Randomly wanted to try Indian food for the first time & always drive past this place. Told the waitress to surprise me with her favorite thing on the menu. She brought out the House Special Chicken Curry. Fireeee! really one of the best things I've tried in a min. Vanilla & Suha were awesome they coached me on the correct way to eat it & kept checking up on me to answer all my questions. Will definitely be back! read more

Biryani Pot - House Special Chicken Curry - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

rich flavor, love their boneless chicken and anything with goat. Restaurant is bigger than it looks from the outside.

I have always enjoyed the Food prepared here. I think the biryani is the most authentic biryani in Austin. . I also like many other items in this restaurant. Yeah sometimes there can be some issues with spicy adjustment. However it's not that bad. Definitely try out the Biryani you will definitely like it read more

Horrible service! waited over an hour for food after finally getting someone to take our order! everyone in the restaurant including people who got there after we placed our orders were served before we were! the price was ridiculously high for such awful service! $94.00 for four entrees, one appetizer and four can sodas and horrid service!? we will not be going back and we won't be recommending this place to anyone! read more

I'm not sure if there is a change in cooks, but over the last few months the curries have been subpar compared to usual. What convinced me to write an update was my last to go order with friends. The chicken tikka lacked in flavor and had a watery consistency. The samosa was subpar and its outer wrapping was not the traditional wrapping used in samosas, which threw off the flavor. However, the worst and most disappointing part was when my friend (with brown hair) found a small black hair in her samosa. The term "disappointing" is an understatement, I was grossed out and am hesitant to return again. read more

We loved this place. The food was of excellent quality and the service fair. We've been customers since it opened. But over the course of the last two years, we have been disappointed every time. The experience of our last order was quite appalling. My online takeout order said 35 minutes. I got there and it wasn't ready. I kept asking 3 different folks and they seemed to forget my name between the time they went to check on my order in the kitchen. They emerge from the kitchen and have no idea who I am. After a while, they eventually found my order. It took me 30 more minutes before I received the food. There were quite a few disgruntled folks waiting for their food. Oh well, I wouldn't be writing this if that was all. Got home and the Goat Dum Biryani was cold and it tasted like it was made and packed yesterday, nada freshness! It was loaded with bones, maybe the goat was on a diet (inflation and all). The naan was dry and crackling like it would be if it was 2 days old and sitting out in the open. The Chicken Mughlai was missing salt. I added salt and it tasted better. The Saag Paneer was the only one that was tasty. We also visited this place to dine in about a month ago and the servers seem clueless. They have no direction, they suddenly notice that there are no menus on our table after 20 mins and they sneakily slide in the menu on our table as if they placed a bribe and walk away without saying a word! They have huge party orders every time I go there and it seems like that is the main emphasis here. And maybe those orders are still good quality. Everything else is headed down. Management is nonexistent and the servers desperately need some basic training. Could say more about the atmosphere but I'll just add this - some customer waiting for their order was ambling down the aisles while talking aloud on his cell phone stopping at random tables along the way like it was his own backyard. No one said a word to him! It felt like a marketplace. From what I have seen I feel nothing will come of this review but I hope it helps temper expectations for those visiting. My son who always chooses this place sighed and said let's not go to this place anymore. read more

First time trying this place and I recommend it got the tikka masala and butter chicken and it was really good definitely will be going again. read more

Lamb biryani was perfect. Rice was perfect and flavor was on point. Definitely will go back for more delicious food

We haven't been Here in a while because of construction, but we've been craving Indian Curry and this was our spot. It was even better than I remember. Plenty of staff and fast service. They have a lot of to go orders but the sit down wasn't busy. The outside is still under construction. read more

The food was okay but they don't have a proper management to get you orders on time. They literally made me wait for more than an hour. Whenever people are lost control, they simply tell you just wait for 10 mins but they will come to you and will say same thing. Worst experience so far and never going to visit this place again. If they have no capability to deliver the orders on time, they should not take too many orders in the first place. All the people who work in the restaurant just taking orders and let the customers wait ouside without proper response read more

