The Smaakenzzo badge: a gold soft-serve swirl in a cup marked S, ringed in gold on near-black, above the words THE ORIGINAL ICE CREAM SmaakenzzoGachibowli, Hyderabad

Since 2022

Our story

A premium dessert café brand from Hyderabad.

The founder

M. Santhosh

An accounting graduate who established Smaakenzzo in Hyderabad in 2022.

Personally involved in staff training and franchise mentorship through the FOCO Smart Partner Program.

“Build people, and they'll build the brand.”

M. Santhosh, founder of Smaakenzzo, in a blue checked suit

The room

A cherry-blossom café
in an IT corridor

Blossom branches over every table, velvet in dusty pink and sage, a chevron floor, and warm globes hung low. Built to be photographed, and it is.

The feature wall: the Smaakenzzo wordmark in black, above the line "More Espresso Less Depresso!", with blossom branches overhead
The feature wall: the Smaakenzzo wordmark in black, above the line "More Espre… — Deepak Yadav
The service counter, with six lit menu boards above it reading Pizza, Burger, Coffee, Churros, Bubble Waffle and Ice Creams, an ice cream cabinet below and staff at work
The service counter, with six lit menu boards above it reading Pizza, Burger, … — Nisar
A cheese pizza on a round wooden board, blossom branches and red velvet bar stools behind
A cheese pizza on a round wooden board, blossom branches and red velvet bar st… — Farhan Khan

What we make

Pure fruit and milk

15 ice cream flavours churned in house, churros fried to order, Belgian and bubble waffles, brownie sizzlers that reach the table still steaming, and a savoury half for people who did not come for dessert.

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