Came here for lunch after it was recommended to me. I tried the masala dosa which was very good and light and crispy. I wish they had put more potatoes in it. The chutneys that accompanied it were excellent. I also tried their vegetarian biryani and it was very flavorful. It came with a side of chickpea curry. That was really tasty. I ordered and sat down quickly. I had no issue with the service. read more

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Love the simple authentic South Indian food. I definitely recommend the lunch Thali. Rasam and sambhar is really nice.

Lovely Saturday brunch with our large family. The ladies were amazing. Pros: - Delicious food. Sambar, Chutney were top class. Pongal was divine and Idli was so soft. - Friendly service Cons: - One persons order came way later, after others had finished their meal - the vada was average (3/5) - With Delta rising would have preferred masks being used by serving staff read more

Disclaimer: I am a very calm and poised person who never complains about anything. I am not a critic. Review: During covid time with limited orders I would expect a quality food ad there is no crowd. Turns out to be my worst nightmare ever for my dinner. Ordered two onion rava dosas and two set dosas and was really disappointed. Onion rava dosa was rubbery like parotta and Set dosa was nothing but a mini sized uthappam. There was no onions at all. Initially I felt the chutneys and Sambar given were too little for the 4 quantities of dosas but later felt happy as they dint taste that well and were so bland. Overall my worst experience in recent times for the money spent. read more

We visited this place on May's long weekend. Food is simply great. We intended to try this place in the past but it was super quiet so we walked out. We were not sure if the food was good because of less foot traffic. However, finally we decided to give it a try. We tried their masala dosa and idli vada combo. Their masala dosa was yummy, fresh, and simply delicious. Their idlis were fresh and vada were freshly fried too. These items were served with Sambhar, coconut chutney, and tomato chutney. All of them tasted amazing. I thought we should have tried this place long time back :) This restaurant has self serve system, you walk in order the food, give them your name. Once the food item is ready, they will call your name and you go to the counter to pick it up. Seating in this restaurant is ample, parking is tricky since it is located in a complex that has a lot of Indian restaurants, parlors, stores, thai & sushi restaurant. On Friday or Saturday evenings, you will have to search a bit for parking or you can use street parking outside. read more

Komala Vilas - Masala dosa - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

They were opened indoor seating again, so we had to visit to try their weekend thali. All the items in the thali were fresh, unlimited and tasty. I have had better tasting thali (specially the sambar) at this place earlier. The day we visited, the sambar seemed a bit off. read more

I get that the food here has a wholesome taste and that Thali is unlimited. Those are the good aspects of Komala Villas. However there are some issues: 1. THE CHAI ISSUE. There is no chai. NO CHAI?!!? This is insane. How can I possibly enjoy their nice thali without a tea? I was in serious distress. I asked for a tea and was denied. Then I tried to order a coffee, which could have been an adequate substitute. Communication broke down at this point. I was told by a server that he would bring me a coffee. Yet he was apparently gaslighting me. When I checked on my coffee after 10 min was told they would not bring me one. I stood up, approached the counter and stated my full and complete willingness to do anything and everything I could possibly do to get my hands on a coffee -- beg, borrow, steal, pay, whatever. Finally via exchange of cash I was able to get my grubby little hands on one. But not without creating a potential international incident. Not cool. 2. THE IDLY ISSUE The separation between idly and Thali service is as stringent and strict as if these elements were church and state. Yet this is wrong, wrong, wrong. Idlies and dosas should be served concurrently with Thalis. Period. Komala Villas needs to step things up. They owe it to themselves, to their patrons, and to their cooks who are preparing heartfelt food, to update their offerings and give better service. read more

I love the south Indian thali you get at Komala Vilas. Its a very simple meal and very tasty as well. Its unlimited I believe. Also their dosa and poori masala are my other favorites. Definitely recommend this place if you are around the Bay and craving for some good south Indian food!! read more

Komala Vilas - Lunch Thali -- Available from 1130am - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Like their thali on a day when I want to indulge in homemade South Indian staples like sambhar and rasam

Their south Indian thali menu offered everyday is wide ranging. The taste of upma offered in their combo menu reminded one of home cooked food. Highly recommend this place for exploring multiple vegetarian options. My peeve about Komala Vilas is their okayish ambience. Also it can be quite difficult to get the attention of servers when the restaurant is fully occupied. read more

Last two orders vadas were too oily; Quality is important;

Incredibly slow and unclean restaurant. They don't seem to care about the service since they ask for payment at the time of ordering the meal. The disdain for the guests as well as the lack of cleanliness of even the water jugs takes away whatever they had going in terms of the food. I'd probably try any of the other places a stone's throw away for food in the bay. read more

Komala Vilas - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Good place for an authentic south Indian food. Me and my girl went for lunch. they kept all COVID safety things. Also they have outdoor seating now. Peanut Kara masala dosa one of my favorites. read more

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It has gone bad since management changed. I asked can u make sure Vada is hot, the manager their said they cannot guarantee that. He was very blunt about it. What is the purpose of going and eating at this restaurant then, if they can't even guarantee hot food. I miss the old management, it used to be so good then. read more

