Maa ooru biryani

 What a concept, what a taste! Maa ooru biryani is one of the first places to introduce Donne Biryani. Donne are basically palm leaves. The aroma of the biryani when cooked and served in them is simply outstanding. It doesn’t matter if it is chicken, mutton or egg – the flavour of the biryani simply trumps everything else! The rice used is also a lighter variety – chitti mutyalu. It isn’t very heavy on your stomach (atleast mine 😉). One order of biryani is good enough for one person (no sharing please!). You can order any of the Chicken, Mutton or Egg biryanis from them. 

 Their starters are also quite good – Andhra Style Chilly Chicken and chicken lollypop are good. There is another option you should try  - kodi koora with either their Jonna roti or with white rice at your home! This curry has a real unique taste and am sure you will enjoy it!

 

Buffalo Wild Wings

 For a while, this outlet was named B-Dubs - the Indianized name of the famous Buffalo Wild Wings in the US! I am a huge fan of this place – because of the variety of awesome sauces that come with their hot chicken wings! I think the best is the Mango Habanero sauce (we first had it in Ohio). It’s simply awesome how you first taste the mango and a few seconds later the habanero flavour hits your tongue! Other sauces I liked were the Thai Curry, Asian Zing, Chipotle BBQ, Peri Peri and Parmesan Garlic. I would always recommend the carrots and cucumber salad instead of the sauces to go along with these wings. In addition, you should also try the Jalapeno pepper bites and the Onion Rings! I once had their classic chicken wrap and wasn’t disappointed either!

Vasista Sri Lakshmi

 Their South Indian menu items are quite tasty. Their  Allam Kodi Vepudu, Mutton Roast and Godavari Royyala vepudu taste very authentic. Telangana mamsam kura, natu kodi pulusu, Bheemavaram Kodi pulav, Pedamma mamsam pulav are all very good mains that will not leave you disappointed. Don’t worry, all of these have not been eaten at one go 😃 – they have been had over a period of time. Before I forget, you must try their mamsam pappucharu annam and experience food heaven!

Tabla

 I think they have the best Mixed Nonveg fried rice in the city! They have generous portions of egg, chicken and prawns in the rice and yet nothing overpowers your taste buds. Chilly Chicken and Chicken-65 are also quite good. We once tried their Special mutton fry but didn’t find it great. However, we tried their egg biryani once and liked it too!

Madhura

 Located on the KPHB 9^th phase road, this place was always buzzing with people in the pre-pandemic days. I’ve had their tiffins and liked everything including their chutneys! Idly with their chutney and sambar early in the morning is the best way to start one’s day! Their Pesarattu, Set Dosa, Masala Dosa and Ravva dosa were also quite good. They also do a fried idly dish - you can try it out once. 

 

Goodness Kitchen

 I was excited to see Watermelon Feta Salad on their menu. Though good, their Feta is not as good as the awesome Café Eclat! The food at this place is quite good though. Their BBQ grilled chicken with roasted vegetables is really worth trying. Another interesting and tasty item on their menu is the Asian Pulled chicken salad – especially with their dipping sauces.

The Curry Café

 Was in a mood to eat some homestyle fish pulusu and ended up with Curry Café. Their fish pulusu with white rice was quite tasty. What I liked is also they have this nice option of choosing how many pieces your want 😊 – helps you with planning! In addition, you should also try their Egg Burji and Omlette – they go very well with the chapati.

 

Vantillu

 I don’t know if they are open now. The first time I tasted their food was at a party of my neighbours house 😊 – was really impressed with their biryani and the gulab jamuns! I remember taking gulab jamuns from my neighbour the next day too! Vantillu was close to home, so we had later ordered Schezwan chicken fried rice and chilly chicken – they turned out to be quite good too. Their biryanis are also quite good. I think the pandemic hit them hard but if they are open, worth trying their menu for sure.

Bakingo

 Another good dessert place, especially pastries. Almost all their pastries are quite good – especially coffee and chocolate pastries. Even the regular pineapple and butterscotch pastries are worth trying. No disappointments at all so far.

Flaming Bowl

I got excited seeing “Bandi Chicken Fried Rice” and ordered it off. I didn’t like it because there was a predominant flavour of karvepaku (kadi patha) and also it was little too grainy. Hence didn’t order anything else further from them!

Drunken Monkey

 The name and logo are so funny 😊. Their food isn’t though! I have majorly had their fruit juices (Watermelon Chiller, Cucumber chiller, Orange etc) and cold coffee – wasn’t ever disappointed. Their sandwiches are also quite nice - Mexican grilled sandwich, Cheese chicken Jalapeno sandwich, Chicken Tandoor Quesidilla were all awesome to have. No complaints at all! Their menu on drinks is very extensive and it will take a long time to cover what they offer 😊.

Taco Bell

 For real light snacks, Taco Bell is the place to go! Their refreshing shredded lettuce in their taco soothes your palette so well, that I can eat Tacos every day! There is no particular choice to make here – you can have any of the veg or non-veg tacos. Am not a fan of beans for example, so I avoid those burritos. Soft Taco Mexican Chicken, Soft/Crunchy Taco Fajita Veg, 7 layer burrito meal (without the beans ofcourse 😉) – these are some very good Tacos and burritos you can have here.

