Team-BHP - A Guide: Eating out in Hyderabad/Secunderabad/Cyberabad

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Originally Posted by kraft.wagen (Post 1774661)

Absolutely :thumbs up
and kippu you are gonna have a great time with the hyd Bhpians for sure :D

May I ask whats the assumption behind this reasoning?:D

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Originally Posted by bblost (Post 1774747)

Dinner at Papaji ka Dhaba.

Pure VFM and tasty food and excellent lassi.

Good parking in the cellar as well.

Your first time I guess. What dishes were tried out?

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Originally Posted by MileCruncher (Post 1775714)

This is not right. We should be asking you and not the other way around stupid:

Each time I wrack my brains which cuisine to eat but, ultimately being a north indian, end up having rotichoti as wifey is wary of other cuisines.:D

So the expanse of restuarant knowledge suddenly gets dried up and this is where i hope some of you can let loose a tip...LOL

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Originally Posted by mobike008 (Post 1775742)

Hey how bout TGKF( Kebab Factory)?

Been there about 8-9months back.

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Originally Posted by kraft.wagen (Post 1775745)

Hey how bout TGKF( Kebab Factory)?

Been there about 8-9months back.

Been there once and i dont like them too much. Plus the exorbitant pricing of Rs.700++ per person.

For that price, i can have a grand ala-carte meal in any other fine dining restuarant like ZE, ZL, Fusion 9 etc.

Hyderabad lacks in places where you get some thumpingly good kebabs.....It's just Biryani, Biryani, Biryani everwhere...sigh ! :p

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Originally Posted by mobike008 (Post 1775755)

Yep i remember paying nearly 600 rs for a lunch with some unlimited cold green bottle :D
I really enjoyed the Paan ice cream though :D

TGKF need to reduce their prices, I had been to their outlet in Muscat, where they have Mini concept, in which you get the Kebabs just once and wass priced at 5OR.

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Originally Posted by mobike008 (Post 1775755)

Hyderabad lacks in places where you get some thumpingly good kebabs.....It's just Biryani, Biryani, Biryani everwhere...sigh ! :p

What kind of kebab's are you looking for?

BTW, I'm going to have to spend a little time(and make a post) in the relative future and go over some of the great food I had while there for Dec and Jan of this year.

I will say one place that had some food I hadn't really had before was Yoko Sizzler. It wasn't "steak"(the "sizzlers"), but it was something good and interesting.

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Originally Posted by mobike008 (Post 1775677)

Guys, planning for dinner out tonight.

Any suggestions for a new place for good kebabs, rotichoti and biryani?

Too late to suggest but this may come in use in future.

Kwality's Grill & Curry, opposite Reshmi's, Park Lane, Secunderabad.

They have pre-plated food combos. VFM.

A combo meant - yellow dal, 1 tandoori roti, chawal, salad, 1 papad, raita, achar and a choice of one main course from 3 chicken dishes, 2 mutton dishes, 2 fish dishes, 2 prawn dishes, 3 kebabs, 3 paneers and some more. The price was 114/- per platter for N/V and 96/- for veg. They also had biryani combos.

I had dinner there yesterday. 5 of us shared 4 combos and all of us were stuffed. Taste was pretty much North Indian.

Last sunday went out for dinner. Though wanted to go to Badimiyan at Somajiguda as never been there before. Hope there is a sitting and not just take away??

However, ended up in "Sholay" at Chikoti Gardens in Begumpet. Last time around wifey liked the food here.

We ordered

Some beverages for me and wifey
Amritsari Fish ( Rs.225)
Kunda Chicken...Gravy dish ( Rs.200)
Meat Biryani ( Rs.175)
Rotis

Total Damage : Rs.1300

Fish was excellent. Crisy,spicy and one of the best AF that i ever had

Kunda Chicken ( Not sure if this is correct name as its a pretty long name) deserves a special mention. After a long time, i tasted a different flavoured chicken. This gravy dish was simply mindblowing

One of the best meat biryanis you can get in this place. Trust me, its slightly different than other places..where the rice is not long grained and white but short grained and colored one...nevertheless, awesome biryani...slurrrrp !!!

Surprisingly,on a sunday night, there were hardly 3-4 tables occupied and entire restuarant was empty. Experienced the same before this visit as well. Dont know why people arent going there for dinner.

I can't wait to go back to Sholay again as tasty food, slightly expensive but they more than make it up with good quantity of their dishes.

I love 'em !!!:thumbs up

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Originally Posted by hyd_traveller (Post 1776986)

I ended up at " Kwality Grills and Curry" last evening

Ordered the following

1 Veg Steak Sizzler
1 Mutton Sheek Kebab Platter
1 Punjabi Chicken Platter
I Mutton Biryani
Thumbs-Up
Meenakashi and Meetha Paan, Next Door:D

Mom had veg steak sizzler and she liked it

Loved the sheek kebabs, it was perfectly made

Punjabi Chicken was crap ( Sweetish taste:eek:)

By mistake, ordered full mutton biryani ( exorbitant price) and didnt like it at all. More taste of saffron rice than anything else.

Service is slow and waiters just stand like dummies

Overall, the platter is VFM and I may go there again.

Total Damage : Rs.650

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Originally Posted by traveloholic (Post 1723269)

I purchased a Charcoal based BBQ Station from Afzal Gunj for 400/-. Pretty good in size. Easy to carry around & doesnot get messy as the residue is collected at the box at the bottom. These are mostly custom made at Afzal Gunj and are true VFM.

Nikhil, can you post a pic of the above mention BBQ station???

Also do mention where exactly in Afzal Gunj. I have not been that side much!!