- 1Nizam Express
Chicken Biryani · $$ · Hillcroft · Hyderabadi · open now · halal
The chicken biryani slipped this month. Someone in that kitchen changed and it shows.
70Cooling - 2Sholay Mahal
Chicken Biryani · $ · Sugar Land · Mughlai · open now · halal
Loud, crowded, worth it. Get the chicken biryani before eight or get nothing.
67Rising - 3Sholay Kitchen
Chicken Biryani · $$ · Hillcroft · Hyderabadi · open now · halal
chicken biryani carried this place all year. Service has not, since the summer.
55Cooling - 4Nizam House
Chicken Biryani · $ · Sugar Land · Hyderabadi · open now · halal
Loud, crowded, worth it. Get the chicken biryani before eight or get nothing.
52Cooling - 5Biryani Grill
Tasting Menu · $$$$ · Sugar Land · Pan-Indian · open now
Still the tasting menu people drive across town for. Weekends are a wait, Tuesdays are a secret.
51Cooling - 6Chatpata Junction
Butter Chicken · $ · Katy · Pan-Indian · open now
A butter chicken that tastes like it was made angry. That is a compliment.
51Steady - 7Chai Mahal
Masala Dosa · $$ · Katy · Kerala · open now
Loud, crowded, worth it. Get the masala dosa before eight or get nothing.
46Cooling - 8Madras Chowpatty
Pav Bhaji · $ · Pearland · Punjabi · open now
The pav bhaji is the whole argument. Everything else on the menu is negotiable.
43Rising