Chaat House Sunnyvale

This place has become my go-to spot for Indian comfort food this year. They’ve got a huge variety from snacks to full meals, and in my experience, everything’s been consistently good. I usually go for the dahi papdi chaat when I want something cold and refreshing or the chaat samosa if I’m craving something warm. The house thali is amazing with a lot of variety when I want more of a meal. The place is simple, clean, cafeteria-style setup. It’s nothing fancy, but the food’s worth it. Service is quick. Parking is easy. Prices are pretty reasonable.

We were three people who dined here for lunch . Chaat combo with three different chaats (bhel , dahi balla and samosa chole) for 19.99 was worth it except that the ragda was bland . The other two chaat items were tasty . The 13.99 combo thali had several small portioned dishes , each dish had its own flavor and delicious. All the dishes in the thali were spot on with taste and non greasy . I would definitely go back here for the thali .

Long overdue review. This place has been feeding me wholesome comfort North Indian food for 15 years. Highly recommend their house thali, channa bhatura and all chaat items

Yummy thali for a cheap price. Don’t think twice. The rotis are very soft and the food tastes homemade.

I have been in here often. The food is top notch. It's all vegetarian. The taste is very homely. The portion size for the thaali and other dishes is reasonable. One interesting thing is the bun samosa and chai combo everyday from 3 - 5 pm. The bun samosa makes me nostalgic.

Ordered Tikki with chana...tikki was ice cold...tea was awful......would avoid this place.

Perfect homemade food. Our go to option every time we wanted something simple. Thali is best along with all kind of freshly made paranthas. Chaas or chai come complimentary with thali.get back in time with 1970-80’s song on the play!!

Home like tasty food in affordable price. Good thali. Tasted onion pakoda and chole bathura. Liked the taste. Mango lassi was good too.

This place has become my go-to spot for Indian comfort food this year. They've got a huge variety from snacks to full meals, and in my experience, everything's been consistently good. I usually go for the dahi papdi chaat when I want something cold and refreshing or the chaat samosa if I'm craving something warm. The house thali is amazing with a lot of variety when I want more of a meal. The place is simple, clean, cafeteria-style setup. It's nothing fancy, but the food's worth it. Service is quick. Parking is easy. Prices are pretty reasonable.

Amazing food, great quality and variety. Not for people with zero spice tolerance. It is mild for Indian standards , but still high.

This place is okay. At one stage, I went once a week for a few weeks straight to get their house thali because of the variety they served, but I don't go much now. I particularly went on Thursday because they serve both aloo gobi and Bhindi (okra), both of which I tend to like. So that's the only day I might go on the odd occasion. I don't think they serve amazing food, some of the dishes are good (like the Bhindi) and others are decent (like the aloo gobi). But their other sabjis are just okay. You get a kadhi, I always replace it with channa masala or saag, both of which are okay, I am not sure if it is super fresh or not. You also get one type of dal usually which tastes good. Some days you get one of the paneer curries, they taste similar mostly, and maybe a single piece of paneer. 2 phulkas(thin wheat bread), one cup of rice, that can be replaced with a phulka if you prefer. A bowl of yogurt/curd, and a papad. It is pretty filling. You can also get chai or buttermilk on the side. I like their chai. 3 stars for the food. I also tried their dum aloo once and it was not authentic at all and not spiced right. Their parathas are good though and very filling. Simple ambiance, quick service. They are busy most of the time. The Thali I feel is not great value for money now, especially when you takeout because the portions are lesser in their to go box. They also sometimes close earlier than their listed timings.

Terrible food. All items in the thali were too salty, paneer was extremely hard and tasted like rubber. The lassi and curd were extremely sour and tasted bad. Ambience was a let down as the AC wasn't working on an extremely hot day lunch time. The drinks in the fridge were also not cold and looked like the refrigerator wasn't working either. Overall a disappointing experience and would never come here again.

Our go to place, we love the homely taste of all the food items here. Their house thali is to die for. It comes with beverage. Also parathas and all chaat items are flavorful.My kids love eating Chana bhatura here.

