Pure vegetarian kitchen · Old City, Hyderabad
100% Pure Vegetarian Restaurant near Charminar
South Indian breakfast, dosa, idli, chaat, vegetarian thali and filter coffee — served beside Sardar Mahal, a short walk from Charminar. Air-conditioned seating, clean washrooms and parking, in a part of the city where all three are hard to find.
The Restaurant
Sit-down vegetarian dining, all day. Breakfast from opening, thali through lunch, chaat and filter kaapi in the evening. Come as you are, with the family.
- Breakfast
- Thali
- Chaat
- Takeaway
KnK Private
A closed-door room upstairs for private family meals, client meetings, heritage-walk groups and small corporate sessions — with its own set menus and a screen.
- Private dining
- Meetings
- Set menus
- Group bookings
Three floors.
One address.
Downstairs is for anyone who walks in. Upstairs is for anyone who books. The terrace is for the evening, and it is nearly ready. They are deliberately different places — pick the one that matches what you came for.
Walk in · No booking
Ground Floor
The Restaurant
Tiffins, ghee dosas, chaat and filter kaapi. Quick service, no frills, no reservation. Not tourists — people who live here, eating here daily.
- Open 6 AM – 12 midnight
- Lunch thali 12 – 3:30 PM
- Booking None needed
- Fixed thali ₹99
- Unlimited thali ₹129
Reservations only
First Floor
KnK Private
Air-conditioned, closed to the street, work by local artists on the walls. Book readings, workshops, talks, corporate meetings and private dining — with unlimited tea and kaapi.
- Capacity 4 – 24 guests
- Service At the table
- Menus Curated platters
- Parking On confirmed booking
Opening soon
Rooftop
The Terrace
Open air, looking onto the illuminated minarets. Being readied for evening service, by booking only.
- Seating Open air
- View Charminar minarets
- Service Evenings
- Booking By reservation
Not sure which? If you are six or fewer and you just want to eat — walk in. You do not need to call. Book upstairs only when you need a door that closes.
The
Menu
100% pure vegetarian
No eggs ever · No meat ever
Lunch is served
12:00 PM – 3:30 PM, daily. Walk in, no booking. Ghar jaisa swaad, har baar.
₹99
South Indian Thali
Fixed plate · Unlimited ₹129
₹99
Hyderabadi Veg Biryani
Ghar jaisa swaad
Tiffin · All day
South Indian
7 items- Masala Dosa Hit
- Idli & Sambar
- Medu Vada
- Uttapam
- Upma
- Puri Sabji
+ Idli
See tiffin →
Made to order
Chaat Corner
16 items- Pani Puri Hit
- Samosa Chaat Local
- Raj Kachori
- Pav Bhaji
- Dahi Bhalla
- Vada Pav
+ 10 more, including palak patta chaat
See all chaat →
6:00 AM – 12 midnight
Kaapi & Drinks
7 items- Filter Kaapi Hit
- Kullad Masala Chai
- Masala Chai
- Buttermilk
- Katta Metha Nimbu Paani
- Aerated Drinks
+ Water, 1 litre
See drinks →
Baked daily
Bakery
From ₹20- Veg Puff Hit ₹25
- Brownie ₹60
- Pastries ₹50
- Doughnuts ₹40
- Muffins ₹40
- Cookies ₹20
Shuddh bhi, swadisht bhi
See bakery →Everything above is on the ground floor — self-service, walk in, no booking. Jain options on advance notice. KnK Private upstairs has its own curated breakfast, hi-tea and dinner menus, by reservation.
Full menu & prices →
100% pure vegetarian
Always
No egg.No meat.
Not on the menu, not in the kitchen, not on the same tawa. Ever.
Nothing to keep separate
There is no non-vegetarian section to keep apart from yours, because there isn't one. No shared oil, no shared pan, no shared question.
Jain-friendly options
Tell us at the table, or call ahead for a group. We will say plainly what we can prepare and what we cannot.
AC, clean washrooms, parking
Three things that are hard to find together in this part of the city. The restored building has all three.
Built for a table of eight
Children, grandparents, bags after a morning at Laad Bazaar. Sit-down seating, not a standing counter.
₹99 thali, ₹129 unlimited
A fixed thali at ₹99, unlimited at ₹129. Priced for the neighbourhood rather than the tourist — the regulars downstairs are people who live here.
