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Mehak of India

San Jose

North Indian cuisine to savor

A homey atmosphere

Mehak of India is an Indian restaurant in San Jose, California, that provides traditional Indian food combined with ingredients to create a simple and wonderful menu. We believe taste is something you can't describe in words because it's different for everyone. But we promise when you visit us, you will not leave disappointed. Each one of our Indian dishes is flavorful and fresh! We take the time out of cooking so that we can bring an ethnic experience to your dinner table. Our Indian food offers exciting combinations like lamb curry, achari chicken tikka kabab, vegetarian chana masala as well as regional dishes like goat curry and lamb vindaloo. Our chef’s special Tangri Kebab and Plum Chicken Korma are worth a visit to us. Started a few years back on a kitchen table, this place has become the dwelling for all those interested in crafting and relishing great Indian food. Our purpose here is to make the best dinner with natural essence accessible to everyone. By providing comforting combos of food in a welcoming atmosphere for everyday dining, we’re one of the great brunch places in San Jose. Each member of our team has been introduced to Indian cuisine in their Indian homes back in their childhood. We’ve learned and practiced graciously since all the marvelous creations over the years and decided to turn our love of experimenting with the culinary arts into a profession. The simple techniques and complex methods that Indians apply for their everyday home fare - from marinating to grilling, tossing to stir-frying, boiling to simmering, we put the time-honored ways into use for solving your Quotidien hunger and introducing unusual tastes from the East. Through this endeavor, we get to teach people how amazing cooking and eating Indian food can be! Indian food is the best food ever created. And we proudly say that we’re an Indian tribe providing world-famous healthy food to people around the world through Mehak of India.

The crave-worthy Indian Food

We specialize in delicious Indian street food! Once you try them, you will never find the same dish elsewhere as your mouth experiences different flavors with every bite. The Indian dishes from a land across the sea are right in your neighborhood for food takeout. All you have to do is order online or walk in, you’ll be ready to discover the enticing aroma of spices.

An authentic experience, ready for you.

We follow an age-old approach to serving balanced nutrition in a homely environment, just like your mom does - good food and cozy vibes that rejuvenate your senses. Even on food delivery, people really like our creations. So much that when we sell out we get a glimpse of joy on our diners’ faces. That’s what drives us to make more.

Customer Reviews

Maria P.

Google

Speedy Service! Great Ambiance and I appreciate the workers in the front! Suk Div! THANK YOU! Ordered for a party of 15 people and the food was more than enough! 1 order of Butter chicken and 1 order of rice would have been able to feed 2 people! 10 Garlic and 5 Plain Naan 5 orders of Butter chicken 5 orders of Chicken Tikka Masala 1 Tandoori Chicken 2 orders of Chana Madala 6 orders Rice Vegetable samosa Paneer pakora everything was delicious!

Devashis N.

Google

Great food, friendly staff. My favorite part is about Mehak of India is that you can request spice level that works best for you. And the taste is always great whatever spice level you pick.

Poojitha S.

Google

Got malai kofta and garlic naan as to-go. The food was ready in 10 minutes for pickup and prices were very reasonable. Delighted to find a new Indian restaurant nearby. Will be back to order more items.

Cristina W.

Google

So happy with this neighborhood family restaurant. Been coming here for a few years and my usual is so good I never venture off and try other things so unfortunately I've only tried 5 items on their menu. I always get the Butter Chicken which is very flavorful with smooth silky chicken that is never dry or over cooked. Then for a second dish, it's either the Aloo Gobi or Palak Paneer. Both are winners. I love the cheese cubes in the Palak Paneer with great texture and bouncy-ness to the bite. The Aloo Gobi with the potatoes and cauliflower soak up all that spice and flavor. The Naan or Garlic Naan is never dry and surprisingly reheats in the airfryer without drying out. I always get take out here and staff answering phone is always friendly and helpful. They don't always ask over the phone how spicy you want it and I don't always remember to tell them so unfortunately when I forget, the spice level is at a mild and I miss that kick. So don't forget to tell them how spicy you want it.

Melissa D.

