Hyderabadi Thaal
Hyderabadi Thaal — among the best food in South Loop. The kind of spot that earns loyalty, not hype. The recipes feel handed down, not invented. "The flavors were rich and authentic, with perfectly cooked rice and tender meat" — Dinesh jannipagu [$$]
What 127 diners keep saying
What 127 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Food is delicious this is my fifth order very much satisfied”
“Low price , best food 😋 good restaurant taste like Indian spicy food”
“Absolutely disappointed with Hyderabad Thaal. They never mentioned anywhere that it’s just a cloud kitchen. I literally travelled almost 28 minutes expecting an actual restaurant/dine-in place, only to realize it after reaching there. At least mention it clearly in the title, description, or somewhere visible so people don’t waste their time traveling. On top of that, the wait was ridiculously long. And after waiting so much, the food tasted absolutely terrible — bland, trash quality, and honestly one of the worst meals I’ve had in a long time. Completely not worth the money, time, or effort. Very misleading and frustrating experience.”
“No Need to Go to Devon Ave for Biryani. This is the best biryani ever than Devon restaurants.”
“Recently tried pachi mirchi chicken vepudu and chicken kabab it’s absolutely fantastic, felt like eating in india. It’s really tasty and never miss chicken dumplings biryani.”
“Thank you so much for the food and the girl served to us is so concerned and so good and the taste of food is just amazing”
“I tried the Hyderabadi chicken biryani here and it was absolutely delicious. The flavors were rich and authentic, truly reminded me of traditional Hyderabadi style biryani. The chicken was well cooked and the rice was perfectly spiced. The service was also very good, staff were polite, attentive, and welcoming. Overall, a great experience and I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who loves authentic biryani.”
“Its within a ghost kitchen but don’t let that deter you, this is good Biryani. Chicken was tender, rice was cooked well, and well seasoned/spiced. I had the chicken Biryani, ill try the mutton next but based on the chicken biryani I’m sure it will be good. Praying they decide to add chicken 65 to the menu because I need it 😭 Also my roommate complained there wasn’t enough raita but i don’t have too much raita anyways (he wouldn’t be satisfied with anything less than a coke can size amount) if you like extra i guess ask! But otherwise he also loved the food. Portion size was all right, if I wasn’t sharing, I could’ve had three meals out of this probably. If you don’t want to fiddle around with the ghost kitchen stuff, you can also just call their number and place an order directly, staff is v friendly. No pictures because I was starving by the time I got home 😭”
“We were travelling from a different state and the host was very kind to arrange a casual dining area. Food was just awesome. Gongura rice and pachimirchi kodi vepudu was excellent combinatio. Avakaya mudapappu reminded of home. Food tasted like 'Home away from Home'. Would recommend it 100% if you are in the area.”
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