Adaa

Adaa at Taj Falaknuma Palace occupies one of the most spectacular fine dining settings in the world, within a 19th-century palace that was once the private residence of the Nizam of Hyderabad and today is widely regarded as one of the finest palace hotels on the planet. The palace itself sits on a hillock overlooking the historic city, and the journey to reach Adaa begins at the palace gates with a horse-drawn carriage arrival accompanied by a guard of honour, setting the theatrical register for an evening of rare grandeur. The restaurant’s name translates as the art of expression, and its menu is an expression of the culinary traditions of Hyderabad’s royal court, recreated by a team of chefs whose recipes are drawn from the original kitchens of the Nizams and presented in the theatrical setting of the palace’s formal dining rooms. The centrepiece of the Adaa experience is the legendary 101-seat royal dining table, one of the longest in the world, at which guests are served in a formal orchestration reminiscent of a Nizami banquet. The menu spans the iconic cuisine of Hyderabad, with dishes including the Dum Pukht Biryani prepared in a manner true to its Nizam lineage, tender kebabs of the North-West Frontier tradition that Hyderabad absorbed over centuries, and an array of rich kormas, dals, and breads that form the bedrock of the Nawabi table. The pairing of this royal cuisine with the palace setting makes Adaa genuinely incomparable.