Absolutely delicious! Very fresh and tasty. I love the pumpkin soup.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Tab Stang
Love the veggie bao!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ilan Casian-Issenberg
this is my favorite restaurant. food is so delicious!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
rinaldi wibowo
An old standby that’s still so good after two decades around on Shattuck. The staff some of whom have been around since the beginning. I hope to return soon! It’s a destination for me.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Josh Cleveland
This is our fourth time coming here and we're always so impressed with the delicious, fresh, creative,unique dishes that are beautifully presented. It's an unpretentious atmosphere and a great value as well. A true Berkeley institution!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Camilo Dolorier
in the top 3 best vegan restaurant in berkeley in my opinion, been here forever, always good, you can order more salty/fried things if you want that, or order more simple, not so salty, not friend things if you are in the mood for that. it really has everything. the berkeley location is definitely better than the valencia street location, but i still love them both <3
love the hasami age, mikuri age, bao bun, pumpkin soup, inari, vege-tofu curry!
cash only!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Winnie Seto
Miso soup is my favorite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
HelenEarth
I have been eating at Cha Ya for around 15 years. I have never been disappointed in their food. The dishes are consistent in flavor, amount, temperature and texture. I always feel good after eating at Cha Ya. The service is friendly and the environment is clean and quiet. They have lunch specials and other specials. Cha Ya accepts cash or Venmo only. My favorite dishes are: Cha Ya Roll, Gyoza, Agedashi Tofu, Cha-Ya Nabe and the Special Pumpkin Soup.
Prashant Shamarao
Pretty unique vegetarian Japanese restaurant. Lots of choices.
Great vegan spot with lots of options! Sushi is fresh and tasty, great miso soup & gyoza.
Ember Young
Great vegan menu. Cute and clean atmosphere, parking around back and street parking available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lucia Arce
Very good and consistent vegan food. We love its soups, shredded salad and spring roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
steveveg
We had a lovely experience and dinner. We ordered mostly sushi. Their specialty sushi rolls were exceptionally inventive and delicious. We had a great time. Service was great, the ambience was informal and relaxed.
Prior 2016 review:
Perhaps we were limited by the gluten free menu, but the selection was uninspiring. The main menu was much more interesting. We had the miso soup, summer vegetable roll, garden roll, fava beans and seaweed salad. Dinner was fine.
Updated from previous review on 2016-10-28
LOliva19
Great service, very nice server but what I ordered was probably the worst food I've had in years. My husband's was also mediocre.
The miso soup was delicious but main sukiyaki soup dish 👎
We also had a chocolate mousse cupcake. For me it was to take away the taste of dinner. It was decent. The mousse was like frosting... I thought mousse was fluffy/airy. 🤷🏼
Everyone else's dinners looked great. 🙂
Great food and great portions!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely delicious! Very fresh and tasty. I love the pumpkin soup.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Love the veggie bao!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
this is my favorite restaurant. food is so delicious!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
An old standby that’s still so good after two decades around on Shattuck. The staff some of whom have been around since the beginning. I hope to return soon! It’s a destination for me.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is our fourth time coming here and we're always so impressed with the delicious, fresh, creative,unique dishes that are beautifully presented. It's an unpretentious atmosphere and a great value as well. A true Berkeley institution!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
in the top 3 best vegan restaurant in berkeley in my opinion, been here forever, always good, you can order more salty/fried things if you want that, or order more simple, not so salty, not friend things if you are in the mood for that. it really has everything. the berkeley location is definitely better than the valencia street location, but i still love them both <3
love the hasami age, mikuri age, bao bun, pumpkin soup, inari, vege-tofu curry!
cash only!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Miso soup is my favorite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have been eating at Cha Ya for around 15 years. I have never been disappointed in their food. The dishes are consistent in flavor, amount, temperature and texture. I always feel good after eating at Cha Ya. The service is friendly and the environment is clean and quiet. They have lunch specials and other specials. Cha Ya accepts cash or Venmo only. My favorite dishes are: Cha Ya Roll, Gyoza, Agedashi Tofu, Cha-Ya Nabe and the Special Pumpkin Soup.
Pretty unique vegetarian Japanese restaurant. Lots of choices.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Great vegan spot with lots of options! Sushi is fresh and tasty, great miso soup & gyoza.
Great vegan menu. Cute and clean atmosphere, parking around back and street parking available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good and consistent vegan food. We love its soups, shredded salad and spring roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
We had a lovely experience and dinner. We ordered mostly sushi. Their specialty sushi rolls were exceptionally inventive and delicious. We had a great time. Service was great, the ambience was informal and relaxed. Prior 2016 review: Perhaps we were limited by the gluten free menu, but the selection was uninspiring. The main menu was much more interesting. We had the miso soup, summer vegetable roll, garden roll, fava beans and seaweed salad. Dinner was fine. Updated from previous review on 2016-10-28
Great service, very nice server but what I ordered was probably the worst food I've had in years. My husband's was also mediocre. The miso soup was delicious but main sukiyaki soup dish 👎 We also had a chocolate mousse cupcake. For me it was to take away the taste of dinner. It was decent. The mousse was like frosting... I thought mousse was fluffy/airy. 🤷🏼 Everyone else's dinners looked great. 🙂
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