Review Santosh Dhaba - Hyderabad

I visited there in June and had some starters. The veg noodles and paneer tikka was very delicious but the real game changer was Dragon paneer and it was mind blowing. Manchurian was above average. The ambience was quite nice and family friendly and service was good. Will recommend to try the veg options specially the Dragon paneer. The parking facility is not available by the Restaurant itself however you can park by roadside.

I am coming here since 15years. Best place in the Hyderabad. Today ordered palak paneer there is less quantity of paneer. Also ordered butter milk it came as lassi mixed butter milk. Again they changed and given. This time I feel not so good. Otherwise everything is awesome.

Food here is just amazing , one best place in the city to have Italian food..♥️♥️🥰🤩🤩. prices are reasonable where as the food is fantastic, have been here many times with frnds and family. Fav dishes Masala garlic bread😋😋, Sohali Panner kabab ,you get 8 pieces in these starters👌, Alfredo pasta🤩, brownie vanilla chocolate sizzler is just out of the box 😋😋😍.

Good spot for vegetarians!! Aloo paratha is good, but don’t expect any pickle or curd with it. Mushroom Chinese starter is yummy with good quantity for 3 people. Butter Naan and Veg Malai kofta had only 2 pieces of kofta with more gravy, tasted good but quantity was disappointing. Handi veg biryani is good with beans and carrot curry added to it make it a perfect masala for the biryani.

Very Hygiene and good delicious food. Service is good. All types of north indian foods are available. Also includes chinese varieties. Pure vegetarian,less oliy food. I had Handi biryani and Gobi Manchurian Both are delicious.✨

This chain of restaurants are of the best places in the city to have North Indian vegetarian food. They also have a decent Italian cuisine options on their menu. 4/5

Having food here once will not be sufficient. One night we had dinner here but still we kept craving for the food here. The taste of the food here is so so amazing and delicious. Being a vegetarian this is the best place I’ve ever had such tasty food. The handi biriyani here is the best. Seeing the menu here was so satisfying because it has so many vegetarian variety dishes. Best taste. Best food. Best service.

Absolutely delicious food menu. Cozy place to hangout with friends as well as families. It's a pure vegetarian restaurant, non-veg is not at all available. Cash, card and NFC payment are accepted. Parking special is available but limited. Staff are polite and professional. Roties, nans, soups, starters, rice menu, biryani, sizzlers, desserts and mocktails are available.

Is the main branch of Santosh dhaba . Went into the AC section. Recommendation of the dishes was good . Food was prepared well and quick. Garlic naan and kaju biryani are good. Bit pricey

Food was not spicy but quality was good. Yet good veg experience

Good variety of vegetarian food including pizzas. Good service with parking area for four-wheelers. It will be better if all starters like diamond panneer are available in half quantity so that we can try more items.

Food Taste 4.0/5.0 Ordered items: Tamato Rice, Panner Rice, Sambar Rice, Curd Rice, Veg Manchuria Sambar Rice is too bad Rest of the Items are okay Price is To High (Not Worthy)

Definetly a veggie friendly restaurant. I had the day special dragon paneer or something, I didn't remember the name exactly, but, that was the awesome paneer starter I've ever had, it was spicy and juicy at the same time. Rest of all items were tasty too. Ambience was pretty decent considering the location it is situated in. Pocket friendly aswell.

Having placed an order million times on food delivery apps, and having visited almost all their outlets I made a visit to the original santosh dhaba after a long long time as I was nearby abids. Placed an order for 2 butter naans, 1 masala Kulcha and paneer zam zam. All the items were really good and special shout out for their overwhelming service and love for #onions despite 150 per kg hike. Butter naans were dripping butter and paneer tasted totally delicious. Was a bit put off by the chaotic crowd and the tables were setup too cramped to accommodate larger portion of guests.

Ordered Sambhar rice in swiggy. It came in a sealed packet. When opened the packet shocked to see half of the oil in Sambhar rice. when tried to remove there is One plate full of oil. I'm surprised if i ordered Sambhar rice or Oil. Worst experience and worst food. I had some amount of rice and my tummy became full and its started paining. I don't recommend this Santosh dhaba exclusive. Please be careful guys before ordering any food. Its is not at all good for health.

