Chatkhara in Southwark

It's ok. Food acceptable but not great. Good for the price. Decent naan but chickpeas were like bullets.

Fantastic authentic food. I've been eating here for almost 20 years. Never disappointed.

Tasted like it came out of a can. Lamb Saag. Overcooked meat. Generous portions and friendly staff. But this was the worst curry I've had.

Great place that’s open late every day. Really great value, super cheap and quick. They make their naan in an actual tandoor, lots of great south Asian dishes here to eat.

Basic and a little tired looking. But the staff are lovely and the food tastes great. Good portions and reasonable prices.

too much expensive They have written something else on menu and give another

I ordered a lamb saag and a vegetable biryani . I am writing this review from my hospital bed as i have been in kings college hospital for 2 days with severe food poisoning . DO NOT EAT HERE.

Best Curry house by Far , great Currys and wait for it complimentary Poppadoms. Ask for a Super Hot Vindaloo cooked with just Chilli Flakes ,,,, yeeeehaaa ,!!! Oh and Extra Servietes , to help with your , sudden attack of Sweat ,,!!! Hottest Cuury around ,,! £10.50 eat in . Lunch time deal is normal Curry Rice , And a soft drink. ,,,,, £7.50,,!!!!!

Was taken to this Indian fast food joint and was pleasantly surprised. The food was one of the best I had sampled from the Indian culture. Perfect for a vegetarian

Nice people, good prices, yummy food and super friendly service this place rocks

What an absolute disaster. The moment I entered the dumpster I realised I've made a mistake. I was too tired to go anywhere so I ordered the least toxic and unhygienic looking vegetarian option. I chose Matar Paneer and Naan, the Matar paneer har 2 cubes of paneer and 100ml of oil. The place is extremely dirty. The tables were dirty, the floor was dirty and even the display where they displayed the pre cooked food was filthy. The guy preparing the naan did not wash or sanitize his hand and made it with his dirty hands. There aren't enough words to describe how dirty the place is. I had to leave the meal, pay my bill and buzz off.

Today I dined at Chatkara Restaurant and was thoroughly impressed by the experience. From the moment I walked in, I was greeted by friendly and attentive staff who made me feel welcome. The restaurant was clean and well-maintained, creating a pleasant atmosphere for a meal. One of the standout features of Chatkara is the ability to see your food being prepared right in front of you. This not only adds a unique touch to the dining experience but also assures you of the freshness and quality of the ingredients used. I ordered the lamb bhuna with garlic naan and a Coca-Cola, and all of this was priced under 12 pounds, which is incredibly reasonable. The lamb bhuna was exceptionally well-cooked and flavorful, with just the right balance of spices that enhanced the taste without overpowering the dish. The garlic naan was fresh, soft, and perfectly complemented the rich flavors of the lamb. I’ve tried multiple Desi restaurants where I ended up paying double or even triple the amount for what was supposed to be a good experience, but none of them came close to the quality and value offered by Chatkara. The quick service was another highlight, as my meal was served promptly despite the restaurant being fairly busy. It's clear that Chatkara takes pride in both their food and their service, ensuring that customers leave satisfied and eager to return. Based on my experience and the overall atmosphere, I can confidently say that Chatkara Restaurant deserves all the praise it gets. It truly beats all the other places I've tried in terms of both quality and value. If you're looking for an authentic Desi dining experience that won't break the bank, I highly recommend giving Chatkara a visit.

Huge and well cooked portion. Highly recommend

Got food poison while eating at the restaurant the curry was floating with oil

very nice food full of flavour, stuff always look after me , as im allergic to rice and bread, mashallah the food just tastes amazing 5 stars, will visit again.

Worst food beef mixed biriyani .

What an absolute disaster. The moment I entered the dumpster I realised I've made a mistake. I was too tired to go anywhere so I ordered the least toxic and unhygienic looking vegetarian option. I chose Matar Paneer and Naan, the Matar paneer har 2 cubes of paneer and 100ml of oil. The place is extremely dirty. The tables were dirty, the floor was dirty and even the display where they displayed the pre cooked food was filthy. The guy preparing the naan did not wash or sanitize his hand and made it with his dirty hands. There aren't enough words to describe how dirty the place is. I had to leave the meal, pay my bill and buzz off.

Service was excellent. Chicken tikka and the naan was delicious; butter chicken was less seasoned than expected, but the large pieces of chicken made up for it.

