Since 1985
Alhaj Mohammed Moinuddin opened Ghouse Café in 1985. Forty years later it is Shah Ghouse Hotel & Restaurant, with 7 kitchens across Hyderabad.
Four decades.
One flame.
Forty years is not a marketing line. It is a number the city can check.
What began as a single café in 1985 is now 7 kitchens, run by the same family, from the old city out to the IT corridor.
Where it began
1985
Ghouse Café opens
Alhaj Mohammed Moinuddin opens Ghouse Café. It is the beginning of everything that follows.
The next generation
2000
The next generation, and Shah Ali Banda
The family's next generation joins the business, and the Shah Ali Banda branch opens in the old city.
Tolichowki
2010
Tolichowki
The Tolichowki branch opens and becomes a local favourite.
Into the IT city
2014
Gachibowli
The kitchen reaches Hyderabad's IT hub.
Kondapur
2016
Kondapur
A sixth kitchen opens in Kondapur.
L.B. Nagar
2019
L.B. Nagar
The highway branch opens at L.B. Nagar.
The line continues
2022
Lakdikapul
The legacy arrives in the heart of the city.
The kitchen
Many of the cooks have been here for years, and it shows in the biryani — the flagship, and the thing most people come for.
The kebabs and the Chicken 65 are what regulars order without reading the menu. What the kitchen guards is precision and tradition.