Here's the summary of the net I have for San Jose /
Silicon Valley restaurants:
-- Ellis
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(as of 8/9/93)
Here's the list of good SJ and Silicon Valley restaurants I've heard about over the net.
If you have additions, corrections, comments, or suggestions for removal, let me know at [email removed]
I'm especially interested in hearing about particular dishes to get or avoid at specific restaurants.
4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese
(ok, but not to die for)
Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
(Pho)
Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian
Big Basin Way
Bellino's (San Jose) -- Italian
Market & San Fernando
(said to be as good as Il Fornaio)
Bo Town (San Jose) -- Chinese Vietnamese Seafood
2nd & San Salvador
(exceptional inexpensive food; great potstickers, Scallops w Broccoli,
Salt & Pepper Prawns, Goat Fire Pot, Catfish Clay Pots)
Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean
Big Basin Way
(try seafood with pasta in saffron cream sauce)
Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian
2725 El Camino, nr San Tomas
(great chicken kabobs)
Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese
El Camino, Los Altos
(still one of the best, tad more expensive)
Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian
13th & Taylor, East San Jose
(family-run hole-in-the-wall, really good food, dicey neighborhood)
Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese
212 Castro St
(try Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup & steamed dumplings)
Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic French
(exceptional & romantic, fixed price $54/$48/$40)
Country Gourmet (Mountain View & Sunnyvale) -- Eclectic Natural Foods
(fresh tasty good-size portions of wholistically-oriented foods)
Dalak (Sunnyvale) -- Ethiopian (Eritrean)
(good dinners, also nice lunch buffet)
El Faro (Sunnyvale) -- Mexican
downtown
Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
El Camino between Flora Vista & Pomeroy (in small strip shopping center)
Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Italian
El Camino nr Castro
(very good pasta, carmelized onions, and spinach salad)
Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Eclectic
nr Creekside Inn on El Camino
(creative & delicious, open late; yummy red pepper soup,
pasta & salads)
Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian
In the Stanford Shopping Center
(pricey, elegant, but very good)
Gerard's (San Jose) -- French w Chinese influence
Market nr San Fernando
Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese
from San Jose: 280 N -> 17 S -> exit Hamilton St going right ->
left on Winchester (first big intersection) -> strip shopping center
(superior food, get the Vietnamese Potstickers)
Gordon Biersch (San Jose & Palo Alto) -- Eclectic
33 E San Fernando nr Market (San Jose)
(good food and excellent beer)
Horn of Africa (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
17 E Santa Clara
Il Fornaio (Palo Alto & San Jose) -- Italian
Market & San Carlos (San Jose)
520 Cowper St (Palo Alto) 853-3888
(a wonderful restaurant, with nice food, esp the Carpaccio,
risotto specials, and grilled vegetables with Polenta)
India Cookhouse (Mountain View) -- Indian
(good thali's)
India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic
Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese
(perhaps best in bay area)
Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban
El Camino so of Stanford
Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese
Karoun (San Jose) -- Persian
nr Bascom & san Carlos, (408) 947-1520
(incredibly good Persian food, good kebabs, friendly owner, cheap)
Khan's Garden (?) -- Vietnamese
Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean
El Camino nr Scott
(great Korean place)
La Milpa (Milpitas) -- Mexican
Milpitas Blvd
(try the sopapillas)
La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian
(terrific pasta, esp ravioli in herb/cream sauce; mediocre veal)
Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French
Big Basin Way,
(very homey, very very good, expensive)
Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian
San Antonio & El Camino
(possibly best Indian food in the valley, good service too)
Little Tung's (San Jose) -- Chinese
Capitol & Berryessa (in school bldg in front of cinemas)
(good food, try shrimp fresh from tank; very good service)
Loon Wah (Cupertino) -- Chinese
on De Anza
Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian
(excellent traditional Italian food, a fancy place, need reservations)
Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese
6th nr Jackson or Taylor
Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian
Snell Ave, a block north of Blossom Hill Rd, in La Mission Plaza
(not fancy, but good inexpensive food, and friendly)
Original Joe's (San Jose) -- American-Italian
1st and San Carlos
Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian
(good italian food)
Palermo (San Jose) -- Italian (Northern)
S 2nd St betw San Carlos & San Antonio
Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
(excellent food, large portions, good service, reasonable prices,
live sitar music sometimes)
Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian
1100 W El Camino (betw Shoreline & Castro)
(very good N Indian Food -- esp Chicken Tikkas & Karahi Chicken)
Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
(Pho)
Pho 99 (Milpitas) -- Vietnamese
(Pho)
Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
(Pho)
Pho Xe Lua (Santa Clara) -- Vietnamese
(Pho)
Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian
El Camino
Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
4th St & San Fernando
(very good!)
Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
684 N 1st St
(mixed reviews)
Scotts (San Jose) -- Seafood
Park Ave nr Market
(very good fish, nice wine list)
Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
El Camino & Flora Vista (nr Lawrence)
Siam Restaurant (Santa Clara) -- Thai
Stevens Creek Blvd
(the newspapers say its the best thai food in area)
Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian
Rt 9, south of Boulder Creek
(a tad pricey, but awesome -- need reservations)
Sue's Kitchen (Mountain View) -- Indian
Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai
on El Camino, north of San Antonio
(pretty good Thai food)
Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Santa Clara St, betw 11th & 13th
(said to be the best Vietnamese restaurant in town)
White Lotus (San Jose) -- Chinese Vegetarian
80 N Market
Willow Street Woodfired Pizza (San Jose) -- Pizza
(very good yuppy woodfired pizza)
Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese
3160 The Alameda, Santa Clara
By City
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Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian
Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese
Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese
Loon Wah (Cupertino) -- Chinese
Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese
Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian
Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai
Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian
La Milpa (Milpitas) -- Mexican
Pho 99 (Milpitas) -- Vietnamese
Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese
Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic French
Country Gourmet (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Natural Foods Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Italian India Cookhouse (Mountain View) -- Indian Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian Sue's Kitchen (Mountain View) -- Indian
Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Eclectic
Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian
Gordon Biersch (Palo Alto) -- Eclectic
Il Fornaio (Palo Alto) -- Italian
Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese
Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban
La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian
Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian
4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese
Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Bellino's (San Jose) -- Italian
Bo Town (San Jose) -- Chinese Vietnamese Seafood
Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian
Gerard's (San Jose) -- French w Chinese influence
Gordon Biersch (San Jose) -- Eclectic
Horn of Africa (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
Il Fornaio (San Jose) -- Italian
Karoun (San Jose) -- Persian
Little Tung's (San Jose) -- Chinese
Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese
Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian
Original Joe's (San Jose) -- American-Italian
Palermo (San Jose) -- Italian (Northern)
Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
Scotts (San Jose) -- Seafood
Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
White Lotus (San Jose) -- Chinese Vegeterian
Willow Street Woodfired Pizza (San Jose) -- Pizza
Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian
Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean
Pho Xe Lua (Santa Clara) -- Vietnamese
Siam Restaurant (Santa Clara) -- Thai
Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese
India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic
Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian
Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean
Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French
Country Gourmet (Sunnyvale) -- Eclectic Natural Foods Dalak (Sunnyvale) -- Ethiopian (Eritrean) El Faro (Sunnyvale) -- Mexican Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
Khan's Garden (?) -- Vietnamese
By Cuisine
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Chez Sovan (San Jose) -- Cambodian
Carribean Cafe (Saratoga) -- Carribean
4-5-6 (San Jose) -- Chinese
Bo Town (San Jose) -- Chinese Vietnamese Seafood
Chef Chu's (Los Altos) -- Chinese
Chef Wang's (Mountain View) -- Chinese
Jing Jing (Palo Alto) -- Chinese
Little Tung's (San Jose) -- Chinese
Loon Wah (Cupertino) -- Chinese
White Lotus (San Jose) -- Chinese Vegetarian
