Our story
“We cook the way our grandmother did - by hand, every morning, and never with anything she wouldn't eat herself.”
Meera & Anand, founders
2009
first chai poured
3
generations of recipes
100%
vegetarian, always
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Gujarati kitchen & chai bar · Ahmedabad
Slow-cooked, soulful vegetarian.
Grandmother's Gujarati recipes, cooked fresh every morning. Every dish is vegetarian, and almost all of them come Jain on request.
Open today · 8 am – 11 pm★ 4.8 · 1,240 reviews
Khaman dhokla ✦Methi thepla ✦Kesar lassi ✦Dal dhokli ✦Masala chai ✦Shrikhand ✦Khandvi ✦Mohanthal ✦Khaman dhokla ✦Methi thepla ✦Kesar lassi ✦Dal dhokli ✦Masala chai ✦Shrikhand ✦Khandvi ✦Mohanthal ✦
Reservations
Save a seat at the long table.
We hold tables for 15 minutes. For groups of more than eight, or a family celebration, tell us in the note and we'll set up the courtyard.
Regulars say it best.
★★★★★
The thali refills keep coming and every katori tastes like home. Best Sunday lunch in the city.
★★★★★
Finally a place where Jain food isn't an afterthought. They know exactly what to leave out.
★★★★★
Came for the masala chai, stayed for the khandvi. Booking on the site took ten seconds.
Visit
Find the saffron door.
14 Lotus Lane, off CG Road
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009
- Mon – Fri
- 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
- Sat – Sun
- 7:30 am – 11:30 pm
- Thali service
- 12 – 3 pm · 7 – 10:30 pm