My go-to for South Indian! Prices are very fair, ambiance and service is what you would expect for a hole in the wall. The food is amazing every time- I get the house thali which comes with a free drink (I get the chai) and pani poori. The Dahi papdi chat and samosa chaat are also the best I've ever had at this location. I will choose Chaat House for feel good, authentic South Indian food over any other Indian spot in the bay!

I ordered bhel delivery from them. They didn't pack the chutneys separately which is what any Indian place would do for delivery order. The bhel was soggy and tasted terrible because of that.

Pretty good spot, would say underrated. Great service, good food - would recommend the parathas. No frills, just good food, great prices and quick.

I'm not new to this spot, my today's to go Chole Bhature order around 5pm was nightmare, Bhature was like cracker .. Is the management changed with new set of workers?

Sharing another picture of their Thali. As always, their food doesn't cease to amaze me with their simplicity

Tasty pocket friendly Indian food - highly highly recommend My yardstick for North Indian food is Aloo Parantha where the filling is even in the center and edges and the parantha is cooked through evenly. This one nailed it! Loved their chaat as well. The ambience isn't much, very underrated with disposable plates and such. But the food is exactly what you'd call authentic North Indian food. Simple and delicious with reasonable quantities.

Such a great place to gather! Eating Chaat House feels like eating a home cooked meal. The food comes out fast and pipping hot and it never disappoints. With a bigger group it's nice to order a bunch of dishes and do family style but the House Thali is a great option for when you're eating alone. As a tip, there's another Chaat House on El Camino so just make sure you're routing to the right one.

Came across this place while driving and am so glad I did! The food is really authentic and yummy - we tried their saag, aloo paratha, Bhatura. Everything was really fresh and yums! Also, the people there are really really nice Will definitely go back !

Their menu never changed in decades. Pretty static. Quality of food is okay. Nothing exciting.

Chaat House offers vegetarian North Indian cuisine. My friend visits this place often but always orders the same thing - Thali. I asked what else should I try? She suggested everything here is very homelike, the salt might be on lower end but that can always be added from top. So I ordered a thali too, following the queue. The thali contains a bowl of rice, 2 roti, kadhi, dal, 2 veg curries (today they served Saag and Aloo Baigan), curd, papad, onions. It comes with either Buttermilk (chaas) or tea. It's quite a meal and they also accommodate minor changes to it. My friend asked for extra roti instead of rice and they were ok doing it. The kadhi was delicious, proper Punjabi taste with onion pakodas in it. The aloo baigan was also very nice. The daal tasted ok whereas the saag was just fine. The roti reminded me of home or the roti in Langar. There were no floating oil on any of the curry and hence even though the taste was average, it brought it up to very nice. I'd surely come back and probably try something else, if not, then Thali is always a safe bet!

In what appears to be a former fast food restaurant, Chaat House is a casual restaurant turning out stainless steel platters of vegetarian Indian chaats and meals. The setting felt anachronistic with retro fast food furniture (booths, tables, chairs, and even trash bins), a counter for placing orders, and a pass looking into the semi-open kitchen, over which hung a long black sign with the word "Swagatam." My pick from the menu was the daily special thali, a round metal platter lined with six bowls containing the dishes of the day. The masoor dal was a spiced lentil soup; the kadhi was a distinctively sour yogurt soup; and the mix veg was a mixture of peas, carrots, potato, and cauliflower stir-fried with onions and spices. My favorite was the malai paneer, which came with chunks of paneer in a mildly spiced, slightly sweet orange-colored cream-based curry, and the thali also came with jeera (cumin) rice, thick curd, sliced red onions, a crunchy papad cracker, and two freshly made roti flatbreads! Every item on this thali was delicious, perfectly spiced, and made for a balanced meal. The curries and flatbreads were all served hot, and the thali even came with a drink selection. I chose the chaas, a cool, spiced buttermilk, which washed down the flavors of the spices.

