Chotivala 100% Pure Vegetarian & Jain Food Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Pattaya City

This Indian Veg Restaurant located on No:2 Road Pattaya (Opp Central Mall) advertises as serving North & South Indian Cuisine. However their menu of South Indian food is limited to a Thali (Average Quality), No South Indian Veg preparations of Eggplant , Okra, Cauliflower etc. It is basically a North Indian Restaurant . It serves Chinese food as well & their fried rice though has hardly any vegetables -is nevertheless tasty. The Restaurant has some " bad practices" of Insisting on customers purchasing water bottles (no free water served at table) & their dishes are " served as " BASIC" with no accompaniments -which are all extra! (Ex: Biryani has No Raita, Papad served with it. Channa Bhatura has No Raita served with it, Papads are served /Pc & charged - not as a packet. Overall the restaurant is average in taste & quality. Though its interior is brightly aired- the hand washing area is messy ,wet & sinks -dirty - typical of Indian restaurants. The customers too we noticed were the North Indian crowd with no finesse talking loudly in Hindi etc The place is however an alternative - since it is...

Scam alert. Beware of the owner of this restaurant. He will try to fool you into buying different tour packages of local sightseeing like coral island. We booked a coral island tour for 500 bhat per person and confirmed 2 times if it was infant friendly, he assured that we can take our baby with us. But after reaching the first stop of the tour, guide told us that we will have to walk 100 m in waist high water to reach the next stop which was not possible with the baby. So we will have go back from there only. And there was one more couple stuck exactly like us.

This is where he scammed us. He said that there is no return boat from here and also we cannot wait here for them since the boat will not stop at this point again. So we will have to pay extra 600 bhat to return with no other option. Neither the restaurant owner nor the tour guide told us before starting the trip that its not possible with baby. And they deliberately got us stuck so we would pay extra money over and above the 1000 bhat that went waste for the booking. Avoid this restaurant...

Good one this. I wished to try a few menu items so opted for the veg thali with roti. My 3 dishes were paneer masala, sabzi and dal. After being part of an Indian family for 8 years I know when something is authentic or not and this is the real deal. Creamy masala with soft paneer which had a slight kick, though nothing approaching spicy, a sabzi with many varied vegetables having a pleasing texture when pared with roti. The dal. Tried it first then immediately saved it till last. I always consider a dal a litmus test of sorts for any Indian restaurant and it was divine, I’d have that as a main next time, it tasted nearly the same as Dadi’s dal. (This is not a negative - no one beats Dadi’s dal 😊) Sides included rice, yogurt and halwa. They also made the whole thali Jain as per my request and dietary considerations. I can solidly...