Udupi Cafe

Best idli sambhar. They have really good Indian tea. Management is very good. Keep it up

I have known the owners from first opening and they used to be philly or New York quality equivalent. But the last few times the food quality has dropped to a very mediocre level with poor spice levels and the taste off from what a South Indian knows is good.
Bummer as now we are back to only one solid South Indian in cary

The very first Indian vegetarian restaurant which I’m found of is Udupi. It has excellent food with different varieties of vegetarian dishes.
The ambience of restaurant is very peaceful with light music in the background which make you feel the food !!!
i recommend it …
Udupi has excellent Gobi Manchuria and with yummy Chana battura !! It has an excellent crispy dosa with yummy curry.

Well, What a pleasant surprise to find Udupi Café here. I am from the same state Udupi is located, and grew up and continue to be a Foodie and Udupi definitely lives up to it’s name.
Authentic, delicious buffet or ale-​carte from the menu.

The south Indian food is quite authentic. Being a south indian vegetarian restaurant, the choices of possible dishes to make become limited, and in that they do a good job, but there’s only so much you can do with that. And all their north indian/​punjabi cuisine dishes (like paneer makhani) were quite terrible.
Service was a little awkward (it seemed the servers were not sure what’s going on), and ambience could be better.

One of the worst ever restaurants I have ever been in North Carolina. No cleanliness and hygiene at all. Above all, the attitude of manager is further more disgusting. Haven’t seen such a rude typical Indian mentality manager. For whomever in need of good Indian food, decent ambience, hygiene and courteous behavior from the restaurant staff — KEEP AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. There are several other good restaurants in Morrisville and Cary area which caters to the need and expectations of people. Would honestly never recommend this place to anyone!
@ Manager: This is United States of America. This is not India. Keep away your horrible attitude and rude behavior back in your hometown in India. Don’t ever try to display them in US. Learn manners and customer relationship first and let your team also know about your rules. Courtesy and manners — are more important than your food.

Wherever you find yourself living, it’s important to have a few of the basics covered. You need a good doctor, a reliable mechanic, and — most importantly — a quality Indian buffet. When I moved to Cary back in 2002 I ran through the buffet circuit on the regular. That is, until I found myself at Udupi. Let’s just say this place put a ring on it because I don’t find myself stepping out to other Indian buffets all that often. In fact, for the last 13 years I have made a concerted effort to eat the lunch buffet once a week (sometimes twice). If I go an extended period without enjoying Udupi, I’m a pain in the ass to be around. Even now that I live in Raleigh, I make the 20 minute drive most weeks and am rarely less than satisfied.
So, in an area with a multitude of Indian establishments, what makes Udupi so special? For me, it comes down to a few details. First is the freshness. Sometimes I’ve had to examine my fork because I was certain there was a little curry chef sitting on the end making eat tasty bite as the fork entered my mouth. Second is the quality. Ever notice how some buffets offer condiments like tamarind sauce and raita that are thin and watery? Not at Udupi. The stuff is thick and viscous and, if they’re paying attention to these little details, you can be sure the rest of the food delivers. Third is because it’s all vegetarian. While this might not be a selling point for a lot of people, it’s huge for me because I know I can eat anything and everything. Plus, I’ve taken numerous meat eaters to Udupi and, to a person, they think it is hands down some of the best Indian food they’ve had. Also of note is the super-​friendly staff, but, honestly, they could punch me in the nose every time I walk in the door and I’d still probably be coming back — I just might not tip as much.

We are from south India and were looking for authentic South Indian food.
Last night we went to this place and ordered Mysore masala dosa and Mysore bonda.
Dosa was really good but the potato curry and sambar were tasteless. No salt and it was bland.
My husband ordered Mysore bonda. But to his surprise he got a masala vada. When asked, the waiter replied they don’t have Mysore bonda so, they gave vada. We returned it as we were expecting Mysore bonda. I did not understand why they have it in their menu.
The waiters were friendly. The 2 stars are for them.

I can’t speak for you, but everyone once in a while I get a huge craving for Indian food. I hopped on Unilocal and found this place. I saw a lot of good reviews and figured, I can’t miss with this place. Little did I know how wrong I was…
In fairness I never tried the food because I was so disgusted with the manner in which we were treated. As my wife, son and I were walking in an employee was holding the door open for what appeared to be an Indian family. After the family in front of us went through, the guy stood there and shut the door in my wife’s face.
There wasn’t any doubt if he had saw us or not because we were directly behind the family going in. The fact he had held the door open for them and watched it shut on my wife and the walked off had me ticked to say the least. I waited until he came back and pointed right at him and let him know how rude he was with an elevated voice.
We all left and as we were about to pull off, the owner came out and asked «What happened?». I told him and he said the guy was his family and didn’t know American culture. It’s not about culture jackass, it’s about common sense and good manners. Both of these qualities are not to be found at this place. If the owner had apologized by trying to make it right, then I may have given a different review.

I went there at 5pm so there was no buffet. I ordered the Thali for $ 18. The food was really spicy. The staff is not very well trained in how to serve or present food.
The Thali has 8 different curries. They are all hot ! They don’t give you Roti refills ! This is really bad.
After I ate some of the appetizers, it was so carb heavy, I practically went into a coma. It put me right to sleep. I could not eat anymore.
They don’t serve Raita ! They just give you plain yogurt which is a huge rip off.
Please improve your food or you guys will quickly go down hill.

