Sattvik Foods

Whenever I need to get away and treat myself to lunch in a quiet, calming, meditative place, I come to Sattvik Foods. It's a drive -- goodness. Especially if you are in South Bay. But worth it for a late morning or early afternoon to enjoy a lunch and read a book. I've never met the founder and chef, Kanta. I hope to one day. She draws her inspiration from African and Asian heritage in preparing the dishes, creating a lovely fusion of fresh, flavorful and filling foods. I always, always have leftovers to take for afternoon snacks. You can order online, and catering is available. It definitely seems that Sattvik is getting more and more online orders, but I always like to stay. The restaurant feels like it is in a converted warehouse. It is shotgun side, and the seating is ample and spaced. There is generally no music playing, and very few people speaking. Most come and go quickly. Be sure to check the menu of the day. It rotates. My favorite is the thali, which is a set menu with three curries, an appetizer, dessert, the soup of the day, rice and a bread. Other favorites are the rotis, samosas and the puri dishes -- the entire menu, really. Lots of street food options on the menu. I highly recommend a visit.

I'm probably not qualified to correctly review this place. I just dropped in for some lunch and enjoyed it. Not going to try to join the Authentic/Not-Authentic debate or anything.It was tasty and flavorful, hot and fresh. Portion sizes are not large. You get a small amount of several things.It is all vegetarian, but you probably figured that out. There is a whole long table of pre-packaged snacks and desserts in the middle of the restaurant.But we have to talk about Parking. There is none. There's some used car dealer that double-parks every available space near there.. don't even bother pulling into the Sattvik driveway -- you'll just get mad and turn around. Go to one of the other more-empty lots and walk. I've flat out left and gone somewhere else at lunch -- it's a lost cause.

Used to try their thali plate often, like at least once every week before. But I haven't recently gotten food from them for a few reasons. 1. They close early, at 8, and they won't let people dine in after 7.30 or even 7.25 sometimes, and they will be very rude and won't even tell us if they will seat us or not. 2. Prices are really up. The thali plate, which used to be 14.99, is now 20 bucks now, and the mini thali price is also hiked. I understand the inflation cost consumption part, but still, this is very expensive for us to try often from here.3. The menu for the daily menu is getting monotonous and not often changing. The same paneer curry and same aloo cabbage is repeated. They introduced me to so many awesome curries like spinach kofta curry and paneer navratan curry, etc, which are not seen in their menu anymore. They give only routine usual curries. :( Apart from all these, I still like this place to try their chats and ale carte curries, which are really good. Even now, I will really go here often if they let people dine in after 7.30 pm. And stop being rude because I really love their food.

Great little hole small Indian food place. The workers are nice and helpful when you're trying to decide what they ever-changing menu for the day would be. You can always pull up their social media or website to see what they will be having for the day. I ordered the full thali to try a little bit of everything. If I was vegetarian/vegan I would absolutely adore this place since everything on the menu is made without meat. Unfortunately, I do crave my saag paneer and chicken tikka masala a bit too much to say I will be coming back to this place on my own. 5 stars if you have dietary restrictions, 4 stars for me.

Pickup day. First time I'd come in person.Very delicious, very fresh, very flavorful. Vegetarian: 5 stars!The reason I'm giving it 4: parking is hard here; food wasn't ready when estimated (& I ordered with plenty of time in advance & then was double-parked for a while); and I really wish they wouldn't use plastic containers instead of cardboard or paper. Plus, I was trying to order my pickup on an app (because they didn't answer the phone after several calls) - and it was really hard trying to order the Daily Lunch Box. They told me there finally - they've discontinued it, but it still appears on every delivery/pickup app (but extras become mandatory, so the price jumps up several dollars). So my ordering & pickup experiences both took a lot longer than I expected.But this is a special restaurant, where food is fresh, the vegetarian menu changes daily, and the food is not like every other place in town.

Lunch was great- tried Vada pav and masala fries for the first time along with the Thalis, mango lassi and dahi puri! All the food is awesome- the fries were good but not stellar. Vada pav and chai were the perfect combo for any day, especially a rainy or cold day! Service is friendly and ambiance is like eating in a college canteen but with waaay better food.

I really don't know where to start with this. I'm in food heaven right now. I just had the most gratifying lunch at this place.This experience was of course not the usual lunch experience. I'm not a food critic or a chef or even work in the industry, so I don't get to talk to the chef when I visit restaurants, but today, thanks to my friends, we got to meet Chef Kanta, the owner and chef of Sattvik Foods!As we enjoyed our appetizers of Indian chips and Indian hashbrowns (sorry! I didn't get the names of these), she told us a little history of herself (which you can find on the restaurant website) and what Sattvik means and strives to do. In essence, she wants her food to bring wholesomeness and positivity and they sure did in my case.We ordered some side dishes to go with our full thali (rice, roti and 3 curries you can choose from). One of the curries I had was the paneer and it was my favorite among the three! It was so good when Chef came out to ask our group if we want any second helpings (pretty sure this doesn't happen in normal settings), I quietly asked her if I could have more paneer curry.For desserts, we had chocolate almond burfi and boondi ladoo. This was the first time that I had or even heard of boondi ladoo. I'm glad that my friend asked me if I wanted to split one ball with her. I was hesitant at first because they don't look that big (around the size of a ping pong ball) but I did anyway. These balls were sweet! But more than just sweetness, there is a slight surprising taste which totally elevated the experience for me. I'm not gonna spoil the surprise by letting you know what that taste is. Try it for yourself!Honorable mention: rose lassi.I love rose beverages and I've never seen rose lassi before, so I had to get that. It was really good. They also have boxes of snacks and desserts in the fridge for you to buy and extend the food heaven to your home.Thank you, Chef Kanta, for taking us through this amazing food journey.

Found a gem in San Diego. Best gujarati food. The khichu and Gujarati thali is a must try

Truly excellent little Indian restaurant. They have a full array of specials that change every day, so you can always try something new, and it goes way beyond the "standard" American Indian restaurant dishes. Particularly recommend getting the full thali- it's basically a big sampler plate of all the day's specials. Wonderful variety and a great deal- even as a hefty eater I get two meals out of it.Food itself is always delicious, fresh, and healthy (without the bland health food taste). 100% recommend, I try to go here every week.

Worst food and worst management with worst attitude and service. I would choose to stay hungry rather than go there.