Chili-s — Restaurant in Leipzig

Over the years I spent months in India, preferrably riding the Royal Enfield through the whole country, even through Northeast India. Besides the language also the Dal Makhni (or however you spell it) changed throughout my journeys. After being disappointed by the german ripoffs of that most delicious dish I found it'd be time for another "try" and boy was I blown away. This is authentic for christ's sakes! The garlic butter naan unmistakingly comes from a genuine tandoor and if you ask, you get your meal hot. Not just german hot. I mean Indian hot! The atmosphere isn't Indian in any way, it's the pseudo roughed up "I don't care" style of the whole gen-z-ridden vicinity, but what gives? When you get authentic Indian food, you don't ask for atmospheric lights. They even have some Indians amongst the staff ;) My buddy had a butter chicken and although he never had any authentic Indian food before, he was quite happy. He choked on my chillie, of course XD This is the biggest food recommendation I ever gave. Enjoy! And have a Kingfisher with it. Yes, they sell Kingfisher. It's unbelievable. One small thing though... it's important to have the dal and the naan edible at the same time. Otherwise you will wait for the dal while the naan get's cold. A detail, that lets me sit with annoyingly burned...

I have mixed feelings about writing this review, especially since for the longest time I thought this was the best and most authentic Indian food in Leipzig. I’ve been disappointed by every other Indian restaurant in the area, as they taste nothing like Indian food elsewhere in the world. I've been a regular customer here over the past year and have recommended it to multiple people, especially since the butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, and palak paneer have been quite flavorful.

Unfortunately, recently, the quality of the curries has become inconsistent. The food now tastes bland and flavorless, making it much harder to justify the high price tag. I’m not sure if there’s a new chef or if they’re catering to German tastes, but the food no longer feels authentic or flavorful. For instance, since when has dill become a staple in Indian cuisine?

I’m writing this review in hopes that things will improve, but as it stands, unfortunately, I can no longer...

Kind enough service but unfortunately just incredibly bland food. It seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Maybe they’ve tried too hard to appeal to a German palate and got lost along the way?

raw turmeric flavor not cooked into the food onions in sauce weren’t caramelized not a hint of salt to speak of in any of the sauces or bread dough.

Both naan and samosa were undercooked and lacking seasoning. Chicken tasted like rubbery breast meat, and mango lassi was stretched so far it felt like just drinking juice. Cauliflower had zero salt and tasted straight out of a bag of frozen mixed veggies thrown into a sauce last minute.

For the price it’s just not at all worth it. I hate leaving such a bad review but I hope it helps to improve the flavor because Leipzig could benefit from an actually decent...