GOLCONDA PARADISE

RESTAURANT REVIEW

 

 

Friday afternoon, lazy as usual. But with family visiting, we decided to venture out for a lazy lunch. The wife suggested we to go to a place that serves Hyderabadi biryani. After some zomatoing around, we zeroed in on Golconda paradise at oudh metha road. The location was close to where we live and the menu seemed tempting enough to awaken the friday comatosed brain. We ventured in to be greeted by Imran the friendly manager and Famida the marketing manager for the restaurant.

We ended up ordering a whole lot from the menu as our Friday hunger suddenly rose from the lazy zone. we started off with the

1) Mutton maraz soup – 3.5 stars

delicately cooked tender pieces of mutton in spicy soup like broth

2) chicken/veg Hot and sour soup – 3 stars

average to the palate nothing exceptional here

Appetisers

1) Loose prawns – 3.5 stars

soft spicy  and tender

2) pepper fish – 4 stars 

soft spicy  and tender

3) Chicken lolipop – 2.5 stars

overcooked

4) Appolo fish – 4.5 stars

excellent

5) Dry manchurian – 4 stars

spicy and well cooked

6) Chilli Paneer – 2.5 stars

paneer was slightly rubbery

Main Course

Hyderabadi Biryani / Veg Biryani- 5 stars

Brilliant

Butter chicken/ Butter naan – 4.5 stars

Rich, creamy and right amount of spice. Chicken pieces tender.

Desserts

Gulab Jamun – 4 stars

Gubani ka meetha – 3.5 stars

Kaddoo Kheer – 4 stars

Hospitality and service – 5 stars