Rony was our waiter and he was awesome! The food was seasoned perfectly w just the right amount of hotness! We will definitely return!

We had dinner here last Friday and overall take was it is A-OK. It was fist time here after pandemic and I am glad it survived unlike many other restaurants. But it's not the same anymore. It has fallen from it's grace. It was introduced as an Ace Indian restaurant in the area and it was like that for a while. But my experience this time was bit short of that expectations and may be I am little critical but I felt it that way :) Food was decent, few new experiments like tandoor broccoli and paneer/cashew Biryani were well taken. We had egg curry and palak Paneer and they were on expected line. Food & drinks were bit pricy. With given inflation there is upwards move of all prices but since when Flat bread kulcha started costing $6 a piece ? And you need at least 2 to have decent meal. This is up for debate but the quality was good. Service was excellent. I expressed my concern about my Roti not being soft and bit burned on tandoor side, they took action immediately and replaced the order. To top it, in the meanwhile Sean brought a small bowl of rice to keep my meal going. At the end they asked us to review the place right then and there and it was unusual. Felt bit pressured to give your opinion while being there. They say positive review help the service mgmt get raise..:) The menus shared were on printed paper (crumpled) with few places misspelled of their own restaurant (it spelled Sakranti) This is a no-no and must be changed in my opinion. It doesn't cost much to print nice menus and coat/bind it. The décor is mostly intact from original and in decent shape. The floor in the booth we sat was smelly and sticky and needs a thorough cleaning. The lantern shaped booth lights are cute décor but they are hung way up high leaving the table in darkness to the extent that it was hard to read the menu. Please fix it. Bathrooms are clean and maintained well. The outside landscaping seems ignored and in dire need of attention. If you overlook small things I recommend this place for food and service !! read more

My daughter is 3 year old and a kid lunch for her cost me $20. I was offered a lunch special menu when we sit down. When I asked if the food would be too spicy for my kid, the waiter recommended butter chicken and naan bread which was not listed on the lunch menu. Later I found out that It was $16 for butter chicken and $4 for bread (dinner menu). Other than the surprisingly price, I like the flavor and decor. read more

The buffet was great, the place had that high end look and feel, their chicken masala was flavorful, and will go back again, but I heard they dont serve all you can eat style anymore. read more

Ambience is good but food quality and service is poor. Please check your bill against the rate listed in the menu card as they are adding price left right center. We ordered mango lassi and they charged $6.00. So I asked them how much is mango lassi and manager said it's $5.00. Later I show them it's $4.00 printed on the menu card. Similarly we ordered veg Thali and menu card says it come with soup. Later after argument with them We realized that "rasam" is a soup and first time we ate soup with rice . I won't be surprised if they call curd as white soup or daal as lenthil soup or even water as clear soup It used to a good restaurant earlier before Covid but now its not worth spending time and money in Sankranti. Food quality and service has degraded tremendously. read more

This is one of the worst Indian Restaurants I have been to. Was there week of Jan 31, 2023 and had the buffet. The food was cold, the menu choices very limited, nan was chewy, they served 1-2 south indian dishes but did not have any coconut chutney. Who does that?? Its like going to an American restaurant and ordering burger & fries, but no ketchup or mustard. When I brought up some of these issues to the restaurant manager, they said it was Management's choice and decision. This place is terrible and I will NEVER go back here, even if they offered me a free meal!! read more

I've been dining and ordering from this place for about a year now and have not had much issues with them other than the fact that it takes forever for food to come out or get delivered. But I thought the taste justified the wait time. I'm unsure if their chef changed or recipe changed but when I ordered delivery of the same dish I always have, chicken Tika masala it seemed thicker in the sauce consistency and was very heavy in salty taste. I was starving so my bf and I gobbled it down regardless. We both had the most horrible night afterwards. Although I'm not allergic to msg, im somewhat sensitive to it as I have gotten older and have been on a healthy diet and regular exercise. Heavy msg usually triggers migraine and unusual frequency to the throne with number 1. After consuming delivery order last night, I came down with really bad migraine and a trip to the throne with #1 just about every 10 minutes throughout the night that I did not sleep at all. My bf got a really bad stomach ache and had to consume alcohol in order to sleep. I believe the amount of msg was excessive this time around from the dishes and because of this, I can no longer enjoy this place anymore because it definitely confirms that heavy msg is being used in their dishes now. I don't understand why restaurants don't bother to care about the health of its customers. Msg definitely makes any Asian ethnic dish tastier and given the fact that they have so much competition in the restaurant biz to make their dishes taste better, I can forgive minor use of it to "enhance" the flavor. But when excessive amount is used ignoring the fact that daily consumption of msg or excessive amount of consumption actually can cause cancer, severe dehydration, high blood pressure, kidney failure and bladder issues just to name a few, I can no longer support a restaurant and continue to be a patron. For those who are allergic or sensitive to msg, I would highly recommend to stay away from this place because it will cause likely scenario of what happened to my family last night. I haven't yelped in a while but I think this is definitely worth mentioning to warn people about their excessive use of msg. Real chefs who actually have the culinary skills and love for its patrons would not use msg at all in my opinion. read more

