Palato, a restaurant started as an Italian speciality restaurant, now serves a global fusion cuisine with an Indian touch. I can't be more glad that they made this small adjustment. Hyderabadi or an Indian palette may find it difficult to appreciate a cuisine like Italian. Being someone who tasted the earlier version as well as the newer fusion buffet, I'm happy with this change. For the uninitiated, this place is located inside Raheja mindspace surrounded by loads of MNCs behind Westin Hotel. The ambiance is simple yet neat. Comfortable seating arrangement without getting too congested. Clean washrooms indicating they take their hygiene seriously. Service is prompt and friendly with zero complaints. Coming to the main aspect food. They've a make your own salads concept with choicest of veggies and dips. Nice concept I must say. A veg and a Non-Veg soup. 6 varieties of starters in Veg and Non-Veg each. So as soon as you are seated, the starters keep pouring in. Don't miss out on the veg starters which are as good as their Non-Veg counterparts. Cottage cheese tarts were lip smackingly good and so was the sweet and spicy paneer. All the Non-Veg starters were exceedingly good. Peri Peri chicken, Mexican Chicken Chilli and Fish Tempura were my personal favorites. We were also served a veg and Non-Veg Momo. Not the best I've tasted but were decent. You also get to taste Pizzas if you want to. Again these are served on the table right out of the oven. If after eating all that, you still have place in your tummy, there's main course too. The choice of main course isn't huge but just right is what I feel. As per the theme, everything on the main course is a fusion of Indian and global cuisine. My personal favorites were Lebanese Chicken Rice with chicken meatballs, Maggi Masala Noodles and the Thai Red curry in chicken with rice. Usually in many buffets, the desserts are many in number but hardly anything you like. Here, even though the number may not be huge but each dessert is worth trying. And the icing on the cake is they've 2 varieties of gelatos 😍. Overall a great dining experience. If I have to point out one area of improvement, it has to be to improve their Momos and reduce the sweetness in their welcome drink. Thursday through Sunday, they've live music as well. The buffet is priced at 699/- all inclusive.

Unplanned weekend sometimes are so better than planned weekend for the surprise it gets us. My last unplanned Sunday got me at this beautiful place @palatohyd which offers a nice menu with buffet options at decent price with some lip smacking variety of food. The place is quite spacious with an outdoor seating for people who prefer their coffee and meals with the cool breeze while the inner section has multiple seating options. The buffet spread was huge which was a great deal at the given place. There's a salad station for all those who salad lovers like myself who haven't been able to find best of salad options until visiting here. Next followed a range of starters which were served at the table Tried this stunning looking cocoloco with Pineapple salsa from their dessert menu which is a sheer treat for dessert lovers TBC...