Great place for nice tandoori rotis and veg curries. Ambience became better than before and service is good even now(visited this place multiple times)<br/><br/>Never ever Try/have Sweet lassi here and don’t spoil your taste buds after having great food.<br/><br/>Must try : Roti’s and Kaju paneer<br/>Food :4.0<br/>Service : great<br/>Hygiene : 4<br/>VFM : 3.2<br/>Worth visiting once more: Yes

Crisp: One of best Best vegetarian restaurant in city. Must have Veg Hyderabadi Biryani<br/><br/>Located in lane next to GPO in little less crowded street, Santosh Dhabha is not an easy eye cathcher but a treasure house for a foodie.<br/><br/>Parking is limited but you can park on street. Mostly is full on account of crowd.<br/><br/>Restaurant has 3 sections One as general which is really crowded. AC section which may have waiting esp on weekends and third is family section. Rates go up as the order but kitchen is same. Service also improves as per section.<br/><br/>I have visited this place several times. Frankly to speak they have really tasty food with optimum spice content, reasonable price and in Hyderabad a veggies delight.<br/><br/>Menu generally have today's special listed which gets served quickly. Remaining items you will have to wait for some time. Paneer and Manchurian are awesome do check them out as starters. Garlic naan , Butter Roti, Lacha paratha along with Korma, Panner etc will make your hunger and taste buds satisfied.<br/><br/>Hyderabad Biryani is my favourite here. It frankly comes in lot of colours and really deilcious. Not unlike other Hyderabadi Biryani s this one has its own unique taste. Photos below. You will be left hell high after having it. A yummy meal and perfect end for the dinner.<br/><br/>Do check out buttermilk after such a heavy meal.<br/><br/>Santosh Dhaba has lot of outlets but taste and qwality kept here is not replicated well else where. They require improvement on this front.<br/><br/>All said and done , it one of the best place to go for yummy veg dinner.

Good veg food, hassle free parking and reasonable price. The service was decent too as expected from a place like this. Most of their item is paneer/kaju based and theres a plethora of items to choose from. We tried paneer jamjam and stuffed naan. The naan was delicious. Loved paneer jamjam too but it was a tad spicy for me. Overall would definitely recommend.

Tasty food with sufficient quantity in packing.<br/>Thanks for the packing as well as the aroma is not lost even after 30 mins of delivery.<br/>Great service.

This place is in the middle of the city and has good food.<br/>One of the oldest and vegetarian friendly restaurants.<br/>The taste has been same and it would be great to see it improve.

Mumbai Veggie lovers loving the North Indian style... this is the place for you. Have visited this place thrice with my husband for vegetarian food. Service is very quick at this place. This is a pocket friendly place and they also provide dishes in half portion .They have a family section too. <br/>Food: 4/5<br/>Ambience: 3.5/5<br/>Service: 3.5/5<br/><br/>Food we ordered:<br/>Kaju butter masala:3/5<br/>Paneer lababdar : 4/5<br/>Dal fry : 4.5/5<br/>Butter naan butter roti<br/>Masala kulcha : This is a must have if you are a kulcha lover. the texture is jus perfect.<br/><br/>Jus one negative thing which I think about service at Santosh Dhaba is that it seems the waiters are just trying to vacate the place as soon as the customer is done with food which creates negative perception in customers mind. <br/>*Please note*Authorities in charge if you can take care of this... nothing like it.<br/> Give atleast 5,10 mins to customers before they wrap up with the meals. <br/><br/>

A small dhaba well maintained and quick service done here . Being a Mumbai person i went here on recommendation of my hotel staff and surprisingly it place was really amazing . Just that the non-ac part was really hot . The food is spicy for hyderabad standards and has great taste . Paneer makhani was amazing the rotis were soft also warm and nice The staff here is very homely and amazing and suggests you the best of their dishes and the ones which will be available quickly .over all food -4/5 ambience -3/5 staff -4/5 hygiene-3/5

