Ed Tecot's 50 good restaurants in the South Bay/Peninsula


Previous visitors may notice that the number of recommended restaurants has halved and that many previously listed restaurants are now gone. Some of them have simply closed for business, but mostly it's because I don't frequent restaurants as much as I have in the past. Only restaurants at which I have had a positive experience in the past 5 years are included.

Note that I only recommend the restaurant at the locations listed. In the past I've found locations to differ greatly. Some of the locations may be incorrect, but those that are will be very close to the city mentioned. In a few cases, this is intentional to ensure that another location is not accidentally recommended.


Afghan
  • Kabul - Sunnyvale
  • American & Californian (really anything I can't categorize)
  • Birk's - Santa Clara
  • Cheesecake Factory - San Jose
  • Country Gourmet - Sunnyvale, Mountain View
  • Elephant Bar - Cupertino
  • Original Pancake House - Los Altos, San Jose
  • Sonoma Chicken Coop - Campbell
  • Bagels
  • House of Bagels - Sunnyvale
  • Main Street Bagels - Los Altos
  • Posh Bagel - Mountain View
  • Carribean
  • Mango Cafe - Palo Alto
  • Chinese (* = serves dim sum)
  • Hunan Home's - Los Altos
  • P.F. Chang's - Sunnyvale
  • Delis & More
  • Max's Opera Cafe - Palo Alto, Burlingame
  • Togo's - Cupertino, Mountain View, Sunnyvale
  • Indian
  • Amber India - Mountain View
  • Bombay Oven - Cupertino
  • Pasand - Sunnyvale
  • Passage to India - Mountain View
  • Italian (includes pizza)
  • Amici's - Mountain View
  • Frankie, Johnnie, and Luigi too! - Mountain View
  • Pasta Pomodoro - San Jose, Sunnyvale
  • Tony & Alba's - Mountain View
  • Willow Street Wood Fired Pizza - San Jose
  • Japanese
  • Ariake - Sunnyvale
  • Miyake - Cupertino
  • Malaysian
  • Layang Layang - Cupertino
  • Mediterranean
  • Dishdash - Sunnyvale
  • Mazeh - Mountain View
  • Mexican (includes taquerias)
  • Casa Lupe - Sunnyvale
  • Chipotle - Sunnyvale
  • Fiesta del Mar - Mountain View
  • La Costena - Mountain View
  • La Fiesta - Mountain View
  • Mercado La Torre - Sunnyvale
  • Red Pepper - Palo Alto
  • Rio Adobe - Cupertino
  • Taqueria La Bamba - Mountain View
  • Microbrewries
  • Tied House - Mountain View
  • Salad Buffets
  • Sweet Tomatoes - Sunnyvale
  • Seafood
  • Cantankerous Fish - Mountain View
  • The Fish Market - Santa Clara, Palo Alto
  • Tapas
  • Cascal - Mountain View
  • Tex-Mex & Barbeque
  • Armadillo Willy's - Cupertino, Los Altos
  • Thai
  • Amarin - Palo Alto
  • Thai City - Palo Alto
  • Thai Pepper - Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
  • Vietnamese
  • Pho Nam - Sunnyvale
  • Pho Nguyen - Sunnyvale
  • Pho Xe Lua - Mountain View

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