Hyderabadi Spicy Matka

I have lived in the Texas Hill Country for 9 years after moving from 40 years in Houston. For those 9 years, with apart from 1 Indian restaurant of note there is nothing out here, a veritable Indian food desert! Until I found this jewel on Bandera Road 90 minutes from my house, Hyderabadi Spicy Matka. Superb, unpretentious & what we need out here!Food - Excellent! Lentil Soup delicious with 2 chapatis (only place in the USA that I have found that serves them!)Followed by an exceptional Gongura Goat Curry with Basmati Rice. Simply sensational!Service -Very polite and helpful.Ambiance - Exceptionally clean and basically charming, really enjoyed the Indian big screen music.I will definitely be back, regularly, to try other offerings on their extensive menu.

Ambience: 4/5 - very well done place with enough lighting and freshly mopped floors (we went when it opened for brunch). Comfortable seating though felt music could have been turned down a bit and different songs might be worth adding to the rotation of 1. Service: 3/5 - Mainly because we sat for a good 10-15 min before being acknowledged. There was a large catering order being filled but still... greet customers, offer a drink and then go back to helping load food into customers car? Menu is large but not descriptive and dishes were not explained to us. We asked if they served dosas (breakfast item) and were informed that indeed they do. Again that's on a separate menu which was not originally provided. Food: 5/5 - the dosas were superb. Huge portions and the chutney (coconut and the tomato) were both delicious!All in all, what started out sketchy turned out great. I met one of the partners who explained how they are still working kinks out. I hope they do well because the food was delicious!Definitely going back for more!!

Wow! I can't believe I haven't tried this Indian restaurant earlier! The food here is amazing!The goat kheema dosa was very hearty, seasoned well, and so delicious! It's definitely big enough to share as an appetizer or if you want to eat as your main entree.I also got the nilgiri korma curry with goat, which was superb. The curry was rich, with many chunks of goat. There were, however, a good portion of bones, which definitely added to the flavor of the curry but also took away from the eating experience (since you don't want to accidentally bite down on a bone when eating a mouthful of the curry). The curry comes with a side of rice, but I'd recommend getting some naan to accompany it too. Garlic naan is of course a must!I will definitely return and try their other menu items! It's the best Indian spot I've been to here in SA thus far.

I really like their food. Consistently tasty. I got takeout more than a couple of times and they did not disappoint. I tried chicken biryani, pahadi chicken masala, ghee roast paneer, butter naan, dal tadka and malai kofta. I would order from here again.

I was so excited at how great the food looked when it arrived I forgot to take pictures. It was absolutely delicious - I got the Chicken Chettinad. It was piping hot in a silver bowl with the most beautiful rice and garlic naan bread. So you get to make your plate exactly how you want to. The chef was running the food out and making sure everyone was happy. Inside was decorated authentically and it is clean. I can't recommend this place enough. Small local family owned so go check them out!!

This is a newer restaurant that has great Indian food that is authentic. Beware it's got real spice and flavor! You can tell by the clientele here, it's the real deal. We had the corn (highly recommend) and chicken 65 for appetizers, both got cleaned out. Chicken tikka masala was great, biryani was what you'd expect from a Hyderabadi place, fantastic. The veg stir fry noodles were perfect, very difficult to find this in this city it's a classic take on a indochinese dish very popular in India. Mango lassi was also the best I've had in the city. It was the classic flavor, not too sweet or other added flavors. Ambiance was good, decorated with flowers and clean. Service was fast and they were very helpful and quick to respond to any need. Best part was food came out quick. Highly recommend this place!

First time trying this spot, and we live right behind the center. So my bf stopped and got us a few things to try, they were working on a catering order so he had to wait a little bit but no biggie. The garlic butter naan is very good and soft. The chicken skewers were good and loaded with chicken. We weren't a fan of the fried circle things sorry don't know the name but it was kinda sour but it was some kinda cheese. Th other thing we got had potatoes in it since the chicken was out but still good. My bf also got me a mango drink from and it is so rich and thick, pricy in my opinion but delish.

Amazing delicious Indian food with nice ambience. My fiancé and I came here and ordered the masala papad (so good we forgot to take a picture), veg Manchurian appetizer, paneer tikka masala and garlic naan. Everything came out in a timely manner and tasted great. Service could use some improvement but otherwise will definitely be back!

After seeing the abundance of folks walking in on opening day, I'm happy we got to try it out almost a week out. This place has been reopened under a different name and what seems to be an entirely different menu. How refreshing! Stepping inside, you can see a nice floral display with a cute couch for what I assume is a photo-op. You do have to wait to be seated, and they might have just been too short staffed on a Sunday evening to have someone present to do exactly that. We actually had a stroller with us, and we were seated exactly at the entrance and the space was TIGHT. We tucked in one of the chairs to make do and it was fine. Looking in, it looked like there was another section that seats larger parties but our entire party of 7 wasn't big enough for that area apparently. OKAY. Onto the food -- we ordered a few dishes. 1. Chicken 65 -- DEFINITELY one of the best dishes we ordered. 2. Hyderabadi Dum Biryani -- couldn't really taste the difference between this biryani and the one served at Pastries and Chaat. 3. Malai Chicken Tandoori -- GREAT presentation, poor taste -- felt like I was tasting mushy chicken. 4. Bombay Noodles w/ Chicken -- this was pretty good! It was not too spicy and it definitely had a good flavor profile.5. Kali Mirchi Chicken 6. Butter & Garlic Naan -- you'd think I'd have preferred the garlic naan, but I feel it was undercooked and so butter naan FTW. The reason for 3 stars -- for the portion, the price point was a bit on the higher end. Additionally, it's very rare for me to place a piece of chicken in my mouth at a RESTAURANT and try to chew ligaments / tendons and unfortunately this happened quite a few times this visit. As I stated previously, the space was TIGHT but like what can we do about that? I don't see this restaurant on my ban list -- I'd definitely come back when I have a craving for the chicken 65 or the noodles!

Good and will return. This new place is doing things right.Cuisine: Taste is authentic with sizable Portions and Presented nicely on plates or in metal bowls. Quality ingredients are fresh and seasoned well. Spicy is the middle name and food here is spicy, some hot enough to make you sweat but you can ask to have it toned down.Service: Friendly staff greeted us as we came in telling us we could sit anywhere. They came to our table in seconds providing bottled water and menus. They were Attentive and asked if we had any questions about the food, and being clueless white folks not knowing a lick of the Indian language except for naan, we did ask. Staff is knowledgeable and the menu variety is better than average.Ambiance: Cool art work all around. It was Clean with modern Decor and adequate Lighting.Good Value: Pricing was affordable and we took leftovers home too. Fed 4 people tipping 15% for a total of $93.Other: My Indian friend said Matka means "earthen bowl." Share and impress your friends.