Great biryani. Also, the quantity is huge, more than enough for 2 people. Great biryani. Also, the quantity is huge, more than enough for 2 people. Wrote twice because yelp wouldn't allow me to rate them otherwise read more

Ordered for pickup on Uber eats. Food was ready when I got there and was hot. The fried goat biryani is honestly one of the best I've ever had and will definitely go back for more when I'm back in ATX. The chilli fish was also very good with flavor and spice although I wish it had more crisp to it but the slight sweet and spicyness complemented the rice pretty well. Will dine in next time! read more

Biryani Pot - Fried Goat biryani - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Food was Great. Chicken 65 Garlic Basil Naan Palak Paneer Goat chops Hyderabad dum Biriyani read more

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This is my favorite Indian restaurant in Austin! Judging from a packed house of Indian descent, I think this is may be the real deal. I've never been to India, but I think the food here is absolutely delicious and the prices are very good. Biryani Pot is setting a new standard for ethnic restaurants. Located in the dilapidated HEB strip mall, this place is clean and welcoming. The decor is classy, not the over-the-top stereotypical Indian decor. We came in nearing the end of a lunch rush and the food came out efficiently and the service was warm and inviting, something one does not expect from a so-called authentic ethnic restaurant. Check out the lunch specials ($7.99 (veg option) or $8.99 (non veg option). The portions are huge. Their speciality is byriani and the biryani is fragrant, not to salty, and has a toothy texture. read more

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This is definitely a great new option for Indian in North Austin. The restaurant is large, clean, and as Alicia mentioned, tastefully decorated. And I loved eating on a tablecloth but still being in a casual enough environment to not stick out wearing a hoodie and jeans. The staff is super friendly and accommodating. We ordered cafe samosas and sweet corn soup to start, followed by the veggie biryani. The samosas were totally forgettable, unfortunately - they tasted like the the frozen kind you'd get at the supermarket, and a were little too greasy. I've had much better ones elsewhere. The corn soup was tasty, if a little watery, but the biryani more than made up for any displeasure we felt with the appetizers. It was so flavorful, and it came with chutney and raita, both of which were delicious. It had just the right amount of heat for us, and you could easily cool it off with the yogurt or spice it up more with the chutney. We ordered one each, but that ended up being enough for about another 5 meals. We could have easily shared one plate, especially with the appetizers. I will definitely be back to try some other dishes, if I can ever manage to stray from the veggie Biryani. read more

Biryani Pot - Vegetarian lunch special. So much food! - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Biryani Pot is one of those places that has been on my "to try" list for a long time, but I just never find myself in the area. It is pretty rare that I find myself near Mopac and Parmer, but I'll just have to change that, won't I? My review will be limited in that I got my food to go, so I can't speak to the service or the dining experience. With that said, Biryani Pot still blew me away because the food is amazing. I got the chicken biryani and the amount of food they give you is huge. Seriously. All that food was enough for three meals for me. THREE. From one order of biryani. Pretty crazy, right? Then there's the biryani itself, which is the best biryani I've ever had. It was bursting with flavor and stirring and mixing all the goodness together released quite the aromatic experience. This is exactly what I would expect from Indian food. I also got some butter naan and it was decent. There wasn't much in the way of a buttery flavor, but I was okay with that. I'm looking forward to trying the garlic basil naan next time. If bones in your food offends your delicate sensibilities, Biryani Pot might not be the place for you, but the meat literally falls right off the bone and it is easy to pick the bones out of your dish. (And not having bones in your meat seems to be a mostly American concept.) Bones add lots of flavor, so roll with it and just try it out. In the meantime, I'll just have to find reasons to come here more often because the food is totally worth the drive. read more

