Bangalore Cafe
| Address: | 3077 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA |
| Phone: | +1 408-984-6601 |
| Site: | bangalorecafe.net |
| Rating: | 3.7 |
| Working: | Closed 12–2:30PM 12–2:30PM 12–2:30PM 12–2:30PM 12–10:30PM 12–9PM |
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Sanjana Balakrishna
Mediocre food options, but the concept is great. I barely see Karnataka restaurants in the US. Entering this made me feel closer to home. Seeing Kannada writings bought me a lot of joy! The masala dosa is not Bangalore style at all and could have been a lot better. Not sure why they make Chennai style dosa calling it Bangalore style. The maddur vade is very delicious. What I did not like about here is the man behind counter. He is so grumpy and rude to the customers. I know you are one of a kind café but learn to value your customers.
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Rohit Dixit
Ok food. The owner (male) is uncouth and rude. I ordered set dosa for 1st time at this restaurant and didnt see any Sambhar (lentil soup). I just asked the guy if I can get some Sambhar and he growled at me..."What you see on the plate is what it comes with". As a restaurant owner one needs to be hospitable. The guy at the counter instrad growls at paying customers. Stay away from this place! There are better places around that serve much better south Indian food and have decent people serving the food.
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Dhruva Krishnamurthy
We went there expecting food that tastes like food in Bangalore. Apart from the name, nothing really came anywhere close to food in Bangalore. Masala Dosa has a paste like feel to it and the potatoes were not pressure/steam cooked enough. For someone eating south India food for the first time, they might get impressed by the variety and change. However, for someone having tasted good south Indian food, you will easily notice the subpar experience.
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Vivek Devarajan
Most unfriendly person in Bay Area works in banagalore cafe. We checked in this restaurant for the first time and the person who was taking our order in the counter doesnt understand our order and in top of that he was rude to us. We tried to still remain calm and polite. Food was just average. I will never return to this place and I would highly recommend anyone to stay away.
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Sandesh Shashidhara
Tasty south Indians snacks. One of the best places to hangout if you stay near Santa Clara or Sunnyvale. The cashier is a grumpy old man The prices are affordable and the food quality is food. The ambience needs little improvement I would suggest to try Set Dosa and Upma.. The snacks like Samosa and Pani puri is very average
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charu V
A south-indian restaurant with usual tiffin items like dosa, idly, kesari , rava idly, rava dosa. Other items on Menu are bisibelebath, puliogare, chaat items like pav bhaji, bhel, papdi chaat etc. Kesari baath, upma, vada, set dosa, rava idly are good. Rava dosa was too oily(Oil seemed a little old.).
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Atul Chaudhari
When we were young we used to crave for kulfi. This place always reminds me of it. Their wada pav is ok but there are no other choices in south bay. Pav bhaji is terrible and so is the other attempts to non south indian food. Bisibelli bhat, utappam, dosas all are good. The staff is also good.
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Gautam Nyayapathi
A hidden gem for sure. If you really feel like having good Dosa, and dont feel like waiting ifor a long time in places like Madras Cafe, you should give Bangalore Cafe a whirl. Try the Mysore Masala Dosa. It is slightly different, but really good. Solid 4 for me.
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Arun R
Awful microwaved food. Burnt Vada made from frozen batter. Microwaved Idli. Thin and watery Sambar. Somewhat spoilt vegetables in the Bisibele Bath. Not even cheap. There are lots of better options in the area for quality south indian food.
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Rashmi Shantharam
Best butter masala dosa in the country and the only place Ive found that serves Masala puri (a Bangalore street snack). Its ambience is like an authentic old school cafe in Bangalore. It has great kulfi and street food.
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S.A. Shivram
The orders dont come in a single call and instead they make you wait and announce your order number on the mic. The dosa is full of oil, which is unhealthy. Sambar is typical Bangalore sweet sambar and its very good.
