Holi Caffé - Boavista — Restaurant in Porto

This is going to be a straight on Biryani review. I've enough experience under my belt to call myself a Biryani connoisseur this moment.

Biriyani has become the epitome of Indian cuisine, and an Indian restaurant should make it right. Unfortunately, Holi cafe gives you dish called biriyani which cannot be called so. But is it a good dish atleast? There you go I gave 4 stars.

I came expecting a traditional biriyani with rice, saffron, chunks of mean covered in spices. But I was treated to rice that was mixed with gravy, raisins and caju.. Was it a good biriyani? No its not biriyani at all, but a good dish......

It’s a cute little restaurant a hidden place with a very simple menu with Indian food and some fusion pizza including kebabs. I ordered a plate of chicken curry the cumin rice was complementary the portion for that combo was generous around 7-8 pieces of chicken and it tasted very balanced on spice it’s good for people who are new to Indian food but i asked for spicy so was given Indian chilli pickle which satisfied my pallet. It like a family run business the owner was very polite and always attentive...

For some strange reason, Indian seems often associated with pizza in Porto. Go figure... Had the chicken curry. Very tasty. And inexpensive. The ambience leaves to be desired, but I will definitely be going back... to get my curry fix. UPDATE: I came back for the same dish. It must have changed as, this time, the chicken curry tasted sweet and, otherwise, flavorless. The amount of food was small compared to the price, making it a...