Haritha Hotel Kakatiya Restaurant

The restaurant at Haritha Hotel Kakatiya is run by Telangana Tourism in Hanamkonda, near Warangal, Telangana, and serves Telangana-style meals and Indian dishes for travellers visiting the Kakatiya heritage sites. Warangal and Hanamkonda were the seat of the Kakatiya dynasty, whose monuments include the Warangal Fort, the Thousand Pillar Temple and the Ramappa Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site a short drive away. The restaurant is a convenient place for visitors touring these monuments to eat without leaving the main tourist corridor, and it is also used by hotel guests and local diners. The cuisine combines the everyday food of the Telangana region with standard Indian hotel dishes. The signature dishes include a Telangana meal, chicken curry and jonna rotte. Jonna rotte is a flatbread made from sorghum flour, a staple of rural Telangana that is typically eaten with spicy curries and chutneys. Telangana meals usually include rice, dal, vegetable curries and sides, and the regional cooking tends to use sesame, groundnut, tamarind and dried red chilli. Travellers who prefer familiar dishes can also choose from general North and South Indian items. The dining room is a practical hotel restaurant with a calm atmosphere, moderate noise and unhurried service, and it is used by tour groups as well as individual travellers. There is no dress code, and reservations are not usually required, though tour groups and larger parties may want to inform the hotel in advance. Alcohol availability should be confirmed with the hotel. Prices are mid-range for the region, at roughly INR 250 to 450 per person. The listed hours are 7AM to 10:30PM daily, so the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its rating is lower than that of many city restaurants, so visitors should expect a functional meal rather than a destination dining experience. It is best treated as a convenient base for refuelling between visits to the Kakatiya monuments and the Warangal area.