Chetana Veg. Restaurant & Bar (1946)

While on recent trip to Mumbai, we had an opportunity to visit one of the oldest and most famous restaurant, Chetna Veg. Restaurant & Bar at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai. Chetna is serving delicious and authentic, Maharashtrian, Gujarati and Rajastani Thali since 1946 (Thakar Bhojnalay, Kalbadevi is one year older to Chetna since 1945 & competes with Chetna for best Thali in Mumbai). We found Chetna is a very good and well decorated restaurant, maintaining very high hygiene and cleanliness. Service was excellent, staff was courteous. In order to try different food varieties, we ordered Chetna's Regular Thali (mix of Maharashtrian, Gujarati and Rajastani dishes) & Chetna's exclusive Dal Bati Thali. And Oh Boy, both thalis were superb, very delicious, unlimited in nature, food quality was very high. Dal Bati was almost authentic like what we had in Rajastan last month. Really a wonderful experience and definitely Chetna lived to its reputation of being counted amongst top 2 thali restaurants in Mumbai. We thought Thali to be bit more expensive, but being in Mumbai and in locality like Kala Ghoda, I think price got justified to some extent. A Thali lover must visit Chetna atleast once in life time.

An amazing and consistently high quality Pure vegetarian restaurant. It is not for nothing that it has become an ICON in south Mumbai. Amazing food quality, excellent service and fair pricing. What more can one ask for. Very few can boast a 78 years legacy.

Excellent choices of thalis..Rajasthan.. Gujarati..maharashtrian. Mr vivek bhanushali was so hospitable. We have been visiting this lovely place since 1990. We were fortunate to meet Mrs Arya..so gracious and welcoming...humility galore. The thali was amazas always..starters with small batata vadas dhokla samosa...accompaniments of buttermilk...koshambir...spread of cauliflower bhaji..brinjal masala..rajma..dal..kadhi..fattfata..spinach..rotlas of jowar bajra..puranpoli..chapatis...with pure ghee..difficult to do justice to the spread....wow mesmerizing taste with nutrition..the team is awesome..but every visitor respects ma annapoorna and food is never wasted...finger bowls to clear the helping handsvto finish it followed by mukhwas especially the pomegranate rock salt (like jeeragoli)...me and my husband enjoyed the visit after almost 5 years and felt gratitude for the experience. A must visit for the best thalis..very reasonably priced...in mumbai..

Rajasthani thali was too yummy.. Maharashtrian thali was okay. The way they serve is very nice like home.

I heard from the owner that the restaurant is running for last 72 years. This is mind blowing.. Visited during Kalaghoda festival and naturally the restaurant was crowded but we could get our chance in 10 min. However since the table was big we have to share with other two persons. This is pretty unusual for Mumbai. They serve Only Thalis ( Gujarathi/ Rajasthani / Maharashtrian ) All costs Rs 589 plus taxes. We ordered Gujarati Thali. The taste was top class with most of the items served hot and fresh. Even though they have couple of less items on menu as compared with Maharaja Bhog. They also have only one sweet served and not unlimited unlike other restaurant. Surprised to see Gulabjamun or kheer as sweet option and not Jalebi as favourite one. The service was lacking on several fronts which was surprising considering their Long term experience. I was not served Kachori. Then they didn’t serve salads. They didn’t serve jal jeera or butter milk. Was told to select only one. They serve two rotis and bakri roti together in beginning which becomes soggy when we finally eat. They need to have a experienced person to supervise to ensure that the hospitality is taken care which usually tops in any such Gujarati restaurants. However leave alone such small gaps it is worth visiting this restaurant with family and friends…

Probably the best thali I have ever had in recent times. The Rajasthani thali as well as the Gujarati thali were superb. The restaurant is really hygienic and the food served is fresh thus making the experience a whole lot better. The waiters and manager are really sweet. Must try if you are on the lookout for a thali in town!

Great vegetarian place serving thali in Gujarathi , Rajasthani and Maharastrian style food . The pricing is reasonable food is excellent . We were a big group so had different Thalis .

Chetana - excellent thali restaurant, they serve Gujarati, Marwari and Maharashtrian thalis here, super warm hospitable service. They really take care of you here with a smile and in case if there is a vegetable that you don't like in your thali they will replace it with another vegetable as well - this was truly amazing. Had the Gujarati thali here and being a Gujarati can definitely vouch for its authencity. Awesome Food and Super Awesome Service We went on Diwali day and it was mad rush, we had to wait, which is fine but we got seats on right side room from main entrance which is made functional only during additional rush. This place has single door to enter exit and food servers focus only the main hall and rarely come to this room. We ourselves had to ask for chaas and jaljira as we saw it being served in main hall and we got it only after half meal was done. We had checked what is the sweet dish of the day and came to know Jalebi was one of the two. We were served jalebi towards end of meal after our repeated asking. Phulkas were chewy and hard, the flour dough was not kneaded properly before preparing phulkaas. Cauliflower in vegetable was raw and not cooked properly. In farsan there was one kachori covering kind of rectangle and had no taste. Rice dhokla was taste less too. Undhio was extremely oily and muthia were rock hard. Wadas of dahi wada had very less salt and overall dahiwada was a big disappointment.