Mad Idlies

Santa Clara, Estados Unidos

3.1

Aberto agora

20 avaliações

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+1 408-239-4262
Site:
www.madidli.com
Endereço:
3379 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
Paradas e estações próximas de transporte público:
2.1 kmLawrence
3.4 km999 East Arques
3.7 km940 Stewart
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Aceita Reservas
Sim
Entrega a Domicílio
Não
Para levar
Sim
Aceita cartões de crédito
Sim
Bom para
Brunch/Café e Almoço
Estacionamento
Propriedade Privada
Estacionamento para bicicletas
Sim
Aces. Cadeira de Rodas
Sim
Bom para crianças
Sim
Bom para grupos
Sim
Vestuário
Informal
Ambiente
Informal
Nível de ruído
Médio
Serviço de Bar completo
Não
Área externa
Não
WiFi
Não
Tem TV
Sim
Serviço de Garçom
Sim
Catering
Sim

Hoje

Hoje 11:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
Aberto agora
Horário local (Santa Clara) 20:08 quarta-feira, 11 de junho de 2025

Horário de funcionamento

segunda-feira 11:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
terça-feira –
quarta-feira 11:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
quinta-feira 11:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
sexta-feira 11:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
sábado 8:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00
domingo 8:30 – 15:00
17:30 – 23:00

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20 avaliações para Mad Idlies