Biryani Pot - Chicken biryani! - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Biryani Pot serves delicious, fragrant biryani. The real accomplishment is how fluffy, toasted, buttery and singular the rice kernels are. It is definitely not mushy or undercooked and the beautiful extra long basmati rice is perfect. I will stick to only the biryani from now on. The lunch deal is pretty impressive for the display of food. I can't say I've eaten a salad out of a utensil compartment before! The accompanying chicken sausage kabob was dry. I also sampled the goat kurma curry and the sauce was nutty and full of tomatoes, but the goat was definitely not cooked or at the least married in the curry and that's a real highlight of meat curry dishes for me. The amount of meat on the bones was paltry and seemed over priced. For those wondering, this is halaal meat. The service was a bit confusing and kinda slow if you have a real time constraint. The hostess resorted to attending to us the most while others stood around "managing" or setting up the tables for dinner service more than 3 hours away. We weren't really given any instruction on how the lunch special works or if there were options to choose within the special, hopefully service will round out a bit. The best bowl of biryani I've had is a good reason to return, I will just stick to other places for curry. read more

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Curiosity led me to stray from my goto Indian joint and left me pleasantly surprised. Showed up super hungry and those enticing aromas filled my nose upon entry. Thus my tummy proceeded to grumble even further. Decided on the chicken lunch combo which arrived within a few minutes and was amused to discover that they serve it up on one of those cafeteria trays we used to eat from in grade school. Combo included fresh naan, a portion of green lentils with dollops of white cheese and some stewed chicken in slightly spicy tomato sauce, plus a deep fried fritter and some yummy mystery dipping juice. The centerpiece was a warm bowl of colorful seasoned rice with a tender drumstick hiding at the bottom. All very tasty with just enough heat to make me sweat (glad it came with a serving of veggied yogurt). Then you get to finish with some warm rice and raisin pudding. Decent deal for nine bucks considering how stuffed I got... and took the remaining half home for later. Certainly worth another visit next time I'm craving that curry! read more

Biryani Pot - So much better than any school cafeteria slop! - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

I started with the samosas and garlic basil naan and had the Gongura Mutton Curry with a Mango Lassi to drink. Service was quick on a Tuesday night as I was the only person in the restaurant when I arrived. Everything I had was great! The samosas were about 5 to an order, were small and slightly crisp on the outside with nicely seasoned potato and pea filling. The Garlic Basil naan was fantastic! Ever so slightly crisp but warm and chewy and lots of fresh garlic and basil flavor. The gongura mutton curry was also very flavorful with a large portion of very tender meat and a rich sauce that was fragrant and tasted very herbacious and of cardamom and moderate spiciness. (I asked for medium). The mango lassi was also very delicious and was the first time I've had one. Very creamy, smooth and with lots of mango flavor and just the right natural sweetness. The server was quick and very attentive and followed up to see how everything was and if it was the appropriate spiciness. Very good experience overall and very flavorful, homemade tasting food. I would definitely go back. read more

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This review is not to imply that this place is not that good, it's just I'm not too educated as far as Indian food goes and I wasn't that impressed with the lunch special that I ordered. I stopped by Biryani Pot right after my workout since my gym is right in that area too (Anytime Fitness plug!). The value was great - it was like $8 or something for a ton of food. So this is what I had (I copied from the lunch special board): Punjabi samosa dal tadka Kadai paneer Naan/roti Biryani rice/jerra rice/plain rice Mirchika / salan / raita / papad Dessert double ka meetha I loved the samosas and paneer. The naan was pretty hard and I just didn't really care for those particular kinds of spices on the rice...but that is my fault because I really didn't know what I was ordering lol I would probably come back with someone who is more familiar with this place. read more

Biryani Pot - Lunch special. - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Ding Dong. Every time the door opens. It's quite the distraction. Lunch specials were less than Luke warm. Tasty rice and dal. But a little warmer is better. They have soup and cucumber salad in the back corner. The soup was empty at 115. Table service was minimal. Maybe I'd go back but I'll head to Round Rock next time. That place is yummy with great music. And no Ding Dong! read more

