Chatkharay Indian and Pakistani Grill

Gross food. Avoid like the plague. Gave overcooked chicken which tasted like rubber. Gross sauce with yogurt. Avoid!

The food was delivered fast and hot but was not worth the price. I got the simple chicken tikka masala and for $ 14 there were 5 small pieces of chicken. What a ripoff
The veggie samosas were okay but nothing exciting and certainly not worth the hefty price of $ 5 for 2.
The naan was the best thing in my opinion. Which is to say it met my standards and nothing more. Will not be ordering from here ever again

speedy food prep. A bit over priced for rice based meals. The Biryani is excellent. Portions good size. Never too busy and the atmosphere is a bit austere

Update: this really is a nice place. Though the sauces could be richer, I have otherwise no complaints — rice and bread seem improved from our last visit, such a nice atmosphere and excellent service.

Awful. Ordered chicken tikka masala which was basically watered down tomato juice with chicken. The curry had ok flavor, but was also watered down. The samosas were also flavorless and undercooked with horrible chutney. The mango lassi tasted wonderful since it was mangos, but was just mango purée, not lassi. I never knew Indian food could taste so bad.

Just threw out $ 40 worth of garbage they delivered. I am not finicky about food but I have not seen worse Indian food in my life.

Food is overly salty and the samosa meat is gross. I’ll never order here again. Do yourself a favor and go to tiffin.

My husband and I order from here last weekend and it was gross! The meat was dry and lacked spice or taste. We explained to the operator that we like spicy food and he didn’t convey the message to the cook or just didn’t care. The only thing that was decent was the vegetable biryani. The prices were a high! I would never try this place again.

Nice variety to add to the neighborhood. Group of 4 plus a baby. We had several dishes, which were all good. Tandoori platter was excellent –wide variety of meats. Aloo Gobi and chicken korma were both nice. Serving sizes large enough for leftovers to take home! Servers were helpful and nice.

Worst Indian food I have ever tasted. I had to write a review. Service wasn’t good either smh

This place is a disgrace on the name of indian food. I just made a new Unilocal account after wasting my money which I could have well spend either at tiffin or Laxmi’s. I will give them one point for décor but food needs a lot of work to bring us back. As other reviewer stated chicken was undercooked and quantity doesn’t justify what you paying for.

I ate here awhile ago and I’m just getting around to writing a review, but I had to do it after reading some of the most recent reviews.
I was so excited to see an Indian restaurant in Germantown! We have nothing like it in our part of town and I was hoping that I would like it. I liked it a lot, a whole lot.
I walked into a empty restaurant and was greeted very nicely by the restaurants manager and I was seated and given a menu.
When the server came over, I put the menu down and said «Everytime I go to a Indian restaurant I order chicken tikki masala and I want to try something different». The server asked me questions about what I liked and left the table after leaving some warm Nan to munch on.
I gazed at the décor of the spot and I found it very pleasing. The server returned with a platter with a whole Tandoori style BBQ chicken and basmati rice and some Nan infused with ginger.
I was very pleased with the selection. The chicken was tender and flavorful, with a pinkish, red tint to it. The rice was fantastic and the bread was perfect. The only problem was there was too much food. I got on my cell phone and called a good friend Nicole and she rushed down to help me finish off my meal. We ended up ordering more food and taking some home.
I really hope this restaurant is successful. And I hope they get the kind of clientele they deserve instead of penny pinching customers comparing prices to a grocery store. Some people need to stay at home and cook for themselves or try and open a restaurant and see what it takes to run one.
I think Chatkharay is a pioneer in Germantown and will open a lot of doors to other types of cuisine in our area. I can’t wait to return.

I was excited to order form this restaurant and even asked for a fuller menu. Much to my dismay I could not even finish my meal. The Chicken Tikka was as watery as the someone else said and the rice was disgusting. A Shame because they are all I have in my neighborhood. Order from somewhere else and go get your food. like Tiffin or Sitar. A Shame… do not order from this restaurant. Their food is gross. A waste of money.

A nice addition to an area with lackluster takeout options. I ordered the chicken tikka masala with a side of garlic naan. I’d say the portions were decent and on par with nearby Tiffin Indian cuisine. The rice was well seasoned and the chicken was tender and juicy. The sauce itself wasn’t the best I’ve ever had but definitely enjoyable. The garlic naan was perfect and seasoned just right. I picked up the order and it was ready before the estimated time. I will be back to try something new and perhaps dine in; the décor and atmosphere was lovely.

This is by far the best Indian food I have had in the city, short of anything home-​cooked. We had several items catered from their online menu. We got our big order quickly with zero mistakes. Everything from appetizers to nan to entrees was absolutely delicious and so full of flavor… maybe even too much. Yes, the entrée sizes were a little smaller than normal, but the amazing flavors made up for it. When food is this good, you do not need a lot of it to be satisfied. We probably could have ordered half as much as we did, but the leftovers were still excellent, so no regrets. Can not wait to order from them again.
A few picky things that keeps them from getting a perfect 5 stars: some of the meat could have been trimmed better. There were a couple pieces here and there with cartilage or fat stuck on them. Also, the qeema was supposed to be a mix of lamb and chicken, but seemed to be almost entirely chicken.

My first ever Unilocal review prompted by the shocking quality of food!
Ordered delivery today after a tiring day at work, baingan bharta, paneer curry, samosa chat and chicken kebabs.
Placing the order was easy, friendly staff, delivery on time. The food however was a different story.
The Bharta was a watered down goop. Half a Samosa in the chat which was soggy, the Chana in the chat was out of a can. Paneer curry had a weird blend of spices which made the curry bitter. The Naan is not a naan by any far fetched definition of one.

Ordered on a Thursday evening, delivery was super super fast. Got the paneer tikka masala in medium spice and chicken korma in medium spice. Both were very good, paneer & chicken were perfect, lots of nice flavor, perfect amount of spice — but despite being ‘cream’ dishes, neither was very creamy. Rice was superb.

We grabbed takeout here a couple weeks ago and everything was delicious. Some of the flavors of our favorite entrees were a little different from what we are used to, but not in a bad way. Everything was very flavorful and fresh.
We also had tikka masala as a previous reviewers did. I agree it wasn’t creamy like it is at many places but the flavors were definitely delicious and complex. We also felt like we were given a sufficient amount of meat in each of our entrees.
I look forward to going back.

We love Indian food and have tried several of them in Philly. this has been the worst one by far. The Korma and tikki masala were both watery instead of creamy and the spice level was way off. bad choice!

I must preface this review by saying that I’m not an connoisseur of Indian food. But when this local business opened up a few weeks ago, I wanted to support it. I placed a takeout order this past weekend. I attempted to do this online, but the ordering interface is not quite up to snuff, and I had to call to make sure the order even went through. It did, but not correctly, so it was a good thing I called to confirm. The food was not ready during the estimated time, but that wasn’t a big deal. The folks are very friendly and accommodating.
Now on to the food. I ordered Indian BBQ (Chicken Tikka) and Chicken Tikka Masala. I expected the BBQ to be on a skewered kabob, but instead it was a somewhat dry whole chicken quarter. It tasted OK, but not what I was expecting. The Tikka Masala was tasty, but I thought the five small pieces of chicken swimming in a pool of sauce was too little for the price. Not a good value.
I am willing to try this place again and will update my review.