Didn't like the behaviour of the staff. Had to wait for long time even though there weren't many people. Left the place after waiting for long time without even seeing the menu

Superb food we are very to eat biryani in Santosh dhaba service also very good but prices is highway reduce the price then we are so much happy

Best veg place ever visited with such economical spread.<br/>Paneer Butter Masala will become your fav dish once it's tasted here.<br/>Though a busy place with decent service, food served here hits the palate with awesome tastes.<br/>Must place for all Vegans<br/>#paneerbuttermasala #manchurian #paneerlovers

Super food packing is good delivery is on time<br/><br/>Super food packing is good delivery is on time<br/><br/>Super food packing is good delivery is on time<br/><br/>

This one of the ever crowded restaurant. The food is very good mainly I love the dum biryani. By the service of the staff is a bit careless and can be improved.

On delivery they issued stock food and I got waste food that to with sticky food I don't expect this food from Santosh Dhaba previously I ordered food from there that time the food was OK but this time they even respond properly when I tried to contact them by telling the instructions regarding the parcel of my food I was really feeling bad

Great food, dal fry is the best and u wont find that taste elsewhere in hyd<br/>Family friendly <br/>If you are looking for dhaba style food, this is the one

Nice food with affordable price...<br/>And great service and food was hot when it came to our location.... And the person came on time to the location.

Tasty food is what you get here most of the time. The taste isn't consistent though it is good. Its like sometimes same dish you ate on a previous visit is much better than you're having now n you feel like missing out. Dal makhani , palak paneer are too good.

One of the best Vegetarian Restaurants in this part of the area, Santosh Dhaba original was in Behumbazar where I was a regular with few changes and improvements they started in the busy food street of Abids/Ramkote. Lovely varities, quick service, and runs late in the early hours.<br/><br/>Although there are many branches with same names and tails such as exclusive ,premium etc Abids and Behumbazar stand out to me.<br/><br/>They renovated the place for families and for a better experience. I recommend to.try this place out and go for Special Manoj Bhai ka papad which is roasted in heat than oil with garnishing, regular Salad with amchoor masala.

A best place for vegetarians....its one among the best hygienic and tasty food you can get around in Hyderabad ! The delivery time is also quick most of the times...

Came to this place for the first time.<br/>Tried Tomato soup, mushroom soup, kulcha,naan, paneer kofta and Kaju Biryani.<br/>Not up to the hype. Not even a single dish is great. Finger bowl is also cool, service is also not good.<br/><br/>I don't know what made this place this famous.<br/><br/>This will be my first and last visit.<br/>

Great place for food lovers and a place to hangout with family. Went there many times and would like to recommend others about it and it's taste

Just YUk.. it was first day of new year 2019. this is exclusive unhygenic veg restaurant. We had very regular dishes expecting that will be nice..baby corn 65,kaju paneer,veg chatphat,butter naan.<br/>Baby corn was not boiled properly or not fried..not coated well too..tasteless. the gravy used was not fresh and bekaaar in taste..butter naan...was also worst after having. May be the butter of cheap quality ,so after having all these ...it was very uneasy in stomach n feeling vomited. Just don't go by the name or crowd to this place. The service was way pooooooor. Nothing good abt this place .

Not at all satisfied with parcel. They gave bagar rice instead of veg biryani i've took 9 full packs but very disappointed in front of relatives after opening packs..

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Food quality is good and also u find different variety of snacks and served hot tastes good and mouth watering have tried almost all dishes from the menu

This is good place for pure vegetarian people.I went with my friends and we have ordered Kadai paneer,veg biryani and dal tadka. Veg biryani was not birayani it was more like pulav and quantity was low.

