Chaat Bazaar — Restaurant in Dubai

Chaat Bazaar is one of the very best review I visited recently where literally I was blown away by its awesomeness. A hole in the wall place with outdoor street seating but it's food makes it up for lack of space and would leave you wanting for more. The menu is full of amazing Chaats, combo deals, Indo fusion dishes, kulfis and much more. With the current dubai weather, it's a lovely experience to devour such yummy chaats and other dishes outside.

We started off with their Vada pav, Dahi poori, dabeli tacos. Vada pav was classic, apt spiciness, fresh aloo mixture Vada wrapped in fresh and soft buns. It was epic and being the Vada pav lover it was one of the best I ever had in a very long time. They have many variants for this classic Vada pav but I opted for their normal Vada pav and loved it to the core. Dahi poori, yet another favorite of mine. The yummy communion of red and green chutney with sweet yoghurt and masala was superbly divine. Next we tasted dabeli tacos, an Indo fusion one and was a hit amongst us. The dabeli mixture was deliciously good and complemented the Indianized version of taco shell.

Moving on we had pav bhaji bruschetta, paneer pakora and cheese Maggie. Pav bhaji bruschetta was decent with oodles of cheese tasted so good. But I guess I will order pav bhaji separately to get the authentic feel of pav bhaji but the fusion version with toasted bread was yum too. Paneer pakora was very basic, simple yet a delightful munch in the current weather. Cheesy Maggie, cheese + Maggie I wonder what not to like in this divine combo. And without a doubt we loved it especially by my lil one. For drinks we had kala khatta and cola masala. Cola masala had lots of masala according to our tastebuds n was lil strong. Kala khatta was decent.

Service staff was very friendly and great in providing suggestions. Just like the way Alladin found a hidden genie and that's exactly I found this hidden place that provides a treasure full of chaats and all the Indian street food delicacies at a reasonable price. It is going to become our go to place for our desi street food cravings from here on. Most definitely...

Chaat Bazaar is a cozy little cafe/restaurant in Karama that specializes in Desi Street Food, with seating available only outdoors under a Gazebo style setup outside the store front. We visited on a rainy Thursday evening and I was pleasantly surprised to find the place packed, with people waiting in the rain to grab a spot. The service, despite how busy they were, was good. A special mention for Mr Kamal who made space and promptly seated us.

We started with “Anaar Dahi Puri”, this was recommended by our server. The Gol Gappas/Puris are generously stuffed and topped with whipped yoghurt and Pomegranate. The abundance of Anaar gives it a nice kick.

Second, we ordered the Amul Cheese Pav Bhaji - the Bhaji is topped with grated Cheese. I’ve tried Pav Bhaji many times from different places and this is one of the best I’ve had.

We also ordered the Achari Aloo Paratha. This was something new, the Achari Aloo filling worked well. The Paratha is served with Channe (Chick Peas) and Yoghurt.

For drinks, I ordered Cola Masala Soda and my husband ordered a Masala Chai. If you are a fan of Masala Soda, this is a must try. The chai was good too.

On the way out, we were tempted to try out the Stick Kulfi. With many flavours to choose from, we settled for the Gulkand and Paan Kulfi as it sounded different. While the combination does sound a little overwhelming the Kulfi did maintain its taste when combined with the Paan & Gulkand flavouring and complimented each other well.

I have visited many restaurants/cafes promoting Chaats and street food in general, but “Chaat Bazaar” surely stands out...

This is supposedly the no.1 place for chaat. But unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations neither in the taste nor how it’s served.

Firstly positives I went there on an almost full moon night and there was good breeze as well. So though the temp was high, it was still nice to sit out. Friendly staff

Coming to shortcomings Can’t compare to the awesome mouthwatering chaat of Mumbai. Had a few varieties like sev puri, pani puri, bhel, paav bhaji. But none of them were close to Mumbai chaat. They don’t use the bareek/nylon sev which actually lifts up any chaat. Instead they use some weird thick sev that spoils the taste and also not pleasing on the dishes. The most important, they use styrofoam/styrene plates and boxes to serve. They are most dangerous to health with studies showing these can be cancerous. Imagine hot dishes given in these plates, we will be eating chemicals along with already bad chaat. Also bad for environment as they are not recyclable. India has banned its use since a few years already but ‘developed’ Dubai is lagging in this

In my opinion, They should atleast start using nylon sev Either customers carry our own plates and cutlery for our own health or they should change to other healthy disposable options. Specially for takeaways better take...