The best part of the visit was that we were able to play the tumbling tower game – Jenga blocks – while we were waiting for our order 😊. The Mexican Hot wings were hot but weren’t Mexican. They tasted more like Chinese schezuan but the taste was definitely good so no complaints! We had Kung Pao Chicken Fried Rice. The taste was indeed good, but as I continued to eat I was eventually able to figure out that the salt was a little high! It’s a minor quibble because the quantity and taste were both apt. Their wall has a lot of “Marim Bula” bottles. I thought this was some sort of a liquor brand, only to figure out later that these are all just flavoured syrups! The embarrassment was real 😉 – but what else can you expect from someone who doesn’t drink!
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Jaitra Food Court
This is literally tucked away deep into the lanes of Kukatpally’s Vivekananda Nagar colony. Actually this is close to the DAV public school but is still tucked away in a small lane. We went here because of some rave reviews from my cousins – unlimited breakfast for 70 rupees! And the best part came at the end, when they give you the “Ragi Java”. Words cannot begin to express the feelings we underwent while having that warm juice which soothed our digestive system! It was really the perfect ending to a perfect breakfast. Both the Ragi Idly and Plain Idly were awesome; then the masala dosa and poori was too good! Especially the awesome curry they make for the puri made it a deadly combination! Even their Pongal was also tasting very yummy! But I’d return for their Ragi Java anytime!
Jai Bhavani Food Court
On the now busy main road of KPHB Phase 13, this is an all purpose food court offering some very good street food! They open at 7 in the morning and are buzzing till probably 11 in the night! The day begins with a variety of breakfasts and a variety of chutneys (Actually, I’ve seen this only in Kukatpally area where they serve multiple chutneys including Bombay chutney). They also have curries and rice for lunch and dinner. Their Veg curries (especially Bhindi and Brinjal), Chicken Fry, Egg Burji, Egg masala, and chicken curry are all good. Their Leg piece fry isn’t that great though – most times the piece is not cooked through. And then there is also a Chinese Bandi in the same arena – thus completing the troika of Tiffins, Curries and Chinese! Fried Rice and Chilly Chicken is quite tasty here. I’ve seldom been disappointed while getting food from this place!
Medley
The last thing I would think one would love at a vegetarian only restaurant is a mocktail! Their Spicy Guava mocktail is really really good. The other dishes that we ordered were decent enough but nothing to rave about. The Pizza was good and so was the Sizzler, but like I said they were nothing to rave about.
F-House
I hear Tiramisu and start drooling. And in F-House, when they told us that their dish is called “Pull Me Tiramisu”, in addition to drooling I was also intrigued! So they bring the Tiramisu and then dramatically pull out the plastic casing and then the cream slowly drops onto the plate. And then when you dig in to the dish, you realise the taste is as good as the theater! If you are wondering why I jumped into talking about desserts directly, then it’s my fault only – because I think nothing can beat a great Tiramisu! While we are on desserts, I need to mention about the awesome Rose Tres Leches – this one had the exact proportions of rose and milk flavour that a Tres Leches commands! Our entire group was simply in love with this dessert too.
Let’s now talk about their Starters 😃 – Gun Power Prawns is real crispy yet doesn’t lose out on the prawns flavour or the gun powder flavour. Achari Fish is another tasty spicy starter. But the best one is their Galouti Mushroom! You can actually tell that the mushrooms are of very good quality just by eating this dish – some of us ordered multiple plates of this dish alone!
Yet another standout dish is their Pizza – both the Veg and Non-veg pizzas were real tasty and had the right amount of spice too. While their Kimchi fried rice was good, I’d definitely recommended their Salmon dish – yet another dish with the right proportion of an awesome sauce, vegetables and Salmon (ofcourse 😉). On the whole, I think F-house scores very strongly on the food and would visit this more. Also, did I tell you their Galouti Mushroom rocks?
EMYEE
Some creativity there with the name! I haven’t physically been to this place but ordered a couple of times and liked the food each time. Their Special Chicken Biryani is really good – basically boneless chicken with egg and biryani. Butter Nan and Lachcha Paratha with Tandoori chicken was so filling but definitely not heavy on the tummy!
Gunturolla Vanta
This is a small curries joint on the 13th phase KPHB road but what they offer is definitely not small! Their mutton curry (normal or gongura) quantity does real good justice to the price – I don’t recollect many places giving this quantity for that price. And oh, the curries are quite tasty too! Chicken fry, Chinthachiguru chicken, mutton curry, guthi vankaya curry and the tomato dal were also very tasty with white rice (ofcourse!). Real comfort food for the tummy!