Well you can enjoy the food to the fullest , especially biryani (nizami handi biryani ),and also budget friendly ,good option for spice lovers and for those who prefer to eat North Indian dishes ,we went to this place on our friend's birthday ,one thing I like about this restaurant is they serve wide varieties of appetizers kulchas are always good here,a good restaurant

its only dhaba by its name but in reality, it is a big competition to the hotels. the food is too delicious and one should definitely try this when in Hyderabad

Had ordered Palak paneer, butter naan, kothmir butter naan and butter roti.. The naan and roti were good but the Palak was not properly washed and this made the dish unhygienic..though the taste was okay but we could feel sand in every bite and thus had to discard.. Overall I shall give a 2.5 out of 5!

Overall the hotel is ok. Food is very bad. Ambience is ok. Service was good.<br/>Food - 1/5<br/>Service - 4/5<br/>Ambience - 3/5<br/><br/>We had ordered following food<br/>1. Papad<br/>2. Salad<br/>3. Paneer Butter masala - very poor taste<br/>4. veg. Jaipuri - Without papad and lots of kaju<br/>5. Paneer kaju Masala - Tasted same like Butter masala<br/>6. Lassi - was ok<br/>7. Buttermilk<br/><br/>All vegetables tasted same and not all recommended restaurant. Please avoid going here. For same budget I could have better food in fine dining restaurants.

Very average, In terms of biryani. Salan had no flavour and each biryani had the same flavour profile. Dum Biryani and paneer biryani same to same. Had better biryani at other places.

Ordered paneer makhanwala through swiggy but received kaju paneer, the taste was just OK.<br/>Also ordered butter naan, masala papad and veg manchuria, again the taste was just OK.<br/>was expecting a lot from this restaurant as the ratings were pretty good, but was highly disappointed.<br/><br/>

This is the very good option for vegetarian lovers.......<br/><br/>The food was mind-blowingand service also good.Staff was very polite. I am very happy 😀 😀 😀 and enjoyed.

The place is good for veg food. Its not an hifi restaurant but if you want good veg food,you can come here. It opens till late at night.been there at night 12 oclock with frds.tried mixed veg,paneer tikka, paneer lababdar,naan .

I had Hyderabadi biryani here. Cost was 200 rupees. The taste was good and the quality was also decent but the quantity of food was very less. The average adult would still be hungry after eating a full biryani. I expected more quantity for 200 rupees. Would not want to come back here again.

Was planning from many days to visit this place after seeing such a good ratings and reviews but to my surprise it was not worth at all. Starting from the ambience nothing great, you have to wait for the seating also the service is too slow because of the rush they have... i don't know why there is so much rush for the food with no taste. Secondly prices for vegetarian food is a bit high according to my opinion and we ordered paneer curry, aloo gobi curry, butter naan and veg biryani. Curries were not that tasty as i was expecting after seeing the ratings, but aloo gobi curry was at least little bit better than paneer curry but every item was little bit salty. Veg biryani had very nice aroma but no taste again as the quality of basmati rice was not upto the mark also they overcooked the rice and salan and raita was worst. Last but not the least i so wanted to have some dessert to enhance my taste buds but again it could not meet my expectation as there is no dessert option in menu except lassi, so left with no choice we ordered that and again it was tangy and sugar was very less and lassi was not as thick as it should be. Finally wanted to have some tea or coffee to get rid of the headache i had after having this food but again there was no tea or coffee option in their menu.<br/>I guess u can have some idea which restaurant does not provide dessert, tea and coffee such basic things they do not have and still people are giving them such good ratings i am shocked because it ruined my weekend also money as i went there with lot of expectation.<br/>Food: 1<br/>Ambience : 1<br/>Pricing : 1<br/>Service : 1<br/>

The food is awesome here.. I recommend Mughlai paneer if you visit this place. 💯 Percent veg restaurant and the service is fast. #veg #paneer #naan #indiancuisine #delicious

Average place to have pure vegetarian food..Ordered Paneer dish for starters which was tasteless I feel..Gobi 65 was too good with tandoori roti..Also ordered a gravy which was too oily to be eaten..Staff was courteous enough to help me description of items in the menu...

One of my favourite places for economical vegetarian food!! I've been going to this place from the age of 7 and I never get bored!<br/>The quantity is really good, and service is really quick!<br/>Ambience is okay!

