Best Andhra style cuisine in Chicago Period!!! Forget the ambience, the place and even the service. When i arrived there on a sunday afternoon the place was packed and that got my taste buds watering because there is no better sight than a packed place when you drive 30 miles to eat at a restaurant and unsure if it is worthwhile. We wanted to order some drinks, the guy who waited on us politely set the table with spoon and fork (again typical indian!! no Knife) and two glasses of iced water and moved on to set the next table, No question if we wanted to see the menu to ask for drinks!! Also never mind if we wanted to order from the Ala carte or not, he made the choice for us. So we set off for the buffet, My wife a vegetarian tried their uttapam (mediocre) egg puff, chutneys and i went for the tandoori chicken and masala chicken wings. This set the tone for the rest of the buffet. This is definitely a great dining option inspite of the mediocre idles, dosas and nan. It simply makes up with the great tasting entrees. The Biryani is something special and definitely hard to match anywhere outside Andhra and Bangalore!! read more

We got some carryout. The palak paneer was very odd. Usually it's a sauce with little chunks of dark green spinach. This was more like a soft green-colored spinach puree of smoothie-like consistency. I wasn't really a fan of that, or the flavor which was a little too salty and very spicy for being a mild order. It also seemed pricey considering that it didn't come with rice. (Takeout menu lists steamed rice as an extra $3.50, meh.) (Update: My partner later ordered a dish the next day and it did come with rice. So I guess they just forgot the rice for the two entrees we ordered the first time?...) However, I really liked the "Express Lunch Box" option which they offer Mon-Thurs. I received: - A standard carryout box filled with rice, a paneer curry, a mixed veggie dish, and some really tasty veggie pakora - small containers of daal and soup - a tiny container of dessert and a tiny cup of spicy rice pudding - two huge pieces of naan At about half the price of the actual buffet, this was a great option for me. I love the variety of a buffet, but dislike the temptation to stuff myself. (Note: The website says the Vegetarian Express Lunch Box is $6.99. However, they charged me $5.99 for it.) The mango lassi, $4, was pretty good. The ordering experience on the phone was frustrating but once I got there, the person who helped me was friendly. The decor seemed nice from my short time there, except it was pretty dark around lunch time as none of the lights were on. Will be back for the lunch box! read more

Great Place for all Spicy Food Lovers...!!! Amazing Appetizers... Great Catering for parties... Note- Go for Biryani for Friday Lunch... read more

No change in the good & bad here. Service is sloooow but the worst is that they never have everything on the menu. Nowhere near a 5 star place, more like a great cook in the kitchen but no one in charge who knows how to run a restaurant. Food is still great. Just tried the Chicken 65 and 3 days later I want it again. It was spicy & awesome. I guess my survivor's guide to this place is: don't expect everything on the menu to be available (I've given up on the paneer tikka, sadly) and expect slow service. read more

Very poor biryani( tons of white rice and no flavor, even after asking for extra masala/ spicy). Ordered chicken biryani on phone, was given mutton fry biryani instead. read more

This used to be my favorite biryani place until a while back. I have recommended this to a lot of friends too. But off late the biryani has been bad. Sometimes when I order chicken biryani, I get veg biriyani with added chicken pieces in it. I wish they were honest to customers at least and don't take orders if they ran out. This being my favorite biryani tried them out several times over he last 3 months with no luck. It can be a hit or miss. When I give them a benefit of doubt when it works out, they screw up badly the next time around. I have given up on them. read more

Food taste varied for me between a dine in and a to go. Sometimes I would definitely give 5 stars, some times 4 and it varies again. Snack Items/Appetizers will be very good. Particularly, Gobi Manchurian, chilli chicken etc. Biryani will also be very good. Curry's and wet items are just OK. But, to go was like a 2 star. We ordered some Chicken and veg biryani. Veg was good, but the chicken biryani was really bad. Spice was like sprinkling red pepper on the already made biryani and it was a boneless chicken ! Who can expect a bone less biryani when we say chicken biryani. Completely disappointed. It was for a small get together at home. read more

Good quality stuff, but damn does it take forever to cook! Also, a good bit more pricey than other places in the area. I recommend Ashoka on Army Trail Rd. Better deal, and slightly better quality, I think. read more

