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Leaving Kurnool tomorrow for my first full-time job in Bangalore, so today was all about spending time with family and sneaking in one last new restaurant before I go.

Mandi King (opposite Anupama Bakery, VR Colony)

Food was good, ambience decent nothing flashy, nothing lacking. Wait time ran a bit longer than expected.

First impression: this one's right up there with Lotus and Al Mandi. Possibly a new regular. Updated it into my running restaurant review list.

Rating: 4.25/5

A while back I posted about how the Kurnool sub has very few members compared to other city subs. Since then we've gained 120+ new members thank you and welcome to everyone who joined!

Also noticing the number of posts per day going up, and people are actively engaging in the comments too, which is great to see.

Hope this momentum continues and the community keeps growing.

One request though a small community is totally fine, but let's not let it turn into a bad one.

Made a crowdsourced "vibe map" of Kurnool, go break it

I built a Kurnool version of Hoodmaps — basically a live map where everyone can tag places and paint neighborhoods based on their vibe.

🔗kurnool-hoodmap

How it works:

• Tap any spot on the map to drop a tag
• Hit Paint, pick a category, and color in an area

It's still a work in progress, so go test it, break it, and tell me what's wrong with it. Bugs, feature ideas, "this is dumb because ___" — all welcome in the comments.

Heads up: there's a 20s cooldown on tags and 10s on paint (anti-spam, not a bug).

If you like it, an upvote helps more people find it and add to the map

How's the taste? Is it worth a visit?

Must try?

Is it allowed in kurnool RTO?

Here's all the restaurants I've been to multiple times (2-3+ visits each, ordering different items each time), so these aren't first-impression reviews. We mainly go for non-veg, rotis, curry, rice, and starters.

Quick picks:

• Best veg: Blue Moon or Arunodhaya
• Best for Mandi: Joint Al Mandi or Malik Lotus
• Best for Rayalaseema food: Sri Divya
• Best for non-veg: Magic Restro

Ratings (sorted highest to lowest):

• Blue Moon – 4.3/5 — Best veg option in Kurnool along with Arunodhaya
• Sri Divya – 4.25/5 — Best for Rayalaseema food. The old Sri Divya near checkpost is even better for taste; the highway branch has better ambience overall
• Arunodhaya – 4.25/5 — Best veg option in Kurnool along with Blue Moon
• Magic Restro – 4.25/5 — Best for non-veg. Really good, small menu but great taste. Quantity is a bit less
• Rajabhojanam – 4/5 — Good taste, decent ambience, affordable, always worth a visit. Sadly seems to be closed now
• Joint Al Mandi – 4/5 — Went 3-4 times. Was bad initially, has improved a lot. One of the best for Mandi. Elipaykaram chicken is a must if you like spicy food. Mandi is good too, though the rice can be heavy on ghee
• Malik Lotus – 4/5 — Went like 10+ times, consistently good. One of the best for Mandi
• Ayinas Kitchen – 3.9/5 — Great option for students/bachelors on Nandyal Road. Ask them to spice it up and they'll happily customize. Roast biryani is a must-try
• Pista House – 3.75/5 — Good
• Aaha Kitchen – 3.5/5 — Decent prices, good taste and quantity. Ambience is average
• Kritunga (Kurnool) – 3.5/5 — Feels like a wannabe Sri Divya. Inconsistent — sometimes good, sometimes not
• Lavish Lounge – 3.25/5
• Otg – 3/5 — Less quantity, average taste, but ambience is really good. Overcrowded and overpriced with a limited menu
• Hyderabad Chefs – 3/5 — Similar issues as Otg, bad experience for me
• Ajwa Exotica – 3/5
• Ruchi Vedika – 3/5 — Didn't visit personally, but my parents did and said the taste wasn't great. Heavily promoted on Insta but not worth the hype according to my mom
• DVR – Not rated — went a long time ago, not sure of current standing
• Hotel International – Not rated — used to be a regular spot as a kid, don't know how it is now

Let me know if there are other places I'm missing — I'll add them to the list!

Same as title

Malik Lotus(good went like 10s of times 3.75/5)

Dvr(went long ago don't know the current situation)

Sri divya(the best for rayalseema food, old sri divya near checkpost is even better, if you need ambience visit the one on highway overall: 4.25/5)

Otg(absolute shit less quantity average taste but ambiance is really good but over crowded and high prices limited menu 3/5)

Hyderabad chefs(similar to otg bad experience for me, 3/5)

Pista house(good 3.75/5)

Ajwa exotica(3/5)

Magic restro(4/5 really good quantity is a little less but great taste even though menu is small)

Joint al mandi(went there like 3-4 times at first it was bad now it's good ellipaykaram chicken is must try if you like spicy food, mandi is also good rice might have a lot of ghee overall 3.75/5)

Aaha kitchen(good decent prices good taste and quantity ambience is average 3.5/5)

Arunodhaya(arunodhaya and blue moon are best vegetarian restaurants in kurnool 4.25/5)

Blue moon(4.3/5)

Lavish lounge(3.25/5)

Ruchi vedika(have really bad opinion on this, I didn't go my parents visited there the taste was bad ,they do a lot of promotion on insta but not worth the hype my mom said 3/5)

Hotel international(og used to go there frequently when I was kid don't know about current situation)

Any game stores in hyderabad for ps5 games?

