Biryani Adda & Cafe

Husband and I eat out 5/6 days a week. Yes it's bad, but we're dysfunctional like that.We tend to visit the same restaurants and pretty much order the same stuff generally, so tonight I wanted to try something new. A quick online search showed that this place is open late, and at 9:30/10pm there was no traffic driving from Hayward to this Thornton ave location. I am a bit weary of trying new places, because after you've eaten at dozens of restaurants there seems to be a feeling of been there done that. So we decided to just order one dish and go from there. We got the chicken lollipop which is an indo Chinese chicken appetizer. It was good! Freshness, spices, texture , everything was on point . So then we ordered a shrimp biryani but told them to make it mild because some reviews said their food was spicy. And while it was on the milder side, was still so so flavorful! Again the texture of the rice and the shrimp was just perfect. The chef who is also one of the owners really knows how to cook meat. I feel like it's been a while since the fresh taste at a new restaurent has wowed me, but this place did. Husband and I are already talking about what we want to get when we go there again. Also we noticed that we didn't feel gross after dinner because nothing was greasy or heavy.The space itself is small and is more a cafe size than a restaurent. Food does a take a bit to come out, and I honestly prefer that they make my food fresh instead of reheating some pre made stuff. The other owner Prakash chatted with us, and told us a bit about how the cafe came to be and I can tell they care about serving good food. I do hope more people try this place.

A new place that looked great but unfortunately did not turn out that way! We ordered their special paneer biryani and Gobi 65 from here. The food arrived well packaged and was sent with Salan and yogurt. The biryani was super underwhelming. No flavor and super dry. It was almost like a mix of paneer sabzi and plain rice. Would not call it biryani at all. The Gobi 65 was good though it was super spicy. Overall quite a let down, especially for a place that has biryani in its name. Would probably give it another try after a while.

Not much to mention about this place. Decently priced and food was just ok. Nothing really stood out aside from the rice. Chicken Masala, Garlic naan (pretty good), lamb curry and Tikka Masala are some main dishes we tried. Make sure to ask if they can make some dishes not too spicy. Felt like every dish we had that night was overly spicy. Flavor was decent. Not sure if we'd be craving but it's super close to the house so eventually on the way home or something we'll probably try again.

A New Biryani joint in Fremont. Ordered Bagara rice with some chicken curry. Chicken curry is decent but oh boy Bagara was bland and skippy.they got crab curry which is rare with Indian restaurants so would try that sometime soon.

The food was tasty, next time I will order mild instead of medium, fast l, friendly service. Be back for sure.

Horrible food quality is all I can say. I would NOT order here, it will be a waste of your money

We ordered Hyd chicken biryani and malai paneer kabab. We are disappointed with the food and the taste. Malai paneer was not marinated right or cooked right. The biryani has a piece of chicken with no masala or gravy to blend with biryani. We went on a weekend and the food was too bland and tasteless and with no flavors . I hope they work on their food quality and quantity.

"The food was absolutely delicious! Every dish we tried was bursting with flavor and cooked to perfection".

Excellent food! Ordered the chicken lollipop, chicken pakora, mutton fry biryani, and daal palak and everything was really great. Usually with most places the food is either extremely spicy or bland, here the spice level was perfect. The quantity was also perfect! Looking forward to ordering from here regularly.

I got the mutton fry biryani with garlic naan and my wife and I loved it. Very flavorful, great level of spice on the biryani and the naan was perfectly baked not too soft not too crispy and very well seasoned. Cashier let us know how to use the sauces on the dish which was appreciated!Great food and service, deserving of a 5 star.