Good & Tasty Vegetarian Food at Pocket Friendly Price.<br/><br/>Service was Quick, Mixed crowd, can come with family.<br/><br/>Food - 4*<br/>Service - 4*<br/>Cleanliness -3.5*<br/><br/>

Been there many times , more often With family <br/>Tried all their dishes <br/>For me best wer start with veg manchurian or spring roll, dal makhani , paneer shahi with butter naan 😋 and end with handi biryani , tastes awesome <br/>And this is our regular order there<br/>Ambience: good<br/>Staff: friendly<br/>Neatness: good <br/>Service: depends on rush <br/>Overall food good

Our family visited for lunch on 14th July. This is my first visit to this restaurant. The A/C section maintenance is good. Please don't follow Zomato's Menu as there are no any Half plate servings as shown in Menu here  (May be in Non A/C)  Almost all the dishes costed 200 Rs except some Dals .The Paneer butter masala was just average. The quantity was low. The Rumali roti and Dal makhani were good. Lassi is Ok for its price. Soups are waste  of money. Only the service was good. "My Uncle's stomach was totally upset after visiting this restaurant and not even slept for the whole night."<br/> <br/><br/>2 Butter naan, 5Rumali roti,2 kothmir roti, 1 sweet corn soup, 1 monchow soup,1 Dal makhani, 1 Dal tadka,1 baby corn 65,4 lassi costed me 1381 Rupees which is a total waste.<br/><br/>Conclusion: Better to go for any buffet restaurants for this price so that we will have good options .

A true saviour for vegetarians!!!!<br/>My all time fav restaurant. Was never disappointed with their food and service. Very prompt service!!<br/><br/>We tried almost all the paneer starters and curries and are very tasty...babycorn and kaju masala are must try dishes!!<br/><br/>

This best dish served here is the kandhari Paneer. It's a must have. I ordered the paneer something (sorry can't recall the name) it has masala stuffed inside the paneer. They too were very tender and tasty. Finally the mardwadi gravy they called it. It was good, mooting to go crazy over. I regularly visit this restaurant and I am a fan of there veg food. Service was good and quick.

Only the ambience is good but the food and service is pathetic here. They give hair in the food complimentary to the customer. Please find attached the photo for the same. This is never a recommended place to be ever visited.

This is quite a place to visit especially if you are only in the mood of having vegetarian food as this a pure vegetarian restaurant. A good place to hang out with friends and family to relish vegetarian food.

My all time favourite veg restaurant's.. must try paneer Narmada in starter's, every dish is unique and tasty. Best place for vegetarians!!!

Tried their mushroom starters, it tasted just boiled and sauted in the Chinese flavour. Next came the garlic naan which was perfect and came in 4 pieces well dipped in butter. The butter naan unexpectedly failed ,it came in two small pieces and butter was less when compared to garlic butter naan. The Punjabi Kofta was perfect with extra cashews. On the whole when you love vegetarian how can you miss Santosh dhaba. Surely to be visited for some tasty and homely food.

This is the one and only restaurant where I love to have North Indian dishes. My fav hyderabadi biryani, butter naan, kaju paneer . Till today never got disappointed they always maintain same quality in food . But one thing I need to mention all the paneer gravy's more or less tastes same but sure will like the food.<br/>Food : 4/5<br/>Ambiance: 4/5<br/>Price pocket friendly affordable.

#PURE VEG #Jain food friendly. Right in the Heart of the city.<br/>The Starters of Dhaba culture in Hyderabad, Starting it from Begum bazaar to all over Hyderabad, Best spicy food you will find here, gr8 taste cooked with herbs & traditional spices. Best thing is Service, quick service will be much to your surprise.

I was talking a lot about this place to my vegetarian friends and took them there during their visit to Hyderabad. <br/><br/>Ordered Kothmeer butter naan, babycorn manchurian, veg manchurian , kaju paneer, paneer tikka masala. They all tasted just fine. Nothing great is what my friends also told. <br/><br/>Spl lassi could’ve been way way better. It wasn’t the right mix of everything and was too sweet as well.<br/><br/>Will I go back ? Most definitely. I’ve been there before this visit and I loved it.

