Chello Restaurant & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Woking

We visited Chello last night for the first time. It’s not just a restaurant it’s a Persian experience, from the moment you walk through the door of this establishment to the time you leave we were bowled over with the extremely hospitable staff, ambience, interesting decor, delicious food and of course the history of the building. Originally a J Sainsbury store the current owner has painstakingly restored the most striking mosaic floor that is around 100 years old. It’s just beautiful. The rest of the decor and lighting is interesting and has been carefully thought out to ensure diners are made to feel warm and comfortable. Large selection of drinks available including cocktails and we enjoyed a pre dinner drink at the gorgeous solid wood bar. Staff are more than happy to explain the good sized menu. We had a mixture of starters that were cooked to perfection and were so tasty. Our main meals we opted for a mixture of chicken and lamb kebabs on a layer of traditional warm bread with varied vegetables and of course the famous Persian chelo rice. All food was of an extremely high quality and standard and the best Persian food we have ever tasted. The owners have done an amazing job with this restaurant and such thought has gone into absolutely everything including all the little extra touches. Just loved the coffee liqueur spoons, sugar pots and the inspirational women picture in the ladies toilet. We were truly impressed and can’t wait to...

Glad to see this new addition to the already rather crowded West Byfleet restaurant scene. It’s good not least because it’s different to anything currently there. If you crave highly spiced food then it’s not for you, as the dishes are all very subtly flavoured, albeit delicious!

Service and food were both excellent, the menu caused us a little confusion as there was almost nothing on there we recognised, not having had the pleasure of Persian food before. Our Hostess however was extremely helpful guiding us and I’m happy to say that the end result of the Kabob mixed platter and a Lamb Stew with Mixed Herbs, Kidney Beans and lime leaves all turned out to be utterly delicious.

There is a decent and reasonably priced wine list too. I'd also add that their pre-opening refurbishment has resulted in a very tasteful and refined ambience. You can even just pop in for a drink or snack, the lounge area looks very comfortable.

All in all we had a great meal and look forward to returning to try more dishes. I’d not hesitate to recommend it and will be bringing friends there when we...

Beautiful stylishly comfortable place. Very firendly and helpful staff. They have worked really hard in restoring and modernizing the place. Prices are reasonable. We ordered Olovieh but dippointedley it was more like a pure mayo souse rather then finely chopped ingrident mixed with mayo. Lavash bread was actually a tortilla wrap soaked in oil. We also had a grill for two. Chicken and lamb pieces were nice and tender. Minced kabab had a unusual spice/ flavour that we did not recognize or have ever tested before and it was overdone . Lots of mixed salad and other chopped vegetables with houmous piled up on the side! Just too many ingrident in a what was supposed to be a simple dish. Rice and tahdig was delicious. We asked for Persian tea expecting a brewed traditional tea but it was just a tea bag in a over sized glass. Coffee was excellent. Overall a lovely place but expecting more simple and traditional food for a Persian...