Chubby Cho
Interesting name no 😉. Their menu and food is also equally interesting. We had the Tom Kha soup (and not the traditional Tom Yum soup) and it was very refreshing! Another time, we had their lemon coriander soup and it was one of the best we had – right combination of lemon and coriander made it one of the best! Their Nunuki Fried Rice was also very tasty but the only disappointment was that they didn’t actually use sticky rice for making that. The Tibetean Thupka bowl totally made up for it though. Definitely a place to repeatedly eat their multiple offerings!
Churrolto
What a find this place was! In the peak of summer, if you have their Summer salad, I am very confident that you will also want to visit their place again and again! But Salad is not the only good thing to eat here. Their Pizzas and Pastas are equally quite good and definitely much better than the Risotto. The jus they serve along with Jamacian Jerk Chicken is very unique and will leave you wanting for more. The rice noodles with fish is much better than their steamed fish with cauliflower mash. And of course, if you are in Churroltos you got to eat their Churros! The best dish amongst the Churros is the Churro Baklava – I would strongly recommend this dish! This place also has good desserts (Mango Parfait, Tiramisu and Chocolate Mouse were quite good!).
Blind Ch3mistry
The advantage of going with large groups is that you get to eat a lot of items from the menu! Their Spicy Mango Mix mocktail was superb because of using jalapenos and not actual mirchis! Many starters were ordered (Cheese Corn Balls, Chicken wings, Chicken Satay, Volcano Prawns) and not disappointed with any one of them! The veg folks had Quesidilla’s too. But to me, the best items were their Pizzas and something called a Twister pizza. They had the right proportion of cheese, vegetables and meat on the pizzas and were really yummy! I also had the Oozy Cheese and Tomato sandwich – it tasted ok and was definitely not oozy!
Ram ki Bandi
One of the legendary places to have breakfast in Hyderabad was Ram ki Bandi. They have now opened branches all over the city. You will know why the fame is well deserved the moment you finish eating one dosa! The spice mix they use (and if you add upma to it) is unique and really gives your taste buds a good experience. I expected their chutney to be a little more tastier but that is just a minor quibble! Enjoy the dosas!
Anandam
A veg only restaurant in Gachibowli, I chanced upon this when trying to order food from veg only restaurants for a dinner at home. Turns out, their food is actually very tasty – we had Paneer Butter Masala, Veg Curry and Malai Kofta for curries; Veg Biryani for, well, biryani 😃 and a combination of phulkas and rice. If you are a veg only eater, then you must definitely try for some homely food from this place.
Old Madras Baking Company
One of the rarest places where I ended up not liking anything ☹. With all the hype around this place and the unusual number of recommendations it received, I really had high high hopes. The Madras Filter Coffee was such a major disappointment. Major. The coffee wasn’t strong and definitely tasted more like instant than filter. The three cheese sandwich was so bland, so bland, that am not finding the right words to compare too. The billing was a bit chaotic too. It was then that I read some more reviews and figured out that a new management was in place recently and things were not the same after that. Some old timers were really upset too – and then everything fell in place for my experience!
The Baker’s Dozen
I got very excited with the name and also the menu on the offering. I went ahead and ordered the Chilli Cheese Sourdough bread and the Banana Walnut Cake. The bread was good but then I am so used to eating this at Caf̩ Eclat that I realized I cannot like sourdough bread from anywhere else! The Banana Walnut Cake was very good though Рthey claim it is 100% wheat and nothing to suspect otherwise from the taste.
Indiana Burgers
It was a mixed experience eating from Indiana Burgers. The Bhuna Chicken Diet Roll and Egg & Cheese Diet Roll were actually quite good. Diet roll = whole wheat roll and I think that’s what added to the taste. However, the burger (I ordered Los Pos Hermanos Chicken Burger) wasn’t something to rave about. I think the chicken patty wasn’t as tasty as I thought it will be. Perhaps a couple of orders more and then a better assessment can be made of the burgers!
Sree Harsha Delux Mess
After hearing so much about this place, especially from the main Ameerpet branch, it was high time that food was had from here! And it surely didn’t disappoint. Chicken Fry Piece briyani was quite tasty, but just the white rice with chicken rice was also real good! Now wonder this place is so famous for their meals and non-veg items.