Reviews Biryani House

I did not dine in but bought lamb biryani as take away. Though it wasn't freshly cooked, the flavors were nice. I'd definitely go there again and try the other dishes ! :)

My friend introduced this place to me, and to be honest I was first hesitant. But soon after my first few bites of the biyani wow it was nice. Moral of the story is not judge a place so fast :)

Venturing into Biryani House with Pakistan-born Sadia Kashif in my party, gave me a unique insight into this venue. While it looks like another simply furnished business on busy Haldon Street in Lakemba, the combination of authentic Pakistani food and pictures of Lahore, make it special for Sadia. “It makes me feel like home,” said Sadia as she pointed out the city sights, like the Minar-e-Pakistan (Pakistan Day Memorial), depicted in large colour photographs on restaurant’s tiled walls. As we bonded over our Chicken Biryani ($12), I explained that my great-uncle was a telegraphist in the British Raj. He wrote a short novella about the time leading up to the partition of India. Sadia was very keen to hear what he’d said about the split, reminding me that Pakistani people have a very different view of the 1947 India-Pakistan partition, because it resulted in Pakistan's independence. The colourful (from saffron) long-grained basmati rice dish served here is Hyderabadi biryani, of Indian origin. It involves layers of...

The food is excellent. The seating is not the best, but not the worst either. However, I don't care about the seating since the food is good according to Pakistani taste

We visit the Biryani House for chiken biryani,it was very fresh and tasty,then I try to chiken karhai and mutton karhai that's zabardas and test vise Pakistani. Cleaning was very good and food was higenic.Next time we try to Haleem and Nihari. Deals were very cheap and easily affordable for all specially student.i heighly recommend to all.