Review Chachas Hotel Restaurant - Kolkata (Calcutta)

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.

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

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.

visited this restaurant almost 3 months.. poor behaviour what we received when we entered at around 9.50pm. while ordering most of the food we asked for was not available due to early leave of the cooks. later we had a glass of water and left.

Near bibekananda road friendly stuffs<br/>tried noodles chilli chicken veg Manchurian as one of our friends was vegetarian good ambience pocket friendly service needed to be littile bit fast as we had to wait a lot<br/>food was average

This outlet had a long reputation which is fading day by day. Their cutlet was legendary, many old timers swore by it, but now-a-days that taste is missing. Service is also on the slower side. Nostalgia Yes. Food No.

I went there two times and have tried their Chicken biriyani, Chicken rolls and veg rolls .<br/><br/>Biryani was of extremely low quality. Sufficient for one but not even decent in taste. Some road side dhabas serve better biryani than them! 😒 <br/><br/>Chicken rolls and veg rolls appeared to be just dipped in oil. Too oily to soak in . 😐<br/><br/>Seating arrangements available.<br/>But ambience is not at all good.<br/><br/>Service -2/5<br/><br/>Not recommended. <br/>Please don't go until you have no other option to hog on! <br/>Tuhin Halder <br/><br/>

please avoid this place . if you think this is the same old CHACHA you would be highly disappointed . we have lost the glory and good food of a heritage restaurant of North kolkata. poor service , tasteless food .

ambience- very bad(2/5)<br/>food quality- its horrible (1.8/5)<br/>food quantity- very good(3.3/5)<br/>service- not up to the mark(2.4/5)<br/>recommended- no<br/>location- Vivekananda road<br/>food was horrible..very bad experience..plz don't go there..

One of the oldest eateries of kolkata, still going pretty well. Decor isn't such amazing but the food qualitiy they are maintaining.. worth praisinh. I toom biriyani and fowl cutlet. Biriyani was good to taste, nothing amazing but the fowl cutlet was amazing to taste. Later i visited this place only for that. Prices are also super-affordable.

I just tried biryani over there.. it was average in taste.. frankly speaking it was not good in quality.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Quantity was sufficient enough..<br/> <br/> <br/> Overall decor and place was good...

I have a question. Since zomato shows here the restaurant opens at 12noon, so in that case my query is from when I'm going to get the Chinese preparation of chili chicken n friedrice available at the counter? I need the time. It's urgent. Please someone help me out. Thank you.

Well this is probably among the oldest established eateries in North Calcutta...folks who hv their grandparents previously resided in the North might hear about the fame and popularity that was once Chacha proud of.well nowadays this eatery is a place serving chinese and indian delicacies but this place thrives on their mughlai and fry food items which are still favourites among mainly middle aged and elderly age groups.If you happen to visit this place i would definitely suggest the ever mouthwatering Chicken mughlai to gorge on...

it's a horrible experience...i ordered 1 plate chicken biriyani, it was served quickly but the quality of the food is too worst...a.c is not working...only the ambiance  is quite good. when i asked for a fresh lime soda the waiter could not understand..then i asked him for a masala cold drinks then he said "jo masala cold drinks banata hai wo chutti pe hai kuchdin" lol!!!!!!!

An age old restaurant that has been standing tall since decades and generations. I had literally grown up seeing this restaurant flourish, excel and ultimately fall in its set standards of quality. Every single occasion in our house would be celebrated with food from Chacha. Previously it was on the other foot where the Vivekananda house is now located. During the construction of the Vivekananda property, the restaurant shifted to the opposite side of the road, became bigger in terms of number of floors and air conditioned interiors. Unfortunately the quality and taste took a major downfall after the renovation. Fowl cutlet, mutton sheek kebabs, chinese preparations were too good in the earlier days. Now its just another below average restaurants which you may wanna give a miss, given newer and better options at hatibagan area. Service is also slow and the staff are not too friendly. Its sad to see a renowned restaurant go downhill over the years.

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.

It used to be the one of the better dining places in North Kolkata. The food used to be awesome. Currently, it's nothing but a shadow of history. Though I reside nearby, I seldom opt for it.