This was my first Indian food experience and it was wonderful. We went for the weekend lunch Buffett. It was easy to tell we didn’t know what to do when walking in so one of the staff (owner possibly) was nice enough to show us around and what each dish was. We really appreciated it. The food was very flavorful! You know when you walk into an Indian restaurant and it’s full of Indian customers it has to be good and authentic. :-)

Generally speaking, Indian food is always delicious, but this Indian food is the best in the Triangle! From the outside, the building appears to be nothing extraordinary, but the flavors of the food are like no other. The chef is very talented and the food has the right proportions of salt and spices. Highly recommend the thali to get a sample of many different dishes.
Very friendly and accommodating service– this is a place I come back to regularly.

Best Indian vegetarian restaurant in the area. I actually visit the Raleigh area from Florida and eat lunch at Udupi each time I am in town, it became a sort of ritual. They offer a dosa included with the buffet. The weekend buffet, and especially on Saturdays, is probably more interesting than during the week.
Of course, there are many other similar restaurants in the triangle area, so while it seems to be the best, it is rewarding to experiment and do your own research around.

–too sad, my third visit and I was disappointed with the whole experience
–vegetarian Dosa entrees around the table had a weird «ghee» smell and tasted bad
–the veggie manchurian/​fried rice was terrible
–too $$$ for the substandard quality. I’ve been here twice before and was happy with the food, but this ruined it for me totally
–music too loud and annoying
–please change the stereotypical «service» at an indian restaurant

Best Indian food in the Triangle, bar none.
Dosas were impeccable, uttapam was tasty, and the idli were fluffy and scrumptuous. The rest of the food was excellent as well; flavorful without being salty or oily (heavy). Well done, sirs.

Yum times a thousand. Whenever I have to go to Cary I make it a point to stop by (weirdly enough I keep finding reasons to go to Cary). Great vegetarian Indian food!

3.5 Unilocal stars or a little more
Recommended by Bhim (in Charlotte) as THE Indian Restaurant for the Triangle turned out Good though Not my favorite even in the Vegetarian Indian in Triangle!
We checked out the Sunday Lunch Buffet
Dosa with Potato filling was surprisingly Spicy for a Dosa and my LIMITED Dosa Experience! The Bread Part of the Dosa was Very Good and the Filling was good too
Noodles with Vegetables were Exceptional ! ! !
Redder Orange colored Lentils were better than the Yellow Lentil dish
Everyone was avoiding the Pickled Lemon so I thought I should see what it is like… I’m NOT a fan though glad I tasted it and it is a condiment, though I was eating it as a side Dish!
Hot Noodle Pudding and Cold Noodle Pudding for Dessert had very Nice Flavors
Some of the Dishes were as Spicy as «HOT» as I want to Enjoy the upper reaches of «Hot» though I would NOT say any were even close to «Indian HOT” ! I was glad most of the dishes were milder in spiciness with plenty of Flavor!

I can not say enough good things about the food but not so much the service. The last time I ate at Udupi we got our appetizer and after 30 minutes maybe an hour we finally decided to leave. We explained that we wanted to pay for what we had eaten and leave. It took a good bit of discussion with our waiter (the owner) to explain we were leaving. By the time we finally got him to agree to let us leave we had become the center of attention of the entire restaurant. I was more than a little disappointed that he insisted on making such a scene. Based on what other people who have eaten there have told me getting your food at dinner can be a challenge.
Atmosphere 3 — It is nice enough nothing that memorable either way.
Service 1 — Service can be exceptionally slow. I have only been for dinner but it may be better when they are running the buffet. In general I have been consistently underwhelmed by the service.
Cost 3 — The prices are okay. I did not feel it was a bad value but it was definitely not a good value to me.
Food 4 — I was pleased with the quality of the food. There food is some of the best South Indian food in Wake county.

Came on a work lunch outing. Delicious delicious delicious. Everything was fresh and flavorful. The rice and beetroot desserts were perfect. There were two or three different types of rice on the buffet (I had the coconut rice which was terrific). If you like spicy, they have the moint chutney as well. Service was marvelous and one of the best Indian restaurants I’ve been to.

A true taste of homemade food and a breath of fresh air after 3 days of eating out. I like that they offer a good selection of homestyle and restaurant style – you can get a simple bowl of rasam or even a sizzling plate of manchurian!
I knocked off a star because the food is really spicy, and the manchurian wasn’t crispy.
The service is slightly pushy, but also extremely friendly.
The lunch buffet is really great in terms of variety and flavors. Their daal papdi and chaat spread is really good. They also offer a variety of homestyle subjis (such as cabbage!), the fun stuff like paneer, and also the comfort foods like idli and uthapam. And each lunch buffet purchase comes with a free masala dosa!
The place is clean – there is even a faucet (that is not attached to the bathroom) which shows how authenticly Indian this place is!
Overall, I was happy with the food, and definitely can’t wait to come back when I miss good old home cooked Indian food.