Welcome to Desi Chef Veg & Non-veg Indian Fast Food Take-out Desi Chef is a local, authentic Indian restaurant that has been proudly serving the Somerville area and beyond for more than 20 years. Sinc…
All Day
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
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Chicken Tikka Masala
$13.95
•85% (40)
#2 Most liked
Garlic Naan
$4.94
•95% (44)
#1 Most liked
Vegetarian Thali (available only from 11:30am-3:00pm)
Samosa Chaat, Aloo Tikki and Chole, and Papri Chaat were all very large portions at a great cheap price yet very great. Chicken Makhni and other curry dishes are cream-based and very savory. Only request is to honor the additional requests, i asked for extra extra spicy Makhni and got zero heat. Other than that, this place is worth trying more than once. Hot dishes were steaming hot. 5 stars without a doubt, this is my 2nd order and i see many more in the future.
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Kacey J
Emerging Expert • 5 contributions
Loved
• 7/1/24
• DoorDash order
Samosa (2 Pieces) are great! The Chicken Makhni was creamy, not too spicy but spicy enough, and the chicken inside was tender and good!! The Chicken Makhni also came with white rice in the side which I thought was a good touch. the Chicken Dum Biryani had a lot of flavor and the chicken was also tender. The Garlic Naan was good I wished I had ordered another. Overall great place to order from! generous with their portions and great cooking skills!
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Oscar E
Emerging Expert • 33 contributions
Loved
• 2/9/25
• DoorDash order
Everything was better than any other indian food i've had, very low prices and big portions. im surprised. Only ordering here for future indian food dinners.
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Kit D
1 contributions
Liked
• 5/15/24
• DoorDash order
Used to love this place, and their food is still pretty good (great Samosa (2 Pieces) and pretty good Naan) but I think they may have changed chefs. The spice level has definitely increased, which is hardly surprising for an Indian restaurant and wouldn't be a problem except that there's no warning about this and dishes I would usually expect to be mild (eg Chicken Makhni) are now spicy. Honestly, though, I would just ignore that issue and try to remember to write "mild" in the special instructions if not for the last problem: the Chicken Saag. I've ordered it from here twice recently and both times received something that bears NO resemblance to any other saag I've ever eaten. It's quite spicy, the chicken is mostly bones and connective tissue, and there is no apparent spinach. It looks almost indistinguishable from the Chicken Makhni. It's not BAD (the bones are a bit frustrating but they do at least impart a lot of flavor) but it's definitely not what I thought I was ordering. After the first time I honestly assumed they had accidentally sent the wrong dish and was excited to finally get to try their saag the second time. I expected the green, spinachy, relatively mild sauce that usually comes in a saag and is literally in the picture of the dish on their menu. No such luck. I'm honestly pretty disappointed, but only knocking off one star because their food IS good and their portions and prices reasonable. Just not what I was expecting
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Van C
3 contributions
Loved
• 8/25/24
• DoorDash order
This is THE BEST Chili Chicken I've eaten to date! There is only ONE other restaurant that comes close. I ordered 2 different meals. I wished I had simply placed an order for 2 Chili Chicken! Sooo goood!