What can be more worse than giving this rating? I have lots of childhood memories over here with awesome reviews regarding taste and services.<br/>But, in recent times haha don't ask me just try them and then you will find what's the reason behind this drastic review. I hate this place...

A Visit in Durga Puja 10smi..This awful place is Located at Vivekananda Road, just opposite to Vivekananda house.<br/>Talk about a worst experience in a restaurant so you dont need to go anywhere than this place.<br/>I can understand that in puja the food quality and service has a set back but when you are served cold hence stale food at your table then definitely you have all sort of right to get angry. And i was served with the above said Biryani.<br/>Now talk about the service. When guys from slum area runs a restro then what more you can expect from them. When i asked them to correct the AC temperature which was 28 degree the in charge person ignored me and ran away. When i asked the waiter for onion or onion salad he said "Onion nahi hoga". I mean what the hell, why are you running this place????<br/>Asked for water so many times and they are so ignorant to see that. When asked for a quarter plate the guy was so lazy to provide it. I asked him whats wrong and his reply was even pathetic than he was " i am doing the same thing for the  past 6 puja days". Lol i mean you go and sleep at your home, stop working.<br/><br/>I recommend this place should shut down before they get some kicking...

Chacha's hotel has been aged and turned into grandfather's hotel in 2k17. After such a long years of deliberate service to the people of North Kolkata this hotel is now a strict no no for the foodies. The quality of the food has dropped drastically since my childhood and the service is super slow. I wish I could write a better review on Chacha's hotel because it's much linked to my childhood memories at my school-para!

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😊

I am sorry that I can't give more than that(1.5*).<br/>The list of cons-<br/>1. They don't have sufficient menu card. You have to wait for your turn to have a look at the menu card.<br/>2. In sufficient members. They don't know when to clean the table, when to serve the water.<br/>3. The service persons even don't know about the quantity of the dishes they are taking orders.<br/>4. The quality of food is very bad.<br/>I am really sorry that I haven't find any pros about the place.<br/>

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.

I used to love their food...last two times I visited this place but food is worse than below average...<br/>Literally the platter served looks disheartening tastes bad too...<br/>We ordered Cantonese noodles ..and it took almost 40mins n it's not worth waiting.. the haka Noodles we tried it's just bogus.. visiting here is just a waste of money ... can't recommend...<br/>N I request chacha's hotel to get back to their standard

Many times we went there. ......................nice place. ..............................their mixed noodles, chilli chicken, laccha paratha, & mottun kosha just awesome test.........<br/><br/><br/><br/>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.

Been here since childhood. I used to love the place but my recent visit to the place just changed my mind! 😐 It has gone below the average level. The staffs are not good. Moreover, we were served cold food. Not certainly recommending.

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.

I heard about it's story since childhood so it was my first stop aftr i got to college... Though one can get food at a reasonable price but the restaurant is not at all hygienic.. I even saw two mice playing at the corner of the room... Number of staffs r really less nd you should keep time in hand if you plan to come here... The most annoying thing is the mosquitoes that r present in a bunch if u want to sit at the ground floor

One of the old restaurant in Kolkata servicing since 1895. It's a heritage of Kolkata. Once it was a renowned restaurant for Chinese food. Since 3 generation we are going to taste the delicious food. Last time we visited near about before 6 years.<br/>Recently a get together arranged and we decided to have Chinese in our dinner. To have delicious Chinese in medium budget I suggested one and only chacha as per my previous experience.<br/>But I have totally disappointed when I visited there around 9. No starters are available unless cutlets. So We have taken fowl and kabiraji. Kabiraji is average and fowl is no no. Now for main course. I have surprised when I came to know chowmin is unavailable. Mixed fried rice is unavailable. Only chicken fried rice available. And there is rare to find chicken. At last we completed our main course with chicken rice and chilli chicken. We are not dare to go towards deserts.<br/>A worse servicing I faced there. Only 1 person servicing 7 tables. He tried to serve us best but alas.<br/>It is not a good experience for us to have dinner there after 6 years. I felt like heaven and hell.<br/>I expect they overcome there fault and/or reach to heaven soon.