Google

FINALLY!!!!! An ideal Indian spot. This place was absolutely FABULOUS. We got butter chicken, chicken tikka masala (both very spicy as we requested), vegetable samosas, garlic naan, and vegetable fried rice. Everything was absolutely perfect. The portions are very generous, it is really inexpensive, and the staff are very kind. This is the first place that actually made things spicy when we asked. I always have to beg places to make it as spicy as possible and they'll never do it. This place nailed it and the "very spicy" was perfect for us. I am SO HAPPY!!!! This will be our go-to place from now on.

Tu P.

Google

Food is good and fast. Portion is huge for 2 ppl Service is fast and friendly staff Nice cozy restaurant

Prem V.

Google

I truly enjoyed the fact I can text my order reply immediate food quality excellent service amazing place is inviting and clean. I was treated by an amazing youngman that was so humble. I ordered butter chicken curry chicken basmati rice garlic naan. Quantity good, taste delicious , prices reasonable. Highly recommend you eat in or take out give them an opportunity to serve you! Family owned. They offer lunch buffet ck on website.

Kamalpreet S.

Google

It's amazing food with amazing customer service. Shahi paneer/ Dal Makhni/ Karahi Paneer/ Plain Naan/ Garlic Naan and Aloo Tikki Wrap are very yummy/ Delicious. They also treat you like a family. Very good customer service...

Nhan C.

Google

I came here several times for lunch & dinner. The food is delicious & great service. I would recommend this place.

Bhavya B.

Google

Had a wonderful experience! The food was delicious and I enjoyed every bite of it. Service was also very quick. Do give this a try if you're in the area. I will definitely be back to try other items!

Michelle L.

Google

Great Indian lunch buffet on the weekends for just $14.99--all you can eat! They offer three types of curry (tikka masala, butter chicken, and goat curry) along with fresh naan, rice, meat, lentils, etc. The place is small, but the service is excellent. While it may not be the best Indian food I've had, the quality is still solid. You really can't find this quantity of food for the price anymore. I'll definitely be coming back whenever I'm craving Indian food!

Nikki M.

Google

Awesome weekend buffet experience and great service. Enjoyed goat curry, butter chicken and other dishes. Limited options to try, but so worth it for the price.

Amir S.

Google

We orderd take-out and found the food to be excellent and fairly priced. The portions were of good size. Better food than rhen it was under previous management. Will order again. The management is very attentive and accommodating.

Nathan S.

Google

Great Indian food at an appealing price point. We moved away from East SJ in 2020, but we keep coming back. We love the gobi aloo and the cauliflower dish! And I could drink a gallon of the mango Lassi!

Patricia A.

Google

This a hidden little gem! The food here is delicious! Can't wait to try the buffet! So I can taste other things on the menu!

Sheel M.

Google

We usually order food to go. I like their plum paneer, malai kofta, lychee paneer, and dal tadka. We ask for spicy as needed and they make the food decently spicy. They also make it mild for three kids as needed. I like their garlic naan as well. Service is quick and the location is easy to get to with plenty of parking.

Culinary S.

Google

after a long panini haitus, the lunch buffet at Mehak of India is back baby! for less than $20 you get some of the best tandoori chicken, butter chicken, paneer, and lamb curry in the south bay. the buffet is two tables, one with mains the other with sides, garnishes, and sweets. there's infinite naan and chai tea. please use a new plate everytime you go up tho. the parking is super ample and the host are kind and attentive, and even if all that wasnt the case, the food here is flavorful and filling. the place itself is the second building, its new and super clean with a very clean restroom. the only thing i wasnt a fan of was the new pakora, preferring the veggie to the paneer macaroon looking one and the veg mix, i wish they had the palak or saag from before, that being said, i look forward to coming back here again! this was my favorite indian buffet since i found out that they local source much of what's on the menu.

Ay K.

Google

I order from here like once a week. My roommate and I will get a couple curries to-go and eat them for the next few days with rice or naan. My favorites are the palak paneer and butter chicken. They also have great wraps, which are ideal for when you want something quicker you can eat on the go.

Linda L.

Google

My husband and I hit their NEW LUNCH BUFFET today (Saturday and Sunday only), and were quite pleased. The buffet opened in the other location 2 doors down that was never used; a dirty and musty space that the previous owner never put to good use. The space is redecorated/remodeled and the buffet was generous, but small. 3 meat/3 veggie selections with desserts, free Chai tea, cold water, etc. NOTHING was very spicy (which I appreciated), and the food was hot, well presented and the buffet area clean (with no drips, splashed food, congealed gravy, etc). Everything was sparkling clean, including the bathroom down the hall (which also looked remodeled). The service is friendly with refilling of water, asking 'how' the food was, etc. Granted this is the 2nd week of the buffet, but we will return. The original owner sold the place to a family member and they are doing a great job and continuing and improving on great Indian food.

