South Indian Cuisine from Palanadu Region

Aha Indian Cuisine is now "Palnadu Ruchulu Indian Cuisine" will be operational by Feb 15th.

House of Wow-Worthy Indian Cuisine

As the name “AHA Indian Cuisine” suggests, you receive immense pleasure from Indian dishes. They are truly a delight that makes you say Wow, which is another way to say ‘Aha’, after every bite. Nestled in Pleasanton, this place is the best to explore authentic Indian meals to get familiarized with heavenly food aromas and flavors for your different taste buds. We bring nothing but the best through every dish we serve to our guests who come by our place looking for an exquisite gourmet experience. So, everything from kneading the dough for the tandoor-baked bread to chopping freshly sourced veggies and fine cooking methods helps bring satisfying great Indian cuisine to your plate. In a traditional dining environment with great ambience, the only thing we’re serious about is serving great food. We make sure to serve popular Indian dishes and feed you with flavors that you have not tasted before. We have food for all tastes and occasions! But we believe it’s not the variety but the spices and original flavors of India that make us unique and special. So, no matter what brings you here, you’ll have countless choices to try with each of them being the best.

The flavors you never heard of before

Aha Indian cuisine is an Indian restaurant in Pleasanton, CA that can be your escape from mundane culinary life. We aim to get the hard-core foodies everything from Biryanis, curries and snacks that they might never have tasted earlier to delicious vegan food. This place is sure to give you the very essence of the Indian culture that you may never have experienced before.

A welcoming place to eat, drink and relax.

Besides, being a place to indulge in food, have conversations and build bonds, this place is one of the perfect brunch places to relax and rejuvenate in a non-hurried environment. Take a trip to a welcoming atmosphere that not only suits all kinds of dining occasions but gives you a colorful menu, taking your food experience to the next level.

Customer Reviews

Jan O.

Google

It is a southern indian restaurant. I would say one of the best in the area and my absolute fav. Their food is very flavorful and authentic. The ambience feels like home. People are nice and friendly.

Sharan C.

Google

The place used to be a bar at some point and now is a kitchen don't go for the ambiance or service but go for the food. Usually packed for dinner slower on Sunday, recommend the tandoori items, very authentic naan the way it's supposed to be not the naan bread nonsense which most other Americanized desi restaurants serve. So many things to try but banjara kebab and garlic nan kheema dosa and tikka masala/ Rogan josh are my Fav's

Kiran K.

Google

Food was good and quick like most of the items but serving in paper plates that looses one point.

Saish K.

Google

Paneer biryani is awesome. Food is delicious. Dining in should be improved. Good loca

Hitesh B.

Google

Went for the new evening buffet was quite enjoyable and the taste and service didn't lack the authenticity

Mallikarjuna N.

Google

Extremely good food. They r striving to bring new and spicy taste to Bay Area. All the best

Sai M.

Google

Discovered a new Indian place that we liked after a bit. Just one visit (take out) so far but we'll be coming back based on that. The Nawabi Goat Vepudu was excellent and the Palanadu Chicken Pepper Fry was very good too. The Gunturu Gongura Chicken Biryani wasn't upto the standard of those but we'll look to explore other biryanis next time.

Neha P.

Google

Their "Pallanadu Paneer Biryani" is amazing, and their "Mirchi ka Salan" sauce is so delicous, I could eat it with left over boiled rice too.

GJ R.

Google

This has been my go to Indian restaurant for almost 2 years now. Hands down best tasting Indian food of trivalley. Many creative and variety non-veg curries. They have recently started breakfast buffet. It has been my weekend breakfast/ brunch feast for the past few weeks. Highly recommend this place. Their Togo service is great too.

Kokku N.

Google

Try breakfast so many verities and unlimited Junnuu adding great taste and mouth watering

Vindhya B.

Google

We ordered biryani multiple times both chicken mutton and family pack taste is awesome their biryani has different flavor. We loved the family pack with so many pieces in biryani and also with a side of appetizer sweet and drink. Great food

Kyle L.

Google

Overall 4 out 5, I've only eaten here on the weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) namely for their buffets. This place used to be the Blue fox another Indian restaurant btw. Anyways, while it is a buffet setting for us, the staff have always been friendly and courteous. The food itself is very good overall, at times at least to me, it does seem a bit salty with a dish or two, but still very flavorful. Some of their dishes also lean on the spicy side, so be warned if you have a bad spice tolerance. I would give them a slight higher score except, for the fact they use disposable plates so I would think they pile up a decent amount of trash after a busy day at the buffet. Even the utensils are plastic disposable. Anyways, it's a nice sight to have a Indian buffet style restaurant albeit on the weekends around the tri-valley.

Anudeep D.

Google

Must try homemade andhra style restaurant . We tried rajahmundry royyala vepudu - a spicy delicacy which is good . Bagara rice with natukodi pulusu is mouth watering and to be savored . Good quantity although price is little on higher end . Ended our dinner with double ka Meetha with its subtle sweetness .

Lisa G.

Google

The food was good, friendly service. Hope the get the beer and wine program up and running soon.

SR R.

Google

Excellent food - authentic biryanis and curries. So yum! Just not sure I like their desserts - I'm Not a fan of their double ka meetha

Foodie For Life A.

