Swaraj India Restaurant (San Ramon)

- Food: the closest imitation to an authentic Kohlapuri chicken I've ever tasted in the States! Also tried the sabudana Vada, Vada Pav and (a spoon of since I was full,) the Tawa pulao. They were all excellent. There's also a full bar. - Ambience: You're greeted with a life size poster of Shivaji at the door, and the place has really cool wall art all over the establishment. There's also this robot (at the time of this writing) that brings you your food and says "enjoy your meal, Jai Maharashtra", which is a pretty cool experience.

The food - amazing and flavourful The service - attentive and they are very proud about the restaurant The ambience - Very thoughtful, pleasing and nice themes of festivals, family and music We are vegetarians and we had the sabudana vada for appetizer, misal pav for entree and basundi for dessert. All of them were flavourful. The basundi was not to my liking as it was more like kheer instead of having milk solids. The drinks we had Sol Kadhi and Piyush were amazing. Talking to the Chef, we found out that the Maharashtrian cuisine this restaurant boasts comes from 4 different regions of Maharashtra and the team has put together favorite items from these regions. It was very refreshing to know about the cuisine as well as the efforts put in to bring them out to people here. One odd thing was the two robots that were bringing the food to our table and a server served it to us. This was not in tune with the decor and also the waiters were avoiding and going around the robots. It seems like the robots help them a lot but I wasn't thrilled. There are so many more items to try here and I highly recommend this place.

Excellent, flavorful Maharashtrian food—everything tasted fresh and made to order. We started with the Vada Pav and Sabudana Vada; both were perfectly cooked, with the vada soft inside and nicely crispy outside. For the main course, we had Bombil Fry, Bharli Vangi, Kolhapuri Chicken, and Phodnicha Varan with chapati and rice. Every dish was well-balanced, aromatic, and cooked beautifully. The décor really stood out—hand-painted depictions of different Maharashtrian festivals make the place feel warm and cozy. They also have robots delivering food, which was quirky and fun, especially when it said “Jai Maharashtra” after dropping off the dishes. A very welcoming and enjoyable experience overall.

Fantastic!! Very interesting regional menu - strongly recommend. Including very unique drinks and main courses! Mohan was a wonderful server who made the experience even better !

One of the best Indian restaurant in Bay Area Very friendly staff, fantastic food, I would say better than Swaraj Santa Clara location, overall good experience we will definitely visit this restaurant again .

Great food and service! Our server Mohan was amazing and really made the experience amazing! He helped us with choosing the right dishes and my dish, Chicken Rajhans was really good. Definitely will come again in the future!

We had fish, saoji mutton and bhakri, paratha and misal pav. We loved the fish and misal pao, as usual it was hot and spicy. But, the mutton was a downer this time. There was this strong smell in the mutton which made it impossible to eat

Amazing experience at Swaraj Indian Restaurant. Our server Mohan was incredible, so attentive and kind. The chef’s special sukha chicken was packed with flavor and the chilli paneer was THE BOMB, easily 10/10. The chef even stopped by our table to say hi, which made the night extra special. Hands down some of the best Maharashtrian food in the Bay Area. Highly recommend.