Golkonda Indian Cuisine - Santa Clara

Taste best. One of the best biryani in town. Amazing and ingenious and delicious food. We tried roasted chicken roast and it was amazing. Really authentic. This place is not very popular for Din in, but I realized after visiting this place that it is the best place to try Veg and not both options with authentic taste. Also, Vijaywada Boneless Biryani was best. Owner of this place is very friendly and gives information about spice levels. He also recommends, after our request and that dishes bring a joy on the table.

We came here for a team lunch on Friday. The place wasn't crowded. We started with a couple of veg and non veg starters. We noticed all of the items had a lot of salt to an extent where we couldn't enjoy the food. When ordering the main course we asked to have the chef put less salt. And to our surprise the pepper chicken we ordered had so much salt that we had to ask to take it back. The server didn't get another plate of pepper chicken and later we had to tell him to remove that item from the final bill. Only the Gongura chicken curry was decent. Goat biryani and veg biryani were okayish. But the overall experience was way below average. Considering only 3-4 tables with customers they should have managed good quality food.

Do yourself a favor and visit this lovely restaurant! After just one visit, we became a regular customer here. The food is absolutely amazing ? and as authentic as it can get. It gives you a ?home food away from home? feeling... From the starter to the dessert the quality and tastes of everything was outstanding: Gongura biryanis, pulaav, kababs, chicken/paneer tikka, masala dosa varieties, okra fry, chapatis etc. [photos attached] might have been the best meal we have ever been served. On top of this, the staff truly cares about your experience and is delightful/professional. The manager (Sridhar) actively seeks customer feedback and incorporates it into future dishes/recipes (if there are any comments at all). Delicious elaichi tea or filter coffee is added bonus! Must try in the bay area and highly recommended! 10/10

Update: went back last week for dinner. And had an even better time. Mr. Shridhar recommended incredible dishes. We ordered the biryani and he was so nice he gave us two types of rice to try. The lamb was out of this world as was the country chicken. Great place for the family. Be careful if you say spicy it will be HOT. So maybe go with spicy but not Hyderabad spicy ; Great job Mr Shridhar and Team ?? Absolutely fantastic food and the service is incredible. I took my whole family there and was treated like royalty. It is a very simple restaurant but the service is outstanding outstanding. Mr. Sridhar is an excellent host He explained things very well and made sure we got the food that would fit our taste buds. Highly highly recommend this restaurant and do try to get Mr. Sridhar.

Food was so good that we took food on our flight all the way! We went on our flight day morning and were probably the first ones in the restaurant. The owner was very curious and suggested what their specials are and what people prefer to have around there. We ordered nanns and curries both meat and veg. One Gobi appetizer. All. Tasted good. Biryanis were a hit among all