Michelle V.

Google

Came here with a group of 5 for a cousins dinner night on a Friday evening at 6pm. We were the only ones dining in the restaurant until two people came in later in the meal after us and ordered wonderful-smelling tandoori chicken. They were accommodating to our big group and shifted the tables for us. We found the prices to be great considering normal meals in the Bay Area. We ate family-style and shared... Dahi sev puri - I was craving pani puuri and this was the closest thing to it on the menu. It was my cousins' first time trying it. It was like a cold, wet yogurt explosion in the mouth. Lots of sweet and tangy flavors here. I liked it but one was good enough for me since they're big, like it'd fill your whole mouth. It was a refreshing appetizer. Veggie samosas - Big sizes and flavorful filling. My favorite dip is the tamarind one. It also comes with a green mint chutney. Butter chicken - This was tasty. We ordered a mild-medium spice because one of our cousins has a low tolerance. We ordered hot sauce on the side that wasn't spicy at all. Anyway, this butter chicken went along well with the naan. Not the most addictive butter chicken I've had, but we generally enjoyed it. Bhindi masala - My favorite part of our whole meal! The Bhindi masala had great flavors and the okra texture was so good. I enjoyed it with the biryani and naan. Chicken biryani - Instead of rice, we ordered the biryani instead. I think it could've used more spices, but it went well with out other entrees, the bhindi masala and butter chicken. Garlic naan - We got two for our party and it was enough. They're quite big! It wasn't dry; it was soft and I liked the dispersion of the garlic on the bread. Aloo paratha - Along with our naan, this aloo paratha was enough bread for our party. The smoothness of the bread was delicious and I loved the texture. Mango lassi - Thick and not the freshest. However I almost always need to have it with an Indian meal, and it did okay with washing down the food and spices. The service was quick and friendly. I am glad this spot exists here in North SJ.

Peter O.

Google

The food and the service are spectacular. Best food I've ever had. Sooooo yummy. Six stars.

Travis L.

Google

Came there after watching the Ramayana down the street. This was exactly what I was hoping for. Some of the best tikka masala that I've ever had. The people working were so sweet and accommodating. Best food I've had in a long while. Will definitely be back and recommend to anyone who will listen. Wish there were 6 stars to give!

Mohammad Omid K.

Google

It was our first time and wow, the service the food the environment was awesome. Must try this restaurant and I rate it 10 out of 10.

Arun S.

Google

Under new management. Thankfully the food tastes the same. Except may be the chef forgot the salt on the briyani. No big deal.

Shine K.

Google

Family run restaurant serving great food at reasonable prices. We tried papdi chaat, matar paneer & garlic naan and they were all delicious. Definitely going back and trying the chicken curries.

Vincent Chiem

Yelp

Leslie Catano

Yelp

my go-to indian spot for a while now and it never disappoints!! they’re always so nice and the food is delicious

GURDEV SINGH (TAXI CAB)

Yelp

Very good food and nice costumer service.

Ken

Yelp

We were visiting from Toronto and fell upon this place reading the awesome reviews. The owner Sukhdeep is just wonderful to deal with and very cordial. His recommendations in food choices were excellent. This is a great place for food would recommend 100%. Good quality at very competitive pricing.

Ahiram Rizo

Yelp

Danielle Kerendian

Yelp

Amazing food - my new go-to Indian place! Affordable prices, great flavor. The man working the cashier was so kind, offering me a mango lassi as I waited for my pickup order.

Javier Martin

Yelp

Very good .. very clean .. great flavors..

Kamalpreetsingh7@gmail.com Singh

Yelp

It’s amazing food with amazing customer service. Shahi paneer/ Dal Makhni/ Karahi Paneer/ Plain Naan/ Garlic Naan and Aloo Tikki Wrap are very yummy/ Delicious. They also treat you like a family. Very good customer service…

Gerardo65033

Yelp

smacks fr!

