Satya Chai Lounge & South Indian Restaurant sits at 515 Sandringham Road, combining two sides of the Satya Group under one roof: a South Indian restaurant serving South and North Indian curries, and a Chai Lounge serving bar snacks, street food and craft beer. Satya began as simple, homely Indian food started by Swamy and Padmaja Akuthota in 1999, with Southern Indian delicacies including dosas and idlis served alongside traditional curries.
The restaurant side serves dishes like butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, kormas, biryani, dosa and idli, alongside street food and chaat such as dahi puri and pani puri. The Chai Lounge side serves bar snacks including kurryage, chicken 65, paneer 555 and masala chai, along with craft beers.
On weekends, Satya Sandringham runs an unlimited vegetarian buffet from 9am, covering a wide spread of South Indian dishes. Satya is a multi-award-winning, operating for over 21 years, and caters for large group birthday celebrations, catering, dine-in, takeaways, delivery and wedding services, with a 100% Halal guarantee on meat served across the group. This location does not offer BYO.
Satya Chai Lounge & South Indian Restaurant occupies 515 Sandringham Road, combining two distinct sides of the Satya Group's hospitality business in one location - a South Indian restaurant and a Chai Lounge.
Satya began as simple, homely Indian food, started by Swamy and Padmaja Akuthota. Southern Indian delicacies including dosas and idlis were served alongside traditional curries, and that founding approach still underpins the group's menu today, over 21 years later.
On the restaurant side, Satya Sandringham serves South and North Indian curries like butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, kormas and biryani, alongside South Indian staples like dosa and idli, and street food chaat such as dahi puri and pani puri. The Chai Lounge side of the venue runs a different menu built around bar snacks - kurryage, chicken 65 and paneer 555 - alongside masala chai and craft beers, styled as New Zealand's original street food dhaba concept across the wider Satya Group.
On Saturdays and Sundays from 9am, Satya Sandringham runs an unlimited vegetarian buffet. The spread covers dosa, uthapam, idli, dahi vada, sambar, coconut and ginger chutney, gun powder, aloo paratha, rice and lemon rice, fresh vegetable curry, curd rice, papadam, curd chilli, ice cream and ghee - a genuinely broad South Indian vegetarian spread in one sitting.
Across the Satya Group, all meat served is covered by a 100% Halal guarantee. The Sandringham location, combining the restaurant and Chai Lounge, offers a combined seating capacity of around 140 guests across both spaces, making it a genuine option for larger group bookings, birthday celebrations and catering, alongside dine-in, takeaway, delivery and wedding services. This location does not offer BYO.
Satya operates several venues across Auckland - South Indian restaurants in Ponsonby, Sandringham and Mt Eden, Chai Lounges on K Road and in Sandringham, and the GG bar on K Road for cocktails, mocktails and rare wines. The group has been recognised with multiple awards over its more than two decades in Auckland hospitality.
Satya Sandringham and its Chai Lounge are open Monday from 9am to 10pm, Tuesday from 12pm to 10pm, and Wednesday through Sunday from 9am to 10pm. Tables can be booked online for either the restaurant or the Chai Lounge, and the weekend buffet has its own booking link.
Satya Chai Lounge & South Indian Restaurant is at 515 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland. For a mix of South Indian curry classics, street food chaat, Chai Lounge bar snacks and a weekend vegetarian buffet, this Sandringham location covers both sides of what Satya does under one address.