Reviews for Mirch - The Restaurant in Chicago, IL
I've worked in several restaurants, and I know things get crazy sometimes. With those experiences I've NEVER in my life felt... inspired to leave a negative review on a restaurant, but here we are: There's nothing to excuse what I received instead ofchicken makhani - it's a literal tray of clotty liquid underneath a full 1/4" of oil. No rice or naan to even attempt to sop itup. The samosas are slightly better, but not by a whole lot. If this is the norm, then I can't imagine how this place got suchhigh scores. I'm actually angry about having received this, I paid $20 to have to look for a dumpster to throw away somethingthat looks, smells, and tastes (of course I tried to make it work!) vile so it doesn't stink up my hotel room. Read more
Nearly flavorless biryani. Couldn’t find any spices in it. Samosas were right garbage as well. I think the meat ones are off... the food service frozen variety. Chicken korma and aloo were both greasy as all hell. Never again! There are so many betteroptions in the neighborhood. Sometimes you strike out when you give a new place a chance. Read more
Chicken biryani ( karachi style ) top notch in all aspects. Owner tries to get feed back table to table which is very... pleasant. White lassi is their specialty must try so refreshing !!!! Read more
This place is quickly becoming mine and my husband’s go to for excellent takeout. The service is friendly and thorough- they... even threw in some extra naan for us!- and the food is absolutely to die for, I’ve never had better butter chicken. It’salways a great night when we order from Mirch and we can’t wait to try the whole menu! Read more
They have the best Indian/Pakistani food, great service and very hospitable. The food had authentic taste and so flavourful. We... had achar chicken, and bhindi fry, and both were absolutely yummy. The raita and tea was tasty as well. The server made sure wehad everything we needed and was very polite. The service was quick too. I highly recommend this restaurant. Read more
Wonderful service by 1Am in the morning, Awesome food must try Lahori mutton karahi
I feel really mixed about this place. I tried it for the first time ordering from grubhub, and there were highs and lows. I... ordered samosas, mutton biryani, and chicken karahi. First of all, I was not sent karahi, I was sent achar chicken. It waspretty good, but..wasn't what I asked for. The biryani was quite good, although there was a half of a potato in there thatseemed like it just existed to create volume. Either way, it was good biryani. But then there were the samosas. First of allthey were baked, when a samosa is supposed to be fried, and they were BURNT. Badly burnt. I don't know how any self respectingindian/pakistani restaurant serves burnt baked samosas. So I'm torn. Delicious biryani, a dish I didn't order, and bad samosas. Read more
I've tried pretty much everything on the menu over the couple of years since I first found out about it. Food is phenomenal, one... of the best places for Desi food I've come across. The Mirch Special Biryani and chicken 65 are one of a kind in Chicago, Ididn't find the same taste anywhere else. Other places have good biryanis too, but the special twist puts this firmly as one ofthe best in our rotation. The karahi dishes are to die for too! I hope the Mirch taste lives on in Chicago. Read more