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{{Infobox restaurant<br />
| name = Paradise Food Court<br />
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| slogan = Good Food, Great Service, Happy Times.<br />
| established = 1953<br />
| current-owner = Ali Hemati<br />
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| food-type = Multiple cuisines<br />
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| rating =4.5 <br />
| street-address = Paradise Circle, MG Road, Secunderabad 500003<br />
| city = [[Hyderabad, Telangana]]<br />
| county = India<br />
| state = [[Telangana]]<br />
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| seating-capacity = 1500+{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}<br />
| reservations = Yes<br />
| other-locations = [[Masab Tank]], [[HITEC City|Hi-Tech City]], [[NTR Gardens]], [[Kukatpally]], [[Begumpet]], [[Kothapet, Hyderabad|Kothapet]], [[Bangalore]], [[Chennai]], [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Boduppal]]<br />
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| website = {{url|www.paradisefoodcourt.in}}<br />
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'''Paradise Food Court''' is a restaurant located on [[MG Road, Secunderabad]], in the Indian state of [[Telangana]]. It is reported to be popular for its [[Hyderabadi biryani]] and other [[Hyderabadi cuisine|Hyderabadi dishes]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Biryani entrepreneurs deliver faster than pizza chains at cheaper price, attract investor interest|author=Anshul Dhamija & Sushma U N |url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/emerging-businesses/startups/biryani-entrepreneurs-deliver-faster-than-pizza-chains-at-cheaper-price-attract-investor-interest/articleshow/21014618.cms|newspaper= The Economic Times|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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The Paradise restaurant, founded in 1953, began as a small cafe serving tea and snacks, but now it serves traditional Hyderabadi, Indian and Chinese continental delicacies. The hotel is known for Hyderabadi dishes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Restaurants in Hyderabad {{!}} Restaurants in Secunderabad {{!}} Biryani Restaurants|url=https://www.paradisefoodcourt.in/history.html#:~:text=The%20world-famous%20Paradise%20brand,from%20early%20Sixties.|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.paradisefoodcourt.in}}</ref><br />
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==Restaurant==<br />
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Paradise Hotel serves Hyderabadi dum biryani, Kebabs, Chinese cuisine, Tandoori cuisine, and [[Hyderabadi haleem]] during the [[Ramadan|month of Ramzan]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Microfinance and biryani sans politics|url= http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_microfinance-and-biryani-sans-politics_6872|newspaper= DNA India|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= All Things Rice|url= http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/all-things-rice/802213/|newspaper= Express India|access-date= 3 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
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The hotel has received awards from publications like ''[[Times of India]]'' and ''Burrp''.<br />
* Second prize - Best Haleem at 2011 Times Biryani and Haleem contest<br />
* First prize - Best Biryani 2012 Times Food Award<br />
* Best Biryani Ever by Kutti Karishma Krishnan<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
{{gallery<br />
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|Image: Paradise_hyd_restaurant.jpg|Paradise restaurant (near Park lane) is near to [[Paradise metro station]]<br />
|Image: Faluda.JPG|[[Faluda]], a popular drink at Paradise Hotel<br />
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==Controversies==<br />
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On 3 May 2013 it was reported that a customer had witnessed the restaurant's security assaulting a flower [[Hawker (trade)|hawker]] on the street beside the restaurant. The guards were accused by other female hawkers of bullying and harassment, destroying their flowers and groping them.<ref>{{cite news |title= Paradise no more|url= http://writersoulme.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/paradise-no-more/|access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Taneja|first=Harsh| title = Paradise Lost and Regained|url=http://harsht.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/paradise-lost-and-regained-common-man-only-lost/}}</ref><br />
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