Cheap and good Indian food . They played some good songs, open till midnight .mostly takeaway but you can eat in too . Good serving sizes

Perfect place for family Best food Best prices We enjoyed it Thank you

Amazing authentic halal Indian food. So good! The best tandoori chicken rice and Mango Lassi I’ve tasted in a while. Must go if you love south Indian food

Absolutely okay. Lots of garlic in the food.

A friend recommended that I try the food as all the dishes are Paki and Indian, thus being a Paki, I know the real taste of these dishes as all the food was nicely displayed, but the taste of Channa Masala was so unpleasant and it was full of oil. I ordered a side dish of biryani too. Being honest now, I know why the prices are so low.

Went to have their £6.50 lunch special and halfway through my meal I found a fly in my food. Not a small fruit fly, the big ones. Took it to the person who served me and showed them, they asked if I wanted another meal. I told them my appetite was gone and I'd prefer a refund. He said they don't do refunds and insisted I take another meal. I explained that this was a health and safety violation and against my consumer rights, therefore refusing a refund would be illegal. He laughed and went to get his manager. The manager came and assessed the meal, he asked why I ate half the food if there was a fly... I said only noticed it halfway through the meal. He then said that I drank the coke that came with the meal and there was no fly in there so I should pay for the coke. I said the deal was 'lunch and a drink' for £6.50. I did not buy it separately. The deal was broken and I'd like a refund. He told me the door was open and that could have flown in anytime. I said that I would have noticed and it would be on the top of my food, not curried (brown) mixed in with with lamb. He then threw my cash on the counter and walked off. I paid by card. Avoid this place at all costs.

The food here is excellent. Super filling and very tasty. I got the ginger chicken with butter nan which was perfect. Lunch here is very nice and easy to get. Service is excellent and was very quick. Food was excellent value for the price!

The food is total rubbish a desaster Horrible Please don't waste your money it is not worth it.

Most of the food is low quality, they cook curry once in a week and keep it in fridge every night and warm in the oven before serving. I can guarantee they do not follow food hygiene at all. Also their staffs are very very rude with most of the customers. Just challenge their food quality and you will get their aggressive response

Fresh and hot food the food absolutely Divine.BBQ dishes malai tikka.chiken kabab are cooked to perfect meat tender. juicy full of flavor .chicken karahi with a perfect balance of spice and heat....

Really good value and food is delicious. The naan bread is freshly made in the tandoori

I really really live this restaurant, amazing customer service, really amazing Afghan food, beautiful atmosphere, I come here everyday to eat

For the price you really can’t go wrong. Authentic Indian curry very tasty.

Cheap eatery serving Indian dishes of generous portions, no alcohol though

Foods gone bad, no health regulations are being followed overall just not good.

I came here last night with my partner for a quick bite to eat.. we ordered a veg samosa, onion baji and chicken tikka wrap. The food came out quickly but found that the samosa was lamb and not veg which my partner couldn’t eat. I spoken to the sister who quickly rectified the issues and gave us a new samosa. The onion baji for me was dry and not fresh but reheated, the tikka roll was nice but over cooked a little and wrapped in a chappati which I expected this to have come out in a naan bread so I was a bit disappointed. All in all was ok and nice, we was also given a few poppadoms and salad which was complimentary.

Wow, I can't believe that I saw a mouse down at the table of the restaurant under my feet. Is it acceptable? I will never come to this restaurant never and ever. I was wondering why the food is so cheap now I understand the reason. I would like to say that, I was the one that last year gave this restaurant 5 stars for Food, Service and Atmosphere, but now I will give 0 stars because if there is no Hygiene so 0 stars for everything.

This is such a bad place I asked for ketchup then theygave me chili I HATE CHILLI and on top of that I wanted my chicken not spicy (I told him that)then the guy made it spicy

Disgusting food with disgusting taste. If you would like to have a taste of spoiled chicken along with awful lamb, so please refer to this restaurant and have a bad experience. I am wondering how it is open and still they have the right to give this awful food?

Great place, nice biriyani and sides and really affordable - my meal was £6.50. Nice customers come and go, good to people watch. Service friendly and relaxed.

Very busy however, their service is pretty good. Noise levels are >>>>> but still its all worth it for such delicious food. Minus 1 ⭐️ because there is way too much oil that we had to separate with a spoon , i hope they consider this as their food is so flavourful that it doesn’t have to be covered in oil unlike other restaurants who believe adding more oil equates to more flavour. Forgot to take pictures at the start lol Most certainly will be back for more x

Delicious Mutton curry and Biryani

Great value for money and great taste. Music was also really nice, would recommend the lamb curry.

