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 abuffetso nothing to rate for service. however, they always kept refilling the different dishes whenever it came close to getting over.

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.

thebuffetspread 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!

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

really a nice place. we went on a maharashtrianbuffetweekend. 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.