Lajawab Biryani & Tandoor Center

Our spot, Lajawab Biryani & Tandoor Center, is on Gokhale Road in the Naupada area of Thane West. The address is 400602. It’s a small place, mostly focused on the tandoor and the big pots of biryani we have going. We aren't a sit-down place with waiters in suits. It's more of a local joint where you can smell the coal and the spices as soon as you get close to the shop. Gokhale Road is always crowded with people and cars, so it’s a very active spot. We spend a lot of time by the fire, especially in the evenings when things get really busy. The shop isn't much to look at from the outside, but we keep it functional. We don't have any big mission statements or anything like that. We just want to get the biryani right every single day. Most of our customers are people from the Naupada neighborhood who have been coming to us for years. We know their names and what they like to order. It’s a simple life, focused on the heat of the kitchen and serving the people who stop by. Sometimes we run out of things early, but that's just how it goes when you make everything fresh. It’s just a regular Thane business doing what we know how to do. We're just here every day, making the food and keeping the place running as well as we can.