Just visited this place yesterday . Quite busy and full-on .<br/>Little unhygienic - serving plates and glasses .<br/>Service was good<br/>Ambience - quite crowded and very little room for everyone to sit or stand .<br/>Food - ordered roti , butter roti along with panner makhanwala .<br/>Roti - was good<br/>Panner makhanwala - served with good amount of panner and cashewnuts but little less butter in it .overall good taste .<br/>provided salad ( cucumber, onions and lime )<br/>Ambience -3/5<br/>Service -3.5/5<br/>Food -3.5/5<br/>Cost -3/5 ( roti were little costly serving 18 per single piece )<br/>Hygiene -2/5<br/>Overall - 3/5<br/>Room for improvement .<br/><br/>

Totally regret ordering from this place. Of course the ratings placed a major role in me making my decision of ordering, but I am very surprised with the kind of food that was delivered. Ordered for one paneer tikka masala, aloo 65 and rotis. The only good part were the rotis. Soft and well made. The paneer tikka masala was oily and had 3 pieces of paneer, thanks for the excessive quantity of paneer. Tasteless, full of colour or I don’t know what. The aloo 65 was just full of colour again. No taste. The aloo was uncooked and tasted disgusting. It’s a sad that a place with such a good rating can deliver such pathetic food. Never ever ordering from there. <br/><br/>They also delivered the food in good reusable bags by Dawat Basmati Rice but hey, the brilliant packaging that they had used (silver packets and foil) had made sure that the not so excessive oil from the paneer had leaked into the bag. 👏🏻

Food is delicious, we ordered paneer Tikka as starter (little spicy ).. it is delicious.. Soft in texture, beautiful aroma and yum..and next roti with paneer shandar (I don't remember exact name.. I am busy with diggin) and huhh it is perfect.. I would definitely recommend..😊👌

An elegant place with mesmerising paintings over the walls. This restaurant is partitioned into two by a wall in the middle. We liked the inside portion more as it is all covered with all the white things which gave us a secure and pleasant feeling. One sad thing about this place is it only offers veg items which is a big turnoff for many people like me. We ordered Veg Hyderabadi Biryani and Malai Kofta.Tastes were satisfying and rates are decent.<br/>Ambience- 4.5<br/>Food- 3.5<br/>Service- 3<br/>

Cheap and Presentation of food is good but quality of food is worst, excessive colour added to food and unground masala leaves you sick, better choose an alternative..

Amazing dhaba style food!<br/>They have a lot of vegetarian varieties.Paneer is a must try:)!They also offer half plate of everything!<br/>The biryani is rich in taste.The ambience is also good!very friendly staff.Good place for a proper North Indian meal

this place is awesome for fine dining and<br/>d superlative for veg dishes.. the place is very good to have family dinner. we have had great time..<br/>

Enjoyable Shahi Biryani of Hyderabad @ New Santosh Dhaba !! <br/> Pure Vegetarian Restaurant !<br/><br/>Want to try some real good veg biryani in Hyderabad or Shahi biryani, then this is the place...<br/><br/>I tried the Shahi Biryani - aroma of spices and garam masalas were divine. <br/><br/>Shahi biryani was rich in Cashews served with Mirchi ka salan and Raita.<br/><br/> Good quality basmati rice was used in Biryani.<br/><br/>Ambiance is basically fine dining - mid range<br/><br/>Service - Quick<br/><br/>There are several other Santosh Dhaba in Hyderabad, the original one is "New Santosh Dhaba - 3" in Abids.<br/><br/>Tips - This restaurant is sometime very crowded over the weekends, you might have to wait for your turn to come. My advise here is to travel in off timings<br/><br/>If you wish to have a visual experience of this restaurant or shahi biryani , then you can watch it on our YouTube channel visa2explore, this is part of Hyderabad veg food journey EP - 1<br/><br/>Have a great experience.