Jewel of Nizam - The Minar - Hyderabadi restaurant in Gandipet, Hyderabad - Ranga Reddy, India

Went for birthday dinner at Minar after an amazing corporate lunch free months back. Total disappointment. Got stale food. Returned pappad and then got veg assorted kebab platter which was again stale. The kitchen staff is reusing their old cooked dishes and not serving freshly prepared items. What a disappointing after spending so much. Might as well go to a nearby dhaba. The ambience is great and the service is pretty good! Tipped the waiting staff separately. Not kid friendly which is one good thing unless you want loud screaming kids running around Not coming back for food EVER!

Sheer luxury. Food is great. Loved it. I particularly enjoyed Marag with bread. It was divine. One thing I didn't like is the wait time. There is too much wait time between each serving. While the dish was already on the table, there was no one to serve it. This is unexpected when the USP is luxury itself. There is a lot of wait time even for your order to come but that's alright as you might want to spend more time enjoying the ambience.

A very different experience of dining. You feel like a Nizam . The food is menu is set menu where you choose between 3 menus one is non veg with prawns, non veg and veg . Amicably a 5 course set meal . The food is very good but it's nit served hot. Is at best Luke warm or not warm . I sincerely think if you catering a different experience of an awesome Nizam inspired atmosphere with a view with silverware and fine cutlery the food should also should match . Saying that nothing wring with food but certainty it can served at right temperature . Overall a very nice experience.

This place is for nizams... price is around Rs7000 approx per her head and you will be shocked to see how little they serve. Appetiser server 2 small prawns 2 fish fillets 2 chicken cubes Some mutton raan Followed by main course Overall very pricey for the experience. I prefer Falaknuma palace over this.

Specifically picked this venue as a birthday treat as its in a spectacular location and had good food reviews. It is all that, but boy-oh-boy everything else was a disaster!! In summary: 1) Staff: Need training in what an "exclusive customer experience" is supposed to be like. 2) 2hrs for dinner if you arrive @19.30: Even arriving on time, with such an extensive menu and preparing the food and just chilling, 2 hrs is nothing! AND they tell you that you must leave by 21.30 3) Dress code: The staff totally ignored their own Web site. Apparently ripped jeans and sandals are perfectly acceptable. 4) Internet: For the love of money, please offer it to diners and allow them to share this exclusive experience there and then. Learn from far less exclusive restaurants !! I recognise that Jewel of Nizam will have it's advocates, but our experience was at best very unfortunate, at worst bad! If you want to read more then please do. I saw Jewel of Nizam, Golkonda Resorts as an "exclusive" dining experience (in that it's circa 4x the normal meal prices in Hyderabad) & has a dress code (according to their web site), and of course the spectacular views!!. Booked online and preferred the 19.30 dinner. No where on the web site does it say you have to "vacate" by 21.30 if you book the 19.30 slot. It feel like "bums on seats" are their priority. Web site states "Dinner 07.00 PM to 11.30PM". Just 2 hrs really!!! Email confirmation of deposit payment also states the same. I wanted to email some pics, but, even though this venue is hugely expensive compared to the majority in Hyderabad, we were NOT ALLOWED to have internet access as we were not resident!!! REALLY GOLKONDA COME ON, EVEN KARACHI BAKERY OFFER INTERNET!!! As soon as we finished our starters we were asked if we'd like to order mains, as we had to vacate by 21.30 - REALLY GOLKONDA, THIS IS AN EVENING RUINING STATEMENT. We spoke to the manager who was apologetic about his staffs comments. Yep he should have been, a totally unacceptable way to try and promote what was supposed to be a wonderful customer experience. The clock was ticking, so did we have time for mains and a desert - the answer was NO, we certainty didn't. So we just ordered a desert. Then bewilderingly after ordering a desert with the manager, he offered us a small cake with "Happy Birthday" iced on it by way of apology for his staffs unsubtle way of telling us "the clock was ticking". WE HAD JUST HAD DESERT, AND WE'RE NOW OFFERED A CAKE!!! Then a staff member wanted to take a photo ON HER own PHONE. ....errrr why!! Dress code. According to Golkonda Resorts own Web site: Formal & semi-formal. Well that's totally ignored by the staff. Ripped jeans, sandals are apparently acceptable. I've eaten all around the world, in exclusive and Chai shops, but i have never experienced a feeling like i was just "cash in the bank". Get them in, feed them asap, ship them out and get the next lot in. Food is great, BUT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS SIMPLY DIRE!

It's an experience to relish. One needs to make advance reservations because the place has limited tables. They have options for set menu as well as ala carte. We chose set menu which was a relief because it eliminates the process of collecting preferences from each of the 8 member group. They venue and minar are definitely beautiful. We requested for the lake facing table but lil did we know that the ac doens't work for that table and it gets hot. Unfortunately the staff was less than helpful in this regard. We had fancy plate settings and cutlery and they started us off with our 5 course meal. Shorba 3.5/5 Non veg Starters 4/5 Main course 3.5/5 Biryani 4.5/5 Desserts 3/5 Their menu changes everyday apparently. But overall the experience for my family was great although some of the boomers in the family couldn't digest the pricing

Great venue. Went with my colleagues from Hyderabad and on entering they gave us all a necklace of pearls. Ordered from the set menu and the food was excellent. Waiters were always available for any requests, and service was perfect. Views are also amazing up high in the tower. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do it again!!

We had huge expectations before going to this place. Ofcourse it is a one time visit place for the ambience and views but the food is far worse than the worst. Only saving grace was phirni the rest all tasted so bad. I was confused if the biryani was given with Raita or Lassi.. The prices will surely burn your pocket. The service was too slow.. we waited for hours together to taste the worthless dishes. One good thing was the complimentary cake