Nimrah Cafe & Bakery

Nimrah Cafe & Bakery sits in Ghansi Bazaar, in the shadow of the Charminar, arguably the most photogenic chai stop in Hyderabad, with the 16th-century monument framed right across the road.

It was opened in 1993 by Abood Bin Aslam Al Katheri, who had spent close to 26 years learning the bakery trade before starting his own. For more than three decades since, the counter has run on the same rhythm: trays of fresh biscuits, glasses of Irani chai, and a crowd that never really thins.

Morning or midnight, Nimrah is where Old City regulars and first-time tourists end up side by side, chai in one hand, Charminar in the frame. Open from dawn to midnight, it's the definitive Charminar tea break.