I had the chance to taste the food before their official opening, and the Kerala chicken, beef curry and guava dessert are SHOW STOPPERS!
I like the concept of South Indian/Californian fusion, especially because South Indian cuisine is not enough explored and experienced out there, so the Californian twist brings it new attention! Naturally the dishes are just a bit spicier than the average Indian food you'll usually find, but then you wouldn't taste the South Indian touch if it wasn't! The deco is beautiful, casual chic with indo-oriental influence. Great place to have a drink too!
Rahul B
2020-03-19
Ettan is off to an impressive start. Occupying the two story structure in the courtyard between Ramona and Bryant, Ettan offers modern and innovative Indian fare. Prices are reasonable for the quality of food. A few appetizers, main dishes, drinks, and dessert came out to $240 for us, a family of four. Service was slightly overattentive but otherwise good. I've attached photos here of the monkey naan which comes with a delectable shrimp dip, a chicken appetizer, and a jackfruit slider. The quality and style of food is comparable to Rooh which just opened down the street and many notches higher than the traditional Indian mainstay of Sakoon in neighboring Mountain View.
Milo S
2020-03-18
I love this spot! They offer marvelous food, they have a nice menu, The chief cook in that restaurant is a professional, I love a lot tasting all their dishes. The food is consistently fresh, the service towards the customers is efficient. I go often to this place and I was never unsatisfied. I highly recommend it.
Abhinav S
2020-03-12
Love the ambience. This place is in the heart of Palo Alto and serves really amazing food. If you're visiting here for the first time you may find the food to be really expensive and they have very limited vegetarian options. As informed by one of their attendants they are going to introduce new menu very soon. I did not imagine that the space is going to be that huge. it is an amazing place if you want to take your partner on a really nice date.
Jonathan R
2020-03-12
My family enjoyed a terrific meal at Ettan and we are all thrilled to have this great new upscale addition to the downtown Palo Alto restaurant scene.
The location just off University and Bryant offers extensive outdoor seating tucked away from cars and pedestrians and the interior is attractive with many colorful patterns and a spectacular skylight. The second floor also offers great space for private events.
The drink, appetizer and small and large entree plate menu offers a mix of fun and interesting bite size snacks to a beautiful whole snapper.
We were lucky enough to meet the chef, Srijith Gopinathan, and get some suggestions before we ordered, but judging from the several choices we tasted and the feedback from other diners, I can confidently say you can't go wrong here!
We started with the "breads and stuff" and enjoyed the Monkey Naan and Black Truffle Stuffed Kulcha. I resisted the temptation to order more of both before the small plates arrived because I'd already made the decisions we would be coming back and I wanted to try as much as possible! I thought we were then going to move on to the Small Plates: Ettan salad, the sesame leaf, the sambal shrimp and hot stone lamb but thankfully our waitress decided that we really should also try the little sliders with tender jackfruit. She was correct and those are a must order appetizer.!!!!! The small plates were a strong warmup to the large plates and delivered on flavor, presentation and complexity and variation of texture.
My 90 year old mom never passes up a whole fish and the Whole Roasted Red Snapper arrived fully deboned on a plancha with coconut rice and curry. As Large Plates we also had the lobster and the chicken curry along with the spiced eggplant and malabar paratha. All were simply outstanding.
For dessert we tried the passion fruit with litchi milk ice and meringue as well as the dark chocolate and pink guava. Everything was delightful.
I've included a few pictures including my mom with the Whole Snapper!
We'll definitely come back to Ettan and Palo Alto clearly has a new standout upscale restaurant!
