Blue Bottle Cafe - HYD

Clean white and blue decor is the 'In thing' in Hyderabad right now. Blue Bottle cafe is the third place I've seen where this color combination for a decor and understandably so. They are pleasant and bright colors to walk into instead of the dull browns and blacks in a normal restaurant. Blue Bottle Cafe is primarily a hookah place. It's an semi-open cafe located in behind the Madhapur police station. What works to their advantage is their location on the top floor of the building and with no other building around it, plenty of wind makes this a nice airy place to relax.

Their menu consists of mainly Chinese food and a few Italian dishes like pasta and pizza. We tried both the cuisines - though I must say food isn't their strong point.

The chicken 65 was spicy and tangy which provided the right amount of zing to the dish. Soft chicken pieces fried just right and coated with generous amount of the yoghurt sauce with red chilli powder and garlic. I think this was their dish of the day.

The chilli cheese toast was cheesy and had lots of green chillis. A thick layer of cheese melted over green chillis made this dish yummy but definitely not healthy. Again, one can't go wrong with this dish so good choice of menu items till here.

We got the veggie pizza to try their Italian menu and it wasn't the best. With the in-surge of good thin crust, wood-fire pizza places in Hyderabad, the pizza in Blue Bottle cafe pales in comparison. It's thin crust but not wood-fired. The crust had a weird burnt taste in some pieces. I would rather save my pizza appetite for a wood-fired pizza.

Blue Bottle cafe is good for their ambience with an open terrace and hookah. But they definitely would not be well known for their food. The schezwan noodles we ordered were too spicy to handle with no other flavour and their cold coffee wasn't up to the mark either. Stick to their starters and some relaxing time with friends and you will be happy here.

Location: Kavuri Hills, Near Maharaja Chat

Timings:  11 AM to 10.30PM. 

Cost for 2: Rs. 500

Taste: 5/10 - only for their starters 

Service: 7/10 

Ambience: 8/10