Maa Santosh Dhaba — Restaurant in Hyderabad

The name Santosh Dhaba is synonymous with vegetarian food and quite popular. Are they part of the same franchise? Yet to figure that out as the place and staff were fully busy when we went there for lunch today

Ambiance : Quite tastefully done , quite a lot of money must have been spent. Especially in the A/C section where the A/C’s were running non-stop and was much needed due to sultry spell of heat that is looming all across. Eating and sweating is never a good thing, hence the pleasant ambiance inside was a welcome relief

Rating -4/5

Service : Was fast and the person serving us took good care to explain and get things done correctly, but the noise levels from the kitchen were so high ( A/C section is located near the kitchen) that it felt that people were fighting inside. One person was screaming the food orders , few appeared to be replying back about the status. Didn’t know if they were arguing, screaming or cursing in some native language. Overall the noise levels were very bad. Folks sitting at a table beside us also complained at the noise level. This is near the a/c section which is close to the kitchen. The front area of the restaurant was fairly silent and I guess properly insulated

Rating - 1/5 because of the noise level and disturbance

Food :

9 hungry folks definitely put the restaurant’s service and food to test and they came out pretty okay at best. Rating – 3/5

In starters we had Chilly Paneer – Where the paneer was bit hard , having it softer would have made the dish perfect

Mushroom 65 – This was better of the two starter dishes, mushroom by itself has an earthy flavor but it was made spicy and flavorful which was a welcome change.

As part of the main course we ordered for Veg Kolapuri , Paneer Tikka Masala , Alu gobi masala – the base gravy appeared to be the same as the flavors were quite similar to each other but still tasty.

The quantity& the taste for that price is good – Value for money

Mushroom biryani and Veg handi biryani were a little oily but taste wise still good. Mushroom biryani could have been better with bigger and more number of mushroom pieces in it , Veg handi biryani had the right proportion of rice and vegetables and tasted good with the mirchi ka salan and raita.

Overall : A decent place to satiate your hunger pangs which is not heavy on your wallet but...

This is 100% pure vegetarian restaurant on main area of Somajiguda. It is little bit inside from main road. Quality, hygiene and test of food is well maintained. I think this restaurant is chain of Santosh Dhaba (not sure)..

One can must try their veg dum biryani. Test of this biryani is awesome and typically Hyderabadi style. Also try any Paneer dish in main course. Roti's are properly cooked and good in test. Biryani rice is also very nice...

Separate washroom available for ladies and gents. It is clean and well maintained...

@Cost - This is pocket friendly hotel. Cost is average compare to quality of food. Mobile wallet, cash and card are accepted..

@ Parking 🅿️ - Hotel is situated in little bit conjusted area. Road side limited free parking available...

Overall good experience and worth to visit this...

Worst experience, the food quantity is very less, serving full dum biryani in a small starter plate which is not sufficient for below 8 years kids also stating that this is full dum biryani i was wondering about this and asked the waiter for revive the order he not even served the food and went out silently I was waiting and expecting a positive reply from him but he was busy with other customers not even considering about us.

After serving the food waiters are not available for ordering extra items we have waited almost all 10min for ordering extra items. After 1st serving no body is available for serving the food nd taking extra order.

I would like to inform their management that I will never visit this restaurant again, where employees doesn't know how to treat...