Why the hell would you give me a specials menu (separately) if you don't happen to have any item listed available? We ended up ordering takeaway, why should I sit and eat if you dont have half of the menu, that too on a Sunday evening. I have much better food joints closer to my home and this was a waste of time. read more

If you're looking for a great Indian restaurant, this is IT. you're gonna love food here. Best management. Great taste. Fresh food. Check out their buffet. For 10.99 great value. Amazing experience read more

Yesterday which is Saturday night we carry out Chicken Dum Biryani and it turn out to be BUG BIRYANI. My kids already ate and when I was eating I found bug in the Biryani. I threw up couple of times and when I husband called the restaurant to complain they only said sorry as usual. Tomorrow I'm complaining to village office in food department. Even I have taken picture for proof. Watch out guys before you order here read more

Cool Mirchi - Bug found in Biryani - Indian Near Me - Roselle, Illinois

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I want to give zero stars. When ever we order biryani they just give plain rice with some color. Last two times i ordered chicken biryani got veg biryani once and mutton biryani once. Ridiculous. read more

Probably best biryanis around!!! N yes chai Don't forget to get Mirchi ka salan with biryani. These guys have kept same quality and taste over the years . Great spicy dishes , suitable for desi taste buds !! read more

Very unimpressed we ordered carry out from here. The curries lacked flavor ginger chicken tasted like a regular chicken curry with barely any salt and little ginger taste, bhendi masala curry was tasteless no spice at all, very little salt, the fish pulusu tasted so watered down. The only decent thing was the Mirchi bajji. Overall fairly disappointed we've heard great reviews from others but we were definitely let down. read more

Quality has degraded very badly. Used to visit this place quite often in the past for take always. Had a To-Go of Mutton Dum Biryani - one word horrible. It was tasteless and didn't resemble biryani in any fashion, looked like just plain white rice mixed with little red/orange colored rice with absolutely no regards to the taste. It was very hard to find mutton in the biryani, all of them were small gravel like pieces and everything was just bones. An absolute waste of time and money to come and eat from here. Needless to say I would not be visiting this eatery again. read more

Food tastes very good, but the interiors needs upgrade to be able to sit comfortably and have food. Vinay read more

Worst take out experience.. lost our phone order.. waited for 1 hour so that they get themselves together. No apologies nor acknowledgement of their mistake. Ruthless customer service .. Their Manager/Owner doesn't have any skin in the game. Never going back regardless how their food taste !! read more

Ordered lamb vindaloo and chicken tikka masala. The lamb was all bones and the chicken had no chicken, just vegetables. Will never go here again. read more

It's just OK. More options for vegetarians than anything. Read about tandoori chicken...there wasn't any. No korma. They serve carafes of WARM water. Not even cool. Chicken in the biryani was dry. Just ok. Not worth $15 a person for sure. Will not be returning. Disappointing. read more

I went there with my team for lunch. Food, service ambiance and decor everything was average but wasn't bad. May go there again.

When in Chicago, if you have to meet your andhra cravings for spicy dum biryani and indo chinese food. (gobi manchurian, paneer chilli & more) This is your place. read more

Very rude arrogant owner manager. I called them for letting them know they gave wrong order for second time. He Cut the call on my face. Very disrespectful and no manners. read more

The customer service sucks at this place they gave me a table it was me and my girlfriend then other server came and he remove my table to join it with orther for the party if 8 he didn't ask me before moving it worst customer service ever!!!! read more

This is the best Hyderabadi food I've had in the Chicago area. The biggest flaw from my perspective is that it's too far to make it a realistic dining option for me. However, if you're ever out there, do check this place out and you won't be disappointed. Food: Rich but not oily, which is how good desi food should be. I was surprised by the fact that they have more than one style of biryani. They have Hyderabadi and Dum biryani. Most places just have one style with only the meat changing. Their malai koftas were a Hyderabadi mughlai treat, excellent texture enchanced by a piquant cashew flavored cream gravy. Their chicken fry tastes very much like good home food, Since it's an Andra restaurant, there's a lot of fish and seafood on the menu. I don't eat fish or seafood, but if you do I would imagine you'll be in for a treat. The food gets 5 stars. Value: It's a little expensive, with dishes ranging from the mid teens to almost $20. They have a lunch buffet, and though we had an amazing dinner, I would imagine the buffet would be a better value if you can make it. In my opinion, the value issue keeps it from 5 starts; however, this is an excellent place which I would love to frequent again. Ambiance: Nice Hyderabadi fare. no problems. Service: quick and personal. good service Oh and by the way, kudos for the clever name... read more