NICE AUTHENTIC CHAAT HOUSE! I got the full Indian experience when I went inside it felt like I was transported to India and the food made me feel like that as well. I got the mango lassi which always hits! It was a little tangy very creamy and nice and sweet! I got the Bharta(eggplant) paneer(cottage cheese) and OMG it was so good. It wasn't too oily which is how the dish usually is, and it was packet with flavor and onions! I got the garlic paratha to go with it and it was mind melding. Super fresh super big and very garlicky! The ambiance was also really nice and cute with lots of seating and space! The service was also immaculate as the employees were very kind even asking my opinion on the food. OVERALL I would recommend and definitely would go again. Only thing lacking was their dahi batata sev puri!

Best place in Sunnyvale area for vegetarian thali. Service very efficient and ambience is relaxed. No hurry to finish early. Amounts are sufficient; Roti, Rice and Yogurt is really fresh. My favorite place for Indian vegetarian around the area. Parking is easy.

This place was okay until 4 years ago. First time I went there after the Pandemic and it seems the chef or cook has changed. My favorite used to be their Chana Bhatura but boy was that AWFUL today. Worse than a dhaba in Punjab! The chana masala was devoid of any taste other than chill cayenne. The zing in it had gone along with the former cook. The chaat that we ordered was more dahi than chat and too goddamn sweet! These guys need to close shop or hire another cook. It was a WASTE of money and I feel bloated after few hours of eating there. Rubbish! I don't recommend it at all.

Dinner at Chaat House was the result of me looking for anything remotely close to halwa puri and home like food on Dussehra evening, and I was not disappointed at all! We ordered Ragda Patties, Chhole Bhature, and Spinach Puri-Aloo. Everything was amazing! You could tell that it's run by a family which explains the great food without the bells and whistles of a high end restaurant

An old player when it comes to vegetarian North Indian food. They had a very homely mom and pop store vibe and old Hindi songs playing in the background. I wasn't that impressed by the food sadly. Portion sizes were also small. We got the following: 1. Malai kofta curry - the curry itself was nice but the kofta didn't really taste good. Also there were just two or three small koftas in this curry. 2. The pani puri/gol gappa/puchka - around 7 small puchkas served with imli water that was Really Good! I wish they had served more puchkas. Also came with black chana, onions and boiled potatoes. Pity that portion size was meager. Ive given them three stars just for that imli water. 3. Aalu tikki chaat with channa - could barely see the aalu tikki. It was mostly channa and onions. Seemed pretty sad tbh. Wont recommend. Other places serve bigger quantities for the price. Don't really want to go back.

This place should be renamed Paratha House, because the parathas here are probably the best I've had in the bay area. The chaat here is average, in my experience. Our favorite dishes here are palak paneer, baingan bharta, bhindi masala, aloo paratha, gobi paratha and the hara bhara paratha. The food is never too greasy and always tastes fresh. Mango lassi is excellent as well.

The kadhai paneer, malai kofta and aloo/hara-bhara parathas are amazing! Great value daily thalis as well. We always get our friend and family gatherings catered from Chaat House.

Great place to get some authentic home made style North Indian food. I usually always get their house Thali which has good mix of curries, lentils, yogurt and bread (usually comes with 2 chapati (bread) and rice but I prefer to just replace the rice with bread. Portion is great and always have leftovers. Tried their dahi sev puri once and it was pretty decent too.

Yesterday, I was at a popular Indian restaurant in San Francisco and wanted to hurl upon walking in. It's located in the TL with lots of homeless people sleeping at storefronts so it smelled like b( I )ty. When I went to the restroom, I saw curly pubes laying on the rusted toilet seat. Nope. I'm not even going to pop a squat on that thing. Despite the dirty atmosphere (which I never noticed before because I was inebriated), this particular restaurant always serves some good Northern Indian food. The best Asian food are from dingy dives, right? As I was waiting for my order at Chaat House (vegetarian north indian restaurant), I went to wash my hands and I was horrified at the state of the woman's restroom. It looked and smelled like it hasn't been cleaned since 1981 so I had high hopes that the chaat would be good. I ordered the Dahi Bateta Sev Poori: Crispy puffed wafers, spiced potatoes, Indian style noodles, yogurt, chutney ($6 pc - $5.49): http://bit.ly/2FNMgWO which was sorely disappointing. It's hard to find this in San Francisco so I always order this when I see it on the menu. When you pop a Dahi Bateta Sev Poori in your mouth, it should be a delicious explosion in your mouth with various textures and myriad of savory sweet and tangy flavors. The poori here were swimming in a pool of watery, bland chutneys and haphazardly slapped on with so much yogurt that it was a soggy mess. Judging from the reviews, it looks like the thali and/or paratha are the things to order here. Perhaps, they should consider changing their name to Thali house? *shrugs*