Richard Rothschild

Yelp

Very polite and hospitable host, very warm environment and the fragrances of the food is excellent, excellent for families, very good variety of dishes on the menu, everybody should be satisfied. Fresh, stellar Indian cuisine.

Rahul Jayaraman

Yelp

Great hole in the wall spot for cheap, tasty, authentic North Indian food. We tried the paneer tikka, plum paneer korma (an interesting taste!), and malai kofta. The naans were soft and delicious. We're definitely coming back, as the place is also cheaper than comparable places throughout the South Bay, making it an attractive option.

Natascha Howell

Yelp

Been coming here for years. I have never had an off experience. The food is magnificent, the people are always kind. I love it, my kids love it, husband loves it.

Henry Pham

Yelp

Very chill atmosphere, the butter chicken wrap was delicious but HUGE. Had to take half of it to go. Service was extremely nice and the food came out pretty quickly.

Leo Torres

Yelp

This place is so good I've been here quite a few times for their lunch special which is $12.99 you get two chicken dishes with different curries or vegetarian get a huge portion of rice and for big pieces of garlic naan!! This is a great value for lunch special and I could never finish it off because of portions are big! The food itself tastes so good and delicious I wish I could have taken pictures but I started tearing it up as soon as I got it. This is definitely a hidden gem that everybody should know about. If you Love Indian food come here you won't regret it.

Shehzadpreet Singh

Yelp

One of the best restaurants in san jose.

Vaibhav Rau

Yelp

Food was awesome. No complaints at all. People are very nice 👍

Josh

Yelp

10/10 Butter chicken and garlic Naan were fire 🔥. Food came out quick and wasn't expensive. Also the host was cute😉

Anshul Sehgal

Yelp

Ariana Davarpanah

Yelp

This place is by far my favorite Indian food restaurant in the entire bay area. The owner is so kind and respectful, the portions are huge, the food is delicious - I love everything about it! Have gotten take out and eaten in and all times the food is the same high quality and large portions.

Michelle Vu

Yelp

Came here with a group of 5 for a cousins dinner night on a Friday evening at 6pm. We were the only ones dining in the restaurant until two people came in later in the meal after us and ordered wonderful-smelling tandoori chicken. They were accommodating to our big group and shifted the tables for us. We found the prices to be great considering normal meals in the Bay Area. We ate family-style and shared... Dahi sev puri - I was craving pani puuri and this was the closest thing to it on the menu. It was my cousins' first time trying it. It was like a cold, wet yogurt explosion in the mouth. Lots of sweet and tangy flavors here. I liked it but one was good enough for me since they're big, like it'd fill your whole mouth. It was a refreshing appetizer. Veggie samosas - Big sizes and flavorful filling. My favorite dip is the tamarind one. It also comes with a green mint chutney. Butter chicken - This was tasty. We ordered a mild-medium spice because one of our cousins has a low tolerance. We ordered hot sauce on the side that wasn't spicy at all. Anyway, this butter chicken went along well with the naan. Not the most addictive butter chicken I've had, but we generally enjoyed it. Bhindi masala - My favorite part of our whole meal! The Bhindi masala had great flavors and the okra texture was so good. I enjoyed it with the biryani and naan. Chicken biryani - Instead of rice, we ordered the biryani instead. I think it could've used more spices, but it went well with out other entrees, the bhindi masala and butter chicken. Garlic naan - We got two for our party and it was enough. They're quite big! It wasn't dry; it was soft and I liked the dispersion of the garlic on the bread. Aloo paratha - Along with our naan, this aloo paratha was enough bread for our party. The smoothness of the bread was delicious and I loved the texture. Mango lassi - Thick and not the freshest. However I almost always need to have it with an Indian meal, and it did okay with washing down the food and spices. The service was quick and friendly. I am glad this spot exists here in North SJ.

Mira Wood

Yelp

Excellent food- we will be back 🤩

Marisa Fuglestad

Yelp

Delicious, authentic, humble. My heart and belly are lovingly full ❤️

Ryan Brouchoud

Yelp

Great food and decent prices. Make sure to come for lunch to get the combo.

Mukesh Raj

Yelp

Pedro Torrez

Yelp

The butter chicken wraps are amazing !!! I definitely recommend coming here and make sure you come with an empty stomach cuz the food is super filling!! The lamb samosas are so good and seasoning is amazing I highly recommend!!!!!