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Satkar Indian Cuisine

4.2 (880 reviews)
ModerateIndian
Closed • 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Updated 2 months ago

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before they went vegetarian in October
Robert C.

Place was recommended to me by my general physician who is Indian. Phoned up August 12, 430pm and ordered $16 chicken korma, $16 chicken makhani, $14 bengan bhartha, each with a choice of naan or basmati rice. Took 50 minutes for my order to be ready at 522pm, and had to make a U turn onto bumper to bumper El Camino Real rush hour traffic 2 miles back to my house. The chicken korma and chicken makhani were curry dishes, spicy and full of flavors, with a decent amount of chicken. Went well over cooked cauliflower. The bengan bhartha is cooked eggplant, chopped and pulverized. Among the best eggplant dishes I have ever tasted, Indian or Chinese. Wife's favorite. Phoned up October19 430pm, and found out they were no longer serving meat dishes, only vegetarian dishes. Ordered the $14 bengan bhartha, the $14 Malai Kofa, and the $14 Navrattan Korma, the last two with plenty of vegetables in a spicy curry sauce. Combined them with the naan that came with the dishes. In the future, will order dishes from this place only after eating Costco chicken. Will combine the leftover rotisserie chicken breasts with the vegetarian curry dishes to satisfy my carnivore cravings.

Cholay Bhature
Vish R.

Small and no frills place. Chhole Bhature is definitely worth coming back for. Rotis are nice and soft. Dahi Vada and Mushroom matar masala could definitely be better.

Kulcha Naan
Bindu A.

Comfort food. We came for dining in here after many years. Eating hot naan and hot curries on a cold day is an experience in itself. Unanimous winner was Palak Paneer! My personal favorite is Baingan Bhartha. Unlike many other restaurants around, they dont use a lit of cream in their curries, so the curries taste flavorful. It is a small place, but could fit us a group of 6.

Paneer bhurji
Sudatta J.

I enjoy stopping by this place when I'm craving some fresh, piping hot, North Indian curries and bread(naan/ roti). Tried the chhole kulche and paneer bhurjee with roti. Food is yummy and service is very friendly and welcoming. They have plenty of parking but limited seating (indoor only). I also like karhai paneer. This is now a vegetarian only food joint!

Sunil R.

This is a small location but the food has big flavor. I picked up a paneer wrap from here and it was great! The lady at the front was super nice. She seemed genuinely concerned that I asked for no spicy sauce and said she would pack some on the side just in case I changed my mind. They also cut and packed the wrap in two pieces to make it easier to eat which was very thoughtful. Appears to be family run which always gets extra points from me.

Tandoori shrimp
Nancy L.

This place was highly recommended and has great reviews. Overall good flavors but nothing that blows my socks off. I also feel like it's not great value. Butter chicken -- solid flavor but my fiancé said mine is better. It came with chopped up tandoori chicken where the chicken had red coloring. I feel like there's probably only 1 thigh worth of heat. Rogan Josh -- sauce is tasty but also very little meat. Meat is very tender . Tandoori shrimp -- this was probably the next value dish. It came with about a dozen prawns! Good and tenders. Some pieces were a little mushy. Onion naan -- also solid but lacked onions, very little onions in the center. Good place for solid Indian food but nothing extraordinary .

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Reviews are largely positive. Many praise the fresh, home-style flavors, generous portions, and friendly staff. The setting is casual and no-frills.

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Authentic Punjabi Food. Family Owned (who were all really nice). Reminded me of food back home.

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Chicken Korma and Chicken Balti were excellent, both had great depth of flavor and tasted like good home made versions.

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Good service! Haven't had the food but the vibes were great (there was no one inside)!

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Amazing food but plan ahead, they get crazy busy and the wait times can be long. It's well worth it though. Delicious!

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Great food, made fresh to order, reasonable prices, generous portions, helpful staff: What more could you ask?