I DREAM about the wonderful parathas served here at Chaat House. As soon as I ate here I knew my paratha expectations were going to go up. I got a dal makhani to go with it and both were delicious. This place is great for a quick lunch stop since the food comes out pretty quickly. What I love most is how authentic everything is. That "homemade" feeling is captured really well through the food. I recommend checking out the various dals/sabzis since all of them are good quality. Of course you must get a paratha - personally I enjoy the hara bhara - because I feel like Chaat House has really perfected them. Docked a star for ambience and general upkeep of the store since many areas aren't super clean and there's never any paper towels in the bathroom. But honestly just come here for the food - it's worth it!

This is one place that has maintained their quality for a long time. We go here all the time for fresh, hot, thali. What I love the most is the quantity is perfect so you don't end up wasting food. The food is ALWAYS served pipping hot and that's the fun of it. Very reasonable cost wise. We will keep going.

Ordered malai paneer and paneer tikka masala. Both were the same dish as per the person at the counter. ( but actually any authentic Indian restaurant knows it's 2 different dishes) The paneer tikka masala doesn't even taste like it. Sakoon has the best paneer tikka masala if they want know an authentic dish. Won't be back. Wish I read the reviews before ordering.

The food is great and the atmosphere is very casual. Many Indian families come here for meals. However, they are incredibly cheap about giving you the right size take out box. Tonight was no exception - - I had to ask three times for them to give me two large boxes because I jad so much extra food. And I got the cold shoulder with eye roll to go with it. No tip for you!

Ate at this place. Their snacks are OK but their entrees weren't fresh. The Makki roti and saag was stale. When I told them it was stale and they shouldn't serve anyone else, they started to argue with me. The guy at the checkout desk said that they can't afford to make everything fresh everyday so they have to cook and use that for next 2 days!!! Seriously??? My simple take is, if you are in the food industry and you can't even serve fresh food, why are you even in business? Also, arguing with your customer that stale food is somehow OK is bad business practice.

Consistency is key and this restaurant does a great job. Been a regular for years. El camino/ mary branch plus el camino/wolfe location as well.

I really enjoy the Palak Panner~ it has a nice ghee/butter flavor to it. I enjoyed that it had plenty of paneer, and a nice spice to it. The rice was good too. I will be back to try more items. Fantastic service!

I came here with really high hopes but was disappointed. We took Dahi Vade and Chat Papdi. Both were lacklustre. The yogurt was really sour and chat papdi did not have the right flavors. The chai was ok. We visited around 5 pm and whole place was empty. Not only that, everyone kept staring at us, which was really creepy. I would rather make the chat at home myself than visit this place again!

Frequented this place a lot when I lived in sunnyvale. I enjoyed the house thali, but my go to were tadka daal & saag with roti. Sometimes it may be a little too much oil, but overall I enjoyed coming here.

Went here for a late night snack. I was randomly craving pakoras and I came across this place. We got an order of veggie pakoras and Pani Puri. The Pani Puri was good but the pakoras were on point! They were crispy, fresh and delicious! I highly recommend this place if you're craving crispy pakoras. Can't wait to go back again and fulfill my pakora craving.

Terrible food. Ordered Kofta curry, Malai Paneer and Kashmiri Dum Aloo. The Kofta curry was too salty. And the Kashmiri Dum Aloo is a shame to be on their menu. Pic attached. This was a boiled saltless potato curry. I was so looking forward to a good dinner but it turned out to be the most disappointing Indian dinner ordered in Bay Area till now.

I ordered Paratha and asked them to give it fresh. However, it was all cooled and mushy and soaked in it's steam inside the butcher paper and foil. I rather drive a little further to wolf location.

