The Happy Yard
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad · 01

A yard with the trees left in.

Off Durgam Cheruvu Road, past a slatted wall that lights up gold at dusk, the roof stops and a courtyard begins. Rain trees and palms come up through the deck. Tables in green marble sit under them. There is a bar along one side and a projection wall along the other, and on a Friday both are busy.

  • 4.5Google from 514 reviews
  • South Indian · North Indian · Continental · ChineseCuisine
  • Noon to 11.30pm, Sunday to Thursday. Noon to 12.30am on Friday and Saturday.Open
  • 879, Durgam Cheruvu Rd, CBI Colony, Jubilee HillsAddress
The pitch · 02

A venue with no website.

A finished brand, a commissioned photo shoot and more than five hundred reviews across four platforms — and nowhere of its own to put any of it.

Every fact on this site is transcribed from a source and recorded in build/data.py. Where a fact does not exist — a founding year, a chef's name, a dish price — the element is omitted rather than filled in. The sources page lists all of it.

Rooms · 03

Where you end up sitting.

Most of the seating has no ceiling over it. Above the yard there is a covered room in glass and timber for when Hyderabad decides otherwise.

  • Open-air seatingThe yard itself — tables under the trees.
  • Full barBeer on draught, cocktails, wine, single malt.
  • Live musicListed on the venue's Google profile.
  • The big screenSports played on the outdoor projection wall.
  • Good for groupsLong tables, and the yard takes a crowd.
  • ReservationsTables can be booked ahead.
  • Dine-in and takeawayNo delivery.
The kitchen · 04

Two menus that refuse to part.

Two menus that refuse to stay apart. Karimnagar chicken wings and Golichina Mamsam on one page; butter chicken pasta and palak pesto on the next. Dosa comes folded as a taco and filled with mutton kheema. Haleem arrives in a shot glass.

The section names are the venue's own, straight off the card.

The bar · 05

Fifteen house cocktails.

Fifteen house cocktails with names that read like group-chat messages — Mixed Signals, The Green Flag, Hyderabad's Plot Twist. Behind them, draught beer, six single malts, mezcal, and a wine list that runs Sula to Chandon.

  • Mixed SignalsGin, Lychee, Elderflower, Ginger Ale, Blue Pea Iced Tea
  • A Cool StoryGin, Cucumber, Basil, Tonic Water
  • PunchnamaGin, Jaggery, Tamarind, Coriander, Chilli
  • Main CharacterGin, Vodka, Campari, Orange Marmalade, Basil
  • Gossip GardenTequila, Sparkling Wine, Peach, Passion Fruit, Grapefruit
The screen · 06

A wall that plays the match.

A projection wall facing the open seating. Google's listing flags the venue as good for watching sports and for live music, and the photographs show a full yard in front of a lit screen after dark.