Homely

 True to their name, the food is indeed pleasant and homely. 3 rotis with 2 curries of your choice is as simple as it can get. Some of the curries I liked very much are their Special homestyle Hyderabadi chicken, Amristari Dal, Special curry leaf chicken and Pindi Chole. The pickle accompaniment is also quite good 😊.

Kuchipudi Pulav

 This restaurant had a fantastic concept but unfortunately their execution was very bad that they had to close this down. Infact, they had about 3 branches in the city at one time. The concept basically is that you can select your choice of rice, meat/vegetable, and spices. After you place your order, they will start cooking this in a pressure cooker – And in about 15 minutes, the cooker is on your table. The flavour used to be fantastic, but where they *always* screwed up your order – either the rice was chosen wrong or the meat was. The spices were never the same that you specifically order. At times, it felt like the meat was stale too. I wasn’t surprised for sure when they closed.

Gravity Hotel

 For some reason, very few restaurants have Egg Burji on their menu. I love Egg burji. And Gravity hotel has it on their menu! What combination can be better than a butter nan and egg burji? In addition, their Chicken Joint piece biryani is quite tasty. Tangdi kabab, Chilly Chicken with Chicken Fried rice didn’t disappoint either.

Bhojanam Restaurant

 The pandemic caused them to close but what an awesome place this was. I love places where you don’t have to look at the menu, think, have a discussion around the table and then take stress on how you will share all the items we ordered! They simply offer a Biryani Thali – 8 different types of biryani in small bowls in one thali! Can you imagine all the excitement the stomach goes through 😊? If they open back after the pandemic, then I’d definitely recommend this place for some real nice biryanis. The place is small though, so if you are someone who look for good aesthetics, then perhaps you may be disappointed.

Moghul’s Paradiez

 Note the spelling of Paradiez 😃. Located near the forum mall in Kukatpally, this place has some nice food. Chicken Thai Fried Rice was a pleasant surprise – it tasted nothing like a Thai fried rice but was quite tasty 😊. It looks like a Hyderabadi version of Thai but I liked it nevertheless! Chilli fish and Chilli chicken were also quite good here. Their Chicken Biryani also had nice flavour in it – overall a good place to order tasty food from!

Raja Rani Ruchulu

Located in Kukatpally, the biryanis at this place are quite good. I think this is one of the few places where I’ve had Paneer Biryani too and liked it 😊. The chicken dum biryani and fish biryani were also quite good here. Definitely a reliable place to eat the biryani!

Mehfil Restaurant

They have multiple branches in the city. Their briyanis are supposed to be good, but for some reason I ended up ordering Chinese from them and was not very happy! We tried Mixed Fried Rice and Apollo Fish and felt they were just ordinary 😊. Perhaps next time, we will try biryanis and have a better experience. I’ve been told that their boneless chicken biryani is quite good and I generous in the amount of chicken that is served too!

Aladdin's Biryani

Tucked away in a small bylane in the KPHB Colony (Phase#9), this is an awesome place to get some real tasty biryani. One of the charms of this place is their packing of the biryani too! The biryani rice has a real good flavour not found in any restaurant in the city (no exaggeration!) That's because they call their biryanis as Guntur Biryanis and the taste very well reflects Guntur! You can try any of their dum biryanis and will not be disappointed. However they are also serve some fry pieces over the biryani rice and those are also quite good. Their Chicken Drumstick fry biryani, Chicken Lollipop biryani are worth tasting definitely! Am sure you will also not be disappointed with Aladdin's biryani. 

Kodi Kura Chitti Gare

 What a awesome name! And true to the name, the kodi kura and chitti gare combination is simply awesome! Infact, their mutton curry is even more tastier with these gare. You can try both their normal chicken and natu kodi pulusu along with the gare. In addition, we once had their chicken gongura biryani and fish tikka also – the fish tikka was quite good, but the biryani was a bit disappointing. But worry not, there are multiple places to get biryani but only one place where you will get kodi kura and chitti gare!

Freshery

 If you are lazy to buy fruits and cut them at home, Freshery is the place for you! All their fruit bowls are good value for the money – and if you have no favorites, then blindly chose their mixed fruit seasonal bowl. I love melons, so I always preferred to ordered Watermelon bowl or the musk melon bowl. 

Udupi’s upahar

Like I keep saying, anything Udupi and finger on the phone automatically wants to order from there. Their steamed dosa was very good. Vada also is good here with the chutney. Actually their dosas are quite good – plain dosa and set dosa also were ordered by us and we were not disappointed at all!

Saharsh Udupi Grand

Anything Udupi and finger on the phone automatically wants to order from there! Located in Kondapur, their tiffins and chutneys are quite good. I had Set Dosa, Idly, Masala Dosa and Uttapam – all of them tasted quite good with their chutneys! Eating hot poori with the aloo curry in their spacious restaurant is also a good experience! 

Ci Gusta

 This place in Madhapur is very high quality and very tasty place 😊. Chicken Parmigiana, Chicken Wings and Lemon Chilly Fish stand out too good here. Their Spicy Grilled chicken sandwich is also very good. However, the best part of this place is their ice creams and other desserts! I think now their desserts are made by Desserts & Co. – nevertheless awesome. Tiramisu, Coffee Sludge, Chocolate Tart were tried and all tasted awesome! You can also pick any ice cream of your choice and will not be disappointed by the quality and taste of it. A must visit place.