Prosenjit (@calcutta_tadka)
+4
Chacha's hotel is an emotion for every North calcutta People. Though I loved their Old outlet more than the new one But This place is also Good. They serves both Chinese and Mughlai cuisines with great quality and amazing Taste at an affordable price. The quantity of every dish is also great.
Heritage married Modern Era. Yes it's indeed. A.C. Restaurant with the View of Bidhan Sarani. Taste still takes one to the bygone era of Old Kolkata. One will get the smell of coarsely grind black pepper in the fowl cutlet. Price even in today it's really low. No Taxes, only one need to what is mentioned in the menu card. Very swift service. I must say it's a must visit place.
I went there in puja..it is a average place to have lunch..the ac wasn't that good..but the behavior of the stuffs is very good.. and the food was also very good..this is for the first time i went there.. but mu overall experience is satisfactory😊
Priyanka Debnath Mukherjee
+4.5
I went there at the time of puja but at this time also they served very tasty food. Behavior also very good. price cheap & best. Athmosphere not up-to the mark but food was really delicious.
Many times we went there. ......................nice place. ..............................their mixed noodles, chilli chicken, laccha paratha, & mottun kosha just awesome test.........
Today me & my mom going there ordered mixed hakka noodles & chilli chicken. ..test is not bad. ..quantity is OK. ...quality is OK. ..staff behaviour is good. ..but their serving is very let. ..
I born and brought up in this place, in my childhood Chacha's Hotel was the only place for hangout. Must try foul cutlet, Mutton kasha, Fish fry, they still maintain the same quality.
Its going to pinch you hard in the pocket,and that is the only negative. Had biriyanis here once,and then Chicken bharta and tandoori on another occasion.Wonderful,I must say.The ambience and service is great.It is just opposite to Vivekananda's house.Bathe in history while you munch and gnash.
Good Food, especially Chinese in cheap price. The quantity is huge!!! Biriyani is not such remarkable, but Mutton gravy preparations are really good. But taking away is preferable than dining in..
Been there many times when I was in school as the distance from my school to here was short. I had tasted many of the items and all are above average.
Just awsome...I have order their biriyani and mutton reshmi kabab and both are just heavenly delicious....must visit place. The flavour of the biriyani makes it better than any other place....I think so
Went there for my first date. Nice place the food was average. Only chinese dishes were available.. The sweet and sour chicken was not upto the mark.
It's been years since I last ate their food. we got our food packed from the hotel so cannot really talk about the ambience and stuff. We ordered mixed Hakka noodles, mixed fried rice and hot garlic fish. It was good to see that they have really kept up the tradition of serving generous quantity of food. The noodles tasted good but it could have been better, the rice was tasty as well as the fish. I was satisfied by the food.
Very old restro in North Kolkata. Ordered Mixed Fried Rice, Garlic Chicken, tawa lachha paratha. Fried Rice was very good. Quantity was more than enough. quality was nice.
Garlic Chicken was fresh. It consists of 12 pieces. Paratha was excellent. Very Very soft. My overall experience was good. The staff was very polite and helpful. Visit again.
My first experience with Bengali food in one of the classic age old restaurant. And I would say it was not so good but not too bad either.
The place might look too old and a bit low on cleanliness. Which you might have to bear. And the service time was also too long, given we were the only people in the restaurant.
We had all standard Bengali special. Fish Cutlet, Mutton Cutlet. Mutton Biriyani. Cutlets were good in comparison to several other restaurants I tried. The Biriyani was very different for me as I am from South and the style of cooking is new to me. It was very dry but I enjoyed. I had another dish( forgot name) where the fish fry was covered with egg omelet and it was good too.
Overall, I would say a nice place to try nominally priced dishes..
Good old places to eat in kolkata .
A jem in north kolkata .
In 2006 they shifted to a larger place just opposite of the older place .
Food is still nice .
They have closed the roll counter .
The 1st floor dining is nice but my expectations as a neighbour is always high but now a days the level of food quality is downward sloping.
Hoping to see them back with a bang to regain glory
Anusreea (The Bong Trippers)
+3.5
A big example of a heritage eating place in Kolkata. They participated in various food festivals, had tried their food there but this time got the opportunity to visit these guys. They have expanded the place quite well. Done in shades of red, the name is vivid from afar. Tried their famous fowl cutlet and fish fry. Was not disappointed. Prices are reasonable. The size is good and the meat nicely done with the stuffing. Parking is a problem, try and visit a little late in the evening!
