It seems that every second place that opens up in Delhi to serve dhaba style chicken and tandoori items likes to call itself Chawla’s. Now I have come across Chawla’s chick-inn, Chawla’s chic-inn, Chawla’s chicken, Chawla’s chicken corner and Dill’s Chawla too. But quite frankly I can’t tell which one is the original one, or even if there ever was an original. It seems like Delhi got populated by a zillion Chawla clones overnight. So there is one in Rajouri Garden, Patel Nagar, Tilak Nagar, CR Park, Noida and I think even in Gurgaon. And they all even look the same, have the same menu and are even similarly priced.

As strange as it may sound even the food they serve tastes similar. However, the general consensus is that they offer a decent non-vegetarian fare. In my experience the best bet would be to go for the tikkas and the tandoori items that they serve. Since they all serve very similar tasting fare the chicken tikka, chicken malai tikka and Afghani chicken tikka top my list for starters. For main course I believe the Afghani chicken, tandoori chicken and pudina chicken are generally well done at these outlets.

The boneless butter chicken, karahi chicken and rogan josh are other dishes that these clones have learnt to shell out fairly. The rolls are almost always passable and the vegetarian dishes should be skipped as well. Now most of them have a decent seating arrangement; however, they are not exactly one of the best places for a quiet evening out. A quick bite at the so-called restaurant, takeaways and home deliveries are what I feel these Chawla clones are best suited for.

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