Indian version of Chipotle.. Well priced and amazing taste..

My first and only visit changed the perception of this place. I got a chicken nanini and I threw it away after one bite. The food was stale and not completely cooked. Initially, I thought it was probably just my food. But, my friends who got the naninis had to throw away theirs too. We then vowed never to return to the place again read more

The Chutney's paneer naanini is one of my favorite meals in Harvard Square. It reminds me of Subway, in that you get to pick all of your toppings and a sauce, but it's a hundred times more delicious. I can't even describe it, you just have to try it for yourself. read more

Chutney's is basically Subway with Indian toppings. But their toppings aren't particularly fresh, creative or remarkable. The customer service is average. read more

Love this place. "Fast food" Indian. 3rd time here and the food is still good. Went for the chicken satay special today and glad I did.

Don't go to Subway -- better come here, it's more interesting, more delicious, more satisfying. If only it weren't inside this ghastly Garage... read more

I went to Chutney's for lunch with no cash in hand, understanding that they accept card. Upon trying to swipe my card several times, the cashier informed me that my card was "broken" and that I could not have my food. No manager was consulted, no nothing. I was skeptical, given that I had just bought a coffee with my card. I immediately went to the bank and was able to withdraw money without issue. If you go here, be forewarned- the card scanner is faulty and customer service is not a priority. read more

Great Indian food for a fast food restaurant. The rice bowl combined with Chutney's chicken is definitely a must try. Prices are also very reasonable. read more

Good food at affordable prices. Sometimes the staff doesn't understand very well what you are asking for (needed to repeat several times). The food in general is pretty consistent except the rice (which tend to me sometimes undercooked to my taste) read more

Delicious Indian food at very good prices...Chicken tikka masala is excellent..tender chicken pieces cooked in delicious blend of spices..saag paneer..samosa, yummy tamarind and mint sauces- all great! I have become a regular customer. Great going! :) read more

I love indian food and couldn't wait to try this place. I was not disappointed after coming here. Great food for a good price.

I was looking for some quick, inexpensive indian meal for lunch today. Came across Chutneys at the garage in harvard square... I bought rice bowl with chutney special paneer. I was dismayed to find hair strand in my food I bought this afternoon! Also, the breads (Naaninis) are dry and thick. They were stored in dirty storage boxes. awefulI... Proves this place is totally unhygienic and unhealthy!! There are better places around to relish good indian food. my contempt for this place is total... read more

Favorite fast food in Harvard Square! This is immediate gratification. Quick indian food, quite delicious, very cheap, and hits the right soul-filling spot. My favorite thing on the menu is the Brown-Rice Bowl with Chutney Paneer. The Paneer is cooked in savory spices and onions. It's easy to carry away and bring to school and work, and there's no regret in terms of the wallet. I must have been here at least 60 times this school year already, probably another 20 times by the time I graduate in May. :) read more

Had it for the first time 3 days ago and it was great! The girl who served me was friendly and nice. Went there 3 days later and a guy served me. Not great! He messed up my order and wasn't friendly! read more

This place was a great meal at a great price. A friend suggested having dinner there before a night out in Harvard Square, and it turned out to be a wonderful suggestion. This dining experience also shattered my assumption that The Garage was a parking garage - stupid me for all this time assuming that and just walking by and missing out on the food-court nirvana that exists inside. This will now be a spot to come back and visit to sample more goodness from Chutney's and some of the other establishments. Moving on....Chutney's is set up like Chipotle where you make decisions about what to put in your meal as you move along. There are three man categories: vegetarian, chicken, and lamb. Each has several choices available as to the main ingredients in your dish. You will then choose whether you want a panini-style sandwich, a burrito-style wrap, or a rice bowl. I opted for Chutney's chicken in a burrito-style wrap called paratha. I was very pleased with my decision. The chicken had a good amount of heat to it, but was not too spicy for my wimpy taste buds. I added most of the vegetables available and had the yogurt sauce. It was a very filling meal, and at $8 (including a drink), the price was right. read more

