diff --git a/frontends/chat/src/pages/chat.tsx b/frontends/chat/src/pages/chat.tsx
index 21315831db..f03a094232 100644
--- a/frontends/chat/src/pages/chat.tsx
+++ b/frontends/chat/src/pages/chat.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Navbar } from "../components/Navbar/Navbar";
 import { Sidebar } from "../components/Navbar/Sidebar";
 import { UserContext } from "../components/contexts/UserContext";
 import { Topic } from "../utils/apiTypes";
+import { NoDatasetsErrorPage } from "./no-datasets-warning";
 
 export const Chat = () => {
   const userContext = useContext(UserContext);
@@ -106,15 +107,27 @@ export const Chat = () => {
           setSelectedTopic={setSelectedTopic}
           topics={topics}
         />
-        <MainLayout
-          setTopics={setTopics}
-          setSelectedTopic={setSelectedTopic}
-          selectedTopic={selectedTopic()}
-          isCreatingTopic={isCreatingTopic()}
-          setLoadingNewTopic={setLoadingNewTopic}
-          selectedNewTopic={selectedNewTopic}
-          setSelectedNewTopic={setSelectedNewTopic}
-        />
+        <Show
+          fallback={
+            <NoDatasetsErrorPage
+              orgId={userContext?.currentOrganization?.()?.id}
+            />
+          }
+          when={
+            userContext?.datasetsAndUsages?.length &&
+            userContext?.datasetsAndUsages?.length <= 0
+          }
+        >
+          <MainLayout
+            setTopics={setTopics}
+            setSelectedTopic={setSelectedTopic}
+            selectedTopic={selectedTopic()}
+            isCreatingTopic={isCreatingTopic()}
+            setLoadingNewTopic={setLoadingNewTopic}
+            selectedNewTopic={selectedNewTopic}
+            setSelectedNewTopic={setSelectedNewTopic}
+          />
+        </Show>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/frontends/chat/src/pages/no-datasets-warning.tsx b/frontends/chat/src/pages/no-datasets-warning.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ec6bd43d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/chat/src/pages/no-datasets-warning.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { FiExternalLink } from "solid-icons/fi";
+
+interface NoDatasetsErrorPageProps {
+  orgId: string | undefined;
+}
+export const NoDatasetsErrorPage = (props: NoDatasetsErrorPageProps) => {
+  const dashboardLink = import.meta.env.VITE_DASHBOARD_URL as string;
+  return (
+    <div class="grid grow place-items-center pt-80">
+      <div class="flex flex-col items-center rounded border border-neutral-200 bg-white p-4 text-center dark:border-neutral-700 dark:bg-neutral-800 dark:text-white">
+        <div>You have no datasets in this organization to chat with.</div>
+        <a
+          class="mt-2 flex items-center gap-2 rounded border border-neutral-300 bg-neutral-200 p-2 text-sm text-white hover:underline dark:border-neutral-700 dark:bg-neutral-800"
+          target="_blank"
+          href={`${dashboardLink}/dashboard/${props.orgId}/overview`}
+        >
+          Create New Dataset
+          <FiExternalLink />
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};