Excellent service and quality 👌

Delicious and well priced food, could hardly believe how good it was!

Food was amazing, super flavorful. Staff was super nice, some nice background music. And the price/quality was super good. Anyone, even a someone with a very large appetite will be satisfied for just £10-15

Good customer service and excellent food 👌 and price range

Really well-priced local curry restaurant, very friendly staff.

Maaaaateeee. This place is banging. I was absolutely starving after a few hours partying in Corsica Studios and needed a quick munch and this place just appeared before my eyes. I had a lamb keema extra spicy, chicken tikka, naan bread and a Pepsi. It came to £13 and it fed myself and my mate. Absolutely delicious. 😀

Literally the best place in elephant and castle for food. It’s incredible prices for insane delicious food. I go here nearly every night for dinner it’s a complete must. The service is amazing and always so polite and lovely couldn’t be a better environment!

Best place to eat if you are near to elephant and castle and I should must the service of the guy I remember his name sameer was o kind

I used to eat a lot in this restaurant. The food is average but not but better than other restaurant in the area. Biryani and some curries are the best options.

Very friendly owner. The price is very reasonable and the food 😋 tasty

This place is very good value. Seating isn't great, but worth a quick stop or takeaway

Very bad attitude with the customers.

They just provide microwaved food in the name of fresh food

Below average service and below average taste

Excellent prices and very attentive folks. Delicious. Ordered butter chicken, saag aloo, nan, rice, tandoori wings. Meal came with papadam and dipping sauces to start. Very busy at 9pm on a Friday. Plenty of leftovers for tomorrow.

Food was poor and still charged for it even tho I took one bite. I specifically asked them that I want to pay and not my friend and they allowed him to pay....

We came across this restaurant by accident. it happened to be lunch time. I read the reviews and we decided to step in. The food was good, price quality also good.

This is without a doubt the best chicken Tikka masala I've had to date

Really great restaurant to have in the area. Great food, really generous portions, and it’s affordable. Really nice guys working here too, and you can sit in and be served or take away. Brilliant restaurant.

Amazing atmosphere, friendly staff, amazing food.

Ahkis always sort me out with the portion sizes and prices. Masha'Allah. Food is top notch.

We entered this restaurant by chance, we thought it was not going to be good at all; however, we were surprised. We ordered a kabuli pilau and some pieces of chicken. The food was delicious, fresh and flavorful. The staff was super nice, value/quality-money it's great since you get big portions.

Ordered chicken tikka naan wrap. And Chapli kebab. The chicken tikka pieces had been preciously cooked , and was reheated for my order. Because of this the chicken was quite dry, salad and sauce was present in the wrap, wich really helped combat the dry chicken. I wasn't asked preference for salad or sauce, but what they provided was nice enough. Chapli kebab was also cooked previously, and reheated for my.order. very enjoyable despite not being made and cooked to.order If the chicken tikka was cooked fresh for each order would be so much better than it currently is.

The food was OK and value for money!!! The only thing is the Hygiene was poor and the aprons the staff were wearing needs to be addressed which is important when dealing with food!! The shop needs a deep clean

Here we are again in another restaurant eating food from the central Asian region, and in this case I am thinking Pakistani. So it's a restaurant and a takeaway, in true form of all popular places like this, totally buzzing with excitement, smells, sights, enthusiastic team members, and customers all around. Invert much enjoyed my meal here, was lucky enough to meet some wonderful people in the process. The rice was amazing and I loved it, as well as the rest of the feast. I can't remember a better.food.experience of this kind. Thankyou so much. Recommend, 👍😄🙂👌

5 stars. Delicious and fresh food, service is fast, menu is fairly priced, and the staff are friendly. One of my favourite spots.

This is simply London’s most reasonably priced and most authentic Indian food - Fresh Food, Great Taste, Great Quantity, Great Location, Very good service by a team of very nice staff. यह बस लंदन का सबसे उचित मूल्य और सबसे प्रामाणिक भारतीय भोजन है - ताजा भोजन, बढ़िया स्वाद, बढ़िया मात्रा, बढ़िया स्थान, बहुत अच्छे कर्मचारियों की टीम द्वारा बहुत अच्छी सेवा।

My friend bought me a lamb boona last night. I was in shock at the bones and fatty meat. I have never had a bad curry like this before. I asked my friend if this was normal there and he said no. The bones were both big and small, it reminded me of curried goat. But the food (meat) was one third bone and one third fat, leaving not much meat.

