Hotel Shadab

Hotel Shadab is a busy Old City restaurant on High Court Road in Ghansi Bazaar, near Madina Circle in Hyderabad, Telangana. It is popular with local residents for biryani, kebabs, paya and other Hyderabadi Mughlai dishes at modest prices. In Hyderabad the word hotel is commonly used for a restaurant, and Shadab follows the tradition of the Old City eatery, serving a large number of meals through the day to workers, shoppers, students and visitors exploring the area around Charminar. The cuisine is Hyderabadi Mughlai. The mutton biryani is the signature order, cooked in the dum manner with spiced meat and rice, and it is the dish most often recommended to first-time visitors. Tandoori chicken and kebabs come from the grill and are usually eaten with rumali roti or naan, while paya, a slow-simmered trotter soup, is a traditional breakfast and is often paired with bread. The dining room is functional and crowded, with quick service and a steady flow of customers; the noise level is high, particularly at lunch and on weekend evenings. There is no dress code, and the restaurant operates without reservations. It does not focus on wine or cocktails, and the usual drinks are soft drinks, tea and lassi. Prices are modest, at roughly INR 250 to 450 per person for a full meal, and portions are generous enough that groups often share several dishes. The listed hours are 8AM to 11:30PM daily, so paya can be eaten at breakfast and biryani late into the evening. The restaurant is close to Charminar, Laad Bazaar and the Old City monuments, and it is a natural stop for visitors combining sightseeing with a hearty meal. Because the surrounding streets are congested, many visitors approach on foot or by auto-rickshaw. Rating and popularity are strongest among local diners, who often treat it as an everyday spot for family meals and celebrations.