Review Khiva - Pune

Khe Vakh! (What a pleasure!) is what the folks in the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan, say to celebrate good life and good food. The award-wining restaurant, first started its operations in Mumbai and now have taken the challenge to tempt Punekars by offering a unique journey of exotic Royal Frontier Bhukara Cuisine. The restaurant is located in Phoenix mall, third floor, next to Copper Chimney. The ‘Asli Dum’ preparation of food is Khiva’s pièce de résistance, along with earthen pot cooking, simmered for long hours to ensure that the taste buds get ticked with every bite. Khiva tries to revive the lost art of slow cooking, using fresh and pure flavours and ingredients, keeping it simple and minimalistic - the true taste of Maharajas. The chefs at Khiva have mastered the art of Peshawari and Bukhara cuisine. The iconic dishes such as the ‘Sikandri Raan’ and Dum Biryani offer a sampling of the menu’s best features. I was Invited for the food tasting as a part of the Media Preview of Khiva Restaurant. As we settled down after the brief introduction with the owner himself and Imran who handles the operations of restaurant was there to take care of us. We started with Virgin Mojito and the traditional complimentary dish known a PARRA which was served with three different Dips. Parra is basically are crunchy sticks which are suppose to be dipped in the dips and enjoy till your food arrives. As it was mentioned to me that everything is made fresh and taken full care to maintain the quality of the food which the patrons can enjoy and relish the Royal Cuisine. Three Dips were Fresh Mint dip, cheese garlic mayo, and the spiciest one was the Tomato Chilli dip (Have it with caution) Appetizers: Paneer Peshawari Tikka: This was tandoori cooked Creamy Soft and big square pieces of Malai Paneer marinated in Yoghurt and spiced with yellow chilli served with basic salad. This had its own distinct flavour not too spicy not too sour but right amount of flavours made this paneer yummy. Mutter Aur Cheese ka Tikka: This was just out of the world dish!! Served hot enough to hold the googy cheese within. The base was of green peas and gram flour which was shallow fried. Perfect to start with and highly recommended for the Vegetarians. Makai Sheek Kebab: Sheek Kebab preparation is not everyone cup of tea. This has to be perfectly cooked from within and at the same time it should not get overcooked or burnt from outside. The Moisture in the dough plays a important role in it. These were so well cooked and sprinkled with homemade masala to add the extra flavour to it. Recommended. Mains: Paneer Khurchan: This is served in a Flat plate cottage cheese or Paneer sautéed in Capsicum, Tomato, fried onion to give extra flavour. Its colourful and flavourful dry subzi. Subzi Nargisi Kofta: Soft Mix Vegetable dumplings or kofta's fried and cooked in Tangy Tomato Onion Gravy. Little sweet -little tangy at the same time made this subzi unique of the lot. Meloni Tarkari: As the name suggest its a kind of a seasonal and fresh mixed vegetable with perfect consistency of the gravy. Dal Khiva: Black Dal cooked overnight and shimmered with tomatoes, Ginger, Garlic, Cream and butter is added to get the perfect taste and thickness. The dal has to be cooked at least for 8-10 hours to attain exact consistency and aromatic flavours of all the ingredients. Dum Biriyani/Subzi Biryani: This is one of the dish to be Musthave to end your Mains. Steaming within the Covered clay pot gave the rustic taste to the Biryani. There are very few places you will get biryani less oily and more and rich in flavours this is one of those places. It was served with Raita and Mirichi ka salan which blended with it very well. Desserts: We tried Lychee ki tehree, Elachi Jamun, Baked Anjeer Halwa, Zaffarani Angoori Rasmalai. Out of this Lychee ki Tehree was the winner, flavourful not too sweet. I found Baked Anjeer Halwa bit too greasy not for my Palate. Overall... It was a royal and wholesome experience for the evening.

