Shivas Restaurant - Mountain View

Shivas Restaurant
800 California Street
Mountain View, CA, 94041
http://www.shivasrestaurant.com/

My Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Category - North Indian
Price - $$
Ambiance - * * * *
Service - * * * */2

I have been to this restaurant (last visit - July 23rd 2008). This is a good restaurant, nice ambiance. We had a reservation but had to wait for 20 minutes after we reached and that too on a wednesday. So beware of reservations - I guess as Seinfeld says they can take your reservation but not hold it. Once we got our table, the service was average, the waiter seemed to be in a hurry and almost tried to make the decision for us. Between the four of us we ordered Paneer Tikka (quite good), Malai Kofta (average) and Bharoni Shimla Mirch (stuffed bell peppers - this was great). The Nans (breads) was quite good. The dessert Mango cheesecake was delicious. I liked the experience if you can ignore the noise and the wait. This is a great place for a larger group to hang out - they have a good menu of wines and some funny Indian cocktails - don't try the Lichi Martini (its tastes like a high fructose juice).

Overall I recommend this restaurant as an occasional place to go for some good North Indian food.