Best Chinese Restaurants in Chennai

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Chinese food has become so beloved among Indians. In fact, we love to borrow the tad bits of every other cuisine we love to smack on and keep changing them to suit it with our own taste buds. We don’t even mind to treating it as a sub division of our own vast cuisine. We treat Chinese food as Indian equivalents like Punjabi food, Chettinad food or Mughlai cuisine. We are not scared to know if a chinese person happen to eat ‘authentic’ Chinese food in India, he would get the shock of life! 😉 While we’re such a big fan of Chinese cuisine, let’s explore the best chinese Restaurants in Chennai.

1. Chap Chay – The Raintree

Opt for this place if you’re in the mood for a long leisurely lunch, also this place can be considered as an excellent choice for a date. Though this chinese restaurant provides the menu for vegs & non-veg but they lack of veg options compared to the non-vegetarians.

This chinese restaurant is tucked in like a secret at the basement of Raintree St.Mary’s road. The ambience is gorgeous, minimalistic, with muted lighting and lots of space. The menu has options for a set lunch which makes life so much simpler. The most exciting part of the meal is the stir-fry concept. You are served about 5-6 starters but if you stuff yourself with starters and soup, you won’t be able to do justice to the concept of Stir Fry

There is a counter with trays of fresh vegetables, meat and noodles. You can toss in different ingredients and choose the sauce for the stir-fry in a bowl. The chef will put together your awesome dish on your table.

Awesome Tip – Medium spicy is actually very mild, so if you are looking for spicy, tell them very very spicy and it will be fine.

2. China XO – The Leela Palace

The right restaurant to march ahead for a Perfect Chinese Food. The ambience of the place impresses instantly with private seating areas, good decor and an impressive view. Everything ranging from the dimsums to hakka noodles are delicious and bursting with flavors.

This restaurant is class apart from the myriad Chinese platters that the city offers. Their dim sums have garnered huge fan following for their excellent taste and texture. Their Lotus stem fritters are a must have. The place is like a palace, you are treated like royalty and served the best Oriental cuisine in Chennai. To sum up, this place offers one of the best Chinese cuisine in town if you’re ready to overlook the expense.

Awesome Tip: If you’re thinking of economising and just ordering ‘one beer’ with the non-alcoholic menu. It probably makes more sense if you are only going to order one drink in alcoholic menu.

Not to miss: Truffle and edemame dimsums, Lotus stem fritters, Cakes

3. Kim Ling

“Awesome”  is the word to define the most important aspect of this chinese restaurant “Quality of Food” and it is very economical too. The entire place has a very cosy feeling with the decor which makes you feel like you are actually in China. Dimly lit make its ambience romantic. There are adequate table separators and carpets so the place doesn’t get noisy. This restaurant comes in topmost choices for an enjoyable outing with friends and family. This place goes so easy on your pocket! For a full four course meal, just 700 for two will be the approx price.

Not to miss: 

• A must have is the fried wontons, they just melt in your mouth!
• Spring Rolls  are Amazing And the sauce they served them with-exceptional!
• Table Momos are brought in a bamboo basket and which is served with garlic and chilli sauce
• Tum Yum soup is LEGENDARY! The pepper and the lime, directly hits your throat and gives you like a Food shock! 😀
• Fried ice cream – It should be tried every one out there! Its Ice cream and its fried! Amazing world we live in.

 4. Wok A Toque

It’s a quiet, clean and a restful environment; It provides a vast choice of dishes from starters to main course with good quantity. Their veg menu is something you can find very common in most of the Chinese restaurants with their few specialities but the quality they use is exotic. For Non-vegs there is a huge selection to choose from, the water chestnut starters which will leave your tongue craving for more and Dim sums are to die for. Wok A Toque is a place not to be missed, and definitely worth many many visits.

Not to miss:

• Dim Sums
• Drunken Duck Meat Soup
• The Spicy Crab Rice
• Lychee Ferrero: Hats off to whoever came up with the idea of putting Lychees in a thick chocolate coating. The hard chocolatey crust and the soft and sweet lychees makes for one delicious partnership.
• Warm Chocolate Mud Cake: It’s warm, it’s oh-so-soft and it’s chocolatey. In a word, it’s sinful.

5. Kaidi Kitchen

Ever tried food in Jail? Well, you can now! The first thing you notice about Kaidi Kitchen is its prison set-up, people working there dress up like the wardens & inmates of jail. Kaidi Kitchen has very nice Air Conditioned ambience. This place has been talk of the town for its unusual theme. The ‘prison cells’ provide the perfect privacy for a group meetup.

Kaidi Kitchen’s menu describes the various famous prisons and brings out that the story of kaidi kitchen offering cuisines from these prisons. If you are a vegetarian, Love vegetarian or want to prove this to opposites, how fancy vegetarian food can be 🙂 It’s the perfect place to dine in. In –short it’s a Food Paradise for vegetarians.

Awesome Tip: Do make advance reservation and be prepared to wait as well.

Hope that information gave you a little flavor of Chinese food in Chennai. Which of the above would you most like to try? What would you add to the list?