Chawla’s
“We Yelped for Indian food in the JFK-vicinity and chanced upon Chawla's. And we are so thrilled to have discovered this place!”
“We came and ordered Paneer Achari Tikka, Kadai Paneer and Chicken Achari Tikka combo plates.”
“Got the chicken tikka masala, amazing flavor, huge portion and low price!”
Chawla’s
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
6 reviews
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Best food around. Everything is super fresh. Very clean & it's a well run establishment! They deliver right to your hotel room & wait time is exactly what they say it will be.
Ok so….this place is great! Call in my order and was assisted right away. Ordered the Chicken Malia Tika, the Buttered Chicken, Nan bread and samosas. Once I arrived the owner greeted me with a warm welcome. As always it's great to go to a place where you're greeted like family. We ordered the Malia chicken based the owners suggestion the last time I was here. It's so good. If you like chicken shish kebabs then this is your plate. The butter chicken was good as always although again I wish there was more chicken. The Nan bread is ALWAYS warm and the Veggie Samosas were tasty. This place always makes the good fresh food. And their staff is great. To the owner and his family(which run the place) thanks for your great food and service!
Went here with my father and I would have to say don't judge a book by its cover. The place looks a little different than what I'm typically used to when going for Indian but we decided to give it a go after the reviews. The food has perfect flavor although it comes to you on a plastic plate with a plastic fork. This place is definitely good to try.
The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because delivery took over an hour. But the food was great and I'll definitely order from them again! I had the tandoori chicken combo with naan bread and lentils. The chicken was juicy and delicious! The sauce was a tiny bit sweet which I liked. They give a very generous portion of naan bread which was soft and fluffy, also very good. The lentils were cooked perfectly and the sauce had just the right amount of spice that it wasn't overwhelming.
We Yelped for Indian food in the JFK-vicinity and chanced upon Chawla's. And we are so thrilled to have discovered this place! This nondescript-looking restaurant dishes out some of the most mouth-watering authentic North Indian/Punjabi style meals I've had in NYC/NJ. We tried the Chicken Achari tikka combo meal with a side of Amritsari chole and another combo platter of the Butter chicken (again with the chole).
The chole (chickpea gravy) that Chawla's makes has to be the best I've had. It rivals home cooked ones I've relished in friends' homes back in Delhi and Punjab. It was so, so good. The traditional way to making this dish is by using black spices (whole cloves, cardamom, peppercorn etc.), chaat masala (a special spice powder to give it the tanginess), but what sets it apart is the black tea bags or black tea water that's used for the broth. Unlike regular Indian restaurants, which serve the common, tomato-y version of this dish, the Amritsari chole is really a class apart when done well – and Chawla's does it genuinely well. It was spiced just right and had the sharpness this dish needs without being too spicy to drown out the natural flavor of the chickpeas.
Between the two chicken dishes, the chicken achari tikka got our vote. The chicken pieces were succulent and the meat was grilled well imparting the smoky flavor. The sauce in the butter chicken was delicious…creamy and smooth, but the chicken pieces didn't taste too fresh.
We also got a side of the black daal (daal makhni) and chicken biryani to go. The daal was very flavorful and well-made… could easily go back for more. Coming to the biryani – it was aromatic and the flavors of the rice with the meat came together well. One of the better versions of the dish I've had in a really long time.
Must the add the staff was really wonderful and hospitable – also gave us tons of extra naan with our combo platter.
Would love to try their other vegetarian dishes when we go back – they definitely seem to have a slight upper hand over the meat ones. If you're in the area and craving Indian food, definitely give Chawla's a shot. One caveat – North Indian cuisine tends to be rich in spices, so pace yourself well!
Snowed in at a hotel near JFK, we ordered Chawla delivery through the Yelp Eats app based on the high yelp reviews.
We got the chicken curry and the mutton masala. Unfortunately, we didn't realize the "full plates" come with the dish only (no rice, etc) so we had a lot of meat and not much else. However, the sauces were flavorful and the portions were generous on both dishes. Both had a little heat behind them, but not so much as to make them unpalatable. Unfortunately, the mutton masala was riddled with bones. Most pieces in the masala had more bone than meat on them, making the dish difficult and dangerous to eat, as little piece of bone splintered off. It's not noted in the menu that this dish has bones, so buyer beware. The masala preparation was delicious though, so next time I'd get that sauce on a different (and boneless) meat.
The order took over an hour to get to us, and they did not update their status through Yelp Eats for us to know. I understand the long wait times when everyone is trying to order delivery during a snow storm, but at least notify your customers that the wait is going to be closer to 80 minutes instead of 45. When I asked the yelpeats app for an update, they responded that they had reached out to the restaurant and had been unable to make contact.