For buying, selling, exchange with reasonable prices?

Please don't say let us exchange cause I bought my ps5 recently and don't have any cds with me.

Hi what games do you have?

Are you willing to exchange?

Hi please let me know where you are buying ps5 CD's from?

Also let me know if there are some good offline stores in hyderabad

I have a list:

(Please feel to add more and also can someone rank these, I need preowned or rental cds for cheap, and genuine sites)

1. Zozila

2. Gamenation

3. Dacby

4. Gameloot

5. Cex

6. Hsgamer.com

7. ulgworld.in

8. Games The Shop

9. E2zstore

10. Happy Gaming World

11. Mcube Games

12. Console Garage

Hi please let me know where you are buying ps5 CD's from?

Also let me know if there are some good offline stores in hyderabad

I have a list:

(Please feel to add more and also can someone rank these, I need preowned or rental cds for cheap, and genuine sites)

1. Zozila

2. Gamenation

3. Dacby

4. Gameloot

5. Cex

6. Hsgamer.com

7. ulgworld.in

8. Games The Shop

9. E2zstore

10. Happy Gaming World

11. Mcube Games

12. Console Garage

I see many Instagram posts or reels saying they are giving ps plus extra for 5.5k or 6k sometimes even 4.5k what are they doing?

Are they buying them for a cheaper price from some other country but I don't think it's cheaper than india anywhere

Please share some gyan

Also can I buy ps plus extra and share with my friend?

To the non-CS guys who actually made it out, I need your help!

I'm a Mech Engg grad from a 3rd gen IIT (yes, I know the tag doesn't carry much weight, and honestly I didn't realize that until placements hit me like a truck).

The placement season was rough. CS guys had 100+ companies visiting while we had a handful, and I'm not even talking about core I mean IT companies. I ended up in a service-based company at around 10 LPA, which was way below what I expected.

I applied off-campus to a lot of places but barely got shortlisted anywhere. The only real shot I had was with a fintech company (a payment orchestration platform) went through 8-9 rounds and got rejected in the very last one. That fintech company and the service-based one were literally the only two interviews I attended. Ended up in the service company.

A few more things about my profile that might be relevant:

Made some solid open source contributions, applied to GSoC and similar programs, got rejected purely due to no available slots not because of my proposal or contributions

Have an internship but it was unpaid and not really worth putting on a resume

About to join the service company as a Full Stack Engineer at 10 LPA

2026 grad

My only goal right now is to get out of this company as fast as possible.

For everyone who has been in a similar spot non-CS background, bad college tier, low starting salary, or all of the above I have some questions:

1. If you faced a similar situation, what did you do? How did you get out?

2. How are you doing now financially and mentally?

3. How much experience did it take before you could switch and actually get decent offers?

4. What skills or tech should I focus on to make myself more marketable?

5. Were there any green flags or red flags during your job search that you wish someone had warned you about?

6. How did you keep yourself motivated when rejections kept piling up?

Any advice, stories, or even just reassurance would mean a lot. Thanks.

Used AI to help structure this post clearly.

10 LPA, non-CS, 3rd gen IIT , need suggestions

To the non-CS guys who actually made it out, I need your help!

I'm a Mech Engg grad from a 3rd gen IIT (yes, I know the tag doesn't carry much weight, and honestly I didn't realize that until placements hit me like a truck).

The placement season was rough. CS guys had 100+ companies visiting while we had a handful, and I'm not even talking about core I mean IT companies. I ended up in a service-based company at around 10 LPA, which was way below what I expected.

I applied off-campus to a lot of places but barely got shortlisted anywhere. The only real shot I had was with a fintech company (a payment orchestration platform) went through 8-9 rounds and got rejected in the very last one. That fintech company and the service-based one were literally the only two interviews I attended. Ended up in the service company.

A few more things about my profile that might be relevant:

Made some solid open source contributions, applied to GSoC and similar programs, got rejected purely due to no available slots not because of my proposal or contributions

Have an internship but it was unpaid and not really worth putting on a resume

About to join the service company as a Full Stack Engineer at 10 LPA

2026 grad

My only goal right now is to get out of this company as fast as possible.

For everyone who has been in a similar spot non-CS background, bad college tier, low starting salary, or all of the above I have some questions:

1. If you faced a similar situation, what did you do? How did you get out?

2. How are you doing now financially and mentally?

3. How much experience did it take before you could switch and actually get decent offers?

4. What skills or tech should I focus on to make myself more marketable?

5. Were there any green flags or red flags during your job search that you wish someone had warned you about?

6. How did you keep yourself motivated when rejections kept piling up?

Any advice, stories, or even just reassurance would mean a lot. Thanks.

Used AI to help structure this post clearly.