rs 900), in flavours like chocolate, vanilla, mango and kulfa badam — one 1-litre pack with some spoons handles the dessert round for a whole drawing room. And if the match night is really a dawati, our bulk orders guide covers how to order for gatherings properly. The rule of thumb: for groups, one litre of ice cream and a round of shakes covers more ground than twice the glasses would, at half the fuss. Check our parcel packs size guide to match pack sizes to your guest count.
Ordering Without Missing a Ball
- Order in waves: one round at the toss, fresh juice at the innings break, coffee or soup at the business end. You never miss play, and everything arrives fresh.
- Message ahead: a quick WhatsApp to 0329 0386551 before the match starts lets us prep your first round so it is ready when you arrive.
- Winter matches need warmth: keep the Special Soup in the plan from October onward — cold screens, cold drinks and cold weather add up.