Amber India Restaurant

(650) 968-7511

2290 W El Camino Real (Distel Drive)
Mountain View, CA 94040 37.3964 -122.1037

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Neighborhood: North Los Altos

AMBER-INDIA.COM

Hours:

Daily 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm

Price:

$

Last updated 10.14.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, Diners Club, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Lunch Spot

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Indian

What People Are Saying About Amber India Restaurant

Featured Review

Contributor

Contributor

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…

Editor's Tips

Background:
This lovely Mountain View eatery has often been voted among the best restaurants in Silicon Valley since its opening in 1995.
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3 Star Rating: Average

03/02/10

Fusion Indian

by Paul Singh at Citysearch

Good fusion (Americanized) Indian food, good cocktails, good ambience. On the pricey side, though...

4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/24/09

Quality Indian Food

by Slyking at Citysearch

Good options for vegetarians. Definitely the better of the two Ambers in the bay area. Wait can be longish - so, be prepared

3 Star Rating: Average

05/23/07

Terrible Service

by mariadesouza at Citysearch

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
2 Star Rating: Below Average

03/24/07

Passable food. Disinterested service.

by attrny at Citysearch

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.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/14/06

Pleasantly Surprised

by spaink at Citysearch

I had been searching for a great Indian restaurant. I usually presume that the 'hole in the wall' places have the best food, yet when it came to Indian places, they were OK - average. When someone told me about Amber on Santana Row I thought I would give it a try. I expected it to be pricey and ok, yet I was pleasantly surprised. The food was excellent - next best thing to home cooking. The dinner prices were reasonable and definitely worth it. The service was impeccable. Lunch time buffet is the steal however. I highly recommend it.

  • Pros: great parking nearby, clean, great price
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