For folks travelling from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh, particularly to Vijayawada, a pit cease at 7 Halfway Plaza at Suryapet is a should. It was first established in 2009 with the goal of offering hygienic restrooms on NH-65. Why Suryapet? Raj Yarlagadda, chairman of Folks’s Mix, which is lively within the service sector, narrates a childhood reminiscence: “The journey time by bus from my village at Nujiveedu to Vijayawada was 60 minutes. The bus would cease halfwayfor soda, water, cool drinks and so forth. So once we, as a firm, noticed the dearth of hygienic relaxation rooms on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada freeway, we selected Suryapet as a result of it’s precisely halfway. Initially, our focus was on washrooms, meals was secondary.”
Inside 7Midway plaza
What’s in a reputation
7 Halfway Plaza was named to seize the eyeballs of travellers. Raj says, “After we began the plaza, there have been no pace weapons. Folks driving at over 100 km pace on the freeway gained’t be capable of learn something lengthy and wordy. A single quantity ‘7’ was determined to seize folks’s consideration, to make it simple for everybody to learn and keep in mind.”
Constructed over 40,000 sq. ft, 7 Halfway Plaza has developed to incorporate lined parking and EV charging stations. It has additionally develop into a spot the place households break their street journeys for breakfast or lunch. The menu, which has modified over time, contains breakfast (open until 11 am) comprising common specials comparable to masala dosa, pesarattu, upma, puri and idli.
Srinivas Dasari, Director and CEO of seven Freeway Plaza
Director and CEO of seven Halfway Plaza, Srinivas Dasari, provides, “Because it drew extra prospects to make use of the restrooms and seize a light-weight breakfast or lunch, we couldn’t have a look at meals as a secondary factor. We labored on the menu with meals consultants and cooks to supply all kinds. The thought was to have the ability to cater to all age teams.”
The staff works with the precept of three ‘R’s — Refresh-Recharge-Restart, says Raj. Guests are sometimes stunned on the clear bathrooms and handwash areas. Srinivas says, “Sitting lengthy hours in a automobile might be tiresome. The workers is skilled to be cordial in order that when visitors proceed their street journey, they’re joyful in regards to the break and no matter refreshment they’ve. To cater to the cross-section of consumers when it comes to age, we’ve got a pizza place, a fried hen outlet, a global espresso outlet and a sweet retailer. “
The meal at Feast
Raj Yarlagadda, chairman of Folks’s Mix
The 7 restaurant serves south Indian meals combos comparable to ragi mudda with hen curry, appam with stew and kodi palav with vankaya kura, aside from all-day breakfast dishes comparable to idli, dosa, vada, bonda and so forth. To supply a extra elaborate meal, the corporate began Feast Home within the plaza.
Feast Home provides a South Indian unfold of 39 festive and homely dishes, all served on a banana leaf. The meal begins with conventional delicacies like boorelu, mini uttapam, adopted by crimson rice dosa, totally different flavoured rice, dals, vegetable curries and numerous sort of chutneys. There may be additionally a particular non-vegetarian sampler thali that features curries, fries and a biryani. The tasty meals aside, it’s the hospitality of the ladies serving workers that make a diner smile; they not solely inform the diner of the identify of the dish but additionally briefly clarify what every merchandise, particularly the pachchadis, are product of.
All in all, 7 Halfway Plaza is a spot you’re glad to cease by.