The most expensive lunch buffet. They tout this place as fine dining experience and when we visited this place I was trying to find this "experience". The Alpharetta region has already well established Indian restaurant and this being in the mix doesn't help. For a vegetarian this is a very expensive buffet that too after the initial price deduction in the buffet prices. Beware of the "unlimited" drinks during the buffet. Please read the fine print before getting the table. There is no such thing as unlimited as they claim. Oh and they have valet parking. Please do "enjoy" the added perk in your lunch buffet price. The food was ok and the options were not that extra ordinary. I don't think so I will be visiting this place again or recommending it again. read more

Despite the atmosphere and the decor, the service here is absolutely horrible. We recently had a private party here with nearly 30 guests, however the service was not up-to par and the food was tasteless. We had a pre-ordered menu, did a trial taste, but still the food was completely watered down and just seemed like they tried to fill up the vessels with water instead of actual food. For instance, the kadhai paneer and kofta had no taste just color to fool us. Secondly, based on the original agreement made prior to the party regarding the drinks - they decided to charge us extra for a bartender when we didn't even have one. Lastly when asked for to go containers to pack up the food, the employee working denied us and said you guys are asking for too many containers. He didn't even give us containers to pack up our food. SHAME ON U FOR THIS POOR SERVICE. will never return here again nor recommend it to anyone else. read more

Really enjoyed the food here. Only the options are not too many, but what's available is very delicious. I would give it 4.5 stars, the alcohol is very cheap too. Great spot. (Amazing ambiance) read more

Do I actually need to leave a star?!? Open for several months and only getting worse. The owners should just paint it white and call it the White Elephant. Supposedly fine dining with order by number, staff who cannot pronounce nor describe the food, slow slow slow food, monotonous old Indian music. They claim to be intercontinental- I think they mean indiacontinental. Overpriced mostly bland attempts at Indian food, non- Indian buffet items with names of other dishes- no Alfredo is not red. The only thing missing is bacteria. Oops my mistake. Only meal I had that day and wound up strapped to a toilet begging for relief of cramps and a stomach pump. Obviously newbies to food and beverage- might I suggest converting to a motel6. Several better and more affordable options in the area. read more

Its the worst Buffet I have ever had. Who charges $20 for a buffer with empty containers?? Tried it when it was newly opened and even met the owner. We reached at 1.50pm and it was to be closed after 3pm. Yet half of the food was empty and especially for a vegetarian if half of the containers are empty what will we eat. And the other half was cold. The best part comes now, when I told the owner that the roti was cold, she touched the roti right in front of me in the same container it was kept for all. Wont that contaminate the food? Just having fancy desserts (but all actually tasted the same) doesnt mean you charge $20. We had to call them out multiple times and the service was slow. The chickoo sheera (never heard of it) was made just of sugar. Very disappointed read more

Pathetically managed buffet. Won't come if it's free. We are told that you are sweating because of food not ac when my 4 years old kid was completely red. Food was greeting refilled after 30 mins . Mutton curry without mutton and shrimp curry without shrimp . Biryani rice was literally raw rice . Choice of food was very less compared to other buffet. read more

Came here for the lunch buffet with my dad on a Friday afternoon. Was first impressed with the interior - it seems like the perfect place to host an event or a party with its excellent decorations and spacious interiors. There was even a full bar upstairs, which made me think that maybe that's the intended purpose of this space. We were a bit confused about having to go upstairs for the lunch buffet, but eventually figured it out. Once we made it up, e found a decent sized buffet with a wide variety of options in front of us, including our mutual favorite dish of goat curry. In term of the actual food itself, everything tasted pretty good. There were a wide range or pretty standard offerings, and from what I could tell the food was all of good quality. I especially liked all the little cakes that they had on the dessert table. Perhaps the only drawback of the buffet was that I didn't see anybody refilling or replacing any of the food much during the time we ate, which in hindsight makes me question how long certain dished were sitting out. I think that the food warmers could also be turned up a notch, as a couple dishes were closer to room temperature than I would have preferred. Overall I thought it was a decent experience, but I would much prefer my other neighborhood standard Indian buffet as this place was just a little more expensive without any real standout features. read more

