Great place to eat Indian dishes. My family enjoyed the tasty food and service plus the tasty tea . If you want to spend time at Samraj it's the place to visit here in San Pablo. We had a best meal not forgetting the fried fish. read more

We dropped in for a quick bite as K noticed and screamed "chaaaat!!" She was driving while I, sitting shotgun, hadn't noticed it. Talk about keeping your eyes on the road! It's small outlet with about three tables (seating about 15-ish?). We walked up to the counter and placed an order for the Chaat (paapdi) and Samosa chaat. The paapdi chaat was pretty decent with the crunchy namkeen discs holding up layers of diced potatoes, masala, yogurt, sweet chutney, and chickpeas. Personally, I preferred the samosa chaat. The samosas stayed crispy inspite of the layers of chutney and warm channa masala heaped on top. All in all both the dishes were pretty nice. The confusing part is the paucity of chaat items on the menu. The establishment literally has "chaat" in it's name but you will find only three items under the "Chaat" subsection of the menu; the menu was dominated by lunch/dinner items. I did spy an "Aloo tikki" dish in the menu, I do wonder if it's served as an appetizer instead of as a "chaat". I wish them well and hope they get better with time, and hopefully with more chaat items on the menu. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Chaat (Paapdi) - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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The food was absolutely delicious! Every dish was full of flavor, perfectly seasoned, and tasted fresh. You can really tell they put care into their cooking. The spices were well-balanced and not overpowering, making everything enjoyable even if you're not used to Indian cuisine. Definitely a spot I'd come back to and recommend to others! read more

I rarely give reviews and this one kind of hurts because I've eaten here many times and the food was always good. But I can't say that this time unfortunately. First off, they over charged me for my aloo parantha. The butter was put in the yogurt container, so it melted. It didn't taste fresh nor like aloo. I also ordered chicken biriyani which was so greasy and looked funny in color. It was not tasty at all. Ugh. Guess I need to find another good local Indian spot. read more

Very good Indian food. When you are waiting for your clothes to dry at the wash house next door. I love the samosas. Price was cheap for what you get. They have a lot of Indian desserts too read more

Very friendly staff. The chats are really amazing and some of the best sweets I have had in the Bay Area. Especially will recommend their motichoor ladoos. read more

This was a long-due review for this place. This place never let down its flavorful fish pakoras and so many other items. Service is top class and they are always on time for to-go orders or eat there. Complimentary sweet Jalebis at the end is always amazing. Highly recommend it to all in the East Bay neighborhood. read more

Great for lunch. One of my favorite lunch meals is the non-veg special lunch special. It is a good deal and you get good portion of high-quality Indian food. I haven't ordered anything other than the lunch special, but if it's anything like the non-veg lunch special I imagine it is all good. read more

Ordered delivery: lamb biryani and lamb tikka. The lamb biryani literally did not have a single piece of lamb in it, but it was full of bone shards. Like fragments throughout. I picked out all the big pieces and tried to eat what was left only to nearly break a tooth on smaller shards. I had to throw it away. See photo for the pile of bones I picked out. The "lamb" tikka was chicken. We also got a mango drink and it was room temperature. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Lamb Biryani had no meat in it at all, but the lid has the pile of bones I picked out of it. - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

i'm telling to everyone never come to this restaurant everything is dirty and the food is not good. Everything is expired when I eat the biryani after an hour I go to hospital. I got sick. read more

If I can give them minus star they nasty food deserves it Honestly their attitude were cool and all that but the food they give me is the nastiest and racistest disgusting food of the year, not sure how they are even in business they should close immediately. This pani puri looks like that lady cooked it while having pain in her puri lol. People who rated 5 star maybe just family and friends lmfao. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Supposed goat curry not even single meat inside should call it onions curry - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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I really do love this place. Best Indian food in the area! Great customer service and great food! read more

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bad service and bad food .In pictures look good I never go there again .if you want to go think not twice but at least 10 times before you spend money there read more

This place smells great when you walk in, they are very friendly! The food is delicious and fast and hot, there is Chai Tea availible for everyone, loved it! read more

