Chennai Chettinaad Palace

It smelled amazing walking inside. The tandoori chicken was okay, I've had better. The goat vindaloo was really good.We were sat next to the only other customers - why do restaurants do this when the entire restaurant is otherwise empty? Service was okay, not great. There are many better Indian restaurants to spend your money at.

I have been to this restaurant several years ago and have another try. Ordered medu vada, veg kothu parotta and veg chettinad curry. Medu vada is so hard and bad. But the sambar came with it was outstanding. Chettinad curry was decent. And kothu parotta was the worst. Being a chennai restaurant had high hopes on it and turned out to be the worst among all. Checked their buffet and it was over priced during the weekend for the items provided. Honestly I'm being generous to give a 3 star rating. Service is fine and ambiance inside is good with plenty of parking.

Note: Door Dash review so only speaking to quality of the food and price. I got the Hyderabad goat dish, and had to also have the garlic chile naan, as I don't always come across this. This place is authentic and I was highly impressed. The curry was extremely flavorful, they used fresh curry leaves, cumin seeds, etc and other spices. The goat was bony, but that's to be expected. The chile naan had real, fresh pieces of Thai chiles all over it, so hot but so good! I ordered another bread which I thought was going to be more like popper but ended up just being more of a naan and they gave me tons of it (4 slices) for about $4. Portions for the price were legit. I'd love to eat there in person sometime.

Setback, located on the North Side of Bell Road, Chennai Chettinaad Palace is not visible from the road. When you approach it, while on the West side of Route 17, you can gain access by turning right into the Cane's Chicken stand, or any of the other openings along bell. If not Turn right on Holmes, then look to your right. Chennai Chettinaad Place is under new management. They continue to work on improving. Perhaps by the time you dine there service will be perfect. Accounts of when the buffet is open conflict. According to the website, they are not open Monday and Tuesday. I ate at the Buffet on Monday. According to Hilton Honors, the buffet is available Monday Wednesday and Thursday from 11 AM until 2:30 PM. The hours may vary during other days of the week and change depending on the time of day. Call before you go. Cane's Chicken is no substitute for this buffet. As an Indian Lyft drive once said to me "when you eat something, you should feel something". You will at this buffet. It is not blazingly hot, but you taste the spices that are Indian Cuisine. One dish that I would feature was the Chicken Tikka Masala. They have other appetizers and main dishes. There are three or four kinds of Chutney, which you will find all the way in the back of the trays to the left of the desserts. It does not seem like the chutney's belong there, because they are part of the meal, and at the end, which is where they have them. The bathrooms (men's) are clean, adequate and to your right as you face the front of the restaurant. There were several people of Indian extraction so if you want a gauge of authenticity that would be it. There was no problem getting a seat at 12:30 in the afternoon. The buffet for two came to $25.98. This does not include beverages, tip or tax. Service is good. It should get better as they train the wait staff. This is a wonderful, aromatic/spicy buffet. It is unlike all the others. I wish them success.

Not impressed with the buffet. Granted we got there 30 min from closing - but the biriyani was so dried out it had turned crispy. The tikka was tasty but the items were on the bland side. We did order a dosa off the menu and they made fresh naan- both of these items being darn tasty. My conclusion is they likely have good food but it maybe best had by ordering off the menu versus their buffet. Of note I learned their weekday buffet is way smaller than the weekend buffet. Service was hit and miss and everyone was in the kitchen and you had to go knock or holler for staff.

The worst biryani ever. This might be one of my quickest reviews. I had a pick up order for two chicken biryanis and when i opened it at home , it was one of the most disappointing scene ever. Both biryanis were burnt and no chicken in there in one of it. It looked like they scrapped the bottom of the pot. I did not have time to go back, if I could I would have showed it to them what they packed. We ended up trashing both the biryanis, it was not edible for us. It would have been sin and foul even to donate the food . What a waste of money, never going to that place again. And if you want a biryani, just don get fooled by the name "chettinad" .I usually give second chance to the restaurants but this was hands down carelessness without any excuse . If anybody think and claim this is a fake fraud review, I do have receipt to prove the order.

First and last time there. The Grand Buffet on Saturday sure sounded good. They had a decent selection of foods however it was not very good. The food was cold and the quality of the food was poor at best. There really wasn't one item that I thought was good. I would rate it a 2 out of 10. Zero service, not that you needed any ....I can't even say it was worth the $20. At least I tried a new place but was very very disappointed

One of the best indian cuisine. You must definitely try there Masala Dosa and Butter chicken Masala.

This is an elevated buffet. The spices and flavors are wonderful, even though they don't have a huge variety of food items. They make it up it with theirdelicious Indian food. I will definitely be coming back here.

Honestly embarrassing, if you show up here expect attitude and for waiters to ignore you. Such poor work ethic once I got here there was a customer already upset at the food & service. Save yourself the time and go somewhere else .