I was invited for a Bloggers Table and it was a really good dining experience. Khiva is located at the third floor of Phoenix Mall and had spacious seating. The ambiance is plain and service is good. The servers informed us that most of the ingredients are locally sourced / self made. Recommended Dishes: Peshawari Paneer Tikka - Paneer wasn't very soft, but it was well done. Aatish e Aloo - Stuffed potatoes deep fried. Oily but tasty. Sabz Lacheela - Tasty cutlets amidst fried vermicelli. Dal Khiva - Rich creamy dal makhani. Subz Biryani - Very flavourful with full pieces of cashewnuts. Didn't like the sweet Burhani Raita and Mirchi ka Salan though. Average Dishes: Paneer Khurchan - Typical main course vegetable. Lychee ki Tehri - Typical custard. Subtly sweet. Anjeer Halwa - It didn't taste as good as it looked. Mojito - Too sweet. Lemonade - Too salty & masaledaar. After a great round of starters and maincourse, the dessert and mocktails fell flat. However, Khiva is an excellent choice for good North Indian food. A meal for two will cost about Rs. 2000, which is expensive but for good food like this it's worth it.

This is a food testing review for khiva. The best thing about this place the Ambiance is really awesome and created for a great meal with your loved ones and family. Beautifully placed small lights and in background an ear catching music is playing. We have tried a lots of different foods. The menu is bit different but all are pretty good. Cheese kurkure : Wheat rolled mix of cheese and kurkure. Perfect blend of spices with kurkure. A different taste started our journey of towards a great food. A must try dish. Sabz lacheela: A mix of all vegetables dip fried coated with fried sebaiyan. I haven't tried this kind of dish previously. Taste like mix of spicy and sweet. I like the taste. Chandni murgh: It is a chicken kebab of different preparation, taste is really awesome. A must try dish. A midium spice kebab. Paneer tikka: A yellow coloured Paneer tikka. For vegetarian people it would be a best option. Sabuta choosa: A full chicken tandoori roasted in ghee. Smells very nice and really an awesome taste. Barra kebab lazeez: Finely cut Mutton chop cooked in ghee with mixed spice. The taste was very spicy and delicious. The best dish of the house and my favourite. Coming to main course we tried below dishes with roti. Dal khiva: it's kind of Dal makhani the In house speciality. A must try dish. Lahori ghost: A mutton gravy dish. The mutton was very soft but the gravy need to be cooked more. We have informed the restaurant they will take care of that Murg peshwari : In main course I liked this dish very much as it cooked perfectly and an different spicy taste of chicken which is really good. Paneer khurchan: A dry panner dish perfectly for roti. Chicken biryani :A perfect blend of spices as a biryani should have and the smell. Nicely presented and dum biryani. Really awesome. In desert this place is 5 star. As they have something called anjeer halwa and lychee ki teyhree. The king of desert. Seriously both are very yummy. The best dessert I have ever had. Service : 4/5 Food:5/5 Ambiance :4.5/5 Value for money :4.5/5 Recommended dishes: Cheese Kurkure, Barra kebab lazeez, Dal khiva and lychee ki teyhree.

Great Food! For both veg and non veg preparations are awesome. Try out their signature chicken starter dish - Chakori Murg and main course side dish - Lahori Ghost Veg dishes which are great include their daal and much k Salem Prices are a little on the upper side with mineral water(MRP 15) being charged at 75₹. Cost for five of us was over 3000₹ Staff are pretty friendly and nice with team providing complimentary starters and drinks :) Ambience is okay with theme as ancient warriors Khiva!

Khiva Restaurant situated in Viman Nagar. Popular for Mughlai, North Indian food. Nalli ka Salan ..on of their signature dish comes with three small tandoori roti. Lamb cooked on dum in a brown lipsmaking gravy untill tender. Yumm.. Murgh Peshawari .. a nutty creamy gravy cooked both boneless chicken. Delightful. Not in pictures but also had Tandoori Shikari Tangdi . Being hungry and as this starter came it was devoured. Melt mouth perfect on spices. One must have. A place tad expensive but currently on 50%Dine out offer . Khiva is bang on on consistency ,good service and good portion size. #foodie😋 #foodphotographers #foodblogger #punerestaurants

Its an excellent & heavenly place for starters & desserts. Prices are high but they deservesit. One of the best place i have ever visisted.

Good dining experience in Pune. Great food and good people serving it. One shud go for the Mutton Nali Nihari n other Mutton mouth watering dishes.

Simply awesome food and services... Jana's assisted us well... Must visit place...