I think I got in the way of a text message conversation the dude at the front was engaging in. He eventually acknowledged me, got my takeout order, rang me u...wait no important text msg again. I guess... I can wait...ugh us customers..always wanting something! I wonder what the important text messages were about? Was it his girlfriend breaking up with him for being an uncultured piece of shit? Or was about that cricket match India was losing? (ps. they lost) Who knows! Anyway, I got my food and paid some expensive amount (no tip, that I remember) and drove home. At home, ready to put this unnecessary exchange behind me, I open up the bag only to find one of the worst portions I have ever seen. My housemate saw the receipt and even he was like you paid how much for this? I don't remember exactly what I got...either chicken korma or butter chicken and a side of rice. Either way, it came in a tiny container which i finished in one sitting. Felt cheated that's for sure. It's amazing how customer service affects ones perception of an establishment. It seems there's a lot of menu items that are pretty decent here and this service can be chalked off as an anomaly, but why should I take the risk and give a 2nd chance when I wasn't amazed by the food, the portions were too small and price too expensive, and there are so many other options for desi food in the greater Austin area? So sorry bhai, didn't mean to get in your way earlier but I can assure you, I wouldn't be getting in the way of your texting again! read more

We ordered food for 20 people on a housewarming occasion. Everyone enjoyed Indian cuisine. The consistency of the curries was perfect. Highlight was the dessert - gulab jamun. Everything was packed in excellent condition. Definitely recommend this place for Indian food. My fav curry is Paneer Kadai. read more

The most interesting Indian restaurant I have found in Austin. It is a chain - but don't let that bother you. The recipes are outstanding. The clientele is overwhelmingly Indian. People who know - go. * It is a regional place - in this case the cuisine of Hyderabad. Regional restaurants tend to be vastly superior to general all purpose Indian-American or pan-globalized Indian. a) The cooks are cooking dishes they have known all their lives. b) The dishes are not being watered down for American tastes c) There is new stuff on the menu you have never seen before. All of this is good. * The main dishes are more interesting than the appetizers. But the appetizers are perfectly fine. They tend to be of the Pakora nature - simple fried goodies. Unlike Indian-American places - no sauce But this does not remotely mean unseasoned. The batter is more than just batter - and the flavors will sneak up on you over time. * Don't fill up on pakora though. There is good stuff coming on the entrees. I had a Mutton Mandhakini. My wife had the house special Andhra style fish curry. The dishes were mostly sauce with only modest amounts of fish or mutton. This is a positive, not a negative. What you are there for are sauces. Complex, wonderful, variegated sauces. The fish and the mutton are just things to put sauces on. * Like the appetizers, they sneak up on you. Your first bite and you think "Hey, what's the point? This is bland and ho hum!" Your first impression is guaranteed to be wrong. And you will discover ... as time passes ... the dishes are actually forty eight times hotter than the appetizers * What you are about to experience is a technicolor Mount Vesuvius. By the ten minute mark, your entire system will be on fire. But each part of your mouth will be on fire in a different flavor. Every bite you take will change the taste. Every bite you take will change the color of the fire. The dishes are full of endless surprises - and they are served at the full nuclear blast level expected by Indian patrons. * I have no idea if their namesake Biryani is any good. Biryani is one of those dishes that is truly boring if made in the normal way. Their biryani might be fine. But there are enough amazing sauces on the "entree" side of the menu - that I don't think I will be doing rice dishes for quite some time. * Biryani Pot is a wonderful way to get a tattoo on the inside lining of your stomach. That tattoo will be a work of art. read more

Biryani Pot has minimal vegan options, a decent amount of vegetarian options, and a lot of non veg options. This is a good place to go if you're looking for a quick bite, above average Indian food, and decent service. During lunch, they have a lunch plate with a variety of options (2 choices: Non-veg and veg) For vegans: The vegetable biryani has ghee in it and is pre-made, so can't be taken out. With majority of dishes having ghee or cream, I decided to get a dinner portion of the vegetable manchurian with rice! It was very flavorful and tasty- however too salty and oily for my taste. It is slightly spicy, so request mild if needed. Overall, not the best Indian food I have had nor an impressive environment. However, Biryani Pot is above average in comparison to majority of Indian restaurants in North Austin. read more

Biryani Pot - Dinner proportion of the vegetable manchurian (vegan) - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

amazing food and service. Gayatri and her team were very courteous and warm and their food was very good .

