One of the best mutton biryani you can get in the city. It tastes yum when you pair it up with their in-house salan which is completely unique compared to any other restaurant in the city. Their chicken is not up to the standard of their mutton biryani that's one disappointment.

This has got to be one of the best kept secrets of Hyderabad (atleast for outsiders). When it comes to the best biryani in Hyderabad, the names you hear are Paradise, Shadab, Bawarchi etc. Meridian deserves to be on the top with these restaurants. Near perfect mutton biriyani, consistently great taste, soft mutton, value for money - Meridian gets everything right. If you are a fan of Hyderabadi dum biryani (or any biriyani) this is a must visit place. Apparently they started as a mutton shop, and then developed as a restaurant. Even now, there's a mutton shop right next door. Their other specialty is mutton chops, an item not available in all restaurants. The only negative is the ambience. The ground floor 'general' dining hall is open to all, and is like a fish market. Expect huge crowds on holidays. And they don't bother seating people in an organised manner, it's a free-for-all. The first floor is for 'family', but Meridian has a funny definition of family - there needs to be atleast one female in the group :-). Check out the funny instructions kept on the table... Drunk customers not allowed due to "objections from females" 🙂. Wonder how they'll react if a drunk female shows up. Basically the restaurant mgt is still in the stone age, but who cares as long as they make great biryani. And yeah, there is zero parking for 4 wheelers. The fact that you'll find crowds thronging the place despite all these hassles is a testimony to their great biryani. / Jun-2023