Good food. Less Price. Nice ambience. It's located very near to hedua. I visited here many a times and loved the food. Pocket friendly. You can visit here.
Visited this restaurant for the first time last evening. Spread over three floors this restaurant is one hundred and forty five years old. We were asked to go to the second floor and we ordered for the speciality dish Fowl cutlet. It was a chicken cutlet which had an unusual shape and taste. The flavour of garam masala gave a different taste to an otherwise clichéd dish. The kasundi and salad provided along enhanced the experience of eating the dish even better. I got a fish fry packed for my mother and the best part was it didn't turn soggy. Very good variety of bhetki fish has been used to make the fry and it was delicious. I Regretted not getting few more fries. The ambiance and service is average. They also have a wide variety of Chinese menu along with tandoor. We also got room Ali roti for dinner and it was nice and didn't get soggy. The price is reasonable and can be visited once in a while.
This restaurant is situated right opposite to Swami Vivekananda's house and is easy to locate if you are in the area. It's a very old and famous restaurant. Had gone here for lunch once quite some time ago. There is no ambience to speak of,just a few tables and chairs with very gloomy lighting. We had garlic naan and Chicken reshmi butter masala. The food was so good that we were licking our fingers by the time we were done with it. The white gravy of the chicken was given in enough quantity and we didn't waste one bit of it. The naan was soft and garlicky enough. It went well with the reshmi butter masala. it's very far from my place but I would love to visit it again to taste their famous Fowl cutlet.
Situated just opposite vivekannds house it's a very old restaurant......it's has a roll joint just beneath and and 1st floor for dining.
I have had their chicken roll and egg roll more than once.
It's tastes gud but once the paratha wasn't crispy rather on the soggy side.
One day we went for lunch and ordered indian.
We had ordered garlic naan and chicken reshmi butter masala..... Food was daam tasty. The naan did have the garlic flavour which is mostly not perfect most of the time. And the reshmi butter masala was too gud. I don't remember the serving bowl having even a wee bit of gravy Left in it.
Coming to the ambiance it's towards the gloomy side .....had meare lights and what it had was blue......
Serving time was long.
Stuff was polite .
Visited here some years back. Located at Vivekananda Road-Bidhan Sarani crossing. One of the oldest restaurants in North Kolkata. It delivers delicious varieties of foods in reasonable prices along with average services.
A legendary north Indian restaurant in north Kolkata. Heard about this place in many books and films. Visited this place at the time of durga puja. It was so crowded at that time for obvious reasons. Food quality as well as quantity is good. You can visit here once in your life.
This restrurent is very old but newly renovated. You can get chinese and north indian food here . I prefer the Chinese food in this restaurant , specialy their mixed fried rice . The food quantity is quite good compare to price . This is truly a pocket friendly place
Located near Vivekananda road, this restaurant is one of the oldest of Calcutta, famous for their biryani. But these days it is heard that the biryani has lost its quality. So i never tried it. However their chicken roll is nice and quite filling. Also the chicken kabab I took home from here last week, was quite good for the price charged.
A very old restaurant and a favourite to many localites. The place has amazing mutton seekh kebabs. It will just melt in your mouth as you bite into it. The meat is soft juicy and tender, having a hit of pepper to enhance the taste. The blend of spices used just makes it super tasty.
The chicken cutlet is also quite good and is a good option for snacks.
The chinese food is also good and quantity is pretty good according to the price charged.
Chicken fried rice has a good taste and has quite a lot of chicken in it. The manchurian chicken has 8 pieces and has a nice taste with a bit of indian touch to it.
Legendary Chacha's hotel was situated on the opposite footpath were the house of Swami Vivekanda is built. Have visited this place probably hundreds of times with my mother and grandfather. The fishfry, chop,, fowl cutlet, kabiraji are like heaven. If you are in Calcutta and want to try authentic bengali snacks do try this out.
Heritage restaurant. It is located opposite to Vivekananda house. I heard a lot about this place from my parents. Visited with my office colleagues. This restaurant is famous for their special fowl cutlet which was quite heavy. So instead of trying Chinese or Mughlai dishes I would like to suggest one can try their signature dishes like fowl cutlet, egg devil or fish finger. The ambiance was average but it was okay for me. Overall experience was okay :)
I would say its awesome as the food available here is at Cheap rate wid good some off quality n quantity nd moreover its has a awesome location in north Kolkata. Jst opposite of Swami Vivekkananda's house,hedua.
