Little Blue Door

Mini Rag

Cannot recommend State Street enough. Every variation of food you could want, raw seafood, Chinese, salads, pizza, cheese platters, and more. We had Dan Dan veg noodles (excellent), mussels (yummy), Mac and three cheese (to die for), pork bun (well made), and tofu avacado salad (fresh). It is convenient to order from any of the six restaurants from your table on your phone. Service is fast.

John Z

Very nice dining area with lots of choices for the food. You can have pizza, salad, or Chinese Tantan noddles. You can also have oysters or even drink beer, wine, etc. The ice cream is on the corner behind the waters. The pizza is pretty good. Draft beer is above $8 plus tips.

Karen Sun

A very nice compact food hall with everything you like. We tried Bao Beni’s noodle and soft shell crab Bao. Both were very yummy, yet the portion of noodles was too small. We tried the mango lassi at the Blue Door. The little Bakery Pastry has very big cookies that I didn’t try yet they looked very yummy. Finally we tried the Tin Pot Creamery which offered very nice ice-creams.

Matt B

Essentially a food hall, but with some fairly nice options, and a nicer interior and exterior. I’ll definitely stop back if I’m in the area to get another salad, or to try the other options.

Oksana Ostrovska

Nice big place for meeting with friends 💕 You can ordered pizza or some bakery and coffee or some drink… You can setting inside or outside and the both locations is good! Live this place !

The Malabar Shrimp Roast here is a must-try! The shrimp was cooked to perfection and the masala had that authentic, deep flavor I was looking for. Easily the highlight of the meal. Highly recommend!

This is a food court having few self serve restaurants which includes a bar, an ice cream shop, a salad bar, a burger place, Indian restaurant, ramen and sushi with lots of common sitting spaces and tables. It has outdoor seating also overlooking the downtown main street.

We had the BEST experience and I can’t say enough good things about it. First of all, making the reservation was unbelievably easy. I booked online, and when our group size increased a few days later, updating it was just as simple. I just clicked the link in my confirmation email and adjusted it. Done. No hassle, no phone calls, no questions asked. It was seamless. Second, and this is huge, there were no fees to reserve the table/space. That’s amazing. Not everyone can afford expensive reservation fees, and the fact that they offer this for free is so thoughtful. We ended up buying tons of food and drinks anyway, so it worked out great for everyone. When we arrived, our table was ready with a reserved sign. There was a couch and even a photo booth nearby, which helped everyone spread out and mingle instead of feeling stuck in one place. The live music created such a fun vibe without being overwhelming. It was incredibly kid-friendly. There was enough space for them to move around, they felt safe, and everyone was comfortable. That’s not easy to find! The adults were just as happy. We tried food from almost every vendor, and everything was delicious. The drinks were amazing too. Truly something for everyone. Overall, such a welcoming, well-organized, fun space. We can’t wait for warmer days so we can come back even more often. Highly, highly recommend!

Shanker Aggarwal

This is a food court having few self serve restaurants which includes a bar, an ice cream shop, a salad bar, a burger place, Indian restaurant, ramen and sushi with lots of common sitting spaces and tables. It has outdoor seating also overlooking the downtown main street.

It was my first time visiting this place with my friends and family for dinner. They have a few options to choose from to eat, both veg and non veg options - Salads, pizzas, pastas, ramen bowl, ice cream and bakery options. Many of them even came here with their families and toddlers. The ambience was great, there was lively music playing indoors and a small group of people performing a live singing outside as well. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit!

Tin Pot moved here. ^_^ It is one additional star right there. Good atmosphere, attentive staffs. Not really a restaurant and not really a food court either. I think it’s a hybrid. This place looks like a food court. But you can also sit at a table and order by open a QR code on the table. The code is specific so you have to let them know if you move. If you want you can go order from the counter - it is mostly for to go. Food are not bad. The noodle place is delicious. I ordered a tan-tan noodle and a Bao. They are delicious. The burger is reasonable. The pepperoni pizza is a bit overpriced (a piece of 6”x6” is $9), so maybe they discourage ordering that 😅. There is also a raw bar but I haven’t tried that yet. It is a nice place to go hangout with friend. Each can just order food by themselves. Hope they get more food stalls. Around $20/person. Would be a lot more if you drinks.