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4.7(38 reviews)
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The BEST onion pakora in the bays area - hands down! It's a cloud kitchen place - just come in and…read morepick up your order. I have got it for 2 parties and it's a hit! My only request would be to have them provide a chutney / sauce with it. The pakoras are gone before I can photograph them

Flavors: 10/10 Portions: 10/10…read moreCustomer experience 10/10 Drive from Hayward to Sunnyvale to pick this up: totally worth it. Tonight I was craving a home style chicken and rice dish similar to what my mom makes . Now I know it's not possible to get that from a restaurant, but the closest to that is the Donne biryani preparation that a few places offer in the Bay Area. So I looked up Yelp and found this spot. The fact that it already had 4.9 stars was reassuring but I didn't put too many expectations on it. But what I did was call the place and make sure they'd be open by the time I made that 28 mile drive. I spoke to a person named Sagar who took my order and told me to take my time getting there and drive carefully! Husband and I got there around 9:30pm and it's a cloud kitchen setup with kitchens in the back and a point of sale kiosk and counter at the front. As instructed I called Sagar and he came up to the counter with my food, and also let me know he had added a free dessert since I drove all the way from Hayward . Husband and I got home and immediately dug in and what can I say, the flavors totally took me back to my mom's kitchen. The Donne biryani was bursting with taste, and what made it superb was that the flavors were in balance, with neither the spices nor the aromatics being overpowering in any way. The other dish, the pepper chicken was epic by itself, and should have been enjoyed with a bread of some sort, because the biryani didn't need any accompaniment. As if this meal wasn't divine enough the cherry on top was the pineapple kesari dessert that Sagar kindly added to our takeout bag. Thanks Nalapaka, for a taste of home, away from home !

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There's nothing more disappointing than consuming tasteless carbs and calories!!…read moreThat's exactly what the thali at Southindies was on this past Sunday. An overloaded plate with a bunch of unconnected foods cannot make it a south indian thali!! Bland, boring and not worth going back to. Service was decent though, no complaints. Bay Area, especially south bay has a ton of competition with a new restaurant opening every few months. It's only a matter of time before this place is gone!! With this quality of food, I'm not recommending to any of my friends

Came here with my other veg*n coworker for lunch, and we both like it a lot!…read more I got the crispy masala dosa, and it was beautifully crispy as advertised and I liked most of the sauces it came with. The potato in the middle was nicely spiced. My coworker hadn't seen dosa before and thought it was the biggest burrito ever until I showed him that most of the inside is hollow, LOL. He got the thali plate, which apparently comes with free refills, which is an amazing bargain! I might get it next time we go, but I do love dosa... We both liked our food, and we also split the fried cauliflower appetizer which was also delicious! I was skeptical when I saw it come out with ketchup, but let me tell you, it works really well with the spices on the cauliflower. Mango lassi is exactly what you expect from any Indian place. Even though the little plaza thing this is in looks a little on the run down side (gives hole-in-the-wall vibes), the interior is clean, looks relatively new, and tastefully decorated, which was a pleasant surprise. The servers were really nice and helped my coworker out as he hadn't had a thali plate before but saw it on another table and wanted to try it. It wasn't too crowded at lunch, but also wasn't that empty, and I think we were the only two non-Indians there, which is usually a good sign, heh. We're already talking about when we want to go back here, and might bring one of our other coworkers who is more open to eating vegetarian stuff, as well, so I know I'll be back here! This is probably going to become a regular lunching spot for us in the future.

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Charminar Indian Restaurant and Catering | Sunnyvale - Hyderabadi Goat Dum Biryani - Weekend only

Charminar Indian Restaurant and Catering | Sunnyvale

3.6(45 reviews)
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So happy to have found a spot nearby that satisfies my biryani craving. The biryani portion is…read moreeasily enough for 2 people -- shared with my bf and we had a good amount leftover. It was packed with the flavor and the rice and chicken were cooked perfectly. The onions ? Literal jammy perfection. My only note is I wish they put more of those onions because they're sooo good. The raita was also on the watery side but the biryani is just so delicious I'll forgive it. It's also the perfect spice level, but they bring you the sauce on the side if you want it even spicier. Also ordered the fried baby corn which we will pass on next time. They were good but not as much flavor as I'd hoped. The service was great and I appreciated the server's honesty in letting us know we definitely ordered enough food between us both LOL. I also liked the warm and cozy interior and how most of the seating is booth seating. Makes for a cute date night spot. I'll be back to try the Irani chai!