Really had a worst experience... There.. <br/>Went to celebrate my birthday at chacha's hotel.. With my friends. But the food, the ambiance, the service nothing is good there now... Half of the foods are even not available.. I used to love to go there.. But the last experience dissapointed me... !!!

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..

Heard a lot about this place. Went for dinner. Firstly most of the items were not available. Had to cancel order and come out as the reception was extremely bad and the service boys were not professional and they were kicking the cutlery. Extremely unhygienic. Asked for water but they did not even care to respond. Extreamly disappointed. A big zero.

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 was an old place but by time it lost it's charm.<br/>The service is late and not good.<br/>The ambience is nothing new.<br/>But it's pocket friendly.<br/>Now food.<br/>It's good. Ordered mixed noodles garlic chicken. They were satisfactory. The fowl cutlet is good. <br/>They are very irregular about soft drinks. You can hardly get there any.

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.<br/>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.

W hen you are with your school buddies and blessed with plenty of time, you ought to try nuisances which become fond memories. One those sudden outings, we were spending time around Bidhan Sarani having no fixed plans in time. By the time of lunch, we were around Ramkrishna Mission Institute possibly trying to enquire about foreign language courses. Coming out of it, we realised that we were hungry and thus jumped at nearest possible location.<br/><br/>Chacha's Hotel is an old eatery generally has a positive name around the area. Though being old, it had successfully renovated itself to be at par with the time. It is located on Maniktala Crossing and has an attractive red board with white LED lights inscribed along its name. Hoping to have fun, we entered the upper floor dining area.<br/><br/>Upon entering the room, we felt an awkward ambiance soon realising that the AC isn't on. I request then to switch it on and they nodded signalling in positive and seemed to search for the remote. We made ourselves seated for 5 minutes waiting for the menu or glass of water to arrive. But, there were no sign of people and even the sole guy who were attending us went into hiding, possibly in search for a new AC! However, after fifteen minutes of turmoil, a guy arrived with a menu and as we jumped into picking our item, he interrupted us. Bluntly standing, he informed that that few items won't be available today. We nodded at his figure of speech and gave an order. He informed that all the items we mentioned aren't available. Startled, we asked them to pinpoint the items available and he pointed at two or three items. Not quite liking the items which they made available, we decided to leave.<br/><br/>The most intriguing point was that, the people didn't switch on the AC, nor provided us with glass of water, neither asked us to try any item out of those citing that it will be cherishing. It was almost as if they didn't want customer and hence I am greatly disappointed.<br/><br/>A visit is never to be experimented with!

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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Overall, I would say a nice place to try nominally priced dishes..

They denied to accept payment through credit card if solitaire card is accepted and the fowl cutlet which they gave was not fresh..when confronted they told that they do not accept credit card if they give discount..

Good old places to eat in kolkata .<br/><br/>A jem in north kolkata .<br/><br/>In 2006 they shifted to a larger place just opposite of the older place .<br/><br/><br/>Food is still nice .<br/><br/>They have closed the roll counter .<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Hoping to see them back with a bang to regain glory

During my study tenure at Scottish church college used to visit this place quite often.<br/>Love the Biriyani they serve . <br/>Recently visited the place but after having the Biriyani I felt like it's better to have Biriyani from a roadside shop.<br/>The quality of the food is not upto the mark it used to be.<br/>

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.

Nice and tasty food at a reasonable price...but the interiors are not very well maintained.<br/>Food quality is average but all together not bad.Prices are good.

Another very old restaurant.. very popular for their varieties of roll..<br/>Have tried their Chinese items like gravy chowmein<br/>I personally don't like their food.. so I have tried once or twice!

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.

Visited this place once , it was an ok visit. Ordered multiple cuisines but Quality of the food was not that awesome. Environment was also not upto the mark. Overall experience was average.

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.<br/>I have had their chicken roll and egg roll more than once.<br/><br/>It's tastes gud but once the paratha wasn't crispy rather on the soggy side.<br/>One day we went for lunch and ordered indian.<br/>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.<br/> Coming to the ambiance it's towards the gloomy side .....had meare lights and what it had was blue......<br/>Serving time was long. <br/>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.

congested..lower quality of food n hospitality both.. service processing is very time consuming..& the worst experience was.. they couldn't provide salad n butter nun...............,.