Worst service ever and the poorest quality chicken used to cook! I visited "Cool Mirchi" with my wife on Memorial Day weekend for dinner. It was not busy and only 1 table was occupied with 6 people there. We were seated and as soon as we sat we realized that there is very intense and bad odor in the restaurant. We noticed that there was only 1 server, and he did not care to come to us and ask what we would like to eat/drink etc. Waiter was just busy with the 1 table and taking orders on the phone. We waited for 10 minutes and then waived at the waiter. He finally showed up and we asked for the water and the menus. Finally he gave us menus and water and never came back. Another 10 minutes then we waived at him and he ignored and was busy on the phone. One Lady, probably the chef herself, came from inside and took our order. We asked for tea and ordered our food. Half an hour passed nothing came on our table and they did not even care to give papad or something else to fix the situation. The waiter there was only busy with the to-go orders and no one was there to serve. In the meantime 2-3 more families came in. We noticed that it has been 45 minutes since we placed the order and the family that came after us was served the food before us. I asked my wife to leave the place and when we were about to leave the place then the same lady showed up from the kitchen and told us that our food will be ready in 5 minutes. We told her that it has been more than 1 hour sitting here and sipping water, and you guys did not care to bring even our tea. She then realized that we ordered tea also. She admitted that she forgot about tea and was cooking our food. We asked that why the people who came after us are getting food before us then she replied that these guys ordered on the phone and then came here to eat. We were like WTH, anyways get us our food. Finally, the food came and chicken pieces were the worst we ever had and so tiny and ugly that looked like scavenged chicken. We did not even eat it. I just ate 2-3 bites of my naan and then the server came with our tea. We told him that the service is horrible and you were hiding in the corner and we were just trying to make an eye contact with you to ask for our food. He was such an arrogant looser that he started talking in loud voice in his broken English that he cannot stand next to your table all the time and Indian food takes time to cook blah blah. Instead of admitting the mistake that they forgot about our tea and their service needs improvement, he was trying to dictate on us. I was like go to hell dude and left cash right on the table and left. read more

Went for lunch buffet on a weekend and it was ok ok . Some items are good like mutton curry , vada, sambar. All other items are either too oily or not so tasty because lack of effort in the preparation , Desserts are worst here . read more

It is a really awful place. Please never go to this resturant. The price is almost same as other good places but food sucks! I will never go again! read more

It was 50 degrees in the restaurant on a freezing Monday evening. The restaurant was empty. We were addressed right away, ordered chai and told the server to come back in 5 minutes, so I'd have time to see the menu. In the meantime we asked the staff to raise the temperature, because at this point I haven't even taken my hat off. We ordered two dosas, and waited for our chai. After 10 minutes in cold restaurant, ready to just leave, ONE dosa is delivered our table. Pizza dosa is just a dosa with random veggies (mostly cabbage). The second dosa makes it to our table 5 minutes after, still no chai. The food was good, not terrific, but not bad neither. After finishing eating the dosa with my frozen fingers, the server delivered our chai. At this point we had to say no to the (I hope) warm drink. We left the restaurant cold, without even taking our jackets off. When we were leaving, it was still 50 something degrees in the restaurant. I'm not coming back. read more

Food was awesome but highly overpriced. Can't imagine that they are ripping off people like anything. Mutton Biryani for $15 and Chili chicken for $13. There is not a single place in Chicago that would charge $3 for a naan. That's too much guys. When I started my meal I was planning to give 5 stars but looking at the prices I changed my mind as it's way too expensive. Owners need to seriously revise the prices and make it consistent and competitive with other restaurants. read more

This place is decent. Average food. Friendly environment! Overall it's a good place to eat.

