Guidebook for Mountain View

Stacey And George
Stacey And George
Guidebook for Mountain View

Food Scene

Sakoon Restaurant has a great buffet lunch and nice selections for dinner, and the ambiance inside is like no other. Eclectically decorated and fun to look at!
Sono Sushi
357 Castro St
Sakoon Restaurant has a great buffet lunch and nice selections for dinner, and the ambiance inside is like no other. Eclectically decorated and fun to look at!
BEST Dim Sum around!!!!
15 locals raden deze aan
Fu Lam Mum
153 Castro St
15 locals raden deze aan
BEST Dim Sum around!!!!
This is a great, very inexpensive Shabu Shabu restaurant, and you can even order a vegetarian plate there!
6 locals raden deze aan
Shabuway
180 Castro St
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This is a great, very inexpensive Shabu Shabu restaurant, and you can even order a vegetarian plate there!
Great family-owned and operated Turkish restaurant. Best lamb shanks available anywhere! And the people couldn't be nicer!
Ephesus
185 Castro St
Great family-owned and operated Turkish restaurant. Best lamb shanks available anywhere! And the people couldn't be nicer!
A HUGE variety of teas from Taiwan, such as the jasmine ball teas. Chat with the owner. He'll explain all about teas and figure out what is best to try!
Mountain View Tea Village
361 Castro St
A HUGE variety of teas from Taiwan, such as the jasmine ball teas. Chat with the owner. He'll explain all about teas and figure out what is best to try!
Very elegant Japanese restaurant! A nice treat!
9 locals raden deze aan
Kappo Nami Nami
240 Castro St
9 locals raden deze aan
Very elegant Japanese restaurant! A nice treat!
Another really unusually good a la carte authentic Japanese restaurant!
Bushido
156 Castro St
Another really unusually good a la carte authentic Japanese restaurant!
Excellent Vietnamese soup!!!
Pho Nam
844 W El Camino Real
Excellent Vietnamese soup!!!
Best Cioppino!
6 locals raden deze aan
Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too!
939 W El Camino Real
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Best Cioppino!
Famous, 4th generation family-run restaurant, well known for its artichoke and mild chili soups and its olallieberry pies.
59 locals raden deze aan
Duarte's Tavern
202 Stage Rd
59 locals raden deze aan
Famous, 4th generation family-run restaurant, well known for its artichoke and mild chili soups and its olallieberry pies.
Best Mexican restaurant on the coast - related to our favorite Mexican restaurant in downtown Mountain View - Los Charros!
12 locals raden deze aan
Taqueria Tres Amigos
270 Cabrillo Hwy
12 locals raden deze aan
Best Mexican restaurant on the coast - related to our favorite Mexican restaurant in downtown Mountain View - Los Charros!
Best burritos, and fresh orange-carrot juice!
21 locals raden deze aan
Taqueria La Espuela
854 W Dana St
21 locals raden deze aan
Best burritos, and fresh orange-carrot juice!
High quality sushi!
75 locals raden deze aan
Sushi Tomi
607 W Dana St
75 locals raden deze aan
High quality sushi!
INCREDIBLE FOOD - everything there is incredible! It's a bit loud at night, though - we like going for lunch and sitting outside!
111 locals raden deze aan
Dishdash
190 S Murphy Ave
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INCREDIBLE FOOD - everything there is incredible! It's a bit loud at night, though - we like going for lunch and sitting outside!
Outrageous Korean barbeque restaurant!
Palace BBQ Buffet
1092 East El Camino Real
Outrageous Korean barbeque restaurant!
Best Southern Indian vegetarian restaurant.
14 locals raden deze aan
Saravanaa Bhavan
1305 S Mary Ave
14 locals raden deze aan
Best Southern Indian vegetarian restaurant.
for the lamb kabobs and the pumpkin dish!
25 locals raden deze aan
Kabul Afghan Cuisine
135 El Camino Real
25 locals raden deze aan
for the lamb kabobs and the pumpkin dish!
Really good, family-owned and operated old-style Italian restaurant. Open lunches during the weekdays and Friday nights, as well as Thursday nights once per month, when they have live music.
10 locals raden deze aan
Mario's Italiano
861 Leong Dr
10 locals raden deze aan
Really good, family-owned and operated old-style Italian restaurant. Open lunches during the weekdays and Friday nights, as well as Thursday nights once per month, when they have live music.

Arts & Culture

Great movies in downtown Palo Alto!
47 locals raden deze aan
Mountain View Farmers Market
600 W Evelyn Ave
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Great movies in downtown Palo Alto!