Yee Lim (Santa Clara) -- Chinese
Jose's (Palo Alto) -- Cuban
Chez T.J. (Mountain View) -- Eclectic French
Frankie, Johnny & Luigi Too! (Mountain View) -- Eclectic Italian Fresco (Palo Alto) -- Eclectic Gordon Biersch (San Jose & Palo Alto) -- Eclectic India Joze (Santa Cruz) -- Eclectic
Dalak (Sunnyvale) -- Ethiopian (Eritrean)
Horn of Africa (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
Red Sea (San Jose) -- Ethiopian
Gerard's (San Jose) -- French w Chinese influence
Le Moutin Noir (Saratoga) -- French
Empress of India (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
Gaylord (Palo Alto) -- Indian
India Cookhouse (Mountain View) -- Indian
Le Tandoor (Los Altos) -- Indian
Passage to India (Mountain View) -- Indian
Pasand (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
Shilpa (Sunnyvale) -- Indian
Sue's Kitchen (Mountain View) -- Indian
Ori-Deli (San Jose) -- Indonesian
Original Joe's (San Jose) -- Italian-American
Bella Mia (Saratoga) -- Italian
Bellino's (San Jose) -- Italian
Il Fornaio (Palo Alto & San Jose) -- Italian
La Pastaia (Palo Alto) -- Italian
Osteria (Palo Alto) -- Italian
Niccolino's Garden Cafe (Sunnyvale) -- Italian
Palermo (San Jose) -- Italian (Northern)
Piccolo Mondo (Menlo Park) -- Italian
Squizzi's (Boulder Creek) -- Italian
Kamatsu (Cupertino) -- Japanese
Okayamas (San Jose) -- Japanese
Korea House (Santa Clara) -- Korean
El Faro (Sunnyvale) -- Mexican
La Milpa (Milpitas) -- Mexican
Country Gourmet (Mountain View & Sunnyvale) -- Natural Foods
Chattanoga (Santa Clara) -- Persian
Karoun (San Jose) -- Persian
Willow Street Woodfired Pizza (San Jose) -- Pizza
Scotts (San Jose) -- Seafood
Siam Restaurant (Santa Clara) -- Thai
Thai Garden (Los Altos) -- Thai
Anh Dao (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Golden Chopsticks (Campbell) -- Vietnamese
Khan's Garden (?) -- Vietnamese
Pho 54 (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Pho 99 (Milpitas) -- Vietnamese
Pho Hoa (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Pho Xe Lua (Santa Clara) -- Vietnamese
Quoc Te (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
Vung Tau (San Jose) -- Vietnamese
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Japanese in San Jose area?
> Hi everyone. Any recommendations for Japanese food in the San Jose/ > silicon valley area? (Or other types of restaurants in the moderate- > price range?) > > Thanks. > > - bill. Japantown, around 4th to 6th streets south of Hedding have several small family places. -Mark
I have one recommandation for Japanese restaurant: Sushi Depot. Sushi Depot is a Japanses seafood buffet restaurant. The inside design is very elegant, and the food is quite good, too. The price is reasonable: $7.95 for lunch, and $15.95 for dinner (including fresh lobsters and crabs). I have a phone number here: 408-737-7793. If you are in San Jose area, you may try out this place. It is located at Cupertino city. Tina Y.
Ting Y. wrote: >I have one recommandation for Japanese restaurant: Sushi Depot. Sushi Depot >is a Japanses seafood buffet restaurant. The inside design is very elegant, >and the food is quite good, too. The price is reasonable: $7.95 for lunch, >and $15.95 for dinner (including fresh lobsters and crabs). >I have a phone number here: 408-737-7793. If you are in San Jose area, >you may try out this place. It is located at Cupertino city. >Tina Y. First, it's in Cupertino, not Cupertino City (no such place). Two other places in Cupertino that you may want to try are Miyake on De Anza Boulevard, near Bollinger where there is a Taco Hell (and just up the street from my house), and or Kiku, which is a little further south on De Anza Boulevard on the other side of the street, across from Nob Hill and McDonalds. There is also your everyday, overpriced Benihana in Vallco, but I hear the service sucks. The only other place that I've been to and was pleased with in the San Jose area (that I remember) is the new restaurant on the spot where Nijo Castle used to be in the Pruneyard (corner of Campbell Ave. and Bascom Ave.), which is in Campbell(damn I hate the end of the f----n lines)... Campbell (there, that's better). Of course, if you want a good Chinese restaurant instead, I'm always putting in a plug for Loon Wah, a small place across from the BP station on De Anza Blvd. in Cupertino. My family has been eating there for years and have always been pleased with our meal. Good luck, :-Dan