Our name, Charminar Cafe comes from the world famous structure Charminar located in heart of Hyderabad India. Created in 2019, Charminar Cafe was established out of a passion for astonishing Hyderabadi food and service. It is a perfect example of a Hyderabadi Indian restaurant serving traditional and authentic Hyderabadi cuisine.
Hyderabadi cuisine is more than 400 years old and composed of indigenous culinary traditions, richly endowed nuts, and assorted spices. Hyderabadi cuisine was perfected with the influence of multiple cultures over the past four centuries. Hyderabadi Dum Biryani: This mouthwatering non-vegetarian delicacy coupled with spices that are delicately combined with rice and meat.
Hyderabadi cuisine is more than 400 years old and composed of indigenous culinary traditions, richly endowed nuts, and assorted spices. Hyderabadi cuisine was perfected with the influence of multiple cultures over the past four centuries. Hyderabadi Dum Biryani: This mouthwatering non-vegetarian delicacy coupled with spices that are delicately combined with rice and meat.
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Chase Earhart
Dec 17, 2021
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We ordered a chicken tikka masala and a butter chicken. Both had the most watery curry broths we've ever seen. The tikka masala had an intense vinegar flavor to it, and the butter chicken was extremely salty. We were unable to eat more than a few bites of either. Very disappointing for $14 curry dishes.
M. Ali
Nov 23, 2021
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Heema Satapathy
Sep 27, 2021
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I was seeing if I can give “0” stars for this place. We wanted to try a new place and went there upon reading the existing reviews but looks like the management has changed. It was the worst food and customer service I have experienced after many years. They took so long to make “1” chicken and “1” mutton dishes that they recommended and upon service it tasted like some ready to cook tasteless food. Please don’t waste money on this place. Later we had to go to Desi District to reset our sense of taste
Rohit Srinivas
Sep 25, 2021
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Food could have been better..
I ordered these items for a pickup.
Chicken biryani
Chicken curry
Chicken 65
The Chicken biryani hardly had any Chicken in it. Just 2 small pieces of chicken. I see a similar complaint from others as well in their reviews.
The chicken 65 was too oily.
The chicken curry was below par as well.
NOTE - This place smells of CIGAR smoke. Next door is a Cigar shop and the ventilation is shared between the restaurant and the Cigar shop. So, if you are a non smoker, dining there is not an option.
I am surprised how bad ventilation is not a factor in deciding the sanitary
I ordered these items for a pickup.
Chicken biryani
Chicken curry
Chicken 65
The Chicken biryani hardly had any Chicken in it. Just 2 small pieces of chicken. I see a similar complaint from others as well in their reviews.
The chicken 65 was too oily.
The chicken curry was below par as well.
NOTE - This place smells of CIGAR smoke. Next door is a Cigar shop and the ventilation is shared between the restaurant and the Cigar shop. So, if you are a non smoker, dining there is not an option.
I am surprised how bad ventilation is not a factor in deciding the sanitary
Sam M.
Sep 19, 2021
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We love the customer service, people and food. Me and my husband just walked pass by and thought of trying something. We ordered plate of samosa, they said they can do samosa chat if we like complimentary. It was one of the best samosa chat we had. We will surely go to try other items on menu. People were were friendly and always smiling.
Rashid Hussain
Sep 01, 2021
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Casual atmosphere, inexpensive to mederat price, simple menu & good quality food with a mouthful of taste, this is what I think Charminar represent. If we have to categorize Desi / Indian / Pakistani restaurants located in our City, this will be one of the best, if not the top shelf restaurants of Frisco. Do visit and try Dal fry, my favorite.
Lishoea Banu
Aug 28, 2021
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The worst food experience was yesterday the Sep 1. Hope I don’t get to taste such aweful food again. With the google reviews I got totally impressed to try this restaurant but it’s the bad decision I ever made on a tiring day.
We ordered the below items
Dum ka chicken: salty oily spicy red colored chicken
Planner tikka masala: over powered by raw chilly taste with red colored paneer.
Lachcha paratha: come on guys, I can get those frozen parathas from Indian stores why would we order from restaurant
Naan: seriously it wasn’t Naan it was a flat bun.
Romali roti: thank god I have had best
We ordered the below items
Dum ka chicken: salty oily spicy red colored chicken
Planner tikka masala: over powered by raw chilly taste with red colored paneer.
Lachcha paratha: come on guys, I can get those frozen parathas from Indian stores why would we order from restaurant
Naan: seriously it wasn’t Naan it was a flat bun.
Romali roti: thank god I have had best
Gunasekhar Kanumuri
Aug 20, 2021
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Abhishek T. M.
Jul 28, 2021
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Food was amazing! Definitely not your standard type of Indian food you find around here. I had the Pathar Ka Gosht, mutton biryani, and Dum Ka Chicken. The Pathar Ka Gosht tasted very similar to the one I've had in Hyderabad recently. Biryani was really good! And the Dum Ka Chicken was something different that most places don't have in the DFW area.