This review is about their all-you-can-eat Buffet on the second floor. This place is dirty, it stinks and the hygiene management is at the worse. Its either their HVAC system which is not working well, or they don't have proper cleaning and hygiene taken care of or something, it really felt suffocating with odors of sweat, baby piss and sea food all together. Definitely not going there again ever. read more

I would give this place a two-star as I had not a pleasant experience however the place looked clean but the food threw me off. It was my first time going there and as we walked in the host did not smile young girl and had an attitude. We were there with the team and all looked at each other wondering what was up with her. Assuming she was having a bad day. We started to eat and just as I was going for my favorite mutton biryani, after two spoons I noticed there was a hair in the food. Compared to other buffet places this place is priced a little higher however it just killed my appetite looking at that. I addressed it to the supervisor but all he did was change the tray, and was a little skeptical if he had just put the same Biryani into just another pot. I walked out upset because I paid the full price but ended up not enjoying my meals. read more

Sankranti Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Johns Creek, Georgia

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Too pricy for below average food especially because this restaurant is in the proximity of good Indian restaurants such as tadka and madras chettinaad - $20 for a lunch buffet in Alpharetta! I won't recommend this if you're looking for North Indian food. It's a no repeat for me. And yeah, valet parking!! Are you kidding me? I know alpharetta is developing lately but we are still 50 years away from valet parking in restaurants. read more

Environment is good and clean. Food is OK but definitely on the pricey side (around 16 dollar weekday buffet and 20 weekend) Weekend buffet supposed to include ice cream but when we went the machine was broken - tough luck. Parking is valet only (ridiculous) so another 5 dollar gone. For 2 people, 50 dollar Indian buffet (40 food + 5 valet + 5 tip) seems very steep for what you get. read more

0 Star Didn't even eat I expect hospitality from Indian restaurant Manager was cold, gave us a crazy table to sit. Restaurant was empty but they won't seat us on a better table- take it or leave it and of course we left Will never go back again read more

Fresh tasting food!! Good fine dining experience. Lunch veg any non veg Thalis are really good! Veg cutlets are a highlight!!

So when i came to know about a 20 dollars for buffet, I was a bit surprised as to what could mandate that hefty amount as there are several good restaurants in the vicinity that do buffets at almost half that price. I think I should have trusted my guts and not go but my curiosity won and I ended up going for a lunch buffet on a Friday. Only upside of the trip here was I realized I don't have to comeback here. It's a very high price for mediocre food which kind of leaves you with an abysmal experience. read more

Good food and quite place. Will definitely visit again. Try paneer Palak starter and papdam chutney is good

A fine dining restaurant with no focus on cleanliness, noise. I would expect a fine dining restaurant to at least serve me water. We were seated for about 15 min and no water. Still waiting for the food to arrive. Update: As expected, order was screwed up. read more

Over priced. The portions were not appropriate. Except for the chicken curry it was ok at best. Not worth it at all. And instead of the valet parking they should spend some money on hiring a good cook read more

When we arrived at the parking space, we had to have a ticket in order to park. This is annoying. We also had to get up the stairs to the buffet place, and we were greeted with bottled water and a table. We asked if we can get booth, and they said it was only for party people. The food was absolutely horrible, we will never come back here. This place is one of the worst places I have ever been to. The service were ok. Oh, and when you're done with your bottled water, you're needed with sink water. The buffet was expensive for the food, at 14.99 dollars per person. They also put ice cream in a bowl and placed it in ice. Like, they didn't even have a freezer. Worse experience ever. read more

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Buffet not at all worth it. They charged 20$ for weekend buffet and all the items are soggy and not at all tasty. I would not recommend it.

I had lunch at Sankranti this week and their upstairs buffet was fantastic-- the largest (& therefore most varied) Indian lunch buffet I've ever been to. (...and I've been to a few.) The food was very good and all of the trays were full. My work colleague introduced me to the owner who was attentively ensuring all was well. I was told they have chefs from various regions of India which explains the breadth of the offerings-- I'll definitely return. read more

Great place if you want wonderful ambience and food. We had their banana wrapped fish and the 'masala' was exceptional! All other curries were very authentic. They have to bring some 'cooling' elements like Raita, lassi, ice cream etc into the menu to balance the spicy curries and also throw in the rice for free. Their peanut rice is very flavorful. Their bar is very good. Currently trying to do their best during covid times with skeletal help ( long wait for bigger groups) but if the service picks up, it will be one of the few stylish restaurants this side of town. read more

Great Indian restaurant with attentive and knowledgeable staff. The decor is charming and both was very comfortable with cushions on seat and back. Ordered the samosas and palak panner which was delicious. Definitely will be returning. read more