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Classificação do local: 4
San Jose, CA
Kara dosa, pongal and vada from this place were really tasty. Service was okay. Definitely recommend this place to dosa lovers.
Classificação do local: 3
Santa Clara, CA
Had the podi Masada dosa and tea. The dosa was one of the better ones I had in the bay area, especially the podi version. But the tea was clearly just reheated and undrinkable.
Classificação do local: 1
Santa Clara, CA
Very expensive.
You may not find the waiter there in place. Sometimes they will pop out the kitchen, you should catch them to give your order.
It will take at-​least 30 mins to serve your dish after you give the order. Even if you want to catch the waiter to check the status you may not be able find one.
So be prepared to be there 30 mins earlier before you fell hungry.
Chutney’s will be served chill.
Worst in service.
Classificação do local: 5
Santa Clara, CA
This is a small joint tucked inside Saravan Store in El Camino. We reached this joint by chance and on a hunch tried out the idlis, they were soft and fluffy, and by far the best idlis around here. The dosa and uttapam were tasty and best of all non greasy. A must try brunch joint for South Indian breakfast…
Classificação do local: 3
Santa Clara, CA
Affordable south indian restaurant weirdly located inside an almost discontinued India grocery store. Tried masala dosa, mini idli, sambar vada, lunch thali, etc during few visits and my family found the taste to be decent.
I think they should do something serious about the whole location part of this restaurant to get more customers.
Classificação do local: 2
San Jose, CA
The taste of the food here is pretty inconsistent — the idlis have been good all the times I’ve eaten here, but the sambar varied from good to horrible. The coconut chutney was never good any of the times I’ve tried it here. The dosas have always arrived cold, which is strange. I’ve had the lunch meals only twice here, but it tasted very good both times.
Now for the deal breaker. The service is virtually non-​existent, and incredibly slow if there is ever any. I keep going here every few months after I forget how bad the service and ambiance are, and then vow to never visit again.
Verdict: There are plenty of other places nearby with better food and much better service. Stay away.
Classificação do local: 4
Washington, DC
I liked the sambhar very much, the vada was also very crunchy, although there were not many people to attend us. But food was good. This is one of the restaurants that is open until late.(11pm)
I like that fact itself. Generally if you go at places late night they are not even willing to serve you, but for a surprise here we were served good hot food.
Classificação do local: 3
Santa Clara, CA
Food was nice and service was also good, really liked the idlis and vada they serve. What I didn’t like was the loud music and its location, as it’s inside a grocery store.
Classificação do local: 1
San Jose, CA
We went there for breakfast. It was a very bad experience.
The dosa was very soggy.
The poori’s were the worst and oil soaked.
The vada was hard and felt stale.
The coconut chutney and sambar too were not good.
Overall a terrible experience.
Classificação do local: 3
South Bay, CA
Located in the desolate Saravana store. The place is weird vacated. After standing around for a while finally someone came out. We were seated while 2 little girls watched Disney stuff. Weird. My problem with new Indian places is they have grand me us but when you ask for the obscure stuff they never have it. Sk we settled for so, e normal idlies with sambar and a special cheese masala dosa. Decent flavor and very good price. Strange ambiance though and the cuisine exists in other joints nearby. 3.5 stars
Classificação do local: 3
Evanston, IL
This is one of those places where I really enjoyed the food and it’s affordability, but I would not readily recommend the location. It did not feel like a restaurant at all — it was more like a smaller outlet within a big chain store. Saravana stores — inside which this restaurant is located was empty and lifeless. So that definitely affects the ambiance and the vibe of this restaurant. I went in when it was not busy so we got what we ordered right away.
I really enjoyed the Idli and vada that were served with the spring dosa which I had ordered. But I have had better spring dosa in other Indian establishments in town. Idli was really soft and perfect — I really wanted to get their recipe, but I knew they won’t share :((May be I should have asked!)
I would definitely come back for a quick bite, however if you plan to bring a date/​friend for a treat — take them else where.
Classificação do local: 1
San Jose, CA
We requested food for an important ceremony more than a week in advance /​reconfirmed multiple times, and they ditched us the night before the function saying that the chef went on leave. Our relatives helped us out and we managed to serve the guests whatever could be prepared in the last minute. This was a really nightmarish experience for us, and I would never go to this place for anything again. If I had an option I would not give a single star in this review.
Classificação do local: 4
San Jose, CA
Great food! The appearance and ambience is misleading. There was no one when I entered, and I was skeptical about the food. I ordered a plate of idlies and sambar vada.
The idlies were soft and hot. Sambar was good. A good place for south indian food.
And it’s so damn cheap! I paid $ 7 for a plate of 3 idlies and 2 vadas.
Don’t judge by the appearance and give this place a try.
Classificação do local: 4
Santa Clara, CA
TL;DR You can go here for a quick bite.
I tried idli here and mini idlies. I was expecting their main dish to be exemplary. Not up to the mark! It might suit a tamil taste more than an andhrite taste. Probably, they shuld start serving different kinds of idlies suiting all micro-​cusines of south india.
Location, is hidden in a half empty closing store. So, not the best restaurants for a family/​date settings.
Classificação do local: 4
Fremont, CA
Good South Indian food served here, its basically inside the Saravana Store, so go inside and ask some one for the restaurant. Tried Idli, Vada and Dosa and loved everything. Service is the only thing which concerned me, if your in a hurry, avoid this place as the pace is slow. Not great ambience either, just simple good food.
Classificação do local: 5
Atlanta, GA
Liked the food quality and most of the South Indian dishes had authentic taste especially chilli parotta, pongal, poori. Coffee and tea were really good
Classificação do local: 5
Santa Clara, CA
Outstanding food… We had Rawa dosa and sambhar vada, really good stuff and it’s cheap too.
Classificação do local: 3
Mountain View, CA
Pros —
1. A few dishes were good. Like, really good — Utthapam, Kara masala dosa, dahi vada.
2. Its cheap
Cons —
1. Service is slow
2. A lot of dishes we wanted were unavailable (to be fair, it was pretty late and its a brand new place)
3. A few dishes were just OK.
4. Location is really weird. Like a really really casual place (its part of a departmental store)
Classificação do local: 2
San Jose, CA
I wanted to check this place out after having heard about it on the radio and having seen some flyers. The first interesting thing about this place is that its inside a convenience store ala Walmart/​Mc Donalds. I am glad that finally someone sought to implement this idea for an Indian store/​restaurant.
Located on El Camnino Real, strikingly, the place was deserted (both the store and the restaurant) on a Sunday evening. I ordered an Executive Combo that had the following items
Idly — 1 star
I’ve had much better idlis at a lot of places in South Bay. Being the title-​dish, one would expect it to be top notch. It either felt like the batter was stale or some low-​grade ingredients were used.
Vadai — 3 stars
This was okay. It was crispy and hot. But again the inner portions felt «old»
Podi Dosai — 3 stars
This was good — crispy and light. The podi could have tasted better though.
The chutneys (coconut, onion/​tomato) were good. The sambhar was quite watery and looked like had been put together with little effort.
Coffee — 3 stars
It took a while coming and was average, delivered in a tumbler/​davara, the usual South Indian style.
Overall, given the strategic location and the number of people that they can potentially cater to, this place needs to improve a lot, real fast. All the best!
Classificação do local: 2
Cupertino, CA
Vada was hard and felt stale
After asking they brought fresh vada
Chutney was not verygood
Idly was good.
Coffe was good