Modest eatery in a strip mall offering traditional South Indian dishes along with other specials. Based on 615 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ Delivery
Address:
848 E Evelyn Ave #1, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: (408) 685-2985
Hours
| Friday | 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM |
| Saturday | 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM |
| Sunday | 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM |
| Thursday | 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30–10 PM |
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Reviews
Praveen
Pretty decent south indian veg restaurant in Sunnyvale. The menu is standard but the taste is different than other restaurants. The place is not huge but is neat and clean. We went on a Friday morning and ordered idly, vada, pongal, ghee rava dosa and podi masala dosa. The vada was crispy and Bangalore style, idly was tasty but was paper thin. The chutneys are good. The rava dosa was also very crispy and tasted well. The masala was a little bland but the chutney taste made up for it. The soothing tamil devotional in the background set a perfect vibe for a morning breakfast. I would recommend this place.
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Giridhar Manoharan
One of the authentic and underrated Tamil vegetarian restaurants in the Bay area. Ghee onion Rava Dosa was crispy and pongal with medu vada was amazing. Poori with kurma was tasty too. The sambar and chutneys they serve are truly special. Idly here is very fluffy. But paneer bhurjee dosa was too dry and average.
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Amol Porwal
Best place to have delicious south Indian dishes, Must try idli sambhar, rava onion dosa and medu Vada
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Manali Prakash
It is this place that delivers softest and tastiest Idlies and Vadas in Bay Area. Just WAW. Your search for the soft and tasty yet fresh Indian food ends at Madurai Modern Cafe .You can blindly go for it. We had a pleasant and sumptuous morning breakfast here and we are very happy to come back again.They make awesome Gobi Manchurian also. They make it crispy and less spicy and more spicy two versions. Also Khara Masala dosa with less Khara paste is also one of my favorites. The chef in charge makes it as my requirement always. Every time I go he makes it signature style Cripsy and fresh Gobi Manchurian specially curated to my spice level just like Bangalore style Gobi Manchurian Dry.Their Noodles and Fried rice are also very good.
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Akshay Kamath
One of the best restaurants serving authentic South Indian delicacies.
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Nimalen Sivapalan
Madurai Modern Cafe is a fantastic spot for quality South Indian food. We got masala vada to start, dosas for entrees, and the classic filter coffee to top it off. The vadas (3) were crispy and chutneys were great. I got the Chennai special dosa which was plenty and the filling was delicious! My friend got the Mysore masala dosa which was also quite good. Sambar and chutneys (coconut, orange, and coriander) all were flavorful and not spicy. The filter coffees were fantastic, not too sweet or bland, just right. There’s ample parking in this plaza and they have a pretty good amount of indoor/outdoor seating. Service was great, we didn’t wait too long for our orders and got each order (appetizers, entrees, coffees) one after another which was nice. Highly recommend!
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sneha s
The Parippu Vada (mentioned as Masal Vada in the menu) is super tasty here. Crispy outside and soft inside with flavours of green chilli and onion .
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Allen Gabriel
This is definitely one of the best places for delicious vegetarian South Indian dishes! I’ve tried a lot of their items and food is always served hot and fresh. Well priced and good portion size!
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sonal ravi
The food was absolutely amazing!! I am a South Indian and I can’t recommend this place enough.
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Pooja
I had a really bad experience here. The service was worst, I can only give 1 star for the service. Coming to the food, we had ordered dosa and none of them were hot. I personally feel even when you re heat a dosa in microwave it would be hot, but this wasn’t. So, we called the guy who was standing at reception and complained about the dosa. I dont if he understood what we said, he had no expressions or an answer to whatever we told. so, we asked him to call the manager. He goes inside and some other guy comes from kitchen( I dont know if he is the manager)We told him what had happened and that guy told us they just made the dosa. So we asked him to feel how cold the dosa was and he says “ok mam ok mam” and goes inside. He dint tell us you will get a fresh one, or you can leave that and not pay for it or nothing at all! He just went back into the kitchen with no response. We waited for like 10-15 minutes without anyone coming out. So we decided to keep all those cold dosa’s on the empty table beside us, and we had whatever we felt was freshly made and hot. We had vada that was good and also upma. I do not have any complaints about the food or taste, but the service really matters, You guys should hire better people for that or atleast improve your service level. This was the first time I visited “The Madurai Modern Cafe”, since I got confused with the very popular “Madurai Idli Kadai” thinking that this could be their new branch. I was a little surprised to see there were hardly any people at 8.40am on a Saturday morning. Hope you take the suggestions into consideration!
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