The only best place found that area for halal food

Great value food to take away or eat in

Yummy food but the tables are a bit messy

Its okay in all aspects. Went there for a quick lunch and they have a lot of selection and prices are reasonable but the taste is ok. The biryani is...very mild.

Good place nice food if you buy other items like veggies bit expensive don't know why

Nice desi food available. Lot of desi food items under one roof

Great place and staff is friendly Some positives: fresh naan made from clay oven, daal maash was tasty, biryani and kabli pilao taste great Some suggestions: clean tables more often, cook chicken tikka better and have more fresh food on the menu, so to avoid microwaving….

They always win your heart. Best curry place in Elephant and castle.

Great service, owner really looked after Ambulance Crew.

Terrible food quality. The food is pre made and when you go there they just put it in microwave and serve you. The food taste is terrible, it’s cheap and please pay more other side and get better quality food then eat here and play with your health.

I tried lamb rice, very tasty and good cooked. A bit too spicy if you are not used to.

I love this place and eat there all the time The portions are big and it's a good price It has lots of different curries and they make your bread to order in the tandoor. My favorite dish is the lamb biryani.

Always good food and the staff are friendly and helpful.

Good little Pakistani/Afghani takeaway with seating for about 15+ people inside. I've been coming here for a few years as its good value with decent portions and very reasonable prices. The biryanis are freshly made daily and naans are great fresh from the oven. The customer service is 'traditional' style :) , and the guys are friendly, even though they may not look like it. A great variety of curries, veg and meat, and the food is quite tasty. Recommend if you want a decent curry in this area, without paying too much. Short walk to Elephant and Castle station.

DO NOT ORDER FORM HERE Just ordered off Uber eats Butter chicken and garlic naan I have had to bin the whole thing. Worst butter chicken I have even seen and smelt in my life. Was just pure oil and whatever was in it didn’t look appealing. Couldn’t even bring myself to even taste test it it looked that bad. The naan was so lifeless and had CHUNKS of garlic in it peeking out. I have had to bin the WHOLE order

Great for a late night snack with friendly staff... chapli kebab was overcooked but rest was 👍

On a passé un très bon moment dans ce restaurant ! La cuisine est au top, les employés très chaleureux ! Vous pouvez aller y déguster des spécialités indiennes les yeux fermés. Attention à ceux qui sont sensibles aux épices faut demander soft😅 Pour ceux qui viennent de YouTube. Vous avez 5% de réduction sur notre site avec le code AVISGOOGLE5 😉

Excellent food and a great selection of it. Good prices and big portions, but not a cozy setting on a cold and windy evening. Still, for a good authentic feed, prepared with care, I keep going back...

Simply tasty food! Good prices too.

OK chicken tikka roll, only has mint sauce, no chilli, and they had run out of lamb sheek. Nice tea though

Excellent food Affordable nice staff However the owner/manager seems to talk to loudly during his telephone conversation. Spoil the enjoyment of the meal.

Absolutely disgusting the amount of oil they put in, I had to throw most of it out. One pic is of rajmah and other is chana masala. Avoid at all cost.

Quite awful I tried with 40% off voucher via UberEats was pretty terrible, not sure what it tasted of at all, really really bad. I ordered Korma was just almost inedible. Even with the 20% discount probably the worst Indian I've ever had, literally the worst. Avoid of you can

SOMEWHAT LIKE PUNJAB Chatkhara is a restaurant in Elephant and castle, London. We’s ordered mashroom rice and tarka daal and plain paranthas. The taste was nice and also it is worth for money, even i can say that it has cheap punjabi food. One thing i didn’t like that they are bit slow in serving and some resources problem. Overall, this restaurant is very good in taste and the staff is very friendly. So, if you want to something called satisfaction so you give a try to CHATKHARA.

Need more improvements in food serving and display. The chana masala wasn’t up to the mark. Tikka needs more spices and masala as well. Overall average.

Food is amazing, staff are lovely, 10/10 would recommend. I got a spiced chicken curry, as per recommendation, with a garlic and chilli naan. It was amazing!

Total value for money take away and sit in dining in Elephant and Castle. If you are looking for North Indian Dhaba food - this is the place. Simple but effective . Stuff is prepared in front of you by three very efficient chefs who also treat their customers well.

Great food, great service, great value for money, three for three

Situated at an easy to find area opposite Elephant Park. Pakistani-flavoured food, decent service. Had lamb, chicken biriyanis. Not too pricy, best served hot. A bit spicy for non-Asians.

Had a lovely dhal with rice and some starters. Very good, plus the staff is friendly 😊

man the place has a hygiene rating of 1