Potful Biryani, Kalyan Nagar — Restaurant in Bengaluru

So two weeks ago I raved about this afer ordering from them the first time... The second experience was quite dismal. I ordered a third, fourth and fifth time in the hope of a repeat of that first time I ordered. Every time the meat was beautifully cooked but the flavour fell well short and was just lazily assembled... what a shame.

Sadly, ‘a flash in the pan’ is the only conclusion i am left with. 2.5-3 stars at best. ☹️

Leaving the below review so Potful can do some redeeming.

ORIGINAL REVIEW after my first order:

Goodness Gracious Me!!!!!!!!!! Nirvana!!! I so badly want to serial-spew four letter expletives at the moment! After growing up in Kolkata and then moving to Bangalore, I had all but given up on ever having the sheer satisfaction of digging into a Biriyani that deserved to be called made with Love. That certainly changed tonight! After 10 years of living in bangalore and an overflow of typical pretend-Biryani-fare, I decidedly despise ordering Biryani claiming to be Authentic Kolkata Style. The last, decidedly dismal Kolkata Biryani experience i went through was at ‘Aalishan’ and ‘Lazeez’ both of which were abysmal (Im being generous i promise) . Something about your description made me want to take an off chance in the hope that there could be a ‘Maybe’ here... I’m so thrilled that I did. Right from the beautiful fluffy long grained basmati to the essence of Keora water and your fall-off-the-bone-mutton cooked to exquisite perfection your Kolkata Biryani is an absolute assault on the senses in the best manner imaginable. No pretense, straight-up Traditional, mind-bogglingly beautiful in it’s simplicity and just pure LOVE. Possibly the second time in my life I’ve felt privileged having a biriyani.

I implore you to keep up this quality of cuisine in years to come. You will certainly have your hands full with the orders to come your way!

God-damn people! Well done! And from the bottom of my easily broken fervent foodie heart, thank you for restoring my faith and love in Kolkata Biriyani all over again. I am bloody proud to have had the pleasure of eating your food. Kudos to your chef/s. Your newest long-term customer. And i swear next time if I don’t give in to temptation and absolutely destroy your biryani after ordering it; I will try to take some pictures and tag it back to this review. You certainly deserve it. Cheers!

To all of you reading this. Stop wasting time now and order from these...

Biryani is bae for me especially dum biryani. Ordered vegetarian Lucknow style biryani from potful biryani Kalyan Nagar branch.

Service:- must say service is too good. Though it was home delivery, the dish was delivered on time. Before the delivery restaurant people had given a call to confirm the address.....and this means a through professionalism for me.

Coming to the packing:- as the name says potful....yes it comes in a earthen pot. Pot was completely sealed from out side. When opened the seal biryani was piping hot.

What I loved was they do write our name in the pot.

Order

Vegetable dum biryani:- biryani was piping hot when the seal was removed. Biryani rice grains were long and separate. Taste was yummy with right amount of spices in it. It wasn’t too spicy nor blonde it was perfect. Rice contained lots of veggies like beans, carrot, potato, cauliflower and fired onion in it. The quantity is more than sufficient for two people. Curd , onion raitha was given with it. A perfect combination for biryani.

Panner tikka :- had six numbers of panner pieces in it and onion salads with mint chutney in it. Packing of this dish was also neatly done. panner cubes were quite big in size and was super soft and tasty.

Would love to taste non veg biryani soon.

Taste...

Heard a lot about this place hence thought of giving it a try and did not regret it at all.

Ordered the claypot Hyderabadi chicken biryani and Galouti kebab with Ulta tava paratha.

Hyderabadi chicken biryani- the biryani is served in Earthen pots. It has three layers. The bottom has all the fragrant spices and chicken, followed by second layer of fluffy basmati rice and egg. The top is layered with caramelized onions and since it's packed on Earthen pots, all the fragrance and smell is intact. As soon as you open the pot you will start drooling over the smell. Mix up all the layers and enjoy the feast

Galouti kebab with Ulta tava paratha - it has 4 round mutton patties with 4 pc Ulta tawa paratha and some raw papayas. The mutton patties are made with minced mutton and deep fried in ghee. It just melts in the mouth.

Overall loved the biryani, it's one of the best biryanis...