Went here in a group of 7 on sasthi afternoon. They didn't have any Chinese option. Hence we ordered chicken biryani and chicken reshmi butter masala. Firstly the biryani was served almost cold n extremely oily. Side dish was served 15mins after later biryani was given. It was yellowish like a dal n tasted extremely bad. Even they gave only 3pcs chicken where as menu read 6pcs. We had to return the dish. Overall a bad experience. Try n avoid the place.

Worst hotel. Didn't live up to its name.could not server properly. Food not cooked properly.almost all people complaining.hotel wont last long.

Over 100 years of old resturant doesn't even have the courtesy to give food in time or to provide a feedback of apology.. Rather they are so stubborn that they will argue with you.<br/><br/>Things happening once can be accpted.. bt things happening over and over agin cannot be taken into consideration.<br/><br/>I ordered for a chicken roll outsde counter and what i got in return was jus the paratha & not d chicken inside it.<br/>When i enquired they provided me with a feedback sayin due to puja season they are shortage of chicken.!!!

They left us unattended for a disturbing amount of time and I had to literally seek one of them out just so I could get a glass of water to drink. Nothing fancy about the restaurant except for the waiters who hide when you need them, could be their way of making you feel at home playing 'hide and seek'.<br/><br/>I along with a friend ordered Chicken kasa and tandoori roti in the beginning. They messed up the order. With just two tables to serve, it takes a real genius to mess up an order serving us with mutton instead of the chicken.Next we got ourselves our old Chicken kasa and butter tandoori which tasted just fine, analogous to the mutton.<br/><br/>The manager seemed to be a good man as he apologised for the trouble and gave a fair warning to the waiter. I dropped the matter realizing it to be an honest mistake on the part of the waiter.<br/><br/>FOOD IS JUST FINE NOTHING SPECIAL<br/><br/>SERVICE IS POOR<br/><br/>

One of the oldest chinese restaurants in kolkata, the Chacha's Hotel came into existence well before independence, along with the other similar one, Chung Wah. Some of the greatest writers and novelists of bengali literature has given this restaurant a place in their writings, and my personal childhood memories (some 10-12 years back) associated with this place are also good ones. Good quality foods used to be offered in massive quantity here. Alas, gone are the golden days. It's below average now, specially in terms of quality. Visit this place only for nostalgia, not for great food.

I don't know who all says chachas chicken cutlet is amazing. .... its worst I ever had .....not a piece of chicken was there in the Cutlet and above all it was too spicy... an overrated eatery surviving only on its brand name and not good food.. would never recommend anyone..

A heritage place in ONE WORD guys..! It's been there since ages...! Still am in search of the "Chacha" who made it..lol :p jokes apart...it used to be a delight for d biriyani lovers...but I Neva found it interesting!.. to be honest..! Walk in if you wanna explore the place... But il say NOTHING special..! I personally dint like there food..! 2.5 just for the so called BRAND..!

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.

Grew up eating at Chacha's but the quality have gone down now. <br/>Ordered the famous Chicken Kabiraji and it was not good.<br/>We were served cold food which tasted horrible. Spoilt the weekend. <br/>Hope they will work on it.

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

Chacha's Hotel is a very old restaurant in that area. I heard about it from my friends. The Chinese as well as North Indian dishes are good here. Price and quantity wise it's good but there is room for improvement in quality. But I loved the starters very much. Worthy of a pocket friendly visit.

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.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Allover average chinese hotel...<br/>❤❤❤❤❤Good option for local residents..💝❤😇😇...<br/><br/>❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤<br/>Service is little late..<br/>Although not a bad option for north kolkatans..

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.<br/>The chicken cutlet is also quite good and is a good option for snacks.<br/>The chinese food is also good and quantity is pretty good according to the price charged.<br/>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.

It is a heritage restaurant located opposite to Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House. I have been to this place several times since childhood. But of lately their quality has degraded a lot. <br/>Their speciality still holds for Fowl cutlet and Mutton sheek kabab.

