Holi is just around the corner. The festival which marks its uniqueness with colors also stands out for some exclusive foods made during this occasion. MetroMela brings to you a few Holi special recipes from Alka Kumar, who runs her cookery classes in Vizag...

Red roses, Cupid, happy hearts and couples in love; Valentine’s Day is all that and much more? Here’s MetroMela’s guide to celebrating Valentine’s Day in Vizag...

Hangout is a beach facing, century old stone bungalow at Maharanipeta, RK beach road in Vizag that has been turned into a quaint coffee shop by Siddharth G, the proprietor...

Dakshin is an ITC branded restaurant. Its menu covers local flavors of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. As it’s in Vizag, most of the dishes are from Andhra Pradesh...

Be extra cautious in selecting the guests. It’s always good to invite likeminded souls who share common ideas on merrymaking. For instance, if it’s a party focused on art, it’s better to invite people who indulge or have an interest in art...

As you step out of the lift on the 7th floor of Vizag’s oldest icon of flawless hospitality, The Dolphin, you spot the multi-cuisine restaurant Horizon welcoming with the overwhelming view of the beautiful hilly horizon sheltering tiny dwellings...

Vizag’s festive chapter has moved a few pages ahead, as the city prepares to celebrate the most popular, colorful, noisy, bright and vibrant festival – Diwali – with large-scale sales and shopping and with new gifting options. MetroMela compiles a guide to tell you more...

Imagine not having to cook, serve and then clean and clear-up after a meal. Imagine instead the luxury of walking into a restaurant in Vizag, being waited upon and feeling satiated and content after a wholesome treat....

It is rightly said that the good-food-reputation of fast food giant Pizza Hut precedes it because as we step into this fast food diner at Dwarakanagar in Vizag, our nose starts to tingle with the rich aroma of freshly baked garlic bread and our senses swim with visions of molten cheesy bites. Amidst these hunger pangs, we take in a décor of wood and bamboo, clean floor space, stained glass vegetable designs and colorful walls done up in trademark Pizza Hut colors of red and black and abstract art...

It is that time of the year when a brother pledges to protect his sister as she binds him to that promise by tying a scared piece of thread or ‘rakhi’ around his wrist. It is the day of Raksha Bandhan on 5th August, a festival that is celebrated all over India to reinforce and reaffirm the strong ties of a brother and sister...