Reviews for San Jose, CA, USA

Peet's Coffee & Tea is a local Starbucks clone. Originally from Berkeley, the chain has opened new outlets around Silicon Valley. The café on Santana Row in reality on Olsen Drive at the far end of Santana Row.

The outlet is just any other coffeehouse in the States, a bit noisy sometimes. The se... More >

Phillips Gallery of Fine Art is, as name implies, an art gallery specialising to contemporary American arts. The gallery is located on Santana Row area, next to Gucci and Burberry stores, so prepare for hefty pricetags.

The gallery has a good collection of paintings from various artists. Most of ... More >

Update December 16, 2006: Salatti has moved to the beginning of Santana Row, and it is now a full-scale restaurant.

Salatti is a small lunch café at the end of Santana Row. All tables are outside, shared with two other cafeterias.

The restaurant provides various sets of salads and sandwiches.... More >

Santana Row is newly developed shopping and dining area in San Jose. It is claimed to be an European styled district with a lot of cafés, restaurants, boutiques and decent pavements to walk on.

In some sense, the place has gained sort of poshy European appeal. On the other hand, the district is ... More >

Straits is a fusion restaurant with strong influences from Singapore. All Singaporean ethnic specialties are available in the menu. You can either order a appetizers and main meal, or ask several plates for sharing at the same time.

The food is good and the portions are big enough to satisfy bigg... More >

Urban Outfitters is an excellent place to buy both clothes and items for home, if you like their young and trendy style.

The ground floor has big selection of garments for women and the upper floor is dedicated to men clothing and furnishing. There is also a small selection of books upstairs.

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Village Cafe provides modern American cuisine: imaginative salads, huge sandwiches and bigger meals. Unlike some American meals, the portions actually tasty and not just outrageously big. Do not get me wrong; you will get enough food, but you can still walk the stairs without any pains afterwards.
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If you have browsed all the boutiques on Santana Row, and still have some money left on your wallet, go over Stevens Creek Boulevard to Westfield mall and spent the rest there.

The mall has two department stores: Macy's and Nordstrom to begin with, and between these giants are over hundred specia... More >