Really enjoyed my first visit at LBD, and we ordered chicken biriyani, rotisserie cauliflower, seams leaf chat. Super tasty food, we love the food and service was great and would definitely come back again 👌👌

Had a lunch date with hubby here today at the newly opened Little Blue Door .The appetizer was yummy , the curries were delicious and very gourmet . The paratas were mediocre ($18 in the area gets us buffet lunch at nearby Indian restaurants)we bought them twice , and the second serving was greasy ,would have loved garlic naan or roti instead . We love the dining options at State Street and the ambience . They should however keep up with sanitizing the tables by the outdoor area as the crumbs are left on the table as is and we cleaned them ourselves. Food hall concept in the pandemic is brilliant, we will definitely go back to trying different cuisines.

We had avocado chat, paneer makhani with Malabar paratha and Rasmalai from the little blue door. Avocado chat was really good, it had the perfect spice, tangy and salty flavours. I loved Rasmalai as it was mildly sweet and extremely soft but my husband felt it was less sweet (he is a sweet tooth). Paneer makhani was just ok. Nothing great. Malabar paratha was nice and flaky. Having said this, I feel, it doesn’t meet the high Ettan standard of delicious food.

This outlet is located in downtown Los Altos inside the food court known as State Street Market. The food court is clean, spacious and comfortable to sit and dine - both indoors & in open air. There's also a semi open dining area. The Little Blue Door has very limited menu focusing on California -India comfort food. We had samosa pie, avocado papdi chat & Kerala fried chicken for starters- all good! For entré we had butter chicken with malabar parathas and Lucknow chicken pulao -both delicious. Dessert, Rasamali was not so good mishmash of cake & rabdi . Lunch for three cost a little over $100.

Tarini Gupta

It was my first time visiting this place with my friends and family for dinner. They have a few options to choose from to eat, both veg and non veg options - Salads, pizzas, pastas, ramen bowl, ice cream and bakery options. Many of them even came here with their families and toddlers. The ambience was great, there was lively music playing indoors and a small group of people performing a live singing outside as well. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit!

Rei Alexandra Aoyama

Tin Pot moved here. ^_^ It is one additional star right there. Good atmosphere, attentive staffs. Not really a restaurant and not really a food court either. I think it’s a hybrid. This place looks like a food court. But you can also sit at a table and order by open a QR code on the table. The code is specific so you have to let them know if you move. If you want you can go order from the counter - it is mostly for to go. Food are not bad. The noodle place is delicious. I ordered a tan-tan noodle and a Bao. They are delicious. The burger is reasonable. The pepperoni pizza is a bit overpriced (a piece of 6”x6” is $9), so maybe they discourage ordering that 😅. There is also a raw bar but I haven’t tried that yet. It is a nice place to go hangout with friend. Each can just order food by themselves. Hope they get more food stalls. Around $20/person. Would be a lot more if you drinks.

Seerat Chhabra

We had avocado chat, paneer makhani with Malabar paratha and Rasmalai from the little blue door. Avocado chat was really good, it had the perfect spice, tangy and salty flavours. I loved Rasmalai as it was mildly sweet and extremely soft but my husband felt it was less sweet (he is a sweet tooth). Paneer makhani was just ok. Nothing great. Malabar paratha was nice and flaky. Having said this, I feel, it doesn’t meet the high Ettan standard of delicious food.

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Really enjoyed my first visit at LBD, and we ordered chicken biriyani, rotisserie cauliflower, seams leaf chat. Super tasty food, we love the food and service was great and would definitely come back again 👌👌

Poonam Bhat

Had a lunch date with hubby here today at the newly opened Little Blue Door .The appetizer was yummy , the curries were delicious and very gourmet . The paratas were mediocre ($18 in the area gets us buffet lunch at nearby Indian restaurants)we bought them twice , and the second serving was greasy ,would have loved garlic naan or roti instead . We love the dining options at State Street and the ambience . They should however keep up with sanitizing the tables by the outdoor area as the crumbs are left on the table as is and we cleaned them ourselves. Food hall concept in the pandemic is brilliant, we will definitely go back to trying different cuisines.

Sujit Das

This outlet is located in downtown Los Altos inside the food court known as State Street Market. The food court is clean, spacious and comfortable to sit and dine - both indoors & in open air. There's also a semi open dining area. The Little Blue Door has very limited menu focusing on California -India comfort food. We had samosa pie, avocado papdi chat & Kerala fried chicken for starters- all good! For entré we had butter chicken with malabar parathas and Lucknow chicken pulao -both delicious. Dessert, Rasamali was not so good mishmash of cake & rabdi . Lunch for three cost a little over $100.

Hong Liu

a good place to grab some food. It got a bunch of food and desert choices, and we like the atmosphere there. It is lively, by rarely crowded.