Chacha's Hotel is one of the most oldest restaurant of Vivekananda Road. Its located just opposite to Vivekananda's House. They renovated everything few years ago. Now the restaurant is divided into floors & there's ample amount of space for sittings. The ambience is quite simple but good. Service is okey.<br/><br/>Tried their Green Peas Pulao & Chicken Kasa. Pulao wasn't very spicy & oily but it tasted like steamed rice only. The quantity wasn't very satisfying too. On the other hand Chicken Kasa was spicy & well cooked but same here it doesn't tasted good. Both the dishes were absolutely disappointed. Pricing may seem on the lower side but compared to their food quality it doesn't satisfy foodies mind.<br/><br/>Once their food quality used to be very famous but now days with time they have constantly degraded their food quality to a worst level. Visiting Chacha's Hotel nowdays isn't worth it beside its name only.

Nearly a 100 years old eatery. I have heard about it from my father and have been seeing it grow and change since many years. Though mainly popular for chinese, they preety good variety of north indian dishes. Chinese starters are praiseworthy. But their staffs and servicing skills are a bit below the standard. These needs to be improved a lot. Quality wise its mediocre. Lots of room for improvement.

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 :)

One-Two Chacha-cha!<br/><br/>One of the oldest continuously running restaurants in Kolkata at Vivekananda road crossing. Known for its Chinese, North Indian, Mughlai delicacies for a long time. Ambience is upto scratch. Air conditioned. Food quality and quantity both are more than satisfactory. However, the sweetness of the chicken sweet corn soup was not barred to the sweet corn, but could be felt in the entire soup (little annoying). The hot garlic fish is really palatable. Fishes were soft and flavoured, melts in your mouth. Rice quantity is ample, according to the price and can fill the appetite for two. So, thumbs up. The negative facts- long wait to get your food, hence slow service. They fail to deliver some of the food items present in the menu card-thumbs down. They charge extra for the container for the take away, henceforth another Thumbs down.

Review for Chacha's Hotel should include that the waiting staff don't wait on you properly. Service was slow. Food was good. Both Chinese style egg fried rice and hot garlic fish were tasty and filling for two people. The Chicken Sweet Corn Soup was a bit too sweet. But their Chicken fried rice and chilli chicken were also awesome.

This is a near 120-year-old restaurant. Had their mutton cutlet and fish finger. Mutton cutlet was good, so was fish finger. For a change Chacha's can be given a try.<br/>

I am never going back to this restaurant ever. I am appalled at the callousness and indifference of the staff when I pointed out mistakes in our order. Food experience not that great either.

Had a really bad experience. Poor service, food quality is below average too. They don't serve 90% of the dishes mentioned in the menu card. So it was really disappointing.

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. <br/>I would likely add some more, its suitable for student life hangout too... anyone can visit the place with friends,family or in groups...

One of the oldest restaurants of this region. Had been visiting this place since childhood. But nowadays it fails to pull crowds like they used to, a decade ago (probably due to the increasing no of eateries in the surroundings & also due to the detoriation of their food quality).<br/>PROS:<br/>◆ Spacious.<br/>◆ Newly renovated & Well decorated.<br/>◆ Quite pocket friendly (given, the portion they provide).<br/>CONS:<br/>◆ Average food (they seriously need to look into it).<br/>◆ Horrible service.<br/>◆ Pathetic staff.<br/>I ordered for a mixed fried rice at the takeaway counter, they accepted the order, took the money, drew me the bill & asked me to wait for a few mins. But at the time of handing over the parcel to me they said, "Sir, prawn khatam ho gya hai...isliye mixed nhi milega...egg chicken fried rice de diya...15 rupay wapas milega aapko". I was so pissed of with this...I mean wtf yaar...they should have told me this before drawing the bill, I wouldn't have given the order then. The management seriously needs to look into these things otherwise they'll keep losing loyal customers 😏.

Only had roll here yet...<br/>We visited for having some italian dishes once but the cook was unavailable....<br/>Would try again later sometime....

