Sankranti - Sunnyvale

We ordered gongura chicken biriyani. It wasnt an authentic biriyani. It was basically rice over gongura chicken gravy. It was very watery and the gongura curry was spicy as it wasnt cooked like a biriyani at all.Food: 1/5

The last couple of visits (2023) were disastrous.Particularly the last time when I picked up a family pack of VJA chicken biryani, about 80% of it was chicken (probably dumped into my box because it was left over from the previous night) and 20% was rice. We could not palate it because of all the intense oil/masala/chicken with just some traces of rice in it. The chicken definitely did not feel freshly made.The methi chicken (complimentary appetizer) was smelly and I am not sure why it lacked any other flavor than salt. I called up the restaurant (now they have an automated calling system) multiple times to report this but there was no response.I will probably try one more time given my previous good experience, but I am getting a bad sense of the place.

Great price for weekend buffet. Seems very authentic. Fresh yogurt and chai were good. Goat curry, butter chicken, and tandori chicken were our favorites. Good naan and incredible biryani. The paneer in the butter paneer was not fresh. Medu vada (lentil donut) was also good. Has plenty vegetarian and non- vegetarian options.

Visited the restaurant for dinner with my friends. Ordered gongura chicken biryani, nawab goat biryani ,Vijaywada chicken biryani and punugulu. I’m totally disappointed with the biryanis. They were the worst I had recently in the bay area. The goat pieces we had were stale,smelling really bad. And chicken pieces were not well cooked. The punugulu were completely out of shape. Don’t know what they tried to serve. And , they tasted really bad and stale .They at least didn’t try to serve the food hot. The ambience was very bad and the cleanliness was below par. Totally disappointed and highly not recommended.

In comparison, Sankrati does offer more goat meat and includes a whole egg with the dish, which is a positive. However, I really wish there had been more sauce mixed into the rice; it was just too dry and bland for my taste. On the bright side, the south chai tea was excellent. I hope you find this review helpful!