Yummy ... Brought Hyderabad to Austin ... The best biryani in Texas for all the hard core biryani lovers ... Tasted Chicken biryani 5/5 Mango lassi 5/5 Chicken 65 4/5 Crispy corn 4.5/5 Mutton biryani 3.5/5 Ambience 3.5/5 Service 4/5 Value for money 4/5 Probably I would call it a "must try" restaurant for biryani lovers and I would love to visit it over n over again.. I wish I had one closer to Arlington :( read more

Biryani Pot - Family pack chicken biryani packed for air travel .. Super solid packing and delicious food - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This is coming from an Indian. Go there and eat what you want. I have been there at least 10 times and yet to find a dish I did not like. My staple order is a goat fry, biriyani, any kabab and the vindaloo. They all are simply awesome. Portions are also big which makes it filling for two. Very reasonably priced. Extremely courteous staff. This one time they kept the restaurant open for 40 more minutes beyond closing time for a kid to finish his food. Superb experience everytime I have been there. Worth a look in. Cheers read more

Biryani Pot - The goat fry is my recent fetish - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Excellent Food! Excellent Staff....I never post on yelp, but after eating here tonight, I felt that the best way to show as much love as there was in preparing our food this evening was to post a review. The food was fresh and had the perfect kick in spices. We decided to try a little of everything that was recommended...from samosa, cauliflower (manchurian), chicken (masala), fish (red snapper), rice and veggies (green beans with coconut), potato & cauliflower (aloo gobi).....Can't recall all the dishes names....but there were all great! Each Chef has its own secret ingredient and I must say that I found out what it is the dishes we ate tonight. (LOVE).... The restaurant was clean, the owners made an effort to go to each table and speak with the customers making sure that they were all satisfied with there meal. We have eaten at many Indian Restaurant in NY, FL, VA and in TX. Being in Texas for nearly 3 years, this is by far the best Indian Restaurant I have had the pleasure to dine in. Our heart was happy and my tummy was extremely content....We have found our new Indian Restaurant and there is no need to eat anywhere else when it comes to Authentic Indian Food..Will definitely return, return and return here again and again....I also found out that this is a fairly new restaurant, I wish the owners the very best of luck. read more

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Biryani Pot! Ah finally a restaurant with my fav. Mughal gourmet entree in the name. Had thier non-veg lunch special: comes with a generous portion of Chicken Biryani - it had two pices of bone-in chicken, 1//2 Naan, small sides of Daal (lentil curry), chicken curry, raita (yougurt dressing), a few slices of lettuce, 1 papad and 3 small potato cakes. It's a lot of CARBS for lunch and sure to EITHER put you into a nice afternon coma OR the spices will tease your tummy good. The Biryani was spicy! I love spicy, but Biriyani is not supposed to be THIS spicy where it's exhausting to eat or makes you sweat like it did my friend. Went with 2 friends and we did not remember asking for spicy so not sure if that's the norm or somehow we mistakenly agreed to extra spicy. (Update: back and again spicy without asking for it). Now, I'm a bit of a Biryani snob, and I can tell you for a fact that this is NOT real Biryani because REAL Biryani is rice and meat cooked together in perfection so the Basmati rice is infused with the flavors of the meat and other stuble spices, emphaiss on STUBLE. This on the other hand is the same stuff that every Indian restaurnat serves where they stir up pre-cooked meat with rice and serve it. And it's OKAY, tastes fine even yummy but the place does not deserve the name. What I really can't get over are the trays, I don't know if it's just that I recently got done watching "Orange is the New Black" on netflix or what - but if the owners are listening the trays really kill the mood, the food, and significantly hurt the appetite. If you want to serve thali style - please invest in the right table settings. read more

Biryani Pot - Veg/chicken lunch combo $7.99/$8.99. More than enough carbs for one person! - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

The Indian restaurants up here are putting those in South Austin to shame! Biryani Pot is another gem nestled in a strip mall between a pizza place and a UPS store. They are usually packed during lunch, and it's cause the food is that damn good! They offer a lunch plate where you choose your choice of meat (chicken or goat, both for $8.99) or vegetarian ($7.99) for your Biryani. Every day there are different sides and sauces, which is great because there's something new each time you come by and it's a looooot of food. I usually have to get a to go box on my way out. We've been here for dinner as well, and the food is just as delicious. The only reason I don't give them five stars is due to their service, especially at dinner. The appetizers are always served with the entrees, even if they're ordered in advance. Also, during all of our dinner visits, empty plates were left on our table (which was pretty small) and our drinks were not refilled. They do better with service during lunch, but could really work on it for dinner. Overall, it's definitely worth a visit. Just know there are some kinks they still have to work out when it comes to their service. read more

