Turqoise at Le Meridien

Very few people may get this, but our group works on something called XO in our day-to-day work at office. Imagine our delight when we saw a dish called Fish in XO sauce at Le Meridien’s widespread buffet 😊. The dessert offerings, especially the different Gatuex were quite good at this place. While the European main course was good, it was the chat items in the Indian cuisine that stood out.

Maaredumilli

 The hype around the ambience is all negated by the unbelievably long time they take to deliver your food. They actually seem to be very proud of the fact that any dish that you order will take a minimum of 45 minutes to come. You actually end up waiting atleast an hour before food is on your table. This place is basically a re-hash of the failed experiment of Kuchipudi Kitchen, where your biryani is put on the stove after you place the order and the pressure cooker is directly bought to your table. Confusion often prevails if you order different types of pulaos. The theme has nothing to do with the menu that is offered too. Not going back here 😊.

Elsewhere

Interesting name no! Their menu is also equally interesting. They serve Chicken-65 with appam (actually spread over the appam) and it is awesome to eat! Most restaurants don’t serve Lung Fung soup and so it was a good surprise to see it on the menu here – and needless to say it tasted quite good. We also had Mushroom Salt and Pepper which lived up to its name! Grilled Fish with Mustard Sauce was quite filling for the main course. The Pizza was good too but nothing to rave about it though.

Turquoise @Le Meridien

A unit of the Marriot hotels, Turquoise is the name of the restaurant at the Le Meridien hotels in Gachibowli. Their lunch buffet has a good spread of Indian and International cuisine. More than their international cuisine items, I liked the taste of their Indian spread much better. Tikkas, Pulavs and Curries were very filling to have 😊. In their dessert, they had a coconut flavoured pudding which was awesome 😊.

10 Pounder Pizza

Oh boy, what a pizza! The crust, the cheese, the toppings – oh boy, what a pizza! I had mushrooms with Italian herbs and extra cheese as topping; pineapple, jalapeno with extra cheese as topping – oh boy, what a pizza! They also have half and half pizzas – half pizza with one set of toppings and another set in the another half. Without any hesitation whatsoever, you should literally pound your way through these pizzas! Oh boy, What a pizza! 

Ishtah

They have Fried Idly! I love Fried Idly and they have fried idly! And they make good fried idly! Infact they also make Idly 65 😊.Now that you understood that I ate fried idly here, let me also tell you that we had their thali and it was also good. The place offers a wide variety in their menu too. 

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.

Haldirams

 All your life, you’ve had only their namkeens. Now time to enjoy their equally awesome food too! One of the last places I would have expected a Mysore Masala Dosa to taste awesome is a place with the name Haldirams. It was really a pleasant surprise to have the tasty Mysore Masala Dosa along with their super tasty coconut and tomato chutneys! So I got intrigued and ordered Idli Sambhar – and the sambhar was as authentic as it could get! We had also ordered Veg Biryani and it had the right amount of spices and vegetables that made eating it an awesome experience! This place keeps throwing good surprises with each dish – am getting ready for more surprises! Very strangely though, they do not serve Jain food in their restaurant. 

Friends foods – Taste of Tamil Nadu

 Another heavenly place where you get Gunta Ponganalu – the item is called Paniyaram in Tamil I guess. The taste of Paniyaram was excellent but what was a pleasant surprise was the taste of their onion chutney. This chutney also goes very well with the awesome Onion Rava Dosa, Podi dosa and Mysore Masala Dosa. For sure, this place has been favorited for getting some real hot and tasty tiffins!

Squeeze @ The Lime

 Tucked away in a bylane of Gachibowli, this veg only restaurant is part of the hotel named The Lime (and named Squeeze! Get it? 😊). We were never disappointed in the multiple visits to this place. Tomato Soup with Basil oil is very refreshing. Sarson wala Broccoli was good. Tandoori Tikka Sizzler and Flaming Sichuan Dumpling sizzlers are very tasty. Veg Manchuria with piping hot noodles is yet another good combination here. We had once ordered Pizza from here and that was also quite good! How can you go to Squeeze @ The Lime and not have anything lemony? Therefore, you must have their refreshing Lemonade Lime!