Delicious homestyle everyday food. This used to be my go to place for a quick south indian fix when I lived in the area. On my last visit, tried the puri chole and it was as good as it could get, definitely recommend it. Always end my meal with some good old south indian filter coffee for completeness. You place your order and then grab a table to sit. Service could be more courteous, the wait time is usually high. read more

Komala Vilas - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

The Sunday Thali keeps bringing me back. They have sort of remodelled and it feels like they have a better control on serving and general cleanliness. The food is absolutely mind blowing so I almost don't mind the wait or the confusion that comes with eating here. :) read more

Excellent food service and speed they are great with dosa and great combos. They also have incredible costs

Back in 2015, when I was doing my Masters, my friends and me discovered this place when we went grocery shopping. Man oh man! This place has the best Tamil Nadu meals in the Bay Area. Meals: Till date they serve the best home-cooked kinda meal. I tried Tamil Nadu thali in plenty of places in U.S but nothing matched Komala Vilas. The food is prepared fresh and never leaves you bloated. The thali is unlimited where you can order any extras be it sambar, rasam or anything which is a part of the thali. The plate has rice in the middle followed by sambar, rasam, more(buttermilk), poriyal (stir fried vegetables), chips/ appalam (papad), pickle, kootu (pressure cooked squash with lentils), payasam/sweet. So yes it's a complete meal. I go there whenever I crave for a home cooked full meal or a wedding meal. The place is crowded on the weekends and on sundays they serve potato poriyal. The choice of veggies for poriyal and sambar differs daily. Do call them and ask the menu for thali if you have some sort of preference over vegetables. Tiffin: They have the usual South Indian/ Tamil Nadu dishes for breakfast or dinner namely dosa varieties, uthapam, pongal, vada etc with an assortment of chutneys and sambar. It is pretty good but I won't rate it as much as I rated the lunch meals. Do plan for a Sunday lunch here. Happy eating!! read more

Komala Vilas - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

My family's go to south indian place. Their dosas are to die for, our favorites being the cheese masala dosa, kara masala dosa, the peanut kara masala dosa, and the paper masala dosa. Their dosas aren't the only thing they have to offer, with their utthapam and their idlis both being delicious. The chutneys they offer with most dishes can vary, but the most common ones are coriander chutney, coconut chutney, and red chutney. Almost every dish that we have ordered before have come with sambar as well. Their filter coffee is pretty good, although it comes with milk in it, so avoid that if you are lactose intolerant. Only thing to note: their mini idlis take forever to make, so keep that in mind if you order them. If you want idlis but dont want to wait as long, order the regular idlis, as those are made much quicker. read more

The restaurant doesn't look fancy but he service and food are great. I have tried here uthappams, dosas and uppuma. All the dishes were excellent. The service was quick and convenient: you sit down, order and pay at the table ahead of time. The food appears pretty quickly and it is fresh and delicious. read more

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I had been here before 2019 and it was great. Last time I was there, it was okay. The dosas are not too oily and I appreciated that. Other than that, did not enjoy the food much. Everything was just okay. Not much flavor in the food and quantity of chutneys they provide is very small. We ordered one take out of pooris and chole and the chole was packed in a "chuntey" container. What the heck??? Bizarre and cheap to be frank. read more

I come here so often to have lunches, to get snacks and at times for dinner. Today I had a pathetic experience. The server SaiKomala was so rude. I ordered a rice dinner thali which said curry in the menu. The thali came with Kurma. Kurma, sambhar rice and curd rice. When I asked she was rude replying to me. The guy from inside came and said you can eat the sambhar rice and I will refund but never did. I talked to that server girl before leaving saying.... this is not the way you treat customers and I am going to give you a bad review. She said "no problem". I hated the attitude of this girl and guy who runs the whole shop. They never refunded or apologized. I will not do business anymore. These guys who cannot treat customers with respect what so ever. This server has to be sacked. read more

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Best authentic south indian food and restaurant. We love it and visit frequently. Highly recommended.

The idli at Komala Villas is the only thing my kids eat. Chola Bhatura is also a family favorite. I trust their quality and ethics.

This my absolute favourite place to eat home food ! Being from chennai I have had a lot of places to eat indian food but nothing came close to Komala Vila's for the Home food quality that these guys serve. Purely vegetarian food, mild on spices with the same varieties that a vegetarian family in Tamil Nadu will eat(this is not a place if you are looking for chettinadu range of food or aachi line of food) read more

