Chutney's

07/29/2008 Posted by burdock

I usually don't write negative reviews but this is hands down the worst Indian restaurant around. First & last dining experience here! Every dish ordered was lacking authentic flavor and the sauces were watered down. We ordered lamb kabobs (very tough), Chicken Pomegranate & Chicken Korma. Sauces were so runny & consistency quite odd, raita was also very watered down. Main Ingredient in sauces is 90% water 10%salt and 0%Flavor. To make it worse, the rice was undercooked and had some crunch to it. Flavor & spices so lacking. I would never suggest eating here unless you had no choice. No kidding, this is not a good place to eat.

Pros: Sorry, nothing to say positive

Cons: No Care in food preparation, watered down sauce, undercooked rice

11/29/2007 Posted by cnumb

We were looking for a good Indian restaurant to celebrate my birthday (28 Nov)and after reading reviews here, we decided to visit Chutney. We ordered Paneer teeka masala, Mushroom with peas and Chutney's special sauce with vegetable. Order came in less than 5 min, which surprised us, Indian food takes more time to cook. Paneer teeka masala had load of salt in it, we complained to waiter but he rudely replied that ' everyone love this dish and no one complained so far' . He refused to believe us, even though we asked him to taste it. Mushroom with peas was disappointment, there were hardly any mushroom in it and it looked stale. Chutney spoiled my birthday, bad service, rude waiters and crappy food. Do a favor to yourself, AVOID IT or recommend it to your enemies. After trying all Indian restaurant in Seattle area, I found out that Kabab House and Naan & Curry (Renton) are the best ones.

Pros: Seattle location

Cons: food and service

06/15/2007 Posted by iwantedtoliveinseattle

Well, all I can say is this--I have tried many Indian restaurants in the USA, right across from New York to Frisco, but soon as I walked into Chutneys, I just felt so relaxed and "at home". They had some kinda Indian song tune playing, but without any vocals, which just gave it that extra air of authenticity. There was a middle aged guy standing by the cash till, whom I assumed to be the owner, and soon as I walked in, he immediately walked towards me with huge smile and welcoming pleasantries. This was followed by a yound lady who took my coat and asked where I wanted to sit. The food I ordered was absolutely superb, with a great range of cold beers to suit. After I had eaten my fill, the lady asked me if I wanted a cup of Indian spice tea, which I agreed to, and that really rounded off an excellent, relaxing evening! On another occasion, after a long walk at the PIke Place Market, I stumbled upon another Indian restaurant called Pabla Cuisine, which I think is at 2nd St near the market. This place was the complete reversal of Chutneys--surly, uninterested Staff, horrible, mass-produced type food. Two weeks later, I was back at Chutneys, sampling their delights again! Oh, and I found out the name of the owner--Mr Gill. Next time you are there, ask for him by name and he will help you choose your dishes and tell you a little about them, too! And mention my name (Jag from London UK) and you will get preferential treatment! PS one time I was at Chutneys at lunchtime and the place was packed--so much so, that the waiters had to virtually barricade the door shut to stop any more people coming in!!! That would not happen if the place was lousy!! By the way, this is review is about the place in Lower Queen Anne Street.

Pros: Ambience, parking, peace and quiet!

Cons: Having to leave!

07/24/2006 Posted by mythritachar

we ordered chickpea fritters one of their speciality sauces with veggies. the first was great and plentiful but the second dish smelled burnt, plus the veggies were probably defrosted a long time back and were going bad. the service was attentive and the ambience good but we are NOT going back there again. there are many reasonable priced indian-ish restraunts in seattle metro that are better than this.

07/22/2006 Posted by rk1234

My boyfriend and I used to do the lunch buffet regularly until one day I almost broke my tooth on a piece of broken glass in the spinach dish. I am not making this up. We paid and I got out of there. Insread of complaining or letting them know, we slipped out the door never to return. I was horrified to think how the glass got in there.

Pros: Buffet

Cons: Buffet

06/26/2006 Posted by nelsonchen

Of all the Indian places I've tried in the Seattle area, Chutney's on lower Queen Anne ranks up there. I have never tried to order from the menu, as I go there for their lunch buffet. Their lunch buffet rocks. It's reasonably priced and very delicious. I love their basmati rice, chicken meatball curry, spinach, there really is not a bad food item in their lunch buffet. The staff there is very friendly and the place is very clean. I would recommend coming here for Indian food.

04/09/2006 Posted by wickedgklown

I have never had Indian food until my friend recomended that we try 5 different cuisine's in 5 weeks. This week was Indian food, and thank God for Chutney's!!!! I ordered the lamb chops and thought "I can die happy now!" What ever the sauce was with that dish is to die for. (I asked and think I got the response that it was tomato paste with some kind of cream) Either was it was great! Unfortunatly, the friends that I was with said that my meal was the best and would order it next time which makes me believe that I should'nt order what they had...sadly! "So, that does it....order the lamb chops and you can't go wrong!"

Pros: Great Lamb chops, Nice atmosphere, Nice manager/owner?

Cons: Moody hostess, Moody water server, (Same person)

03/25/2005 Posted by ryynoo

We ate at Chutney's for the first time this week and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Although other reviewers said the food is not authentic and service poor, we experienced otherwise.(We should know we lived 13 years in the Silicon Valley, arguably the best Indian food in the US) This is one of the better Indian restaurants in Seattle, although not the best, and a little pricey for the quality. Still the staff was very friendly, the wine good and the food very good. My next test is to try the lunch buffet.

Pros: Atmosphere, Friendly Staff, Flavor

Cons: Price

10/04/2004 Posted by turnero

It's not so much that the service is rude more that it doesn't exist. Expect to be waiting a long time and dont expect anyone to check on you. On top of this I found this restaurant to be pricier than most other Indian restaurants in the area. I think they need to stop taking their customers for granted as if they treat them all like this then they're going to lose them. When we went recently it was about 30 minutes before we asked what we would like and we were only one of 3 tables in the restaurant. Then when we told one of the staff that was walking past that we were ready to order, she told us that we weren't her table and then didn't tell the other waitress, then an extra order of rice was forgotten, our waitress blamed the other waitress!

Pros: Food

Cons: , Service

01/21/2003 Posted by jfelts

An indian restaurant with a green salad bar? Nope, it's not really an Indian restuarant, it's a northwest restuarant that serves food with Indian themes. So, it's not fair to rate them on chicken tika masala, because . . . they don't serve it. I tried tanoori trout, and while the idea was good, none of the flavor got into the meat. A lamb dish of slices served on a bed of saag was very nice. The food quality is good, and I'll try some other dishes to see how the experiment is going.

Pros: interesting ideas

Cons: some don't work