चाय प्वाइंट

₹80 masala chai before security at T1

चाय प्वाइंट sits landside in T1, near Gate 109 check-in counters, so this is your last easy tea stop before security. It’s a basic setup: counter service, a couple of standing tables, and takeaway cups you can walk with toward the entry to security.

The menu leans hard into tea: masala chai, ginger chai, and cutting chai are the headliners, generally in the ₹60–₹90 range. You’ll also see a few coffee options, usually under ₹120, but tea is the stronger play here. Portions run small to medium, which works if you’re just killing 10–15 minutes while someone parks or checks in bags.

Snacks stay in the same budget bracket, roughly ₹70–₹150. Expect basics like samosas, puffs, and biscuits that pair well with a hot chai at 6:00 in the morning or 11:00 at night. Quality is on par with high-street chai chains in Hyderabad rather than specialty coffee bars inside the terminal.

Hours typically track early-morning departures, roughly 5:00–23:00, but don’t cut it fine on a 3:00 red-eye and assume it’s open. Since it’s pre-security, you can’t pop back out from departures, so plan to hit it on arrival at T1 or while waiting on friends coming in by cab around the public pick-up area.

There’s no seating with power outlets and the Wi‑Fi signal can be spotty compared to inside the terminal, so this isn’t your spot for a 2‑hour laptop session. Think 5–20 minutes: grab chai, quick snack, move on to check-in and security.

Tip: if you want tea for the security line, order it “less hot” so it cools a bit by the time you reach the trays near the T1 entrance.