This place is a JOKE. I am surprised to see that they have 3 stars. Recently on a weekend, I was visiting the place but OH MY GOD what a disaster. Not sure where to start also. Weekend Menu Guys Simple and LOL only Thali Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian. As the group was large, it was informed early about the choice of What Thali... and what time we will arrive and how many guests. But the experience was an eye-opener. THE WORST FOOD and THE WORST SERVICE. Even SO LAZY STAFF. We said what we need and we wait and wait and wait and decide to order some DRINKS and then WAIT AND WAIT and WAIT and then good news drink came after 45 mins of waiting, but NO FOOD and we are waiting and waiting and Waiting 1:30 mins Good news one thali at a time and each thali took 5 to 10 - 15 mins in btw and we keep waiting and then one member did not get the Thali and the knowledgeable staff instead of accepting that they did a mistake start arguing that we the customers are wrong (yes I forgot to say Indian South Indian Restaurant arrogant people) and then after a lot of argument the last thali come but very very very cold food. they also have the obesity to charge a service fee as the party was large. I will never go back for sure This place is only for the people of India who have no taste of FOOD and love to be insulted and humiliated. I did see many Non-Indians in the restaurant and I am will be surprised to see them coming back. By the way, I guarantee you the Owner will not get back to my remark, I do not think he has ever gotten back to any of the reviewers. GOD bless the restaurant. It is a joke and not a real place to eat. read more

Ordered: weekend buffet ($18) Ambience: finer dining. More upscale than usual Indian restaurant. It's in Johns Creek, so the area is nicer and quieter. Sankranti sits in the middle of the plaza taking up a large space. Looks Royal and upscale. They have complimentary valet (but you'll have to tip of course). I believe the plaza close by has some self parking options. Review: in a nut-shell, you get your money's worth. As you enter there's a banquet hall on your left. It has tufted booths and a bar. You take the stairs to go to the second floor where there is the main dining spot. It's clean. There are larger booths and tables to fit smaller or larger parties. Their silverware is also clean. Now the food, it's a huge collection starting from your traditional buffet items (biryani, goat curry, chicken tikka, butter chicken, naan etc.) to your chaat station (I didn't like their chaat as I like the yogurt sauce that goes on top of your chaat and they didn't have that yogurt sauce) to soup corner (at least 4 different soups) to an Italian section (pastas and noodles) to Indo-Chinese food (fried rice and noodles) to usual appetizers (samosas and pakoras). And they also have a big table in the middle with small desert bites. There is a huge selection of food... quality of food is better than your average Indian buffet spots. It's not like your mind will be blown away by how good the food is, so expect it to be usual tasting. The best part for me was that their buffet includes Mango Lassi, Sodas and even craft beer. Their service is polite and attending. However, they do tend to push their guests to leave so they can have the next guest come-in. That's good for their business but can be a little weird for the guests. Overall, it's good! read more

Best chicken chettinad I have tasted so far in any restaurant! I went on a Friday evening, as I know chefs may be different on other times.

Everything is good decorations and all and food is little expensive and I don't know it was missing something to be found in a kind of South Indian stuff read more

A few days in Atlanta, I have tried a couple of Indian buffet here and this stands at 2. The service is good, but the food doesn't suit the Indian taste buds. The varieties available are quite huge , but buffet with tax 21$. A definite no-no. Not worth the taste. Ambience is good.Deserts collection looked attractive but definitely not worth the price. read more

Food is good but it is too expensive. Surprisingly I have to pay 20$ for kids buffee which is not worth for kids.

Horrible customer service and horrible Indian food ever had. Stay away....I went with some of friends for Friday buffet.

Several of us went for the lunch buffet for a coworkers birthday...was looking for something different to try. All of us enjoyed it. I'm not real familiar with Indian food but loved everything I tried. Seemed a good blend of spicy, not spicy so should have something for everyone. Desserts were nice and bitesize so could try a few. Not priced right at about $20 for a lunch buffet without drinks, and oddly located, so I cant really see it bringing in the office workers around. I will probably go back again but with so many places around at half the price for lunch, probably won't be often. read more

Ambiance nce is good, service is polite but kitchen is slow. Over pricing for small quantities. Not worthy for the price spent and taste is avg. read more

I have been there a couple of times both for Buffet and Dinner along with my family. The Buffet was nice with a large variety of foods that included a large selection of deserts. I loved the San creek Mutton Pulav for its taste and would recommend trying it when you are here. Loved the upscale ambiance that we normally do not see in the surrounding Indian restaurants. read more

We went for a buffet today, and it has very less items. Not many staters for vegs especially and the one which they had seemed like leftovers from previous day...!will not prefer this place next time. read more