Some of the best restaurant discoveries happen by complete accident…read more We were actually on our way to AnnachiKarahi when gps informed us it had moved and been replaced by Charminar. While my husband drove, I quickly pulled up the Yelp page. The menu immediately caught my attention, but I'll admit I was hesitant. There were only a handful of reviews, and the ratings didn't quite match the ambition of the menu. Still, Hyderabadi cuisine is one of India's great culinary traditions, and it's surprisingly underrepresented in the Bay Area. Curiosity won. I'm so glad it did. Having visited Hyderabad, I know it as a city obsessed with food, a place where recipes reflect centuries of Nizami, Mughlai, Persian, and Telugu influences. While many restaurants here advertise themselves as Hyderabadi, they often stop at biryani. Charminar embraces the breadth of the cuisine, with everything from mandi and gongura specialties to chicken sukka, Mughlai curries, and, on weekends, freshly made rumali rotis. That alone made me stop and take notice. The restaurant itself is warm and inviting, with tasteful artwork celebrating the Hyderabad cityscape and the iconic Charminar. The staff matched the atmosphere: genuinely welcoming, knowledgeable, and eager to guide us through the menu without ever rushing us. The meal began with refreshing drinks before quickly moving into what became one of the highlights of the evening: the kebabs. The Lasooni Kebab and the Malai Kebab were exceptional. Both were astonishingly tender the kind of tenderness that only comes from patient marination and careful cooking. The Malai Kebab, in particular, was outstanding. Delicate notes of ginger and garlic layered into a creamy marinade, finished with the unmistakable whisper of charcoal smoke, created a kebab that was elegant rather than heavy. It was one of the finest versions I've had in the Bay Area. For the mains, we ordered the Chicken Sukka and Lal Chicken alongside the weekend rumali rotis. Paper-thin, almost like silk, they arrived impossibly soft and stayed that way throughout the meal. Anyone who has searched for authentic rumali roti in the Bay Area knows how rare that is. Too often they become rubbery within minutes. And it's rare to find it on menus so get your hands on it (weekends only!) The Chicken Sukka was my favorite curry of the evening. Layers of roasted coconut, deeply caramelized onions, warming spices, and beautifully cooked chicken came together in a dish that was both rustic and deeply satisfying. The Lal Chicken surprised me. Given the name, I expected assertive heat, but instead found a curry that leaned sweeter and tangier than anticipated. Not a flaw, just a different interpretation than I had expected. And then came the dish that reminded me why Hyderabad occupies such a revered place in India's culinary landscape. The Gosht Dum Biryani. If you visit on a weekend, don't overthink your order. Get it. Anyone can pile onions and masala onto rice and call it biryani. True dum biryani is a lesson in restraint. Every grain of rice should carry the perfume of saffron, whole spices, stock, and meat, without relying on excess seasoning. The rice itself should be compelling enough to eat on its own. Charminar gets this exactly right. Every spoonful was fragrant and beautifully balanced. The lamb was meltingly tender, yielding effortlessly from the bone, while the mirchi ka salan added earthy warmth and the raita brought just enough freshness to complete the experience. It was, without question, the standout dish of the evening and among the better Hyderabadi biryanis I've had in the Bay Area. The most exciting part is that we barely scratched the surface of the menu. Finding a restaurant that doesn't simply borrow Hyderabad's famous name but genuinely celebrates the diversity of its cuisine is rare. Charminar feels like it was built by people who understand what makes the city's food so beloved. What a wonderful addition to Sunnyvale. I sincerely hope the community gives this restaurant the attention it deserves. We'll certainly be back Congratulations to the Charminar team.

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