I ordered the goat curry, garlic naan and roasted burfi. I'd definitely order from here again, but mostly because they deliver and the roasted burfi. The goat was average without much spice. I paid an extra dollar for garlic naan, but it didn't taste different than any regular naan that I've had. This is the first time I tasted roasted burfi so I don't have much to gauge it on, but it was delicious. The 'Sweet' in their name definitely held up because this was not what I expected, but everything I wanted. Not too sweet, which is totally opposite of my desired palate. Definitely enough to share with the entire family. I will go here just for this dish to have as a dessert or sweet snack. My four star rating is largely due to the roasted burfi. Again, a must have. read more

Pre pandemic we tried this place , wasn't the best , but the chai was good . Post pandemic , ordered for take out & again , not very good . The daal was so dry & lacked color , very strong on one of the ingredients (can't figure out which one because it was too ... to keep eating) The aloo gobi is usually my favorite but it was also dry & lacked flavor . It wasn't soft and easy to break off with the nan (Nan was delicious) I'm sorry but I will not be going back , I love Indian food and like to support small businesses, but this place is a no for me . read more

Food is fresh and delicious, best naan I've ever had! staff is chill and kind. Great, vegan and vegetarian selection..

The samosay were horrible, barely edible. They looked like they were fried twice. They were way too hard and crispy to eat. I couldn't even tell what was inside. You are supposed to visually be able to see the potatoes and peas when breaking a samosa open. The chutneys were a disappointment as well. The red one wasn't sweet at all. And the green one was watery; it's not supposed to be watery. It's supposed to be thick and bitter. Nobody was able to eat more than one of these over fried super oily samosay. I had to throw away 7 that were left. Oh, the box is amazing. Two stars for the amazingly designed box. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Special Samosa - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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I wish I was here with a good review however my recent order has left me alot to be desired. I placed an order earlier this afternoon, when it arrived the order was still warm enough to consume, however it was as unpleasant as I can remember an order being. I ordered some tandoori chicken, the chicken was almost inedible, very dry and just tasted old. So sad that I paid almost 30 bucks for this order and receive subpar food. This leaves me no choice but to never order from here again. I remember I was a returning customer several times over, I am unsure of what has changed but it is no longer worth the money. If you haven't ordered yet, I would really reconsider looking for another option, almost anything would be better than this. read more

The food was good. We ordered a lot and went to pick it up. Some confusion about grub hub and payment. But I think we got over it? However, my daughter who loves sweets ordered 10$ a box of pink sweets. Sadly there was a very long black hair coving across the sweets when we opened it. No one ate them just couldn't make ourselves overlook it. When we think about going back that's what we see. Sorry that we're so weird about it but we'll.. you can asses from the facts what you might do. read more

Wrost biryani I had ever. And raita does not come with it. I am not recommending this place. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

Ordered veggie Biryani and chicken Biryani worst tasting Biryani i've ever had. Had to trash the whole thing.The rice was smelling strange and tasted sour. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Chicken Biryani Veg Biryani - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

I keep coming back to this place. Great courteous service ! Don't forget to try their Fish Pakora ! They also do sell great Indian Sweets. I loved the Kaju Barfi and Alsee Pinni. Superb ! I heard great things about their catering. I have not used it yet. When I inquired about getting catering done for a birthday party, I was surprised to learn that they were booked for almost next 15 months. It only makes me believe that they must be pretty good. read more

I love this place North Indian food I always get the non-veggie lunch special comes with a little bit of everything! Everything is made to order too my favorite part! OMG their mango chutney is BOMB the wife and Husband who own this place are so nice and I will continue coming back as long as they don't change read more

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Okay, this place has completely deteriorated in the quality of its good and it is so damn disappointing. Just ordered samosa chaat, papri chaat and biryani. Samosa chat came with ketchup on the top! Who puts ketchup in Indian chaat?!! papri chaat came with murmure and Ofcourse ketchup again!! Lastly, the biryani- look at the picture, how the fuck is this a biryani? It comes with lima beans and zucchini!!! These are not Indian vegetables and never in biryani.. avoid this place at all costs! read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Ketchup on chaat! - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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Ordered the chicken vindaloo and palak paneer with one order each of garlic naan, onion naan. Chicken vindaloo was all potato and 2 small pieces chicken with bone. Flavor was good could have been spicer but no chicken literally it was bones. Palak paneer was just okay. Not as creamy as I would have liked. Naan was soggy both onion and garlic! I have never had naan that was limp and soggy. Will not return! 2 stars because place was super clean and friendly at counter. read more

