Ownership and franchising
No franchise terms are published on this site.
There is no cost, process or territory to share. What this page can tell you is who owns the group, and which restaurants are genuinely its own.
There are no Mehfil franchises, and none opening in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh.
Every one of the 19 restaurants below is owned and run by the group. Not one is franchised, and the group is not offering franchises in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh, which is where almost everyone asking this question is standing.
So if somebody has quoted you a figure for a Mehfil franchise, it did not come from here. This site carries no cost, no fee, no investment range, no territory and no application process, and it never has. There is nothing published for that number to be checked against, because there is nothing to publish.
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Franchised
19
Restaurants
17
In Hyderabad
2
In Dubai
2006
Group founded
1935
Parent founded
Who owns Mehfil
Two founders, a chief executive, and a hotel from 1935.
Mehfil Group of Restaurants was founded in 2006, in Narayanguda, Hyderabad, by Mr. Jaleel Rooz and Mr. Mubeen Pasha. Mr. Anil Verma is its chief executive. The 17 restaurants in Hyderabad and the 2 in Dubai are all run by that one group. They are not separately owned outlets sharing a name.
Its parent company is the historic Grand Hotel in Abids, founded in 1935, which made biryani available to everyone, not only the palace. Mr. Jaleel Rooz still runs it today.
- Mr. Jaleel RoozFounder
- Mr. Mubeen PashaFounder
- Mr. Anil VermaChief executive
Checking an offer before you pay for it
Restaurants with no connection to this group already trade under the Mehfil name. That is why the register exists. It names every restaurant the group runs, all 17 in Hyderabad and both in Dubai, and anything calling itself Mehfil that is not on it belongs to somebody else.
- One
Find the restaurant on the register. If it is not there, the group does not run it, whatever the sign says.
- Two
Ring it. Every dining room here carries its own number, and the person who answers works in it.
- Three
Put the offer itself to the group through one of the accounts below, and wait for an answer before anything is signed or paid.
If you are somewhere else
Outside Telangana or Andhra Pradesh, the group is not looking, but it will read an approach. If you have a place in mind and a plan behind it, use the form below or send it by Instagram message. Either goes to the people who would make the decision.
Not every message gets a reply, and that is worth saying plainly rather than leaving you waiting on one. If the plan lines up with where the group is going, somebody will come back to you.
These are the only accounts the group runs.
Anyone asking you for money as Mehfil Group of Restaurants through a channel that is not on this list is not doing so on the group’s behalf.
Send an approach
This goes to the people who would decide. We never ask anyone for money to talk about a franchise.
We are a small team, and most of us are in the kitchens and dining rooms. We do not have a call centre, because running one would cost money and that cost would end up in the price of your food. We did not want that.
So we read everything that comes here, but we cannot always write back. We are sorry for that. What you tell us often reaches the kitchen anyway.
Thank you. Your message is with us.
Someone on our team will read it. We cannot promise a reply, and we are sorry about that, but what you have told us does not disappear.
Questions we get asked
Does Mehfil offer franchises?
No. All 19 restaurants are owned and run by Mehfil Group of Restaurants, and there are no franchises available in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh. Outside those states the group is not seeking franchisees either, though it will read a serious approach sent through the form on this page or its official Instagram account. Not every message gets a reply. No cost, fee, territory or application process is published anywhere on this site, so any figure you have been quoted did not come from the group.
How much does a Mehfil franchise cost?
No figure is published. Any cost, fee or investment range you have been quoted did not come from this site or from the group, and no number circulating elsewhere should be treated as the group’s.
Who owns Mehfil?
Mehfil Group of Restaurants was founded in 2006 in Narayanguda, Hyderabad, by Mr. Jaleel Rooz and Mr. Mubeen Pasha. Mr. Anil Verma is its chief executive. Its parent company is the historic Grand Hotel in Abids, Hyderabad, founded in 1935.
Who is the owner of Mehfil restaurant in Hyderabad?
The same people own all 17 of them. They are not separately owned outlets: Mehfil Group of Restaurants runs the 17 restaurants in Hyderabad and both in Dubai as one group, under the founders named above.
Somebody is selling a Mehfil franchise. Is it genuine?
The group cannot vouch for an offer it has not seen. What can be checked is the restaurant: every one the group runs is named on the group’s own register of official branches, linked from this page, and restaurants outside the group already trade under this name. Ask the group through an official account first.
Is Mehfil a chain or a franchise network?
It is a group of 19 restaurants under four names: Mehfil, Mehfil Exclusive, Box O’ Mehfil in Hyderabad, and Grand Mehfil in Dubai. It was named Best Restaurant Chain of the Year at the Restaurant Awards by Franchise India in 2023.
How do I contact the Mehfil head office?
There is no head-office address or corporate line published on this site. The group reads its own social accounts, listed on this page, and they are the route for anything that is not an order or a table.