I sometimes go to Chutney's when I want something quick. Their chicken and their sauces are pretty good. I always know what to expect when I go there. The only thing that bothers me about Chutney's is that they ALWAYS overcook their rice to the point that it basically has the consistency​ of paste. read more

Buzzing with Harvard undergraduates, the huge foodery on JFK in Cambridge is full of such venerable institutions as Le's Vietnamese restaurant, Ben and Jerry's, "El Jefe's" Taquería, and...Chutney's. Oh, Chutney's. With an ambiance not unlike that of a Greyhound bus stop in middle America, Chutney's has surfaces that remain vaguely dirty even after a thorough cleaning, and is mostly open to the elements, with the corridor noise drowning out whatever atmospheric Bollywood tunes might have been emanating from the kitchen (which did, in fact, contain actual Indians). Harsh LED lights hang from the ceiling in mysterious, 8-inch-diameter, persimmon-shaped globes, upon which we detected no sheen of grease -- although a bit of a sheen might have helped to diffuse the light... Aside from a Picasso-like painting depicting what appeared to be a headless woman with somewhere between 2 and 4 arms, there is nothing to recommend their interior decorator. Upon examining the menu, we came to one firm conclusion: this place is CHEAP! Like...Berkeley cheap -- lamb barely breaks the $10 mark, and all vegetarian and chicken dishes are at a reasonable $7.5. But, as goes the old adage...you get what you pay for. The naan ($2) was among the rubberiest we've ever eaten, having been only vaguely reheated on a George Foreman grill right before our very eyes. The veggie samosa ($2) was edible, but a bit stale. However, the accompanying tamarind sauce was a travesty, consisting of glorified high-fructose corn syrup -- absolutely atrocious. The two mains -- the chicken tikka ($7.5) and the chana rajma masala ($7.5) -- were both eminently edible; however, the garbanzo- and kidney-bean-based masala had virtually no flavor, despite having been bathed in approximately ¼ a bottle of "hot" sauce...and the tikka, while decent, gave Chat irreparable heartburn about half way through. The other "street food" main -- the "fresh" idli sambar with coconut chutney ($6) -- took 15 minutes to prepare (hence the "fresh"), and yet still comprised tasteless idly that were somehow both too dry and too soggy, and were even worse than standard idly (which, admittedly, are usually pretty bad). To add insult to injuridly, the sambar tasted like Campbell's vegetable soup, and the chutney was grainy and...somehow smoky? The saviors of the meal were...well...the things with sugar. The gulab jamun ($1) wasn't bad, but the syrup was disconcertingly gelatinous at room temperature. The mango lassi ($2) was excellent, with good viscosity. The price on the menu had clearly been updated several times, either indicating the volatility of the global mango market, or the fact that Chutney's has realized that this is literally the only good thing they sell. Finally, out of curiosity Chat tried a Thums Up cola ($2), a legitimate Indian product that actually tasted not unlike RC Cola (and even had real sugar!). However, our elation was dampened by the discovery that, according to the ingredient label, Thums Up "contains permitted flavours"...‽ And the old gods and the new know what is permitted in India. Finally, Yogi tried a Maaza Mango juice ($2), also from the Subcontinent, that was also prominently labeled as "Man Gue" (cue/gue joke here). It smelled of mango, tasted of cleaning fluid, and was yet somehow pleasantly refreshing. Overall, it was difficult to decide what was the worst thing we had eaten -- by the end of the meal the Foreman'ed naan was looking pretty good! This experience, ambiance and all, was one misstep after another, and frankly, we'd give it one samosa if any of the food had been dangerous...but, as far as we can tell, it wasn't. We therefore begrudgingly award a two-samosa rating to the Indian fast-food king of the Boston area. We also award Chutney's the first hard-earned one-rupee rating, with the caveat that we had to order twice as much food just to choke down enough for a normal meal! It turns out that the word "chutney" derives from the Hindi word "chattni," meaning, "to lick." Sadly, at Chutney's even this most basic of actions is one that we cannot in good conscience condone. read more

Great vegetable samosas but could be a bit crunchier. Their mango lassi, however, is GREAT. Get two because it's a bit on the smaller side.

