Amber India Restaurant
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: (650) 968-7511
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Distel Drive
- Best of Citysearch:
- Indian Food 2004
- Hours:
- Daily 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm
Message from Amber India Restaurant
Lunch buffet, full bar, and modern decor
- vegetarian and non-vegetarian
- Authentic Indian Food
- Tandoori cooking
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Editorial Review for Amber India Restaurant – by Laura Reiley
The Scene
Located in a bland strip shopping center along El Camino, Amber India also boasts a surprisingly pretty interior of authentic artwork and elegant serving pots and utensils.
The Food
If you're looking for fiery heat, Amber is not the place to visit; dishes reflect a balance and restraint seldom seen in northern Indian restaurants around here. Oh, the butter chicken: Tender chicken is marinated in yogurt, then roasted and ladled with a magical sauce of ginger, tomato, butter, cream, brown sugar, garlic, lemon, coriander and cumin. The chicken in question is the stand-out favorite, but the suave chicken korma and slow-burning lamb with peppercorn curry are nothing to sniff at.
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Insider Tips
BackgroundThis lovely Mountain View eatery has often been voted among the best restaurants in Silicon Valley since its opening in 1995.
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User Reviews for Amber India Restaurant
05/23/2007 Posted by mariadesouza
My husband took me there for my birthday dinner after hearing some reviews. But it ruined a great day! The service was bad. Had to wait amid a crowd and were being passed up! maybe because we were Indians they just didnt care! The food was mediocre. Did not make up for the bad service. There are far better Indian restaurants in the bay area. Our favorite is Chef India in Pleasanton. So worth the drive!
Pros: Cant think of any
Cons: Service
03/24/2007 Posted by attrny
Good ambience. Very passable food. Disinterested service -- Maybe 10 years ago in the bay area, this place would have been unique. Today there are soooo many excellent and cheap places in the south bay and peninsula that this place almost feels obsolete and lost in time. Food is very passable for the money charged. Decent ambience. Blase service. There are many cheaper and better Indian restaurants close by.
Pros: Ambience
Cons: Simple food. Disinterested Servie.
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