deedee's

deedee's is a vegetarian restaurant located close to santa clara university. my visit today was for lunch and the only option they had was the lunch buffet. the food is good and except for a few items, largely the taste was great and satisfying. the cost was $11 for the buffet.

items on the buffet: tea, roti/parata, pakoda, samosa, potato-capsicum fry, cabbage-potato sabji,  masoor dhaal, black chenna stew, kofta curry, white rice, pulao, dahi vada, kadi, moong dal halwa, custard, pickles, salad, chutneys. 

given the low cost for unlimited food, it tasted great. the kofta curry was an exception and it had taste of preservatives.

rating:
ambience: 3/5 (nothing great)
food 4/5
value for money 5/5
service 4/5 (it is a buffet so nothing to rate for service. however, they always kept refilling the different dishes whenever it came close to getting over.

don't go for carryout. new to area, love indian food. placed order for pick up, it was not ready when i came to get it. had to explain what exactly was needed: saag paneer and aloo gobi, both of which were too dificult for them to create so we got something similar that did not quite hit the spot. the server packed up the food to go. i asked where is the rice? he said oh you want rice. since when does indian food not come with rice! not at all satisfied. would not recomend carryout from this place!

like best gujarati food,

been there with 5 of my colleagues for lunch on a weekday. it serves pretty good indian vegetarian buffet. the options are awesome. taste is really good. absolutely loved the atmosphere there. ate so much that i was dosing the entire afternoon :)
there are pretty decent parking facilities in and around the restaurant. so not an issue at all. not sure about the weekend but it wasn't that crowded during a week day. we were able to get the seats we wanted without much fuss. there are 4-5 choices for curries, 2 choices of rice, homemade roti, two choices of sweets. not sure if this the menu or we just got lucky, but the choices are plenty.
only odd thing about this place is that they don't accept credit cards if the bill is less than 15$!!! so if ur going there alone, or if you want to split the bill, make sure you have enough cash with u guys.

my friends and i visited deedee's on a weekend when they were serving the rajsthani thali.

being a marvadi myself, i was expecting authentic rajasthani food which wasn't the case. but having said that, the food in general was pretty good. definitely reminded me of a simple, home cooked meal without being super oily or heavy on masalas.

the buffet spread was nice on the whole - with a lot of hits and a few misses. the bhel, alu matar and mixed vegetable were really good and i took second helpings for all of them. the dal lacked a little salt and the gatta kadhi was a little sour. but the piping hot chapatis and the delicious shrikhand were the best part of the meal for me.

the service was fine and the ambiance was very basic with just the bare necessities in place.

overall, complete value for money!

the delectable food is as close to home cooking as it gets. great authentic choices complete with freshly cooked dishes. i love this place - now if only it was all guilt-free calories .. lol!

woooooooooooowwwww!!!! after sooo many days real indian food! the food is just perfect , not too much hot or tasteless. a great buffet ! always crowded , please go with time in your hand . a must try !

really a nice place. we went on a maharashtrian buffet weekend. liked their chapathis and jowari roti. all side dishes were good. i liked the bhaji for the poori. the mango shrikand was amazing. the masala rice was also good. the vegetarian concept and home cooked feeling and their ayurveda style concept appealed to us very much. i would definitely go there again and look forward to trying other cuisines from them.