A sumptuous meal at Khiva, Phoenix Market City, Vimannagar. #Iwasinvited Finally dined at Khiva on Jan 17th. Got a comfortable seat and settled myself for the food adventure ahead. Started with Welcome drink Jaljeera. They call it Khiva Lemonade. Perfect start for the dinner. Crushed ice added beauty to the strong flavors of jeera. Liked it. Yakhini Shorba came next. Rich stock of Mutton was served in really interesting container. 5/5 on taste and presentation. Starters : Mutton Seekh kebab : So tender, fresh & tasty. Meat was cooked to perfection. It had an amazing look with glazing. Served with cucumber, tomato, onion and lemon. Chicken Chakori Kebab : Well marinated boneless chicken chunks. Really yummy preparation. This got vanished in minutes. We called repeated servings. Galouti Kebab : This was a visual delight. Never seen kebabs which are made up in this way. Loved the presentation part. As I tasted it, I thought it's the right place to eat such dishes. Ghee quantity overpowered the meat flavor. That's the area of improvement I could see. Mains : Murgh Peshwari : A masterstroke. Chicken was so fresh and juicy. We ordered this dish Twice. This medium spicey preparation went well with Biryani rice and roti. Generous use of cashew fascinated me. Daal Peshawari : I never sensed such aroma from any Daal preparation. Nice texture, balanced spices. Finger licking stuff. Roti/Naan : Spot on. Repeated as required. Chicken Biryani : One of the brilliant biryani's I have tasted. The chicken chunks were well marianated. Completely mouthwatering stuff. The biryani aroma was fascinating. Masala and rice proportion was balanced. Veg Biryani : Lacked taste, aroma. Can be improved. Desserts: Baked Anjir Halwa : Best from the lot. Malai partially spread over baked halwa made it delectable. Use of sugar was controlled, exactly as I desire. Khubni ka meetha : Didn't suit my taste buds. Pass.

Khiva has a theme of middle east. It is situated on the 3rd floor oh Phoenix Marketcity. The sitting arrangement is basic. The have lighted the room and slow music runs behind all the time. The folks are friendly and nice. Starters : Bread Sticks - The bread stick of different colours were served with 7 different dips. I liked the spicy garlic and the chickoo tamarind dip. The bread sticks were crunchy and tasty. Aatish E Aloo - It is potato starter. The potatoes were cut from the middle, stuffed with the filling and then they grilled it. The tandoor potatoes tasted yummy. It is total unique starter. It was topped with pomegranate. The potato and the filling together was spicy, juicy, tasty, soft and had balanced taste. Subz Lacheela Kebab - The presentation was too good. The kebabs were fried with vermicelli on its top. The taste of the kebab was outstanding. The filling was nicely blended with all the masala and veggies. It was spicy, juicy, little tangy, little spicy and crunchy because of fried vermicelli. Peshawari Paneer Tikka - The paneer tikka was nicely marinated and grilled. I never had such an amazing paneer starter. The marination penetrated through the paneer and you can feel it in you every single bite. The Paneer was fresh and soft. It was creamy, yummy, tasty and flawless. IF uou love ghee then you should try this. Cheese Kurkure - It was a warp which was deep fried and filled with lot of cheese and shredded mushroom. It was crispy, cheesy and had balanced taste of cheese and mushroom. Main Course : Dal Khiva - Its like Dal Makhani. It was thick in consistency, It was good in taste. It was creamy, little tangy, little spicy and basic. It was cooked perfectly. Meloni Tarkari - Its like mix veg. It was more of semi sold curry. The vegetables were blended in medium spicy gravy. The veggies were nicely cooked. It was a good try. Naan - They were soft from inside and little crunchy on outer side. Even after long time the nann didn't stretch and the texture was intact. Subz Biryani - The biryani was served with Mirchi Salan adnd Basic Raita. The biryani was brought in matka and was covered with dough. It was the layer biryani. It had lot of veggies and whole spices. It quality of rice used was good. The biryani tasted superb. The quantity of rice and veggies were balanced. The biryani was spicy, delicious, juicy and yummy. The Salan and Raita was perfect in taste and consistency. Desserts : Lychee Ki Tehree - It was like Lychee Rabdi. It had pieces of lychee. It was balanced in flavours. It was perfect in sweetness. The consistency was good. It tasted more of Rabdi and less of lychee. It was served in a cup. Baked Anjeer Halwa - It was served in a huge plate. The halwa was topped with thick rabdi in the middle. I didn't like it so much. It was cooked in a lot of ghee. The taste was good.