A landmark, not an address
Beside Sardar Mahal, opposite the BSNL building. Every auto driver in the Old City knows both.
If you do not eat egg or meat, you should not have to ask twice, read the label twice, or watch the kitchen. Here you don't.
The full assurance →At the heart of
Old City
Beside Sardar Mahal, opposite the BSNL building — about two minutes on foot from Charminar. Both landmarks are known to every auto and cab driver in the Old City, which matters considerably more here than a street address does.
- Start at Charminar Face the monument and pick up the Road opp the Mahalakshmi Temple heading towards Sardar Mahal.
- Walk past the dental shops Straight on, onto Sardar Mahal Road. The road is busy but you can walk easily.
- We are on the right, just before Sardar Mahal A restored Art Deco building, opposite the BSNL office.
- Ground floor, or up the stairs Downstairs is walk-in, any time. Upstairs is KnK Private, by reservation only.
“Sardar Mahal ke baju, BSNL ke saamne — Kaapi & Karam”
Daily · 6:00 AM – 12:00 midnight
Breakfast · from 6:00 AM
KnK Private · by booking
From Gulzar Houz, take the left turn. Then right at Arman Hotel, then again right, you then you can see CHarminar and we are there just after Sardar Mahal on the left.
Parking assistance on confirmed KnK Private and group bookings.
Kaapi & Karam
in focus
Two papers have written about this place in its first months. What is still missing is the other half — the reviews from people who ate here.
“Charminar has always served stories.”
A new vegetarian cafe near Charminar in Hyderabad's Old City
Prabalika M. Borah, on the tiffins, the ghee dosas, the unlimited thali and the heritage walks arranged around them. Also in the Hyderabad print edition.
Read the piece →“a meeting point between a city's past and its future”
Beyond Breakfast: reimagining the Charminar experience
Reshmi AR, on a restored heritage building where readings, workshops and talks are the reason to come — and the food is the accompaniment.
Read the piece →REPLACE — paste a real Google review here, verbatim.
REPLACE — prefer reviews that mention being vegetarian, the location, or a specific dish.
REPLACE — a traveller review, once the TripAdvisor listing is live.
Ate with us? Say what you ordered and how you found us. It is how the next vegetarian family standing at Charminar finds this place.
KnK
Private
A private, air-conditioned vegetarian base for meetings and curated Old City experiences near Charminar. Closed to the street, work by local artists on the walls, unlimited tea and kaapi, and parking assistance on confirmed bookings.
There is one room. One booking sits in it at a time — so the earlier you ask, the more of the day you can choose from.
Table service
Groups, tours
and companies
If you are arranging for others rather than eating yourself, start here. The detail lives on its own page, so you can send the link on to whoever needs it.
A stop your group can actually use
Begin, break or finish a Charminar heritage walk here. Pure vegetarian throughout, clean washrooms and space that takes the whole group.
- Fixed group menus and rate card
- Pre-walk breakfast and mid-route stops
- Guide meal arrangements
- Drop-off instructions for coaches
- Custom itineraries around the Old City
A private room near Charminar
Host a team breakfast, a client discussion, a visiting-delegation meal or a small offsite for 4–24 guests, with table service and fixed vegetarian menus in a cozy air-conditioned room.
- Corporate breakfasts and team meetings
- Facility for presentation
- VVIP, delegation and hosted guest dining
- Corporate billing and fixed packages
- Parking assistance on confirmed bookings
Come and eat,
or ask us something
Beside Sardar Mahal, opposite BSNL Building
Near Charminar, Old City
Hyderabad, Telangana 500002
“Sardar Mahal ke baju, BSNL ke saamne — Kaapi & Karam”
Open daily · 6:00 AM – 12:00 midnight
Breakfast · 6:00 – 11:30 AM
Lunch thali · 12:00 – 3:30 PM
KnK Private · by reservation
The ground floor takes no bookings. Just come — there is nothing to arrange, at any hour we are open.
Call the restaurant+91 98489 50000 Before you comeSee the menu Getting hereOpen in Google MapsBookings, corporate meetings, tour groups, delegations and cultural gatherings.
Fastest replyWhatsApp us Enquiriesbluebell@kalakriti.in Room, menus, packagesKnK Private →Kaapi & Karam · A Bluebell Hospitality Enterprise
100% Pure Vegetarian · Near Charminar, Hyderabad
No eggs ever
No meat ever