Ravi Dhaba And Catering

Abids is a part of Hyderabad that never really seems to sleep, and being at 15-1-502/C in Feel Khana puts us right in the middle of it. Ravi Dhaba And Catering is a bit of a split operation. Half the time we are serving people who walk in off the street for a quick, heavy meal, and the other half we are packing up big containers for catering jobs. The kitchen is huge because we need the space for the big pots we use for catering orders. It gets incredibly hot back there, especially when we have three or four big fires going at once. You can smell the spices from a block away. We don’t have a fancy dining area; it’s mostly just functional tables that can handle a lot of use. People come here when they are hungry and want something that sticks to their ribs. We get a lot of workers from the local shops and also some office people from the main Abids road. When we have a big catering order for a wedding or a party, the whole place turns into a bit of a madhouse. We’re all shouting and trying to get the crates loaded into the vans. It’s messy and loud, but we’ve been doing it for so long that we have a rhythm. We don't worry about being polished; we just worry about getting the food right. It’s a lot of long hours, but the neighborhood keeps us busy.