This is my go to lunch and dinner place that's right down the street from us. Was just there today. I love the home-cooked meals. Really friendly family owned. Super authentic and reasonably priced.! read more

Old food that's been thrown into a steel pot and warmed up again. Really nasty food. And very expensive. Terrible attitude from the wife's owner. read more

Great Indian food. Great specials for lunch during the week. Sam and wife Raj are friendly as well. read more

We love this place. We always order delivery and the food come fast and tastes delicious! We've tried several of the Indian restaurants in the El Cerrito / San Pablo area, but this place is the best! read more

Delicious food. Just the right amount of spice - lasso was not overly sweet and tasted like mangoes. Fast service, clean and so close to home. Will be back! read more

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First time trying indian food. The lamb curry was very flavorful, the meat did not have a strong lamb smell/taste. The chicken tika masala also had a lot of flavors. The service was quick and efficient read more

Excellent butter chicken. Perfect spice level! Veggie somosas were yummy and garlic naan was perfectly crisp, fluffy and buttery! It smells so good when you first walk in. I'll be back to try other things for sure! read more

This place is THE BEST!!!! Boyfriend & I just came here today after looking up the other Indian places around and settling on this one. I'm so glad we did bc th food is DELICIOUS. It was prepared pretty quick/average (but made to order), bf got the Butter Chicken & I got the Chicken Tikka Kebab and they were both perfectly spiced!!!! My chicken tikka kebab was on a hot skillet, sizzlin!!!! We also got a side of Naan & it was some damb good Naan!!!! The portions were generous & I eat a lot but still had some left to take home! Great prices too for what you get. We just moved to Pinole so we're trying out the local restaurants and so far this place will be our go-to! Ps they cater too:) read more

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Not satisfied with the food for the amount I paid. There was no raida for biryani and no achaar for the aloo parantha. And just for single dry aloo parantha, it cost me $8.99 which is higher price than other restaurants. Bad experience. read more

Samraj Sweets N Chat Hut - Just got a single Aloo Paratha for $8.99 and there was not much aloo too. - Indian Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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I love their Chicken Tikka Marsala! Not spicy, but sort of a sweet taste. The owners are so sweet! And they give you free tea and it's yummy. I love to support this business. read more

Truly my favorite local restaurant to get Indian food. It's our go to spot for when we're feeling lazy and don't want to cook dinner. We're big fans of the butter chicken, palak paneer and the lamb biryani. My picky toddler also loves all the dishes we get from here. We usually order extra so we have leftovers for a few days. Super fast and friendly service too. Their desserts are delicious as well! read more

Ordered a medley of dishes at opening - samosa, can, fish pakora, ghobi bhurji, and egg biryani. Results were hit or miss - samosa, ctm were rather one note and bland. Fish was tasty but came with chili verde and tartar sauce?? Biryani was bland and just seemed like rice with egg...?! The chickpeas that came with the samosas and the ghobi were tasty. Portions were relatively small compared to other places. read more

I had takeout from these guys again tonight and just wanted to post an update. The food here is amazing! My go to dishes are the lamb rogan josh and butter chicken, also palak paneer and their beautiful garlic naan. Honestly anything I have tried here is amazing, keep doing what you do! read more

I ordered Chicken Korma, Palak Paneer, Samosa, Garlic Nan, Veg Biryani. The Chicken Korma was greasy and mostly bone and gristle. Beware there were very small and sharp bones as if the chicken was cut with out being cleaned up at all. I have never had Korma with bones before. The Palak Paneer had almost no flavor. The Samosa was half empty. The Garlic Nan was very plain with the possibility of dry ground garlic, maybe. The Veg Biryani was previously frozen veggies and also had very little flavor. The "To Go" portions are very small and not worth the money for them. read more