Little Blue Door: Starting with the best — samosas were very good (but a little greasy). The biryani was tasty. The veggie patty (turned sliders) were unexpected and odd served with masala sprinkled ridged potato chips. I was disappointed with the lentils served with cold/floppy naan. Probably would not order from this station again.

Nina V

Little Blue Door: Starting with the best — samosas were very good (but a little greasy). The biryani was tasty. The veggie patty (turned sliders) were unexpected and odd served with masala sprinkled ridged potato chips. I was disappointed with the lentils served with cold/floppy naan. Probably would not order from this station again.

The food hall has a nice structure with interesting food vendor from various restaurants. I tried the Orenchi Sushi since the pictures looked great. I got a chirashi bento box and a dragon roll for a total of $55. The food quality is below average and way over priced.

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The food hall has a nice structure with interesting food vendor from various restaurants. I tried the Orenchi Sushi since the pictures looked great. I got a chirashi bento box and a dragon roll for a total of $55. The food quality is below average and way over priced.

A new addition to Los Altos downtown that we checked out this past week. It is always nice to have more of these type of clean and casual food courts around, so you can go with groups of friends and there is usually something for everyone. Seating is spacious, although this could change. For now, there is ample space between tables so you don't hear each other's conversations. This review is for Bao Bei, and not sure if our ceviche and drinks were from Murdoch's or Ostro. If you are looking for authentic Asian flavors, or value, (ten dollars for one bao!) look elsewhere. Service was great, and while the fusion food was a hit or miss (for us), it's well executed, and we appreciate having a place like this nearby, and would definitely go back when we want a quick bite in a clean environment in the 'hood. We ordered salmon ceviche, spicy pork belly bao, fried shrimp bao, and Dan Dan mian. Salmon ceviche was actually a poke, which we should have guessed from the ingredients list. Had an odd metallic aftertaste for us. We appreciated the spicy pork belly bao had some meat and not mostly pure fat like a lot of pork belly out there. Fat had some crisp rendered areas. No warmed over flavor here either. Zero Gochujang flavor though. (Being Korean, maybe I expected too much) Fried shrimp bao was a fried pureed fish mix, and tasted like there was more filler than shrimp. (In all fairness, Eddie Huang ruined us for baos, the bar is high. So sad baohaus is no more. Seriously we dream of those baos we would get after shopping in union square) Dan Dan mian was overwhelmingly peanut buttery. But still, if you don't want to sacrifice ambiance, (let's face it, we don't enjoy eating at Asian hole in the walls, and only do it if the food is so good you can't make it yourself or get it elsewhere) and want some Asiany style food that is more American, there are worse places. I enjoyed my Monte Carlo, but not the brown spotted citrus peel and floaty waxy bits. One of the reasons I tend to mix drinks at home. Updates: visited at least twice more, most recent April 23 after 3 pm. Come on Bao Bei, do better! BAO bei visually more appealing, but quality of filling decrease, and size of BAO buns increase. For anyone familiar with Taiwanese BAO, you may not be happy. BAO buns themselves are very thick, noticeably sweet. You could fill up on one plain BAO bun, they are that big. Spicy pork belly BAO now has a generous drizzle of gochujang sauce, but roughly 2/3 of filling is pure fat. One of our two spicy pork baos was 1/4 meat, and that's being generous. I did speak with the manager Andrew about that one, and requested a replacement. The replacement that you see in the pic was better, but better in that only half was fat. The fat is not being rendered properly period. And the thickness of the pork is a third, if that, of the bun. The fried chicken BAO is about 3 times the size as the pork belly (bun remaining same in size) but of poorly trimmed chicken thigh meat. It's a typical Asian style chicken cutlet, but they should really trim the gristle and fat, and pound it to an even thickness. The mushroom BAO, tasted mostly like Sriracha, as opposed to unami. It had one big stem on the bottom, and thinly sliced heads on top (maitake/shimeji), and as a mushroom lover, felt it could have been meatier. On another note, nice that they offer soji, that isn't the ubiquitous green glass bottle. Was leaning towards a mixed drink today, so gave the Monte Carlo another try. Service at the bar was attentive, and the coupe glasses were perfectly chilled. Orange peels could have been better, and do always check your glasses for chips, I almost cut my lip on my second Monte Carlo (yes, it was that good). Bartenders would do well to always check glasses prior to pouring the drink, since this is not the first time.

