Update: July 2024 I have visited this restaurant three times this month. I have had varying experiences with the tiffin options. Twice the food was so spicy hot. I had to inform the chef about this. The chutneys where having a lot of heat due to the green chilies too. Today, the coconut chutney seemed a bit old and lacked any salt. Request for salt to be available at the table went unanswered as the staff were busy. But they were courteous. The kurma lacked a punch and was less flavorful.

Update: Nov 2023 Quality is still good. Internet is a bit choppy. Recommend ordering from the table and confirming with the staff once to make sure your order went through.

Update 7/16: Restaurant is still consistent in delivering food service and amazing food. Tried a new dish on the menu, Pitchu potta Barotta with Salna. This is Shredded South Indian style Parotta with vegetarian Salna (gravy). Amazingly good. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Note: Do tip in cash at the cash Jar to help the staff

The restaurant has a great array of south Indian delicacies to suit the palette of a whole set of preferences. To those that are not familiar with this brand, this is a very popular restaurant chain in Chennai and surrounding areas. However, this restaurant here in Silicon Valley is much better than the ones in India in terms of taste and quality! :-)

Location: The restaurant is ideally located in the heart of Silicon Valley right on 1st Street between 237 and Montague expressway. When coming from 237 exit on 1st street towards San Tomas/Montague expressway, the restaurant is on your right side. It's very easy to miss this because the restaurant name is slightly hidden.

Parking: The restaurant has adequate parking in the mixed use residential + commercial complex that it is part of. Street parking might be difficult during rush hours. Hence, use the parking spaces inside the building.

Ambience: The restaurant has a prime location in the complex it's part of. There is adequate patio seating with a covered heated area in case you want to dine outside. You do need to check in with the host as it gets crowded easily over some evenings and most weekends. They do have ample seating inside as well, but this place is so popular that it gets crowded soon. Get there early! The inside seating is very comfortable and clean. The restrooms are very well maintained which is a bonus! :-)

Service: The staff are very friendly and courteous. Our group was seated very quickly within a few minutes of us checking in. The ordering process can be done through the waiter or using touchless ordering via QR code. They have free Wi-Fi and I would recommend that you connect to the Wi-Fi prior to ordering so that you have a good connection to complete the order. Wireless carriers do not cover this area well for some reason and hence data connections are very patchy. Connecting to Wi-Fi is highly recommended.

Food: Once you order the food, it's prepared very quickly and served to the table. This restaurant has a lot of South Indian dishes which are very popular including the thali, dosas, mixed selection of dishes, etc. Order anything and you will not be disappointed.

Though they offer very good coconut chutney and sambar, the onion garlic (red chutney) today felt like it was stored in the fridge and was served cold. It would help if the chutneys are fresh. But the taste was okay no big issues. We ordered Idlis and Sambar Vadas which were delicious with the chutneys.

We did order the filter coffee with a strong decoction request. We were not disappointed and ordered one more to indulge and satisfy our cravings for South Indian "Kapi". It offered a good finish to the meal (brunch).

Even though, there were very minor issues, I recommend this place highly and give it five stars all through.