Decided to try out some vegetarian meals so visited this place along with friends family. Went there around 1.20 PM, there was already a long queue and huge crowd outside waiting outside to get seated. Thought of changing plan but went inside and talked to the lady who was taking names and she told 25 minutes we should get seated. Wait for almost an hour. Finally got seated. Ordered vegetarian thali that was recommended by my friend. I could not believe what they served. The quality was so poor. There were no side dish other than fried potato. Rice, Sambar, keerai kulambu, rasam. I could believe it. The price for it was $12.54. The food was not that great and taste was below average. I am still in shock and feeling bad for myself and the huge crowd that was waiting to have vegetarian dish with family on a weekend. Totally not worth it. The lady who took names was running around. The other lady taking order doesn't look like she cares for customers at all. Very rude attitude. She is like if you want stay and eat, else get out of here who cares about you!. We had to call the servers and the lady many times to bring us refills for food, sambar, side dish and papads. Overall very expensive and not worth for the money and time. If you think this is the best vegetarian food that one could get in Bay Area then I really feel sorry for vegetarian lovers!. Also please don't try to go to this place with family on weekend. Stay away if you want to spend valuable time with your love able family. This place just spoiled our mood and family time. I would rather cook at home and eat healthy food. A big NO to this place!!!!! sorry. read more

Tried this with recommendation from Tamilian friends.. A simple canteen like ambience, but good food! Ordered: Idli+wada+upma combo - Idli & upma were good, but wada was only average.. Onion Rawa dosa - took some time to come, aa expected.. but was super crispy & nice filling too.. Very nice overall! It seems it is great for genuine Tam-Bhram food & thali.. otherwise its average! read more

Overall, we had a bad experience. The server gave our dosa plates without any spoons. So when we asked the lady who was taking our orders for it, she asked us to get it ourselves. Also, the paper dosa and rawa dosa were cold to touch after it arrived. The tea and coffee were lukewarm. We have been coming here for almost 10 years now but we are not coming here again. read more

Probably the worst service in the entire Bay Area. very unhygienic place, poorly managed. Some Waiters are so rude that we literally woke up and came out so bad they won't even listen to you or even ask do we need anything. Waste of your money and time. I would never go again here, very poorly managed and cleanliness is million miles away for this place. read more

Saw a lot of foot traffic going into the place. Thought I should give it a go again. New ownership. Good food. I got the Thali for lunch and it felt like simple home made food. Everything tasted good and everything was unlimited. Got the filter coffee afterwards and it was pretty good too. I personally measure South Indian restaurants based on their filter coffee and they passed :). read more

The lunch thali on the weekends, especially Sunday, is amazing. It is usually very crowded but if you come before noon, there's usually no wait. Don't expect to come for the ambiance, it feels like a cafeteria. The food makes everything worth it. read more

Average food, horrible service (refills never came after repeated requests), looooong wait (weekend lunch). Pay before you start eating.

Food and Service is 5/5. Ambience is good considering the prices, it has a different feel of a South Indian restaurant. Must haves: idli - Super soft , they just melt in your mouth. Vada - they are soft and crunchy at the same time. The sambhar and chutneys compliment well. I also had the onion chilly rava dosa, it was okay. read more

Terrible! Unclear menu, terrible service, super avg food! Hubby n I walked in on a Saturday for lunch. There were so many empty tables (for 4) while the staff was searching for a small table to clean up and seat us. Hubby wanted to eat full meals while i wanted something like mini meals (which most south Indian restaurants serving "meals" have that on their menu) There was something called evening meals which looked like mini meals on the description but there was no timing written on the menu. Upon asking the staff for the confusion, She said our management changed. Unlimited lunch has no price written. she said "if u eat here its 11.99" (while we were already seated) Hubby had to get up each time to help himself with more sides! The Guy serving with gloves wipes his hand on the curtain.! Yikes!!!! NEVER COMNG BACK! read more

Not sure what the names means to an Indian person... all I know is what I like about Indian food: chili and spices. This is likely the blandest Indian food restaurant I've been to. I've eaten Indian food in England, Bombay, Goa, and throughout the Bay Area. I told them I was used to spice and they told me a lot of kids ate there. I can't bash the place because we were the only non Indian people there, which is generally a great sign. However, if you're looking for adventurous spicy Indian food, this is not it in my opinion. Very warm and kind service. Atmosphere was family oriented. (This was based on ghee Kara dosa and thali.) read more

Love their Pongal and Channa bhatura! Pricey, but tasty food. They have combos that allow you to sample 2-3 different items in good portion. Love that it's next to the Indian grocery store and the threading salon. Three birds with 1 stone! read more

Average service and ambience, but above average food taste. Would recommend to someone looking for authentic south Indian food at reasonable price, and quick service. Don't choose for fine dining. read more

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Ordered the chef special dosa. Portion size was large and food was tasty. You pay at the counter, take a seat and food gets sent to you so don't expect a fancy ambience but the place does a great job in what it should- serving hearty delicious meals. read more

Best place for your south Indian food cravings! Their dosas and accompaniments are the best in the Bay

Decided to go to Komala Vilas for breakfast on a friends recommendation! (God bless her ! ) and the best Indian breakfast everrrrrrrr! Simplistic yet so flavorful! This is a decent traditional place with a homey feel. Food: 5/5! Softest idlies and the best vadas accompanied with our very own filter coffee! (Kaffi ). Match made in heaven! I am definitely coming back again ! read more

Komala Vilas - Vegetarian Near Me - Sunnyvale, California