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Nandini Prithviraj
Fast service .. pretty good portions for the price .. we ordered quite a lot of dishes .. all of them were great.. best part is they have Srinivasa bakery basavanagudi Bangalore products for sale!
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Chandan B
Best place to grab a quick bite. Bangaloreans in bay area must visit this place. Their Masala Puri is the best in bay area. If you like South indian snacks/ food this is the place to go.
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aditya holla
Best place for Dosa. I believe this is only place in bay area where you will get authenticated Dosa like south Indians; Madras cafe, Anand Bhavan have re-defined dosa and make money.
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Ramesh Ramakrishna Markodu
This is not a Real Bangalore food vending cafe. We had Rava iddly, chutney was sweet. Aloo sagu was very bad. Just mashed pottto. Rava dosa was also bad sweet in taste. Horrible
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Viracocha
Tasted well...surprised that pav for vada pav was more of hot-dog bread rather than indian pav (given that there are lot of places in bay area serving indian pav)
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Abhishek Girish
Menu spread and Food taste are very close to that in Bangalore, India. Love their Onion Uttapams, Masala Puri Chaat and Rava Idlis
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Arvind Kannan
The only place in the bay area where you get Bangalore style Masala Puri. If youre from Bangalore, you know what I mean :)
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Arjun Rao
Im from Bangalore and the Masala Puri comes close to what I used to eat back there. Other food is decent as well.
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Mythili Hari
Love their food, especially the Real ice cream! My favorite is their new flavor Malai Kulfi! Highly recommended!
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Rohit Pandey
Modest place for some South Indian chaats. Not everything is great so choose carefully. Masala poori is good.
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Deepti Gaonkar
You sld try Rava idli and rava dosa. You get authentic real ice cream. The chat here is not so great.
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Swetha Ramaiah
Set dosa, maddur vada n the masala Puri really make up for the cravings I have of Blore food! So yum!
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Soham Rohankar
Nice affordable restaurant with good South Indian and other snack options. Liked the Set dosa
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No one
chutney is from cold storage like all india restaurant. but dosa, upama , ice cream are good
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Kaushik M
Hostile owner. Bad service and ice cream tastes ok. Would not recommend for ice creams
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Sandesh Somashekar
The best set dosé and maddur vadé in South Bay. Kulfi ice creams is very good as well.
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Vikash Kumar
If you are missing Bangalore South Indian food you can have a bite at this restaurant
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Varun Viswanath
Good for Indian Chaat / street food, but the rest of the food on the menu is average
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naren vasanad
One of the few places you get Rava Idly. Food isnt too great and is usually crowded.
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Adarsh P
Ate vada and not satisfied. I dont know if its just me or everyone feels the same.
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Tirumalai Shanmugam
I love the ambiance of this place. $15 minimum for card payment is kinda toomuch.
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Srinivasan Singanallur
Love the Maddur vade, but dont like the bisi bela bath which is a little sweet.
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Sharath Ramachandra
Decent food, close to what we used to have back in our good old Bangalore!
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Sameera S R
Very good hangouts for South Indian food Dint miss out the real ice cream
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Ramakrishnan Thiagarajan
Good bisibela and curd rice combo. Unfortunately the curd rice was salty.
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O Richter
Best ice cream and dosa Ive had in America. The mocha chip is great
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Cameron Christensen
Good ice cream, decent food, and authentic grumpy old man service.
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Kushal Tayal
Amazing South Indian food. Must try the masala puri chaat as well.
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Anant Sakharkar
A nice place for quick-bite south-indian snacks. Must visit.
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SACHIN S R
Home made Ice Cream was too good. Tried Sithapal flavour.
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Gaurav Varma
Great Tasting Chat Items and nice selection of ice cream.
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Kyle Falconer
Great Bangalore treats, but they should fix their A/C.
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Prajwal Kuchchangi
If you miss Bangalore,This is the right place to go.
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Theertha Prasad
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