I would likely add some more, its suitable for student life hangout too... anyone can visit the place with friends,family or in groups...
Only had roll here yet...
We visited for having some italian dishes once but the cook was unavailable....
Would try again later sometime....
The review is on the basis of my father's opinion as he has been visiting this place for a long long time. According to him their special fowl cutlet used to be a lot better earlier but over time it has lost that oomph. Although I personally really liked the fowl cutlet & the fish finger I had. Pretty decent if you think of the price I feel.
This is one of the very few places who prepares good biryani in my personal opinion...located opposite of the Vivekananda house this place has been renovated recently...tandoori chicken is also good here...haven't tried their chinese dishes though...prices are pocket friendly and the quantity is also good...if you are around this area you should visit this place once... :)
The restaurant looks very nice after the recent renovation, the ambiance is good. The food is even better. I had ordered chicken chinese fried rice and garlic chicken. Both the preparations were very good. Just one drawback about this place is that they charge service tax along with VAT which most restaurants don't.
Chacha's Hotel has been around for nearly a century and the saddest part for me was that I heard about the place and visited it only quite recently.
Now 1st off, the decorations of the restaurant are nothing fancy and there's a mark of old age on the chairs and tables found over here. It's located right on the road so it's not exempted from the commotion of city life even.
Coming to the food, I'd have to say that the food is just above average. The Mughlai dishes, particularly the Biriyani and the Kebabs are not at all impressive. However, I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's bad. Compared to the Mughlai dishes, the Chinese dishes, namely the Hakka Noodles and the Schezwan Fried Rice still are something of a revelation.
The service was more or less fine, but doesn't stick out from your average restaurant experience. The price, however, is quite reasonable.
All in all, Chacha's Hotel, almost being a heritage to the city, failed to impress me. No wonder I hadn't heard of it before!!
It is a very old restraunt reformed. The food is good but the staffs are not well informed. They don't know if they accept card or not. Later they apologised. They are well mannered. We ordered tandoori chicken. And later biryani. It was tasty.
We once have taken chinese items home delivery at my friends house at collage street and once we went had chinese here. Its a nice quiet place and the quantity and quality they serve was huge and it was tasty too.we ordered Manchurian chicken, and mixed chowmein hakka and fish chilly. All items were very good.
it's a very old restaurant located just opposite to Vivekananda home, try chicken roll, chicken bharta,chilly chicken, fried rice and biriyani..check your bills carefully they charge you for the foods u haven't been served
If you are at Chacha's then you should absolutely try the Rolls. Other dishes are also very tasty.A recently renovated ground floor lets you sit and have snacks. For full meals, you can sit upstairs, in the AC.
Prices not too heavy on your pocket helps you to focus more on the food.
This is a place which had been in place since the 18th century... owned by my friend Sayantan is a treat to visit... the wrapped rice, or foul cutlet are my favourites... It is a multi cuisine restaurant... no bar available (though I keep telling him to open one a million times).Sayantan Patra
Chacha's Hotel was earlier a very famous dine-out at the Vivekananda Road-Bidhan Sarani crossing, but it was then shifted to its opposite side of the road due to the renovation of Swami Vivekananda's ancestral home by the Ramkrishna Mission. Now, it provides decent food as reasonable cost, but it has lost its charm and the crowd is really low even during the festive season.
This is a very old place, it's been here since 1875 but unfortunately people have lost interest in this place. The food is great though. The rolls are fabulous, especially the chicken roll. Rates are moderate so you don't have to worry about an unbearable pocketpinch.
Good food but price is too high when compared with others restaurant.
Old moments are really worthy, best hotel budget hotel of North Kolkata. Chinese preparation are also good.
Abhijit Das (오비짓 다스)
+4
Less price but good indian & chinese foods are available.
Not so neat and clean
Nice and tasty food at a reasonable price...but the interiors are not very well maintained
Really nice hotel..but food price high
Quantity is much more than expectation. Complete 1 before placing next order..
Food average but more than 150 years old
One of the best returant i borth kolkata
One of the oldest restaurant in North Kolkata
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