We ordered takeout, so can't say much about the service, but the guy we ordered with was very friendly and offered some chai while I was waiting. The food took longer than expected to be ready, but overall was a good experience.
We ordered takeout, so can't say much about the service, but the guy we ordered with was very friendly and offered some chai while I was waiting. The food took longer than expected to be ready, but overall was a good experience.
Amar R.
Oct 21, 2020
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Pravallika G.
Oct 16, 2020
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We tried below items and here is what i feel
Desi chicken curry(green chicken in picture)- this was amazing i never ate something like this its diff and so yumm-must try
Mutton keema- it was good
Parata- ok ok
Mango falooda- okok
Chicken biryani- its different something greesy(Smelled like spoiled but it was ok while eating)
Overall food was fresh, tasty and chicken was tender
Desi chicken curry(green chicken in picture)- this was amazing i never ate something like this its diff and so yumm-must try
Mutton keema- it was good
Parata- ok ok
Mango falooda- okok
Chicken biryani- its different something greesy(Smelled like spoiled but it was ok while eating)
Overall food was fresh, tasty and chicken was tender
Ravi S.
May 24, 2020
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John W.
Mar 09, 2020
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The L.
Mar 02, 2020
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Hands down the best Indian restaurant in Frisco. Went there for dinner with my wife tonight and left very satisfied.
We ordered Lukhmi and tomato soup to start with. And next was chicken tikka masala (probably the best I e ever had) and khati dal with lacha parathas. Everything tasted fresh and wonderful. The nice owner came to say hi -- and he let us try his complimentary kheer desert, which was a very nice ending to our wonderful meal.
Highly recommended!!
We ordered Lukhmi and tomato soup to start with. And next was chicken tikka masala (probably the best I e ever had) and khati dal with lacha parathas. Everything tasted fresh and wonderful. The nice owner came to say hi -- and he let us try his complimentary kheer desert, which was a very nice ending to our wonderful meal.
Highly recommended!!
Feroz M.
Jan 19, 2020
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Hariharan S.
Dec 26, 2019
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I went to this restaurant for lunch buffet. This indian restaurant is completely different from others. Very unique variety of food. I went to most of the indian restaurant in plano , frisco, irving area but i never had this variety of food anywhere in lunch buffet. I am quoting that in lunch buffet not alcarte.
Taste - 4 out of 5
Hospitality- 4 out of 5
Buffet arrangement- 2 out of 5 ( very difficult to access their food vessels. They need to change that.)
We saw fly inside the restaurant k never saw that in any other restaurant. That the reason I am giving 3 star.
Taste - 4 out of 5
Hospitality- 4 out of 5
Buffet arrangement- 2 out of 5 ( very difficult to access their food vessels. They need to change that.)
We saw fly inside the restaurant k never saw that in any other restaurant. That the reason I am giving 3 star.
Mubeena A.
Oct 12, 2019
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Food E.
Aug 17, 2019
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Went for eid buffet here. DISAPPOINTED. oily biryani with zero flavor, just like other items. TASTELESS.
It was as if they boiled the rice and deep fried it in a ton of oil.
Food back home, around the monument charminar, tastes wayyyyyy better. Dont know what gave this restaurant confidence that they could name themselves "charminar cafe".
That name carries a lot of heritage. This is not how one should honor it.
It was as if they boiled the rice and deep fried it in a ton of oil.
Food back home, around the monument charminar, tastes wayyyyyy better. Dont know what gave this restaurant confidence that they could name themselves "charminar cafe".
That name carries a lot of heritage. This is not how one should honor it.
Ali I.
Jul 14, 2019
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Hyderabadi biryani lovers.... halal Hyderabadi food... We came for there Sunday lunch buffet.. hidden gem.. need some marketing... there lamb dum biryani and haleem are bombdigiti! The service is amazing as well! Ambiance is good as well.. the best part is that there TVs with cricket going on
All these halal food pandits should give it a try! -- eating lunch at Charminar Cafe.
All these halal food pandits should give it a try! -- eating lunch at Charminar Cafe.
Asif S.
Jul 14, 2019
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M. Dash
Jun 30, 2019
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To get a taste of signature dishes and regular food, I tried lunch buffets at Charminar cafe. The food options were very different than other Indian restaurants. Food was not at all spicy but good in taste. They offer soft drinks/tea as an additional included item. Liked the pasta, lacha paratha, egg curry, halwa puri, fish fry, chicken roll and few other items. Goat nalli soup and mutton paya was quite different. However the weekend buffet for $14.99 was super expensive. Another disappointment was sweet dishes, like jalebi, kheer, and gajar halwa that were super dry. Ambience is good, so are the
