Comments on: Amber India: Reviews http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/ regular people review Bay Area restaurants Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kageryu http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Kageryu Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:21:18 +0000 http://mail1.kqed.org/wpmu/food/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/#comment-407 I've been going to Amber India now and then over the last few years, and want to point out that the dinner and lunch experiences are completely different. The lunch is all buffet style and is almost always packed with Sunnyvale and Mountain View workers. Dinner is a much more elegant affair... I suspect Alan would have had a much different reaction to ordering items from the menu to suit his tastes and dietary limitations. There is also another, newer Amber India in Santana Row... but I find the family style atmosphere and food at the Mountain View location superior to the flash and glitz of the Santana Row environment. I've been going to Amber India now and then over the last few years, and want to point out that the dinner and lunch experiences are completely different. The lunch is all buffet style and is almost always packed with Sunnyvale and Mountain View workers. Dinner is a much more elegant affair… I suspect Alan would have had a much different reaction to ordering items from the menu to suit his tastes and dietary limitations.

There is also another, newer Amber India in Santana Row… but I find the family style atmosphere and food at the Mountain View location superior to the flash and glitz of the Santana Row environment.

]]> By: vic http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-406 vic Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:59:47 +0000 http://mail1.kqed.org/wpmu/food/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/#comment-406 I just HAVE TO point out that Alan did not actually try out Passage. If he does, he would not have made the comment "My friend who went with me said there is a much better Indian restaurant just down the road that is very popular. It’s called Passage to India." There's NO comparison between these two Indian restaurants. I went there with a group of people who eat Indian food frequently, and we all felt awful about Passage. Yes, you can get our own naan, but what is the point if they all taste bad? Even if somebody pays for me, I will NOT go back to Passage. However, even considering the higher-priced food at Amber, I go back to Amber, again, and again. I just HAVE TO point out that Alan did not actually try out Passage. If he does, he would not have made the comment "My friend who went with me said there is a much better Indian restaurant just down the road that is very popular. It’s called Passage to India."
There's NO comparison between these two Indian restaurants. I went there with a group of people who eat Indian food frequently, and we all felt awful about Passage. Yes, you can get our own naan, but what is the point if they all taste bad? Even if somebody pays for me, I will NOT go back to Passage. However, even considering the higher-priced food at Amber, I go back to Amber, again, and again.

]]> By: Jim http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Jim Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:44:57 +0000 http://mail1.kqed.org/wpmu/food/2007/03/22/amber-india-reviews/#comment-405 I've been eating at Amber for years. I consider it a Gem for those of us who live in in the South Bay. Sure you can get great Indian food in SF or Better yet, Berkeley, but not around here! Selections are fewer, but won't ever be stale or dried over. You can ALWAYS order from the menu if you like (your program got that wrong). Inside is quite and warming, but for a more upscale place, go see Amber India on Santana Row (near 880 & Stevens Creek Blvd). My only complaint is that since the Santana Row place opened, the Mountain view place has suffered a tiny but. Not a lot, but enough that I notice. Still a great place, though, and my families' favorite place to eat (7 years and counting)! I've been eating at Amber for years. I consider it a Gem for those of us who live in in the South Bay. Sure you can get great Indian food in SF or Better yet, Berkeley, but not around here! Selections are fewer, but won't ever be stale or dried over. You can ALWAYS order from the menu if you like (your program got that wrong). Inside is quite and warming, but for a more upscale place, go see Amber India on Santana Row (near 880 & Stevens Creek Blvd). My only complaint is that since the Santana Row place opened, the Mountain view place has suffered a tiny but. Not a lot, but enough that I notice. Still a great place, though, and my families' favorite place to eat (7 years and counting)!

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