Biryani House isn’t the prettiest place to enjoy Indian food in Melbourne, but its food is authentic, and on a nice day you can always take away and sit in Flagstaff Gardens across the road. Before the pandemic, on a Friday afternoon queues would go out the door from the post-Jumah crowd (the city mosque at Jeffcott Street is around the corner), while the place was also a popular lunch choice for CBD office workers. Happily, Biryani House has survived Melbourne’s lockdowns, and is still serving fragrant basmati rice, a range of veggie curries, and its famed ‘chicken 65’.

Biryani House bukanlah tempat keren untuk menikmati makanan India di Melbourne, tetapi makanannya asli, dan pada hari dengan cuacanya bagus kita dapat ‘take away’ dan makan di Flagstaff Gardens di seberang jalan. Sebelum pandemi, pada Jumat sore antrian sampai keluar pintu karena ramai pembeli datang sesudah sholat Jumah (masjid di Jeffcott Street sangat dekat), sementara tempat itu juga menjadi pilihan makan siang yang populer bagi pekerja kantor CBD. Untungnya, Biryani House selamat dari lockdown kota Melbourne, dan masih menyajikan nasi basmati yang harum, berbagai kari vegetarian, dan ‘ayam 65’-nya yang terkenal.

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Biryani House 343 King Street West Melbourne, Victoria

Monday to Sunday 11am – 2am

Muslim-owned, all halal menu, unlicensed