Great food. Wish they had drinks

Khiva - Keling ovqatlanamiz (Let’s eat) Khiva. It’s a name whispered by those who know the legend of the magnificent place. Just being there fills one with a sense of awe. One of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, the historic city of Khiva is simply spectacular and on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Registan Square, right in the heart of Khiva is where Central Asian cuisine was born. From a range of rotis to a variety of lip-smacking kebabs, the Registan Square is where it all happens. Khiva the restaurant strives to bring that authenticity to the modern world with its outlets in Mumbai and Pune. Locally sourcing all ingredients or making them in-house, Khiva believes in leveraging the freshness of the produce to offer an elevated dining experience to its patrons. Kebab-e-Subzar Despite being hardcore meat eaters, the hardy highland people have also created a fine line of vegetarian delights. The Aatish E Aloo [Rs. 410] was oily yet tasty. Stuffing was a little on the sweeter side. On the other hand, the Subz Lacheela Kebab [Rs. 425] had a lovely crunchy vermicelli casing with some delicious stuffing. The Peshawari Paneer Tikka [Rs. 475] had such pillowy chunks of paneer marinated in yellow chili flavored yogurt however could’ve been cut into smaller pieces. Taste wise, one of the better starters of the day. Unfortunate the Cheese Kurkure [Rs. 415] had too thick a coating, which skewed the coating to stuffing ratio. Could hardly taste any cheese or mushrooms. Charcoal Grill aur Tandoor se What would the North West be if it were not for its kebabs? This is where the legendary food was born. And still tastes the way it really should. The Chandni Kebab [Rs. 525] had chicken chunks laced with cream and grilled in the tandoor however the chicken felt chewy and undercooked. Maybe a couple of minutes more in the tandoor? On the other hand, the Sabuta Chooza [Rs. 645] had char grilled chicken morsels impaled on a sword. Unique presentation but the chicken was overcooked and felt dry. Barra Kebab Lazeez [Rs. 725] had tender lamb chops and nalli marinated in a tangy pepper sauce. Lovely presentation and equally delicious flavors. Specialty Curries The frontier cuisine captures the true character of its hard-working, brave and tough people. The Paneer Khurchan [Rs. 410] was sautéed with tomato and bell pepper juliennes and had an expectedly good taste. The Dal Khiva [Rs. 455] on the other hand, was rich and creamy thanks to overnight simmering on hot embers. #YumYum The Murgh Peshawari [Rs. 490] had a rich and invigorating blend of spices and brown gravy while the Lahori Gosht [Rs. 625] had tender lamb cuts in the rich brown gravy. The meats in both dishes were perfectly cooked and went well with the gravy. Chawal With the kind of lifestyle the mountain people led, rice formed an important part of the meal. The Chicken Dum Biryani [Rs. 525] had an exciting unboxing from the pot. The fragrance of the saffron flavored rice with the chicken pieces was quite intoxicating. Was served with Raita [Rs. 175] and Mirch Ka Salan [Rs. 410]. Ambiance was appropriately fine-dine however the service was found a bit lacking. No customer, paid or invited, would like to wait too long for their order to be served.

Khiva One of the better places for North Indian food in Pune. the ambience you get the shahi Mughal feel with the brass cutlery and overall decor. Added to it the staff is very friendly and courteous. They have really good kebabs, naans and their kaali daal is also pretty subtle and less creamy. Thanks For Reading

Visited there on friend's recommendation and it was an awesome one. Enjoyed the everything we ordered there. Chicken saboota and peshwari chicken were clearly best by far. I would have to go again and again to explore more about this restaurant.

Authentic Northern Frontier experience. Good food and amazing service. For the veggies out there try their paneer Peshawari tikka. The welcome drinks are very refreshing as well.

After a very long time after eating the Chicken Dum Biryani we said WOW its awesome, bad luck today the Mutton Biryani was sold out. Nice place very good service and the desert Lichi ki tahre was also very good.