House of Dosas

 This place is the best example of how to transform a simple and small menu into extraordinary tastes! Just the Idly with their peanut chutney is enough to experience bliss. And if you try their Dip Idly plate, then the bliss becomes extraordinary! They serve a variety of dosas, most of them not found anywhere else in the city. The specialty being their Bombay chutney they use as toppings in the dosas! Erra Karam dosa (with and without the Bombay chutney) is awesome. Pizza Dosa, surprisingly, is also awesome! Nutella Chocolate dosa is also good here. They also serve Gunta Ponganalu in the evenings – one of the best snacks one can imagine having in the evenings!

California Burrito

 Had ordered Tacos from here and was bowled over by the taste of these tacos! In addition to what they put in the Tacos, I had ordered additional guacamole, extra cheese and Chiptole Mayo as separate toppings. The Chipotle Mayo is simply awesome – it elevated the taste of the Fajita Veg Taco to another level only! The ones with Guacamole also were quite good. Overall, this is light healthy and more importantly very tummy-satisfying snacks.

TILT Bar Republic

 Yet another bar with only food reviews 😝. My best food memory from here is their Chicken 65 and Spicy Fried Idly! Because we went in large groups, each time, we were were able to order enough plates to satisfy our apetitites! The Cheese Broccoli, Onion Rings, Pahadi Kabab, Fish & chips, Chicken wings are also very tasty here. I don’t recollect eating much of a main course here, because we were busy finishing just the starters!

Subayya gari hotel

 I guess the experience of eating in the hotel will be very different from ordering this to home. Because of the pandemic, never got a chance to eat at the hotel. Their meals are quite famous in Kakinada and they have opened up in Hyderabad also now. Nothing much to complain about their meals 😊 – most curries and fry items are tasty and you will have a fulfilling meal once you eat here! In addition, their sweets are also good – we tried their “nuvvula undalu” as a separate order and liked them too.

Glocal

 Many of us went, so we ordered many items! The Calamari was good; the patatas bravas was good with the sauce; the butter garlic mushrooms were good. Their mustard fish was also very tasty. The chicken wings and Thai Pot were also tasty. I don’t remember many of the veg items that were ordered 😊.

Ciro’s Pizzeria

This was a new find (basically after I purchased Super Plan on Swiggy, I get orders from far off places too). And whatay nice find! We tried their “Crocchette Di Zucchine” starter – zucchini fried balls basically. They were simply yummy! We tried their Giardino Pizza because they had aubergine (brinjal) on it – and it was an awesome pizza because of all the other veggies on it. Also tried their Boscialoa Pizza because of the mushrooms and this one didn’t disappoint either! Surely, more orders will go out to this place.

Maa Santosh Dhaba

Quick, tasty food! Their Tomato soup is good. Veg Manchuria is goooood. Chilly Paneer is also good. But what I like best in this place is their noodles! Eating those noodles gives you a nice dhaba feeling for sure 😊. Naan with Paneer Butter Masala is also a good combination to have here.

Behrouz Biryani

 Simple menu, because they serve only biryanis and also don’t have a restaurant – they deliver from their kitchens I think! Chicken and Mutton biryanis were good – not too spicy but good flavour of the masala that differentiates them from the regular dum biryanis. I even got to taste their Paneer biryani but have no opinion to offer on it 😊

Chakkh de Punjab

 This is a yummy Punjabi place 😊. The exotic named dish “Ghar wala chicken” tastes close to what you make at home. I like the concept of Patiala chicken in some of the Punjabi restaurants, where they wrap chicken in an omlette. Patiala chicken is good here. What’s a Punjabi place without parathas – Plain tawa paratha, Lachha paratha and Gobi Paratha were good.

Beijing Bistro

 The name Lung Fung soup sounds odd, but the taste of this soup is quite awesome in Beijing Bistro! This place actually has some very good Thai and Chinese food. In addition to Lung Fung, Lemon Coriander Soup is quite good. Tom Yum Soup and the Chef’s special soup is also very tasty. Kung Pao Chicken, Veg Spring Roll and Drums of Heaven are good starters to have. Thai Basil Fried rice and Pad Thai noodles are also good for the main course.