Hyderabad · Since 2018

Hyderabad's most loved shawarma.

Fresh, juicy shawarma in Hyderabad. Taste is our identity. Hyderabad is our home.

Hyderabad-born and trademark-registered, now serving 12 outlets across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, with the same recipe and the same portion at every counter.

The Exotic Shawarma mascot: a crowned shawarma wrap in sunglasses and a red cape
  • 2018Founded in Attapur, Hyderabad
  • 12Outlets and growing
  • 2States: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
  • 6Bread choices for every shawarma
The Exotic Shawarma mascot, our registered brand character
®Our name and our crowned mascot are registered, protected brand assets.

Who we are

One brand. One standard. Every outlet.

The Exotic Shawarma® is a Hyderabad-born, trademark-registered quick service restaurant brand, founded in Attapur in 2018.

We've built everything around one idea: the shawarma you love at one outlet should taste exactly the same at the next. Clear SOPs, training systems, quality controls, portion standards and operational audits keep every outlet consistent as we grow.

From our kitchen

Shawarma in Hyderabad, every single time.

Our journey

From one kitchen to 12 outlets.

We never set out to open the most outlets. We set out to make every one of them taste the same.

Illustration of our first kitchen in Attapur, 2018
012018 · Attapur

One kitchen, one ambition

We started as a compact, cloud-kitchen-style operation with one goal: a shawarma brand known for great taste, dependable consistency and a better customer experience.

Perfecting the recipe
02Early on

Fundamentals first

Instead of rushing to expand, we mastered the basics: our product, our customers, and what keeps them coming back.

The kitchen line at work
03The lesson

Good recipes aren't enough

Lasting quality needs control over every stage: ingredients, preparation, portioning, hygiene, training, speed and service. So we turned what we learned into systems.

Map of our outlets: 11 in Hyderabad, Telangana and 1 in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
04Today

12 outlets, 2 states

11 outlets across Hyderabad and 1 in Kadapa, which proved our product, processes and systems work just as well in a new market.

The road ahead
05Next

New cities

Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi and key cities across Andhra Pradesh come next, then the rest of India and beyond.

01 / 05

Franchise

Bring Hyderabad's favourite to your city.

A long-term partnership backed by our operations, training, audit and brand teams, from before you open for as long as you operate.