Top 3veg South Indian restaurants in Bay area and the reviews;
1. Saravanaa bhavan- Fremont- Good, Sunnyvale- Good
2. Madurai Idli Kadai- Super good
3. Dosa Hut- Okay
Saravana Bhavan is well known South Indian Restaurant back-in India.
Food was really good, these are my fav'
Idly with 4 side dishes coconut chutney, mint chutney,
tomato chutneys(this is so creamy and delicioso)and idly podi, plus sambar. Idly is really soft, like home made.
Masala Dosa with 4 side dishes but no podi
Chenna batura ( chenna masala is too good)
Poori and potato masala
Masala Vada
These are outstanding dishes in SB
Ok kinda of dish is rava dosa, i didnt like the whole peppercorn in it.
Chapaati and Parotha was ok
I didnt like the SB special meals which included steamed rice, rasam, sambar,
kara koyumbu, porriyal, applam, 2 sweets, not so good, applam was not crisp,
sweets were payasam and not too good, even
the sambar and others items were not good.
So dont go for meals.
Service was good.
Weekends its crowded, so its better to go,
the qty of side dish is more when u make it to go.
2. Dasaprakash south indian cuisine 2636 Homestead Road ,Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408) 246-8292
We saw the Zagat rating stickers on the doors and thought food is gonna be yummy.
cleanest and best decorated south Indian restaurant in bay area, but food not tasty.
We had Idly, which was so hard, chutneys was cold and blund
Coconut chutney was too cold, puli chutney was so sour, and sambar was watery.
Chenna Batura ( chenna masala was so blund, no taste)
Overall we decided not to visit this restaurant anymore.
The place was deserted, service was ok.
3.Dosai Place/dosa place 2665 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051-3060 (408) 243-3672
By the name dosai place we thought we ll have variety of dosa's,
we ordered butter masala dosai
and gobi manchurien and chapati.
Dosai was burnt, chutneys were cold and not tasty, there was very lil masala inside dosai
Gobi was full of oil smell, it was hard too. Not worth $6.99 for Gobi
We waited a long for chapati but it didnt arrive.
Service was too bad, But so many servers busy roaming about, didnt serve the food in time.
No way will visit this place again
4. Madras Cafe, 1177 West El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 (408) 737-2323
Masala Dosai was good, but chutney could be better, it was ok
Poori and masala was good
Medu Vadai is ok
Can visit again
5.Chaat House El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, Ca
Vada Pav was ok
Roti was so hard no salt, but it says home-style made, doesn taste so
6. India Cash and Carry El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, Ca
They sell Pani puri sugarcane juice other chaat items,
taste is ok but its not worth for amt we pay
I would rather shop here for groceries which is reasonable price.
7. Mayuri Indian Cuisine, 2232 El Camino Real, Santa Clara (408) 248-9747
Good to tast non veg.
8. Peacock Indian Cuisine,2798 El Camino Real, Santa Clara (408) 247-9264
Hyderabad Dumm briyani is ok
Chicken 65 Was spicy, HOTTTT
9.Komala Villas, 1020 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Tiffin style breakfast, dinner (upma, vada, pongal, sambar rice and yogurt rice) is ok
idli, dosa i suggest SB
thali consists of rice, sambar,pappad, a sabji, rasam ,buttermilk
& payasam, taste not too good, its ok
10. Madura Indian Vegetarian, 1635 Hollenbeck Ave,Sunnyvale, CA 94087
The dosai are crispy, the chutneys are ok, But masala should be inside the dosai, not as a side dish.
I like the mini idly, Adai avial, Ghee Roast,
Paper Dosa (super crispy Dosa) and Medhu Vadai. Kothu Paratha - Really tasty
idiyaappam with veg stew is good
Gobi 65 is ok
paneer dosa, chenna batura, no good, dont try.
Thali ok
Paratha with veg kuruma was ok.
11. Vaigai Bavan,920 E Arques Ave,Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Extra charges for curry in a thalli or for chutney, Thalli ok
Coffee no good
Pongal is good
Expensive, service ok
12. Muniyandi Villas 3064 El Camino Real,Santa Clara, CA 95051
Take your food to go
Chicken Biriyani is good
Parota with chicken curry is good
Chettinad Chicken,Chicken Tikka Masala,
Chicken Chukka with Chapati or naan are just awesome but very lil chicken
Chilli Chicken and Chicken Manchurian are good.
Dont go for full meals or thali, no good at all.
They only take cash, service is ok, its better to go.
13. Amber, 377 Santana Row, San Jose - (408) 248-5400
Too Good buffet
Mango Lassi and butter chicken are mouthwatering.
14. Naan N masala,94 S Dempsey Rd,Milpitas, CA 95035
Must go for Garlic Naan, best Aloo Gobhi (potatoes and cauliflower) and Chicken Biryani
butter chicken, chenna batura, chicken tikka masala and the samosas are too good
15. Madurai Idly Kadai,744 S Wolf Rd,Sunnyvale, CA 94086
To go is the best option
Idly, dosai are avg
but can try their dishes once
16.Udupi Palace, 976 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
I would rather go to SB for dosa, idly and other vege items.
17. Hot breads, 464 East El Camino Real,Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1938
Went to have veg puff, it was so dry, the masala inside the puff was not good,
totally disappointed.
18. Annapoorna,573 E El Camino Real,Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Not the best but can visit once, but dont go for tiffin like dosa idly etc...