Have been eating here for about as long as they have been open. At least 20yrs! Place looks run down but the taste are right on the mark. Their food is authentic and has consistently remained excellent through these decades. Absolutely recommend this place for the food and value for money. Service is fast and servers are very polite. Ambience is disappointing and bathrooms could use caring (avoid them if possible). My go to place even after all this time and over all the other options in this area.

Saturday Lunch - wasn't too crowded. The food was 3/5 overall. The best item was the Makke di Roti and Sarson da Saag. The Saag was mildly spicy which was just right for me and the Roti was fluffy yet crisp. I'll give this a 4/5 The Veg Thali was strictly OK 2.5/5. In fact nothing I can remember that stood out. Only redeeming item was the Buttermilk chhaach. Service was also average.

incredible food, great hospitality, honestly my favorite place. i wish i could eat here every day

I tried pav vda Togo.It was delicious.Looking forward to try other options from their menu.

The chole tasted like tomato paste. Definitely not worth the cost. The bhel was alright. Will not be coming back here. There is a much better and more affordable place a couple of blocks down called Shahi Chaat.

Was craving chaat last week and my out of town friend had never tried it - perfect solution: Chaat House! * Dahi Batata Sev Poori - Delicious. We saw so many people in the restaurant ordered and were so curious what this wonderful looking dish was. So of course, we ordered it (by pointing to a table and asking, what's that?). It's a plate full of small balls of fried dough, topped with crunchy dried noodles, cream, and a bunch of curries/ sauces. The sweetness was subtle, the cream smooth and not too heavy, topped by a slight tart flavor. With the crunchies.. perfect. * Kashmirit Dum Aloo - Very yummy curry with potatoes. Sauce was nice and thick, had a slight tartness to it, potatoes hearty and soft. * Paratha - The bread was good, came apart in thin layers and just oily enough, filling, great w/ the potato curry. * Chaat Samosa - Very delicious, love the surprise samosa inside! * Hara Bhara Bhel - We asked for this spicy and it was SPICY! The kind that hits you after you've had half the dish and by then it's too late to save your tongue from the pain. But in a good way - it's authentic. * Gulab Lassi - This tasted very artificially sweetened and just overly sweetened.

I placed an phone order. They told me first that they close at 9.30 and I have to pick up by then. I told it's not possible to come by 9.30. Then the person mentioned that don't worry you can come after 9.30 - we will be there. Hours on Yelp shows that it closes at 10pm. I arrived at 9.40 and by that time they were closed and gone. Did not get my order

Simple place, tasty food, traditional Indian hotel vibe. I can happily over eat here everyday. Must try.

The Dahl is AMAZING here. Definitely one of the best I've ever had. The mango lassi, bomb! I just love this place!!!! The people here are humble, kind and conversational. I could spend hours eating and chatting here!

This place is great for chaat. I came here on a Wednesday afternoon for a quick lunch and we were served within 5 minutes of ordering. I got the dahi papri chaat and the person who I was with got the puri bhaji. Both of these tasted dishes were delicious. The chaat was flavorful and each component (the chutney, dahi, papri, and onions) worked perfectly together. The puri aloo was also really flavorful but the puri was slightly denser than I prefer. The reason why I am not giving 5 stars is that the service wasn't the best. We asked for achaar with the puri aloo and they forgot to bring it and then when we asked for extra plates, they gave us an attitude about the extra plate. Overall I would go here for a quick authentic chaat restaurant in the south bay area.

Started to this place at 8.25PM. Before starting, we called to check if dine in is available. The person on phone said, dine in available if we enter before 9PM. We reached there at 8.50PM. The same person said its too late for dine-in. We travelled 25 mins. Before starting, we were contemplating that this "restaurant" is not worth so much of travel, because they only serve average food. It was strongly proved by the owner by his unprofessional attitude. As an alternative, Apart from tons of other good restaurants, There are so many food trucks around that serve amazing yummy hygienic food at affordable cost. Avoid this place. They dont deserve our valuable business.

Disappointed with the food. We ordered house thali, chole bhatura, and ragda pattice. Chola bhatura was ok, thali looked like some left over stale food. And ragada pattice was a joke with just one aaloo tikki for $8.50 ????