Cha-Ya

Name: Cha-Ya
Telephone: +1 510-981-1213
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.37

1686 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA

4.37 (14)

Very friendly

Japanese, Healthy, Sushi

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Recent Reviews

Amy Chan10 reviews

Great taste, good price at Berkeley, California 🥟

Pan fried dumpling

regimack1,268 reviews

Honestly the flavor was lacking. The eggplant was cooked very well but the flavors were pretty full/bland. Portion size was good for 2 ppl to share. #veganisnotscary

tonchi nasu

regimack1,268 reviews

Love me some seaweed! The dressing was good but not even necessary bc of the way the seaweed was prepared already. #veganisnotscary

Sea Vegetable Salad

graciec551 reviews

Love all these vegan tea Glenn's, mango green tea,

Cha-Ya Roll

graciec551 reviews

Vegetable udon with seaweed and carrots, with tempura

Miso soup

naturallycheyenne45 reviews

Perfect flavor balance. Very healthy but very tasty!

Curry Soup

Kyōshin117 reviews

Look at how beautiful this is: sushi wrapped in soba noddle skin! It's got fresh ingredients, pretty well balanced. Only downside is it wasn't enough for a meal on its own, though Japanese food tends to be that way for me.

Soba sushi

Kyōshin117 reviews

What a beautiful plate that showcases the variety of tasty ingredients that make up this dish! They might have customized this as there isn't curry rice on the menu, which would've been very sweet of them! Veggies were all very fresh. Croquet tasted not too oily.

Curry Rice With Potato Croquet

shaye4 reviews

This was so delicious. It’s a tempura battered deep fried roll with asparagus, avocado, yam, and carrots with a special ginger soy glaze. It’s great of you’re craving something fried but not excessively greasy and sill relatively healthy. #CHeWSatBerkeley

Cha-Ya Roll

shaye4 reviews

The sansai sobs can be served cold or hot but we got the hot soba noodles in a dashi broth. The broth had a deep flavor which was a pleasant surprise because I wouldn’t expect a vegan broth to be comparable to a beef or meat broth, and I really liked that it wasn’t too salty. Like other dishes at cha-ya, the flavors of the vegetables and other ingredients are able to shine through without any other additional seasonings over powering them. The soba was simple but refreshing. #CHeWSatBerkeley

Sansai

shaye4 reviews

This fish was arguably one of my favorite dishes from cha-ya. On the left we have a more traditional seaweed salad, thin seaweed with a hint of sweet and tangy flavors, and on the right is hijiki which is a darker and thicker type of seaweed which is more crunchy than the other. However, the star of the show is the tahini, a sesame sauce. The flavor of the sesame is so rich and creamy and blends so well with the seaweed which can serve as a base for the dressing. #CHeWSatBerkeley

Sea Vegetable Salad

shaye4 reviews

A large roll with asparagus, spinach, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, pickled burdock, and kaiware. The garden roll has the perfect combination of veggies. The cucumber,asparagus, and daikon add just the right amount of crunch while the pickled burdock brings a little acidity that is balanced with the smooth and creamy avocado along with the sesame rice. To top things off, the roll is served with pickled ginger and wasabi. Despite its fresh and clean flavor, these are surprisingly filing #CHeWSatBerkeley

Garden Roll

Dishes

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Sea Vegetable Salad

Curry Rice With Potato Croquet