Biryani Pot - The goat biryani during lunch. - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

We used to go to this place often as used to live nearby, usually we order tandoori chicken and biryani and we like it, we have tried other curries, non and non veg appetizer too, and they are good but our go to dishes are biryani and tandoori chicken. Food is always fresh and good, made to order, service is good too. We moved and this place is bit far now but still we go there but not that often. Recommend this place, do try tandoori chicken and biryani. read more

We love to order to -go from here! We have ordered several times, especially if we are having company we love to introduce them to this place. Very spicy, but so good! My favorite dish is Paneer Tikka Masala. I order the veg fried rice for my kids one time and it was too spicy for them, so if your kids struggle with spice I recommend the plain rice. Gobi Manchurian is a cauliflower based appetizer, that is amazing, but also super spicy!... a must try! read more

All you need to know is "Lunch Special Please" The special is always delicious and is large enough to feed two adults. Its always a fantastic choice for lunch and I never regret it. You can also get it to go. read more

Biryani Pot - Non-veg lunch special! Super tasty - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

Awesome food, nice staff, serves fast, good price We visited this place twice and no doubt both time the food was excellent. We tried malai kofta, veg biryani, different naans, all were very good. I will recommend this place to all who want to try some good spicy indian food. read more

This place is pretty good. It's a bit far up north, but if you're in the area, solid place for indian food. Since this place was called biryani pot, I opted to go for some chicken biryani. It's heaping amount of spiced and flavored rice but not as intense as I thought it would be. The chicken is tender and spiced nice that's buried under that mountain of rice, though a bit dry. The raita is what I'm normally most looking forward to, but I needed a ton of it to smother my rice appropriately - it still tasted great mind you, but I needed a larger quantity of it than I'm used to to get the same effect. Some of my friends got butter chicken (very velvety, tomato cream curry). It was the best I've had in a long time and made me regret my dish a bit. Another got the gongola? chicken - some green sauced chicken that was very interesting. Also tried the garlic naan and the butter naan - I didn't really notice any difference sadly - but the breads were soft and had a toothsome chew - all that I could ask for. So, all in all, its a good place...but come for the curry, not the biryani. read more

Sorry guys, that's not called Biriyani (Hyd veg dhum) or thali (veg). Please either review your recipes or change the names of the items. Sorry once again..! read more

Excellent Indian food and at a really affordable price. This place seems a lot more legit than many other Indian restaurants. Just a word of advice - never eat at an Indian buffet, the food if it is good will take a longer preparation than buffet style dishes. This place is excellent for a first experience. read more

Biryani Pot - Egg Bonda & Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani - Indian Near Me - Austin, Texas

10/10 recommend. This was my first time ever having Indian food and it was awesome. The food was incredible, the severs are very friendly. Our server even said if it was too spicy that she would take it back and have the cooks make it less spicy. My family and I sat next to the owner of the place and they are amazing as well. He explained certain foods to us on the menu and that was in it. This place is disability friendly, family friendly, LGBQT+ friendly, and vegan/vegetarian friendly. This place is very clean also. Overall a great environment to be in. Anytime you're in Austin you NEED to come to Biryani pot. read more

Based on all the great yelp reviews by my yelp buddies and john q. public, we tried this place even if i have a fear of...cafeteria trays...anybody know what that one's called? The non-vegetarian lunch platter..er...tray... had a lot of goodies we liked...and one that wasn't up to par...the nan was a little too crispy and oily, this shouldn't happen to the very first customers of the day. The chicken biryani was excellent, the spicy chickpeas were awesome, we even liked the kheer made with vermicilli instead of rice, we've had it with rice, rice and vermicilli, or vermicilli....the rice version is our favorite. The chicken pieces in the biryani were juicy and full of flavor. read more

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