• Sagar Ratna - Connaught Place

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Indian
Take-out
Indo-Chinese

Vegetarian restaurant group operating multiple outlets. Serves both South and North Indian cuisine like dosa, uttapam, idli, dahi vada, and rawa kesari in addition to Indo-Chinese food. Air-conditioned interior. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-10:30pm.


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9 Reviews

First Review by Darrin

BunkyK

Points +1549

Vegan
15 Dec 2024

Excellent Indian food!

I am so impressed with this restaurant. I am solo travelling through India and felt very relaxed and comfortable to dine in. Staff were very friendly and service fantastic. I ordered a mixed vegetable uttapam which I was certain had egg in it for texture but it is lentil batter! Delicious. And I also had a vege biryani, which is rice done so well. Many dips on side, which were all vegan except raita. Highly recommend this place.

MattiasE

Points +4264

Vegan
28 Jan 2024

Good food 👍

Friendly staff and well made vegan food. I really liked the stews and the bread. Remember to ask for a vegan version.

SFRobbie

Points +1102

Vegan
02 Oct 2023

Delicious but double check it’s vegan

The Southern India thali was recommended by the waiter for us after we said no dairy or egg. It came out with two dishes that upon asking had dairy that we removed from the platter right away. Everything else was delicious! Very nice staff. Clean, comfortable space.

christopherjboyce

Points +984

Vegan
09 Apr 2019

Decent scran and reasonable price

I had a South Indian thali which was 260rupees - before I ordered I asked what was vegan and I got a blank face. There is a pretty extensive menu but I opted for the South Indian thali, which seemed all vegan when it came, apart from the curd and possibly the desert. I ate them anyway but suppose they could easily be not included. I thought it was tasty and filling. I don't think it was unlimited, but I had enough anyway and so I left pretty happy.

Pros: Extensive menu, Tasty and filling food

Cons: Didn't seem to understand veganism

Marcellb

Points +90

Vegan
01 Feb 2019

Quick and popular amongst Indians

We liked to taste the south Indian cuisine and can recommend the thali as well as the masala dosa.
Nothing special but quick and easy Indian food

Pros: Quick and easy

Cons: Not 100% sure if dishes are vegan

FionaWallace

Points +219

Vegan
13 Nov 2018

Lovely little spot

A great find. Quiet when we went in but soon was busy not long after. Make sure you tell them if you're vegan and ask which meals are suitable for you. Very helpful and friendly staff. Place very clean and light.
Big portions, lovely food and reasonably priced.

jayRaw

Points +18

Raw
27 Nov 2016

good indian food

The food is typicali indian with lots of oil...and more oil. it is very clean and has two floors, but if you are searching for a place with good choice of salad....not here.....all together a good restaurant and friendly stuff....

m@earthville

Points +9717

Vegan
02 Jan 2013

Great South & North Indian, fairly vegan-friendly

Sagar Ratna is a dependable lacto-vegetarian restaurant chain serving high-quality South and North Indian dishes. Good food, good service, fair prices, and tasteful decor (nice but not overdone). Fresh juices too. We've been to the Connaught Place location many dozens of times, and it's consistently good on all counts.

Unlike many other Indian lacto-veg spots, Sagar Ratna is vegan-friendly in the sense of being both happy and competent to accommodate requests for "no cheese, no butter, no cream," etc., and in our experience they've always executed the special orders correctly - they've never served us dairy products, so as vegans we appreciate that greatly (and if you have allergies or lactose intolerance, you will too). Just politely communicate very clearly and you should get exactly what you ordered.

Especially recommended:
- Paalak (spinach), which is particularly tasty here and can be done vegan by requesting "plain paalak without paneer, butter, ghee, or cream."
- Mushroom masala (be forewarned: it's spicy and relatively rich)
- Tandoori roti (they're big, so 2 is plenty to polish off a single serving of your veggie dish of choice)
- Fresh fruit juices - try the mosammi juice (a.k.a. "sweet lime," though it's not in fact a lime; it's an orange-sized fruit with a taste somewhere between orange and lime, or thereabouts).

The only thing we've had that we found subpar was the tomato soup (not terrible, but below average).

Until Delhi gets an all-vegan, organic restaurant (one can hope, right?), Sagar Ratna will continue to get a lot of our business.

UPDATE - JAN 2013

Sagar Ratna continues to deliver great food and vegan-friendly service. We're impressed that the same high standard has been upheld for so long.

We notice another reviewer believes he got sick from eating here, which we find surprising because we've eaten here 100+ times and never been sick. Having lived and worked in India more than 11 years, we can attest that in fact it's very difficult to pinpoint the source of one's illness because many disease-causing organisms take between 24 hours and 4 weeks to germinate, so when one gets sick it's rarely the case that the last meal you ate is the one responsible. It's nearly impossible to be sure, so while it may be true that the reviewer got sick at Sagar Ratna, the odds are against it. Even if it were true, it seems like a fluke because the place is very clean. We wouldn't want others to be scared away from one of Delhi's best options.

Pros: Reasonably vegan-friendly, Good food and service, Well priced for the quality

Darrin

Points +16

Vegan
06 Dec 2012

Not recommended

Ate here based on another review and spent the next 4 days in bed with diarrhoea and vomiting. We explained we were vegan and what we could and couldn't eat, they said they understood and pointed out meals we could eat, however one came with cheese on top. We sent it back and they brought another out. Out of everyone traveling in our group, the only people who became violently ill, were those who had only eaten here.




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