Google

This is for the people who have been looking for that one "shaadi ki biryani" taste made in India. You know what I'm talking about or you dont- its a "thing" that only certain people will get. For some reason in India, the wedding biryanis taste amazing!!!! For the first time I ate a biryani that bought back those memories of eating a wedding biryani in India. Get the nawabi goat fry biryani. Just trust me on this one. Its sooooo good that we ordered it two days in a row!!! You can even get the family pack which is a better value. Thank me later- now go get it.

Chandana M.

Google

I always look for an opportunity to give a 10* for "aha". This is a home for us more than a restaurant with all my brothers from different mothers at one place. We not only tried regular food order(lunch & dinner) but gave a party order two times already for about 200 people which is a biggest hit...!! Also, today the 4th of July, we've been to "aha" for buffet with my whole family and trust me each item we tasted was so heavenly with perfect spices. i don't miss India anymore I wish we had bigger tummies to fit in more food Love you "aha"!! #MogudzPellamz‍‍‍ (Bobby, Chandu and Benny)

Geet S.

Google

I absolutely love this place. It's not only they have best biryani's but also curries too. I had been to buffet lunch recently. I like that they have more items to choose from the buffet than earlier. They had dosa and Ragi sangati was super soft and smooth. Appetizers were spicy and tasty too. It was awesome!! Must try ..

sam s.

Google

Drove all the way from SF to taste the mouth watering biryani...good balance flavor of spices and tender meat. Tried the buffet with many varieties of curries, biryani, tandoori chicken, etc. - served Friday & weekends according to the manager. The manager was very helpful to answer my questions on the foods. Can't wait to come back again to try their other cuisines.

Clumsy T.

Google

Their food is really great! It is my third time eating here and I enjoy it everytime. We normally order the biryani family size one. The family sizd is a big serving size enough to feed 4 people. Each visit we try different meats. Each has their distinct flavor and spices. The food can be very spicy but you can ask it to be cooked mild. It is still spicy for me but I love spicy food Here is a picture how it looks. We were already eating halfway when I remembered I wanted to take picture of the food. I wasn't a fan of Indian food at first until I tried this one.

Aakrati K.

Google

We got onion dosa, crispy corn, and podi idli. We really enjoyed the dosa and idli which came with 2 chutneys. We asked for sambhar on the side as well which tasted good too. They have slightly different menu than the usual South Indian joints- for eg. They don't have masala dosa, just 3 kinds of dosas, but seem to have a good selection of food otherwise. Food is on the spicy side as you'd expected from an Andhra food joint. I would give their biryani and thali a try the next time. Friendly staff and service as well.

Suresh B.

Google

Wonderful service and authentic food. I would recommend this restaurant for Indian food lovers.

Steve T.

Google

Loved the paneer curry and goat biryani dishes. They have lots of dishes I can't pronounce and hopefully I get to try many of them . South Indian food and probably close to their roots.

Luv B.

Google

Amazing food with amazing service by very kind and humble people. You should absolutely check this place out!!! I love it.

Shyam Chowdary

Yelp

Thanks to AHA INDIAN CUSINE for bringing the good Indian cusine to our milpitas. The ambience is good. And the taste of the food is yummy. Particularly Nawabi goat biriyani is my favourite. I recommend this restaurent to visit with your family and friends.

dasari anudeep

Yelp

Must try homemade andhra style restaurant . We tried rajahmundry royyala vepudu - a spicy delicacy which is good . Bagara rice with natukodi pulusu is mouth watering and to be savored . Good quantity although price is little on higher end . Ended our dinner with double ka Meetha with its subtle sweetness .

Praneeta Reddy

Yelp

Pleasantly surprised. Food is yummy and servers are very polite. I love Indian food, and have not been able to find a local Indian restaurant that I really like until now. The golkonda goat biryani was delicious as were the bezawada chicken biryani, palanadu chicken pepper fry and konaseema crispy corn.

Anurag Dugar

Yelp

My new favorite Dosa place. We ordered a plain, masala, cheese and a chocolate dosa. The masala had lumpy aloos and the Sambar was cold (I was offered a very legitimate explanation but we did eat all our dosas with cold sambar). But barring all that, the food was delicious. 10/10 for dosas and chutney. Sambar was rich and just the way I like it with hints of tamarind (they did give me some hot serving at request and it was heaven!). But the chocolate dosa that my daughter had was the ultimate surprise. The most refreshing take on a chocolate dosa I have ever seen. I eat a lot of my daughters dosa. Looking forward to coming back again. PS: Wife mentioned it’s an ladies shop. Kudos to that well!

Shaik Yaseen

Yelp

Actually I want to give more than 5 stars. The staff is very friendly. The taste of food is really good. Highly recommended to try this one. Though being a first day, they actually managed very good

Rishi Harish Relwani

Yelp

This new restaurant in the neighborhood was a very sweet surprise!!! All of the snack/tiffin items that we tried, were really yumm especially the MYSORE BONDA and CUT MIRCHI BAJJI, which were just exceptional. Dosa was just like home made preparation. Ambience was really good and relaxing!! Service time can be improved though. Would recommend to try this place!!!

Bhavya sree Are

Yelp

I have Ordered their Special Mandi Biryani for takeout and i really like it. Thank you Aha for my bringing my Favorite Mandi Biryani to US. Highly recommended.

prudhvi s

Yelp

They are swamped with lots of customers. The wait is worth is for me. They have good Andhra food/ Indian food. They have toddy... Which brings me back here