paradise biryani pointe

this is a decent place but over-hyped. thefoodwas average and way too spicy for my pallette. we ordered gobi manchurian as starters, malai kofta and kadhaai paneer along with bread basket for mains; and veg biryani to go along. none of the items really stood out. the actual flavor of the dish was overpowered by the spice.

i am here at santa clara for two weeks and this joint is just across the road where i am put up. from the very first evening after landing here, found this place to be my most convenient one to have dinner. being a solo, ordered a chicken biriyani thinking i might have to waste some of it which i really hate. but, found the quantity as just right for me at that time being hungry for 6 hours after the last meal in the flight. the taste of the biriyani was just awesome and there were enough of chicken amazingly soft cooked, there was spicy portion, but not at all hot (not tikha) which i loved very much. being a hyderabadi, had been to the various paradise joints at hyderabad several times, but the taste and quality i guess is much better here. the service was courteous too.  went another day for 2nd time, and had kadhai chicken and garlic naan, still just awesome. went another day for 3rd time, this time took two of my indian colleagues staying here, and they also liked it very much. spoke to the owner nikitha on my first visit and she told this is a franchise of the hyderabad joint. overall, if you miss indianfoodin santa clara, this is surely one of the best savior in this el camino real. :)

lots of options on the card, good ambience with indian songs at the background which gives more indian feel.... services are good, value for money.foodtatse real authentic.

its hyderabadi biryanis, with a little yogurt, some goat or chicken curry, and shorba(broth) has a magnetism that is hard to resist. but the rest of the restaurant experience is off the mark. routine expectations: that empty dishes be carted away to clear the table for incoming dishes, that there will be a symmetry between the number of plates and the number of spoons delivered, remained unfulfilled. but what are a few logistical shortcomings in the front of divinefoodthat “recover'd paradise to all mankind”? it is reputed that the mathematician ramanujan would write down solutions to well known and unsolved mathematical problems without bothering with the intervening steps, and whe