Everything Else

A $25 hour-long massage. And they seriously know what they are doing!!! Love this place!
Happy Feet Foot Spa
3731 El Camino Real
A $25 hour-long massage. And they seriously know what they are doing!!! Love this place!
There's an entrance to the trail at the end of our block, and it's a great place to walk or bike on a trail away from traffic.
14 locals raden deze aan
Stevens Creek Trail
Stevens Creek Trail
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There's an entrance to the trail at the end of our block, and it's a great place to walk or bike on a trail away from traffic.
Beautiful place to hike in the hills.
168 locals raden deze aan
Rancho San Antonio County Park
168 locals raden deze aan
Beautiful place to hike in the hills.
A beautiful park for camping or hiking, very close to the beaches.
21 locals raden deze aan
Butano State Park
1500 Cloverdale Rd
21 locals raden deze aan
A beautiful park for camping or hiking, very close to the beaches.
It's off the beaten path, and is a tranquil road with beautiful scenery.
Stage Road
Stage Road
It's off the beaten path, and is a tranquil road with beautiful scenery.
Old-fashioned country store, replete with books, food, arts and crafts, clothes, fun postcards, coffee, a bar, and local musicians.
32 locals raden deze aan
San Gregorio General Store
7615 Stage Rd
32 locals raden deze aan
Old-fashioned country store, replete with books, food, arts and crafts, clothes, fun postcards, coffee, a bar, and local musicians.
Incredible honeycomb walls and tidepools, next to an actual pebble beach!
11 locals raden deze aan
Bean Hollow State Beach
New Years Creek Road
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Incredible honeycomb walls and tidepools, next to an actual pebble beach!
Fabulous venue for the performing arts.
47 locals raden deze aan
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro St
47 locals raden deze aan
Fabulous venue for the performing arts.
Great neighborhood bookstore!
31 locals raden deze aan
Books Inc.
317 Castro St
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Great neighborhood bookstore!
Huge selection of second-hand books!
BookBuyers
317 Castro St
Huge selection of second-hand books!
Very nice museum worth visiting.
143 locals raden deze aan
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center voor Visuele Kunst
328 Lomita Dr
143 locals raden deze aan
Very nice museum worth visiting.
There's a nice cafe by the lake, and you can rent paddleboats, etc. to enjoy the water.
78 locals raden deze aan
Shoreline Lake Park
3160 N Shoreline Blvd
78 locals raden deze aan
There's a nice cafe by the lake, and you can rent paddleboats, etc. to enjoy the water.
Between December and late February, you can see the large colony of elephant seals who arrive to breed and bear their young. Fascinating!
88 locals raden deze aan
Ano Nuevo State Park
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Between December and late February, you can see the large colony of elephant seals who arrive to breed and bear their young. Fascinating!
It's a beautiful park for camping, picnicking. It's a windy road to get there but if you can handle the road (which is also beautiful), the destination is well worth it!
230 locals raden deze aan
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
21600 Big Basin Way
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It's a beautiful park for camping, picnicking. It's a windy road to get there but if you can handle the road (which is also beautiful), the destination is well worth it!
The most incredible day spa. You rent private, beautifully decorated rooms for an hour or two, each of which have jacuzzis with strong massage jets. Some rooms have saunas and some have cold plunges.
30 locals raden deze aan
Watercourse Way
165 Channing Ave
30 locals raden deze aan
The most incredible day spa. You rent private, beautifully decorated rooms for an hour or two, each of which have jacuzzis with strong massage jets. Some rooms have saunas and some have cold plunges.
Fabulous Hands-on science exhibits and IMAX theater.
267 locals raden deze aan
The Tech Interactive
201 S Market St
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Fabulous Hands-on science exhibits and IMAX theater.
Really interesting to see a huge model of the San Francisco Bay: it's a working hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta System
19 locals raden deze aan
US Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Visitor Center
2100 Bridgeway
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Really interesting to see a huge model of the San Francisco Bay: it's a working hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta System
It's an extravagant Victorian maze - a home with 160 rooms, in which the owner believed if she stopped building in it she would die...... Worth a visit!
302 locals raden deze aan
Winchester Mystery House
525 S Winchester Blvd
302 locals raden deze aan
It's an extravagant Victorian maze - a home with 160 rooms, in which the owner believed if she stopped building in it she would die...... Worth a visit!
Fun beach town, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a beachside amusement park.
242 locals raden deze aan
Santa Cruz
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Fun beach town, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a beachside amusement park.

Essentials

An eclectic combination of produce and Mexican food, along with a bunch of really great things from the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Totally convenient when you don't want to deal with Safeway!!!!
Oakmont Produce Market
311 Moffett Boulevard
An eclectic combination of produce and Mexican food, along with a bunch of really great things from the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Totally convenient when you don't want to deal with Safeway!!!!
Huge variety of Chinese food. The produce is a fraction of the cost of other markets; they give you coupons to redeem in their dim sum or take-out bars, AND they steam crabs for you!!!
44 locals raden deze aan
99 Ranch Market
1350 Grant Rd
44 locals raden deze aan
Huge variety of Chinese food. The produce is a fraction of the cost of other markets; they give you coupons to redeem in their dim sum or take-out bars, AND they steam crabs for you!!!
Japanese groceries - need I say more??!!!
9 locals raden deze aan
Nijiya Market
143 E El Camino Real
9 locals raden deze aan
Japanese groceries - need I say more??!!!
Great Persian groceries. Best feta cheese and they have great take-out barbeque kebabs...
9 locals raden deze aan
Cupertino International Foods
801 West El Camino Real
9 locals raden deze aan
Great Persian groceries. Best feta cheese and they have great take-out barbeque kebabs...

Shopping

If you are looking for a mall shopping experience, this may be it....
488 locals raden deze aan
Westfield Valley Fair
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd
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If you are looking for a mall shopping experience, this may be it....
A museum dedicated to California author John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck Museum Gift Shop
A museum dedicated to California author John Steinbeck.