Yup, it's basically an Indian Chipotle, and I'm so excited that this is a thing! The food is pretty solid, and they have a good selection. I love that they have paneer, because that's almost impossible to get outside Indian restaurants. I do wish the food was a bit spicier. (It's called Chutney's after all -- would be nice to have a bigger selection of spicy chutneys.) The paratha that they use for the wrap is more like a flour tortilla than a paratha. A whole wheat alternative would be healthier and taste a bit more Indian. read more

it is just a place to get indian-like food, its a, ill say, fast food restaurant (a similar experience to subway) definitely eatable and reasonable prices but ill not consider this place as a Indian food experience read more

I used to frequent this place with my friends till 1 year ago. Now visited it after 1 year, and the food has gone from very nice to excellent. The taste has further improved significantly, and staff very friendly and cheerful. Amit and his team were all very enthusiastic. Went with my parents, and they liked this place and each and every food item that we ordered. read more

Excellent if you like indian food. Cheap and quick too. Ordering process is similar to chipotle, you can build your own. I got the chicken Tikka and I'd highly recommend it. read more

The food is so so good! I have been to this place several times over the past few years and the food is always amazing. I am just disappointed that they have recently reduced their portions to tiny sizes. I would rather they increase their prices by a dollar and give me the same amount of food as before. read more

This place was very close to a 1 star for me. I ordered delivery and went with 3 items (2 bowls and a wrap). I'm vegetarian so this only applies to that portion of the menu -though I'd be shocked if the quality is specific to this section. I am Indian so I have a high bar for good Indian food. To me, no Indian food (North or South) is as good as my Mom's. That being said I've been to dozens of Indian restaurants that I liked and would revisit. The food here was terrible. For starters, your bowl is somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 rice. You then have a layer of what tastes like aluminum pouch Indian food (if you've had it you know the fluorescent greasy mess I'm talking about) topped off with a garnish of cucumber/tomato/cilantro. You know those few occasions where you've cooked something truly awful and you had to save it by dumping something on it (yogurt, hot sauce, soy sauce, etc depending on the cuisine)? Everything here was bad and I can only guess their generic garnish was their valiant effort at elevating the food from disgusting to poor - they only half succeeded. Close your eyes and you have no idea you're eating saag. Their paratha wrap is, I think, supposed to be similar to a roti wrap. You don't have to go to India or Trinidad to find a good one as there are a couple other places in Cambridge that offer it. My big mistake (aside from ordering) was not having yogurt in the fridge to dump on this mess. There are a couple reasons I went with 2 stars though. One is that I didn't spend $30 despite trying 3 items. You're not going to beat their prices for a delivery spot. Another is that I remember the garbage I ate in college and given the price point, I would think this place has a built in clientele with that demographic. My advice is to stop by an Indian store and pick up the $3.99 frozen meals. They're not great or healthy but neither is this and at least you know what you're in for with the freezer food. If it's late and you want food now and you're past the point where you could have stocked your freezer, do yourself a favor and just go to bed hungry. read more

It's pretty simple- do you like burritos? do you like Indian food? If you answered yes to both of these questions you will enjoy Chutney's. read more

Subpar food. Had the chicken paratha roll and the chicken tasted bland and had no flavor at all to it. Only giving 2 stars because I like this concept. Won't be going back. read more

Indeed, this is Indian Chipotle - down to the oval cardboard containers and bar of shredded salads for a finishing touch. You can choose from a wrap, a rice bowl and a naanini (naan + Panini hybrid). A hint of spicy garlic sauce on top of my chicken curry rice bowl was enough to set my mouth on fire, so if you're a spicy wuss like me, just know what you're getting yourself into. Also, the workers behind the counter were very friendly :) The curry itself was filling with plenty of chicken - good, but not great. At a little under $10 (unless you choose lamb), you're paying for the convenience. If you work in the area, Chutney's is a good grab-and-go lunch spot. There's also a good amount of seating if you want to grab a quick lunch with a friend or three. However, if you have a couple of hours and desire soulful and memorable Indian food around this price, head over to India Quality Restaurant near Boston University. read more

