Super tasty vegetarian thali. Aunty and uncle were so warm and welcoming. The shop always remains crowded during the lunch hour. Before it was 200 per person but now the price rose to 250 per person. But you won't regret paying the amount after having it. The thali includes paneer curry, a fry item, dal tadka, chole, kadhi, salad, chapati, rice and dessert as well. All the items were freshly prepared and were served steaming hot. Also, every item was loaded with pure Desi ghee, but still was so light and filling. You must try if you visit Chail village in Himachal Pradesh.
In my whole shimla trip the best food I had here. Everything is soo tasty. If you avoide the ambiance you will surely love the taste of the food. The cherry on top is the meethi roti they serve you after you meal.
I also loved Kadhi. The taste of ghee is awesome.
If you are on that road or nearby ill suggest you to sit there and have your meal.
PS. - I loved that roti. You will love it too.
It isn't everyday that you find delectable local food being served with love in a small but warm Dhaba 💙
Soni ka Dhaba offers its guests homelike food 💙
RECOMMENDED
Thali.
COST
250 INR per person for a vegetarian thali.
PARKING
Available on the road outside.
HYGIENE
Moderate
Had a wonderful experience of eating in small dhaba in a beautiful roadside village, the food cooked on Choolah was so tasty, Desi ghee was put in daal, kadhi and Chapatis.... real delicious home made food
The place looks shaby. If you manage to make up your mind and enter the dhaba, you will get to experience authentic Himachali food prepared on a chulha. Ghee spread generously over rotis, refill of items for n number of times & specially the Mithi roti (pahadi pizza) is what you can look forward to. For me, few of the items like a mixed veg sabji, kadi, mithi roti tasted good while others like rajma, palak paneer tasted ordinary.
They serve delicious food, 😋
It's just I forgot to click the photographs.. but the food was very amazing
I've no pics of the food served here. You know why? I'll tell you- I was enchanted by the quality of the food that it struck me only when they served their signature dessert to take a pic and that's about it. The food here is out of the world. They charge you for a plate or 'thali' in which you get kadhi, rajmah, dal, aloo-matar ki sabji , chapatis, rice and raita. They serve ghee wherever necessary generously. The best part is you could get a refill of the above listed items any number of times you want. They cook everything over wood fired furnaces or 'chulhas'. They charged us ₹120 for a thali which is peanuts if you ask me. Their showstopper dessert which is nothing but sugar sprinkled roti right out of the oven with ghee over it is at par Nutella level delicious. I absolutely loved the food here and would suggest everyone to try it at least once. After that, you'd be sold.
Ever planning to Visit Chail, Himachal Pradesh, you should never miss this place for food. What a delicious food these ladies make, you'll love each and every bit of it for sure and that too at a reasonable price. It's the only place in Chail where you'll find the food cooked on Chulah, with the use of Desi Ghee. Yes you read it right
The Aunt you see in the pictures runs the restaurant along with her husband and her sisters.
Note: They serve only breakfast and lunch, and If you want to have dinner also just call her and request, she will arrange it for you as per the availability, as she did for us :)
And this Aunt also got some real skills and reputation in Chail for saving lives of few monkeys who accidently got stuck to the electric poles and got elctrics shocks as she said she learnt the technique from some television show. We saw her saving one in front of us too.
Just visit and experience some finger licking delicious recipes straight from Chail.
Awesome place with the best food. It's just extension of your home food. Run by a couple. Go for thali to have a taste of all the items. And do not miss the sweet dish. Himalayan delicacy - Gur Shakkar ki roti, a roti topped with lots of ghee and jaggery powder.
You have to get there by 1 pm of you want a place to sit. After that the wait starts but let me tell you the food is definitely worth the wait.
Dont pass this in your Chail visit.
Really a good and tasty food specially serving with love and after meal you will have a traditional sweet dish , which is jaggery + Desi ghee after baking into desi chulha and like pizza cuts
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