Udupi Cafe Tempe

My overall experience was terrible. The naan was sweet. The item I ordered wasn’t available. I didn’t receive my samosas. So they gave me an item I didn’t order to replace my samosas and the unavailable item? I only gave two stars on Grubhub because of the rice and that was before I realized the naan was sweet or it would’ve been a 1 star on there as well.

It was my first time visiting Udupi Cafe Tempe. Luckily I made it in time before it closed at 3 PM. The ambience was great and the food was very delicious! I had bisi bele bath and mango lassi, and both of them were really good! The staff were also friendly and accommodating of the timing. The next time I am in Phoenix, I will definitely visit again. This place is also located close to the airport - it was just a 12-15 min drive!

The worst restaurant i have ever seen The one who replies in reviews is the worst Can’t believe how rude he is When they ment one plus one they have to mention how many oz they will get Its the worst marketing strategy i have ever seen Worst to the core Ruthless pay and eat kind of words He think every reply comes from a business account you could check. This is my personal account. You could see all the other reviews that I’ve given to the other restaurants simply naming it as a business account and covering up his mistakes, that is the worst part

Extremely sad to see the new management completely screw up this place.

Visited: June 2025 Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) Tried the Vada Sambhar and Chilli Idli today—unfortunately, both were quite underwhelming. The flavors were bland, and the overall taste didn’t live up to expectations. Not the best experience this time.

I am writing a review for a very first time after coming to arizona and the quality and quantity of the food they are serving is useless and worst taste ever. Even a new cook can cook it . and I have read the comments of the people who have ordered food and the reply from the owner is awful

Dirty food how the prep the food, No recommendation this place

Order a paneer biryani with 1 plus 1 offer. Got quantity which doesn’t match half of normal quantity that one gets from any restaurant. Scamming people in daylight. Would suggest folks to beware as they are becoming popular in town for scamming people with fake offer!

Edit after the owner’s response: This restaurant owner has some serious issues and clearly doesn’t know how to receive feedback. Trying to defend their scam with half baked cooking knowledge shows why their service is of such downgraded quality. I gave a very sincere review and they publicly mock me for doing so? Wow! That’s some great professionalism right there! I’ve had biryanis from different cuisines and i am very much aware of different cooking styles myself. Please don’t try to comeup with your own definition of biryani and hide it behind Udupi cuisine. Its a shame to the cuisine itself! You literally used the deep fried paneer which was prepared for your appetizers as a topping on a pre cooked pulav. If you still try to defend this as a biryani which was made in a dum style, its an utter shame. FYI, i payed $45 for my order and it would’ve costed me the same if i dine in for the same order. So more than the price, its the quality here which is a big concern. Instead of calling it a “cheap trick”, try to understand how frustrated the customer might be when they take the time to write such a detailed review. What do you think am i going to benefit from writing this review here? Please learn some professionalism and also better business skills instead of scamming & mocking customers. I’m reporting this to Uber right away along with your response! Original review: Ordered from this restaurant via Uber Eats and was extremely disappointed. I got the Paneer Biryani and Mushroom Chettinad, both part of a 1+1 offer. The so called Paneer Biryani is not biryani at all. It was a handful of deep-fried paneer chunks, coated in an overly colored, bland maida batter (despite selecting the highest spice level), topped on a basic mixed veg pulao. If this had been marketed as Veg Pulao with Fried Paneer, I could’ve adjusted my expectations. But to call this “biryani” is misleading at best and insulting at worst!! Not to forget about the portion size which was laughable & barely enough for one person. Slashing portions to kids meal sizes on the name of a 1+1 offer is not a deal, it’s deception. I’ve used this offer at multiple restaurants, and none have pulled this trick. There’s a line between smart pricing and outright scamming, and this place has crossed it!! As for the Mushroom Chettinad, the gravy was decent, but the mushrooms looked very stale. Also, only one tiny portion of rice was included for two gravies. Just a few spoonfuls which was nowhere near enough. Again, this defeats the purpose of the 1+1 offer. I saw another person post a similar experience in his review and the owner responded saying the customers shouldn’t be expecting more in a buy1get1 offer. Like seriously? I genuinely request the restaurant owners to please stop scamming customers under the guise of promotions. I did read other negative reviews online before ordering but i chose to ignore them because I trusted the name “Udupi” to uphold a certain standard. Clearly, I was wrong. There’s a first for everything and this was my first ever WORST Udupi experience (& hopefully the last)!! Never order food from here, online. I hope their dine in experience is much better and nowhere closer to this flop show that i experienced!