Nagarjuna - Bhojanam raja of andhra cuisine

JP's scorecard Ambience - 3.5/5, Taste - 5/5, Service - 4/5, Value for money - 3.5/5.

I was craving for andhra meals, we often visit Nagarjuna, Nandini or Nandhana with family whenever we are visiting out and stopover for lunch. I have visited Nagarjuna multiple times with family. If anyone wants to have lunch / dinner with family, this is definitely the place. You will see the restaurant is always full house with multiple families, young and old, little kids running around..

We were four people, 2 are veg and 2 are non-veg. We often order Bhojanam (Veg meals), veg and non-veg starters or Kodi Biryani (Chicken biryani)

This time we ordered Bhojanam (Veg meals) and the day's special nagarjuna chicken roast (Boneless)

Banana leaf all set for meals	Food is served on banana leaf I am fan of restaurants who serve food on banana leaf. Eating on banana leaf has several health benefits and you also get to eat on a plate (banana leaf) which has never been used by anyone before :). You will also feel that you are doing bit for environment as well.
Bhojanam/Andhra meals - Taste - 5/5 Meals is served on banana leaf with andhra chutney, 2 appalam, 1 veg palya, pappu, unlimited white rice, curd, butter milk, payasam, rasam and sambar.  Rice is served pipping hot, you can opt for ghee on your rice, I often ask for 1-2 spoons of ghee for each serving of rice. Andhra meals is best recommended to be eaten with your hand, I prefer eating with my hand. I used to mix the rice with ghee, the aroma of ghee mixed rice is an appetizer booster. I then used to mix the ghee rice with pappu and eat it. It tasted fantabulous. I used to take about spoonful portion of pappu rice, add some palya to it, add some appalam, chutney, add a piece of chicken roast and eat. Just writing about the experience is making my mouth water. I ate slowly relishing every bite, enjoying the taste of pappu rice with other wonderful ingredients. I repeated at least 2 more servings of white rice and pappu. White rice mixed with ghee and pappu is my most favorite. Pappu was the best...the ulitmate invention in andhra cuisine.. I had some portion of rice with sambar, it tasted fine. Tried their rasam and buttermilk with rice as well. I was so full till throat that I could have the curd. But I did have the payasam, the sweet dish served as good ending to the wholesome meal	Chutney, appalam, veg palya, pappu, rice with ghee Curd, butter milk, payasam, rasam and sambar
Nagarjuna chicken roast - boneless	Nagarjuna chicken roast - Taste - 3/5 This was the day's special, it was boneless pieces of chicken roasted with ghee, pepper, curry leaves and some spices. I did not like this much, it was bit on the dryer side and did not have any juices. Also I felt the quantity was less. The plate had more of fried curry leaves, carrots, lemon pieces and onions compared to the chicken pieces. The taste was average..
Ambience  - 3.5/5  The moment you enter the restaurant you will know this an andhra restaurant. Standard decor found at most andhra style eateries. It is about two storey building, they have enough seating. They get constant flow of customers, lot of people waiting as well. I guess it is a favorite among families. I consider this place has high end andhra mess. Service - 4/5   Service is great, they have sea of people serving the guests. They have different people assigned for doing different duties. One guy for taking the order, one guy for laying the banana leaf, one guy for serving the rice, for serving ghee, for serving additional servings of pappu, veg palya etc. If you need anything, you just have to call out and you get it like magic. You don't have to wait much.	Seating
Value for money - 3.5/5  I felt the place is little on the higher side, veg meals and one chicken starter would cost you about Rs. 500/- But if you just have meals or chicken biryani you meal should be done in about Rs. 300/-	Overall Verdict - 4/5 Highly recommended place for family eat out for andhra cuisine

Meghana Foods - The King of Biryani

- By Jayaprakash

JP's scorecard 
Ambience - 3/5, Taste - 5/5, Service - 4/5, Value for money - 4/5. 

I have lost count with the number of times I have visited meghana for biryani. My blog is based on the visit on 10-Aug-2018. Whenever I crave for good biryani I end up here. This time I wanted to have prawns biryani. Now let me talk about the experience yet again. First let me talk about the taste, then I will talk about the service, ambience and value for money.

Taste: Biryani was delicious and delectable. The thing I most love about the meghana's biryani is the consistency, they have managed to create and fine-tune their process to produce the same taste every time for years. This is what makes people to go back to this place again and again. You can be rest assured that each time you will get the same taste. Now about the biryani, They had generous amount of prawns in my biryani, the prawns was nicely cooked and fried, it had been marinated well, it had coating of masala fried. The basmati rice was of good quality and nicely cooked, the aroma was appetizing, it was full of flavours, the rice grains was separating and not sticking together, rice had absorbed all the aroma of spices. I could sense mix of flavours and aroma coming from usage of cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and much more. I like my biryani to be spicy and with more masala, it had enough masala which I could mix with rice and eat. For people who don't like spicy, this could be hot to handle and you could temper down the spice with raita. I prefer eating my biryani with my hands, I believe that it is the combination of senses from your hand and tongue together gives you complete experience of taste. I used to take about spoonful portion of biryani rice, take about piece of prawn, mix with masala and eat, at times I used to add raita as well. I ate my biryani slowly relishing the taste and enjoying the flavour in every bite. It was fulfilling, wholesome and happy experience. You folks got to try it to experience the feeling.

Raita

Prawns Biryani

Service: I reached the place around 12:30pm, the place was already buzzing with dine-in customers, home deliveries, they have huge service team. I was greeted and seated by one of them. I was given the list with the specials of the day. I went ahead and directly ordered the prawns biryani. The biryani arrived in no time, I was all prepared to dig into it. The service guy placed a clean plate and served the first serving from the biryani handi. They also serve with generous bowls of raita and curry. I really mean generous, when you compare to small bowls served by other eateries, you will realise when you make your visit. The service team was polite,  I guess they have been well trained in customer service, they took my feedback on the biryani and enquired about my needs without irritating me. 

Simple decor and seating	Ambience: Simple and neat, nothing overboard, this place is meant for eating not for chit chatting or any business meetings. Anyways having meeting over biryani is not recommended :)  Value for money: The portion is more than enough for an average adult, I doubt if most people can finish one biryani. That's it folks, I recommend this place yet again, you go and try your biryani now.
Prawns Biryani	Meghana branded plate

Past visit, visit Date: 26-Dec-2015 

Heard about Meghana foods from a friend. Wanted to go here from long time. Finally we made it today, we were 3 adults. We ordered 2 boneless chicken biryani, 1 chicken biryani & 3 Coke. Now let me share my experience. Ambiance - It is average setup, ambiance is not significant here. At 3pm this place was crowded. People don't go here for ambiance, it is just for eating biryani. Taste - One of the best biryani, it was perfect combination of spice, flavor & taste. One of the best creations of Mughals that inherited & beautifully done. Quantity is more than enough. If you are 3 people I would suggest first order only 2 & if you folks can still take it, then only go for 3rd. We could not finish. We got stuffed till neck. Service - It is quick, got our biryani in less than 10mins. Service guys told us biryani is available anytime. If you folks are very hungry & want to biryani in quick time, I would recommend this place. Value for money - For three of us bill came to 750/- which is perfect for 3 people hogging biryani to the full along with Coke. 

Folks, I recommend this place for all biryani lovers.