K D

A new addition to Los Altos downtown that we checked out this past week. It is always nice to have more of these type of clean and casual food courts around, so you can go with groups of friends and there is usually something for everyone. Seating is spacious, although this could change. For now, there is ample space between tables so you don't hear each other's conversations. This review is for Bao Bei, and not sure if our ceviche and drinks were from Murdoch's or Ostro. If you are looking for authentic Asian flavors, or value, (ten dollars for one bao!) look elsewhere. Service was great, and while the fusion food was a hit or miss (for us), it's well executed, and we appreciate having a place like this nearby, and would definitely go back when we want a quick bite in a clean environment in the 'hood. We ordered salmon ceviche, spicy pork belly bao, fried shrimp bao, and Dan Dan mian. Salmon ceviche was actually a poke, which we should have guessed from the ingredients list. Had an odd metallic aftertaste for us. We appreciated the spicy pork belly bao had some meat and not mostly pure fat like a lot of pork belly out there. Fat had some crisp rendered areas. No warmed over flavor here either. Zero Gochujang flavor though. (Being Korean, maybe I expected too much) Fried shrimp bao was a fried pureed fish mix, and tasted like there was more filler than shrimp. (In all fairness, Eddie Huang ruined us for baos, the bar is high. So sad baohaus is no more. Seriously we dream of those baos we would get after shopping in union square) Dan Dan mian was overwhelmingly peanut buttery. But still, if you don't want to sacrifice ambiance, (let's face it, we don't enjoy eating at Asian hole in the walls, and only do it if the food is so good you can't make it yourself or get it elsewhere) and want some Asiany style food that is more American, there are worse places. I enjoyed my Monte Carlo, but not the brown spotted citrus peel and floaty waxy bits. One of the reasons I tend to mix drinks at home. Updates: visited at least twice more, most recent April 23 after 3 pm. Come on Bao Bei, do better! BAO bei visually more appealing, but quality of filling decrease, and size of BAO buns increase. For anyone familiar with Taiwanese BAO, you may not be happy. BAO buns themselves are very thick, noticeably sweet. You could fill up on one plain BAO bun, they are that big. Spicy pork belly BAO now has a generous drizzle of gochujang sauce, but roughly 2/3 of filling is pure fat. One of our two spicy pork baos was 1/4 meat, and that's being generous. I did speak with the manager Andrew about that one, and requested a replacement. The replacement that you see in the pic was better, but better in that only half was fat. The fat is not being rendered properly period. And the thickness of the pork is a third, if that, of the bun. The fried chicken BAO is about 3 times the size as the pork belly (bun remaining same in size) but of poorly trimmed chicken thigh meat. It's a typical Asian style chicken cutlet, but they should really trim the gristle and fat, and pound it to an even thickness. The mushroom BAO, tasted mostly like Sriracha, as opposed to unami. It had one big stem on the bottom, and thinly sliced heads on top (maitake/shimeji), and as a mushroom lover, felt it could have been meatier. On another note, nice that they offer soji, that isn't the ubiquitous green glass bottle. Was leaning towards a mixed drink today, so gave the Monte Carlo another try. Service at the bar was attentive, and the coupe glasses were perfectly chilled. Orange peels could have been better, and do always check your glasses for chips, I almost cut my lip on my second Monte Carlo (yes, it was that good). Bartenders would do well to always check glasses prior to pouring the drink, since this is not the first time.

Iper expensive, confusing and not worth it. This establishment is set up like a market with 5 or 6 restaurants partecipating, and a main bar for drinks. Going through 5 menus is both interesting and a taunting experience. We order the BAO a tiny steamed bun with a little piece of pork which is $9.50 for 1! A salad that had 3 slices of avocados and the plastic bowl weighted more than the salad at $15 A butter chicken, 4 little pieces of chicken and an ocean of sauce at $18. A simple cheese pizza is $5.75 by the slice which makes a whole pizza between $34.50(6 slices) and $46 (8 slices). Practically an Uber expensive picnic. To sum my personal experience it is a messy rip of not worth even reconsidering until they re-dimension them self, come down to earth and adopt human prices. Until then I'll stay far away from it. What a joke 👎

Sor Pallocca

Iper expensive, confusing and not worth it. This establishment is set up like a market with 5 or 6 restaurants partecipating, and a main bar for drinks. Going through 5 menus is both interesting and a taunting experience. We order the BAO a tiny steamed bun with a little piece of pork which is $9.50 for 1! A salad that had 3 slices of avocados and the plastic bowl weighted more than the salad at $15 A butter chicken, 4 little pieces of chicken and an ocean of sauce at $18. A simple cheese pizza is $5.75 by the slice which makes a whole pizza between $34.50(6 slices) and $46 (8 slices). Practically an Uber expensive picnic. To sum my personal experience it is a messy rip of not worth even reconsidering until they re-dimension them self, come down to earth and adopt human prices. Until then I'll stay far away from it. What a joke 👎