Sasuji Dining Hall

Sasuji Dining Hall is a traditional Gujarati thali restaurant on Chimanlal Girdharlal Road in Navrangpura, central Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, at Lal Bungalow on Singapore Avenue. Navrangpura is one of the city's established commercial and residential districts, close to universities, shops and the Ashram Road corridor, and Sasuji serves the office workers, students and families who live and work nearby. The cooking is Gujarati with dishes that reflect Kutchi flavours, giving it a slightly different profile from the Kathiyawadi or Surti thali halls elsewhere in the city.

The meal is a set thali with refills. Dishes associated with the restaurant include the Kutchi-style thali, dal dhokli (wheat dumplings simmered in a lightly sweet and spiced dal), bajra rotla (millet flatbread) and seasonal shaak, the vegetable preparations that change through the year. A thali usually also includes farsan, kadhi, rice and a sweet. At roughly INR 500-800 per person, it is mid-priced for a full unlimited meal and offers a good introduction to the range of Gujarat's regional cooking without the price of a heritage-setting restaurant.

The dining room character is simple and functional: hall-style seating, efficient service, families and groups at shared tables and a moderate to high noise level at peak times. Dress is casual. The meal is vegetarian, and Gujarat being a dry state, the drink to expect is chaas or another soft drink.

It operates on a walk-in basis, with no reservations, and hours are approximately 11AM-3PM for lunch and 7PM-10PM for dinner; these should be confirmed before visiting. The gap between the lunch and dinner sittings means the restaurant is usually closed mid-afternoon. Those who prefer a quieter meal tend to arrive at the start of a sitting. The Navrangpura location is convenient for visitors staying in the central and western parts of the city, and is reachable by auto-rickshaw or ride-hailing from the Old City in around twenty to thirty minutes depending on traffic.