Signature
Special Baati Chokha Thali
स्पेशल बाटी चोखा थाली
Two Plain / Sattu / Paneer baatis with dal, rice, chokha, desi ghee, churma, kheer, pickle and chutney — the complete Banarasi communion.
₹37025m
Slide 1 of 3: The evening service
1974
Est. Chaukaghat
Tonight's Service
“A candlelit table by the jharokha — held for guests who reserve 48 hours in advance.”
The Evening Service
A seat reserved by candlelight.
Twenty tables. Two seatings. Brass thalis polished by hand, dal simmered six hours over cow-dung fire, and a room that hushes when the aarti bell rings across the ghat.
- Seatings
- 7 – 9 PM
- Tables
- Only 20
- Notice
- 48 hrs
- AuthenticBanarasi Flavours
- Cooked theTraditional Way
- Ambience thatTakes You Home
- Limited SeatsPersonal Experience
- A Heritage RebornSince 1974
The Michelin GuideCondé Nast TravellerTimes Food AwardHeritage Culinary Trust10,000+ Guests Served
The Michelin Guide✦Condé Nast Traveller✦Times Food Award✦Heritage Culinary Trust✦10,000+ Guests Served✦The Michelin Guide✦Condé Nast Traveller✦Times Food Award✦Heritage Culinary Trust✦10,000+ Guests Served✦
Signature
Theth Special Thali
ठेठ स्पेशल थाली
Chef Rajkumar's personal plate — seasonal sabzi, dal handi, paneer of the day, baati, rice and a haveli dessert.
₹36028m
Signature
Banarasi Dum Aloo
बनारसी दम आलू
Baby potatoes pierced and slow-braised in a fiery yoghurt-tomato gravy scented with kashmiri chili.
₹22025m
Signature
Paneer Butter Masala
पनीर बटर मसाला
House-made paneer in a velvet tomato-cashew gravy, finished with white butter and fenugreek.
₹28022m
Signature
Sattu Baati
सत्तू बाटी
Baati stuffed with roasted-gram sattu, ginger, chili and mustard oil.
₹6014m
Signature
Churma
चूरमा
Crumbled baati bound with jaggery, ghee and toasted nuts.
₹1006m
The Setting
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✦Chapter · 04 · The Shop✦
Objects from a Banarasi kitchen
Clay, brass, wood, cotton — everything you see on our tables is available to take home. Hand-picked, hand-packed, shipped from Chaukaghat.
Signatures
View all Best from the Haveli
Best Seller−30%
Black Clay Kulhad · Set of 6
Wheel-thrown chai cups from Ramnagar
The cups our chaiwallahs hand you at the station — reborn for your kitchen.
HandmadeBlack
₹690₹990
Best Seller−24%
Clay Handi · Biryani 3L
Slow-cook clay pot with lid
Dum-cooks a biryani the way it was cooked for the nawabs.
HandmadeRed
₹1,290₹1,690
Best Seller−19%
Hand-Beaten Brass Thali · Set of 2
Full dinner service in antique brass
The service we lay at our own tables — heavy, tinned, ready for a feast.
HandmadeSolid
₹3,490₹4,290
Best Seller−31%
Copper Water Lota
Ayurvedic drinking vessel
Store water overnight — wake up to tamra jal.
99.5%Top Rated
₹890₹1,290
Just Arrived
View all New this Season
New Arrival−25%
The Chokha Cookbook
Recipes and stories from our kitchen
72 recipes, 40 essays, one lifetime of a Banarasi kitchen.
Hardbound,Top Rated
₹1,490₹1,990
New Arrival−19%
Haveli Kitchen Apron
Block-printed cotton, our chef's own
The apron our chefs wear on the pass — cross-back, deep pockets, indigo trim.
HandmadeHandloom
₹1,290₹1,590
New Arrival−22%
Haveli Tote · Chaukaghat
Block-printed shopping tote
For your market runs — holds a matka comfortably.
Handloom
₹690₹890
Limited
View all Festival Editions
Festival−19%
Diwali Gift Hamper · Roshni
Diyas, sweets and a hand-poured candle
One hamper, five moments — light, sweet, warmth, scent and a card.
Silk-wrappedTop Rated
₹3,490₹4,290
Festival−14%
Festival Thali · Dev Deepawali
Puja and dining thali, boxed
A ready-to-light thali for the ghats' festival of lamps.
BrassTop Rated
₹4,290₹4,990
Chapter · 03✦
✦The Journal
Stories from Kashi.
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Dispatches on Banarasi cuisine, heritage, and the hands that keep them alive — a slow-burning magazine from our kitchen.
✦Baati Chokha Stories·8 min read
The Story Behind Baati Chokha
Long before it reached our brass thali, baati chokha was the food of the road — of pilgrims, farmers and river-boat crews. Here is where it began.
Vikram Pandey
12 May 2026
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