I got my 1st and last order yesterday, the food wasn't good like I expected comparing with the price.
The taste wasn't good
The portion of the food is too little compared with the price.
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Amol Sangle
Sep 28, 2026
Amazing food and great hospitality! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Loved the Chicken Lollipops, Soya Chaap, and Tawa Chicken appetizers. For mains, the Mushroom Masala, Hyderabadi Chicken, Garlic Naan, and Chicken Dum Biryani were all delicious!
We were celebrating a birthday, and the warm, welcoming service made it extra special. Bharath gave us some fantastic recommendations, and Daniel made sure everything was perfect throughout.
Great food, great ambience, and wonderful service. We’ll definitely be back!
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Chinna reddy
Sep 27, 2026
I won’t recommend for Andhra/Telangana people.
I tried the Chicken 65 Biryani here, but unfortunately it wasn’t what I was expecting from a restaurant named Charminar.
For me, the dish is yellow/Turmeric rice served with Chicken 65 and its gravy rather than an authentic Hyderabadi-style biryani. The flavors and preparation were quite different from the traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani that I’m familiar with.
I also wouldn’t describe it as Andhra or Telangana-style biryani. It seemed closer to a North Indian-style preparation.
That said, this is just my personal experience and taste preference. The food was okay, but if you’re specifically looking for traditional Hyderabadi dum biryani, I would keep expectations 0.
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Ajinkya mandhre
Sep 26, 2026
This is the worst food you can try..
Me and my friends got stomach upset because of their food. 5 ppl visit
Ordered
Lemon Soda salty, sweet: I can make better at home..
Sufi Kaju paneer entree: it was so sour that my mouth threw out the food instantly. It seemed like they squeezed too many lemons to make it sour.
Zafarani Paneer kebab: I could only taste turmeric and garlic no flavors. The only best part was cabbage. We literally left the panner and ate the cabbage.
Weekend special promfret fry:
Friend tried the masala was not cooked and it tasted mediocre.
They replaced Kaju Sufi paneer with Kadahi vegetables and it had uncooked maslaa.. it looked like the vegetable was stale and they microwaved it.. also took 20 mins to replace the vegetable. Seemed they added masala extra on top as we could taste it raw..
Chole bhature: chole didn't have flavor seemed they boiled and added some random tomato puree and masala.. it was not consumable. Bhature were to thick to chew.
Samosa chat: average chana masala in samosa and lacked flavours.
Butter roti: I was struggling to find butter. The roti was too chewevy and rough to swallow.
Overall the worst restaurant food of Bay Area
BJ
Bhavin Jawade
Sep 20, 2026
We had:
- chicken dum biryani
- dhaba-style chicken curry
- rumali roti
- chili garlic naan
- malai chicken tandoori
All were good, with amazing taste and no complaints. The chicken dum biryani was very authentic Hyderabad style. Rumali roti was also okay. Would highly recommend if you are looking for authentic Hyderabad food. The staff is really helpful, and the service is good. The atmosphere is also nice, and we were able to find the table right when we entered, not a rough wait time.