evelyn ubhoff wrote: > > I am curious whether this is the place on El Camino that was a Japanese > buffet, Chinese buffet, Mexican buffet and now is an Indian buffet-type > restaurant. If so, you definitely have displayed more courage in trying > it than I could ever muster up. Everytime I pass this place and see the It's probably the same place, but it is under different ownership. It is run by one of the founders of Swagat in Mountain View. I knew that I liked Swagat, and so I decided to give Suraj a try after I heard about it. BTW, it is a lunch buffet, not a dinner buffet. It's a full-service restaurant. I believe that, even at lunch time, you can order off the menu if you like. You should consider the prior establishments as irrelevant when considering whether the current restaurant is any good. -- Ethan
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Suraj, Redwood City
Someone wrote: >Charleen B. wrote: >> >> We went back to Suraj for dinner last Friday and were pleased to note >> that they are open until 10 pm, in a town where most places close at >> 9. >> >> The owner came over to greet us just as we were finishing dessert. >> He said that he also owns Swagat (Mountain View or Los Altos, I forget). >> >> I hope someone will try the lunch buffet and report back. > >I am curious whether this is the place on El Camino that was a Japanese >buffet, Chinese buffet, Mexican buffet and now is an Indian buffet-type >restaurant. If so, you definitely have displayed more courage in trying >it than I could ever muster up. No courage necessary; to me, even bad Indian food is worth a try once, and Suraj is far from bad. (You want bad, try Little India.) It is the very same place, but the owner of the restaurant is not the owner of the building. Perhaps I should have phrased that more carefully and said "proprietor" instead. The primary rule of making money in the restaurant business is to control your costs, and the proprietor told us that he was able to lease the building quite reasonably, although he had to invest a lot in new equipment and fixtures to bring it up to date. If you've been inside during one of its previous incarnations, you may be pleasantly surprised by it now. Charleen
Someone wrote: : Speaking of Swagat, we were at the Great Mall last night and there's : a Swagat stall in the Food Court. I'm always wary of mall food, : especially that which sits out for a long period, but it was actually : not bad. The dal had more flavor to it than one normally finds. : The nan (always best fresh) had been out too long, though. There is also a full service Swagat restaurant in Milpitas. I believe that it is on Abel. I had the lunch buffet a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty good. They had an okra dish that was delicious. Overall, I enjoyed it much more than the Swagat in Mountain View.