ChaChaz Indian Restaurant

After some extensive searching for a good local restaurant in Feltham to go to with a couple of friends - and being rather limited for styles of cuisine! - we decided on Cha Chaz. This was based on its overall rating and reviews, although I wasn’t overly keen on the hygiene rating of 3/5!

We weren’t thrilled by the appearance of the place when we arrived, and felt it could definitely do with a good clean, potentially even a refurbishment at some point. But the staff seemed friendly and it was nice and relaxed. We ordered our drinks and were given some pappadums with the traditional sauces. Or perhaps not, it turned out...! The lime pickle and mango chutney were fine (albeit they tasted a little old and like they were from shop-bought jars), but the mint raitha was a real surprise... It tasted more like a mint sauce you’d be given for roast lamb!! Truly bizarre, and not great either.

Probably the strangest part of the evening was how difficult it was to order our food. We must have mentioned to the staff five times that we were ready to order, before finally politely asking them if we could order our food before it got too late! When they did eventually take our order, I was pleased to find that they were more than happy cooking classic dishes not on the menu (saag paneer, bindhi bhaji and one or two others) and that they were very accommodating with other requests too. We haven’t always found this to be the case in a couple of other local restaurants recently, so that was very welcome.

Once the food arrived, we were pleasantly surprised - it all looked excellent. Sure enough, we were not disappointed, as every dish was delicious. As well as those mentioned above, we had mostly vegetarian dishes including Paneer madras, Bombay Aloo and several others. Plenty of flavour, nice heat and good portions. We were impressed with the range of vegetarian options and all thought the food was great.

The only other slight hassle was when it came to paying, as the card machine wouldn’t connect and they had to try to take my payment about six times! Checking afterwards though, it did only charge once and they were polite enough about it, so no harm done.

All in all, this was a slightly peculiar experience, but was turned around by the quality of the food and fair value for money. I’d like to see that hygiene rating increased in the near future, along with more attentiveness from the staff and perhaps a slight improvement of the venue/atmosphere; but the most important thing is always the food, and we certainly wouldn’t complain about that. Would consider visiting again in future.

Really delicious food, offers you quite range of veg and non-veg options with fabulous service. Price is ok with respect to quality.
I had only one veg main course and one starter there, BPM was very tasty, served well!
My lucky day got 20% discount too...

Excellent food, good service.

Proper authentic Indian curries & Naan. Will definitely visit again!

Stay clear if ordering through Deliveroo - they take up to 2 hours to deliver a simple order. Quality of food is rubbish too - everything floats on oil - stay clear

Simply Amazing!! Have dined here at least 15 times over the past 3 months and everything in this place is fantastic. It is so consistent, the spices and flavours used are to perfection. The staff is extremely hospitable, the food comes out piping hot and always within a reasonable time. Chilli garlic mushroom, julpuri bhindi, chilli chicken, malai kofta, veg manchurian, Tandoori Tilapia Fish are a must try!!!

The spring rolls were really flat and it took a really long time for the food to arrive. The food is decent.

Very tasty and freshly cooked. Each dish tasted very delicious 🤤. Loved the food. Enjoyed today’s visit.

Wow Saag Chicken was the best amazing flavour with red & green peppers & onions & saag was so creamy soft & tasty I recommend just that item 5 Stars or 9.5 out of 10 I will have to order different items from the menu next time to give more reviews 👍