A fan of spicy Indian foods, I accompanied my friends to this newly opened restaurant in Mississauga. I was told that this restaurant was kind of a "legend" in its native country, Pakistan where the founder started selling biryani in a push cart near a school or college and was flocked by students; hence the name "Students"..
The restaurant is decorated simply, the furniture is "run of the mill" and not very clean for a restaurant that just opened. The prices are a bit high when compared to nearby eateries serving the same kind of food but their biryani is to die for. We ordered the chicken and lamb biryani, the chicken biryani was good but their lamb biryani was out of the world. Having visited several Indian and Pakistan joints in the USA and across Canada, I have never eaten such delicious biryani in my life. Would recommend that patrons stick to the medium spice as the spicy biryani could burn you... when they say spicy... they really mean it. Medium spice is what I would recommend going for unless you have the palate to handle spice or are on a Kamikaze mission.
The owner, came around personally to ask if everything was up to our satisfaction and requested our feedback. I mentioned that the food was good and commented that:
1. The price was a bit steep when compared to other restaurants offering the same kind of food.
2. Rice was flavorful in both, chicken and lamb biryani but the lamb biryani was way better.
He explained that most of the places we were comparing the price with were take-out joints whereas his was a full service restaurant; hence a slightly higher price.
For the difference in taste between chicken and lamb, he explained that the spices are actually cooked in the meat for lamb, making the dis more flavorful whereas chicken is added when the spices are almost done.
I would recommend the lamb biryani, have enjoyed better chicken biryani at other places. Gave a 4star rating as the place was not as clean as I expected it to be despite the fact that the restaurant opened only a couple of mopnths ago.
Definitely worth checking out.