Charminar

What Reddit says

Hyderabadi restaurant with several GTA locations, listed among the go-to places for Hyderabadi food. The gongura-style pachimirchi kodi biryani gets specific praise.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 8.9
  Biryani#3 for biryani in Toronto
  Top pick
• Dosa3 Redditors
• Curry1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “Charminar (love their ghee roast mutton biryani)”

• “Charminar (carries both South Indian and Hyderabadi)”

• “Never had a bad experience with them and they have lots of different varieties of biryani”

• “Charminar - Multiple locations - very good spice and portion but slightly pricey”

• “I have tried various eats including Chole Bhature, Pav Bhaji, Chaat, Dal, Biryani, Butter Chicken, etc. at Adrak, Moti Mahal, Kesar, Charminar, Kothur and Leela”

• “so kairali, anjapaar chetinaad and charminar are good ones”

• “Charminar is good but their different locations use different recipes for dishes so it is not consistent”

• “went to eat at Charminar in Scarborough last night with my husband and got severe food poisoning”

• “If you eat here you will forget biryanini from other places”

• “I like the Hyderabadi style biryani at Charminar.”

• “\#1. Charminar \#2. Mumbaikar The rest are generic gentrified slop”

• “I second Charminar, but for their paneer biryani”