It actually doesnt get better than this. Fast food indian? it's well cooked, and it's inexpensive! they have quite the selection, along with traditional indian drinks. Super convenient. I've been going here since they opened. read more

Quick, and cheap yet completely authentic and delicious! I think this is just what the Boston Indian food scene was missing for a long time. The other food-courtish Indian places in the area have just horrible food as far as I have sampled. Here, at Chutney's they have been very clever in putting good quality Indian food in to the familiar sandwich bar type setting with the choice of bread/chutneys/fillings etc (unlike other Indian places, where like in Soviet Russia, the chutney chooses you! :D). And they are open till midnight. read more

Love it. Chutney's is one of the few places I'll travel to visit. Yes, it's americanized, but the nanini is excellent. The only place we'll eat in and around Harvard Square. read more

Indian food meets Anna's Taqueria. A rare innovation in the world of fast food. Many customers don't realize you can choose multiple chutneys. Choose the firecracker and the yogurt and each bite is an unexpected mix of spicy and soothing. read more

The food is definitely very flavorful--the other yelpers were right. Get the tikka sauce. I usually get the spicy chicken, and while it is hot, it's not overwhelming. The woman didn't accept the yelp deal for 2 momos at first, but I came back later and let me use it. The concept of the restaurant is great, but you don't know how long the food has been sitting out there as the turnover is not as high as Chipotle's. read more

We were hungry and needing a quick bite. Chutneys delivered big flavor, friendly service, and a low price. A little grungy in the ambience department, but hey, this is inside The Garage! read more

I practically lived off this lace for a summer while working at Harvard. It's like if cheap Indian street food and Chipotle had a baby. The Nanini is the way to go, bread-wise, but the other options are still good. Never tried the meat dishes, but the vegetarian dishes never disappointed. The sides and mango lassis are great as well. They take credit card, but strongly prefer cash. read more

Absolutely horrible service. The servers rush you, don't really listen at all. Won't go back.

As others have described it, Chutneys essentially took the Chipotle/Qdoba service model and applied it to Indian cuisine. Upon my first visit, I came in a bit skeptical of their ability to pull this off, but I was pleasantly surprised with the results. I tend to stick with the Paratha wraps, but have also enjoyed the rice bowls when I was in the mood for something a bit more "traditional". The Paratha wraps definitely add to the "chipotle" feel of the place, but they flavors are definitely south Asian rather than generic tex mex (fairly aromatic, well spiced). I think this unique presentation of the cuisine is what keeps me coming back more than anything else. The prices are also fairly reasonable (and if you don't mind prepaying part of your meal, they almost always have a "groupon now" deal going for $7 for $5). I really can't complain about this place, and its unique concept has me coming in somewhat regularly when I am in the square. read more

Unbelievable flavors of India, combined with the convenience of fast food, along with a kindness to the wallet Harvard Square rarely matches. Try the Chutney's Paneer Nannini, with sweet and sour sauce--delicious. read more

Yes! Rare, great Indian fast food! So happy to discover it. It does actually get spicy if you want it to be -- also a plus. Try the chutneys paneer paratha wrap. read more

I tried the Chutney chicken nanini and thought it was tasty. Nothing extraordinary, but it made for a good lunch.

So i was lured into the place with the $5 for $7 groupon and the free samosa deal. I left disappointed and feeling awfully thirsty from the salty mush they served me. The sag paneer was basically just salted frozen spinach nuked to death under the heat lamp. It was flavorless and mushy and clearly not fresh. The chicken tikka was dry, salty and greasy, with no sauce whatsoever. The only thing remotely edible was the paneer, which was worse than what you can get at the Trader Joes frozen food aisle. Oh, and the cashier gave me major attitude when I asked for the free samosa. He grabbed a samosa, shoved it in a styrofoam container, and when I tried to pay with my groupon he became annoyed and told me that the samosa isn't free. Do yourself a favor and visit your local Trader Joes for some edible Indian Food. Avoid this place at all cost!! read more