Food, like knowledge, is divine. So eat until you are on cloud nine!: Inorbit mall

In Hyderabad, Eat here!

From roadside eateries to star hotels; from breakfast to midnight biryanis; and from mexican cuisine to hyderabadi; this blog attempts to provide you short write-ups for all the places I have eaten so far in Hyderabad!

Without much further ado, if you are looking for reviews of restaurants in Hyderabad by Alphabetic order (I have 403 so far!), click here. The labels to your right also show options for location and cuisine.

Needless to say, there will be continuous updates, and the list is never final! Happy eating!

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I never imagined that I will re-visit a veg-only place. “The Village” has been visited 3 times till now! The Village is another theme based restaurant of the Ohri’s group. And this is one of their best themes! You are welcomed with a welcome drink that is “sold” on a bicycle! The entire ambience is reflective of a village atmosphere. After the welcome drink , you walk around to check which place is best to sit! Meanwhile, you will have hawkers coming to you with starters – shouting out their names!

There are periodic “puppet shows”; a guy who sells tea on a cycle; a stall that sells the “gola” ice J ; a long stall where appetizers, chat items, tiffins, sweets are freshly made; cabins with various themes like jail, police station, saloon, even an astrologer cum face reader! But wait – shouldn’t we be talking about food here? Well yeah, but the ambience was so mesmerizing that I visted this place 3 times. Coming to the food (finally!), their main course is just about ok. The starters and chat varieties are good though. Tiffins are also good, and so are the desserts. The place serves buffet and is reasonably priced too, given the location (in the Inorbit Mall)

Price: Rs 275 per head

Location: Inorbit Mall, Madhapur

I guess one of the very few Mexican food joints in the city is Chillies. This restaurant is in the Inorbit mall, and most probably I will not be going back to this place again. No no, it's not the food, it's the bill! Recently, 4 of us went there (this was my 4th visit overall, and the first time I looked at the bill). The items we ordered costed us Rs. 1800 but the total bill came up to Rs. 2400 !!! A service charge of 11% (or maybe it was 12%), VAT and service tax - all added up to us paying about 1/3rd of our bill just as additional stuff ! And frankly, I think the service charge is over-priced. We should get to decide how much we wish to pay - not the hotel, especially when the "service" involved is very less!

Anyways, if you don't care about the above arguments, this place is a very good one for nice food! Any sizzler is good - we tried almost all of them and were not disappointed. There is this cheese pasta thing that is very good for starters. We tried the tacos, and also the grilled fish (with pepper) - and they tested nice too! Like I said, food is good, billing is baad!