This place opened recently in Roselle IL. Seems like this is the only Indian restaurant in that area. When one walk in for the first time, seems like a very ordinary place, ambience is pretty simple.Menu is limited and compact. Servers there explained to me that this was to ensure that food is kept simple and delicious. Appetisers are simply superb, Cool Mirchi shrimp, Kaledar murg, Tangdi kebab, spinach pakora , Malai Kebab are excellent. Try them.. Limited selection of seafood, chicken and Lamb dishes, but menu well balanced with different colors, textures and flavours. Dum Biryani,gravy and Raita reminds of tastes from Hyderabad.. Service is very casual, kept simple and clean.. I have been there three times in the last one month, taste is consistant.. Enjoy read more

Friendzz, I dont suggest this place any body, this place is awful, the attitude of the waiters and owner sucks. the sanitation is un bearble. food is average but.. surely not worth concidering all the other things.. I dont suggest this place.. I had been this place to more twice , so concider my openion on this resturant is bit more analyzed. read more

Not a name that many people talk about here, but the food is amazing! Had the gobi 65 as a starer.. Huge portion.. Medium spicy, would rate it 5/5 Had their chicken chetinad gravy with naan And a mutton pan biryani for the main course Firstly their servers need to brush up on listening skills otherwise they are good! You have to repeat you order 2-3 times as the server kept saying sorry what sir, pardon sir! Ok now to the food The chetinad chicken is nice but not the best I have had. Their gravy was good. Spicy, moderate amount of spices and authentic with no compromise on flavors! Although here is the catch, the chicken pieces were that great! Lacked salt if had with a little gravy also! Probably don't use the best quality meat! Too much skin and didn't seem very very fresh! Overall average The naan were pathetic!! Thin and seemed more like a papad! Garlic naan was worse for that matter The pan biryani probably was not the best thing to order on weekends as they have special dum biryani served on weekends and the chef decided to burn you tongue and tummy in anger!!! The rice surely wasn't biryani rice( basmati) Steamed rice pan fried with some meat from the biryani they made for weekends with additional spices and probably heaps of chili powder!!!!!!! I only could curse myself that night for eating that! I have heard from few friends that the food is great but had a bad experience and would love to give them another chance in the future though! And order safe next time! read more

Worst service. No one to greet and take us to the table. We're waiting for 10 minutes until we approached the distraught lady. Too much chaos. Food was ok though. Mirchi bajji was really good. Dum biryani was a disaster read more

Awesome place for weekend buffet! Great place for meat lovers! Very eclectic assortment of dishes for their Sunday buffet! Highly recommend!

A solid 4 stars here. We loved the food (definitely spicy! at the upper limit for our pallets), but ordering was a bit of a pain. We opted for take-out and placed our order by phone. There were no dosas (not sure if that's a forever thing or just that night) and we ordered an appetizer that should have contained broccoli but we definitely received something else (just paneer? who knows). Everything tasted divine though so it wasn't worth a fuss. I wish I knew what we ate as the appetizer so we could order it again! The garlic basil naan was awesome, rice was tasty, and flavors and spices excellent in the mystery appetizer and chicken tikka entree. read more

This place is one the jewels in the crown of Indian food in Chicago area. To me this place is one of the best places for especially south Indian food. Ambiance is not so great and it's simple...crowded during the weekend buffet. So be prepared to wait in the Q over the weekends. Solid five stars are for food. Mouth watering biryani and the spicy mutton curry with puri, the best among the buffet. The biryani and the gravy curries are extra spicy and I enjoyed eating such a spicy food. I felt like I was eating the food back in Andhra. And for sure it will be burning on your palate, if you are habituated to eat moderate spicy food. The biggest complaint is that only three staff members are serving the customers and I think additional staff should be added for a quick service. For someone who is looking for south Indian authentic spicy food in and around Chicago, then this is the place to give a try. read more

Cool Mirchi - Chicken biryani with chicken curry and mutton curry - Indian Near Me - Roselle, Illinois

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Update: Was handed over stale biryani at 3 different occasions. How many chances can you give a place? And why'd you do that to your regular customers? So much for the best biryani in the area. Not going back. Be careful when you pick-up biryanis from here. read more

One of the best Indian restaurants around schaumburg. The ambience is not that great but very tasty food! The chicken biryani is very spicy though. Definitely like the chicken entrees. Service is good too. They will usually greet you with a smile.. read more

Good Andhra food at reasonable prices. Service is usually OK but when its busy, forget about it . Try the Fish Fry and Hyderabad Dum Biryani. Good quantities. However, watch out for the floor leading to the rest room - it's crazy slippery. I informed the manager several times but its been like that for the last 3 times we were there. Hope they don't go out of business because someone slipped and sued them. read more