The Bad Nature of this restuarant ....   they never picked up the phone on the time of delivery...............i tried so many time but they nevr picked up the phone ...<br/><br/>Zomato Shoud Remove the name from zomato list because zomato image going down day by day........Or else zomato should take a proper step

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... :)

Horrendous food. Had ordered 6 Special Fowl Cutlets as take away. They were as hard as coconut shell and had no distinct taste. The only thing I could smell was 'garam masala'. Folks please think twice before you order food from here.

"Chacha's Hotel" is one such food joint in Kolkata which is not only an old heritage bearing place of the city, but also used to serve the stalwarts of yesteryears.<br/>So with great expectations I had given it a try.<br/>But to my disappointment, this place has lost its fame by compromising with the taste and quality of food, and service as well.<br/>Well, with course of time everything needs makeover to meet market demands. So inclusion of Chinese cuisines, and other fast foods like Burger, pasta etc in the menu was not a very surprising one for me. But one cannot afford to lose its heritage and fame by compromising with the taste and quality of food!! But this place did it!! The service is also poor, and hardly I was able to find in menu card, the heritage dishes of earlier times(like egg devil, mutton singara, prawn cutlet, fish diamond fry, etc.) only except the foul cutlet and very few others.<br/>Everything needs to get updated with time, but that does not mean one should forget the roots from which it has achieved its fame!!<br/>And lastly, I'm not at all satisfied with the taste and quality of food they served, and the service was poor.<br/>Very disappointing experience.

Do not go to this restaurant... previously few years back, it was a good restaurant... ut now a days, the accomodation, service, food everything is bad.

This is a quite old restaurant in Kolkata. But i'm dissatisfied by their service. First of all there were shortage of staff. More than half of the items on the menu were not available. Waited more than half an hour after placing the order. They served chicken reshmi kebab without any sauce and salad.

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.<br/>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.<br/>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.<br/>The service was more or less fine, but doesn't stick out from your average restaurant experience. The price, however, is quite reasonable.<br/>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.

I visited this place after the pujqs.The quality and quantity degraded drastically and prices increased manifold.<br/>Reputation has sunk.sorry bad experience

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.<br/>Prices not too heavy on your pocket helps you to focus more on the food.

The nesting place of the famous Chacha's Fowl Cutlet...however, didn't taste that famous, the usual chicken cutlet. Don't visit if you are up for Mughlai dishes...total dissapointment in that field. However, their Chinese exceeded my expectations. So did the fish-appetizers. Service is so so. Same for the ambience. Rates are cheap. Best suited when you have a busy day and a light pocket.

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

We were regulars here when we were kids. Came here today with our cousins after a long time. We ordered chicken biriyani, mutton kasa, butter naan, tandoori roti, chicken kadhai. The biriyani was good. The chicken was done well and it was soft. We sat outside so we didn't have to pay any tax and vat. <br/>The butter naan had no butter but it was soft but the tandoori roti was like papad. both the mutton kasa and the chicken kadhai pieces were not soft. A bit rubbery. They should clean the restaurant floors as well. Really dirty.

Went there on Maha Panchami with family; surprised their food quality and quantity...both were wrost......servicing also too bad.....in a nutshell they are cheated people.

The food is gud if ur luck is good...as sumtyms u find stale chicken pcs r given 2 u... but on an average food cums at a grt quantity.. the pocket pinch is very reasonable

Went there on panchami for dinner since every Hatibagan eatery was overcrowded. It's situated just opposite swami Vivekananda's ancestral home. Considered a legendary restaurant for its long tradition with Bengali culture and known for its fowl cutlet we were disappointed that during the pujas they were not serving the usual items.<br/>However we ordered plates of kebab, mutton kosha,chicken kadhai & butter naan.<br/>Kebabs were so so, rather a bit cold.<br/>The naan was a bit too sweet.<br/>But what surprised me was the really tasty chicken kadhai.<br/>And that mutton kosha! Seriously it has that homely taste to it.<br/>The last disappointment came when the waiter informed us they don't serve cold drink or soda!<br/>Overall experience okayish.

I wish to give it a negetive mark but ur system didnt allow me. The qorst service i have ever get in any restaurant. Pathetic food and pathetic behavior of b the staff. Dont know why people step in..