Udupi Palace Restaurant
Udupi Palace Restaurant
3 pieces of steamed rice and lentil patties. Goes with sambar and chutney.
Steamed fried rice and lentil patties floating in sambar.
Bite sized fried iddly in tomato and garlic base with house special Manchurian sauce.
Small sized steamed rice and lentil patties, a touch of spices and chat masala. Served with mint chutney.
2 pieces of Iddly and 1 piece of Vada. Goes with sambar and chutney.
2 pieces of fried lentil donuts. Goes with sambar and chutney. Vegetarian.
2 lentil donuts dipped in yogurt and served with tamarind chutney. Vegetarian.
2 fried lentil donuts dipped in sambar. Vegetarian.
2 lentil donuts dipped in rasam. Vegetarian.
Lentil dumpling with onion, potato and nuts.
2 pieces of crispy and flaky crusts stuffed with potatoes, onions, peas and raisins.
Sliced onions seasonal besan, deep fried.
Potatoes, cauliflower, chillies mixed with besan and deep friend with spices.
Crisp flour cookies sprinkled with puffed rice and plain yogurt tossed with potatoes, fresh coriander and tamarind chutney.
Minced vegetables with spices crumbed and deep fried.
Chillies mixed with besan and deep fried with spices. Hot.
Medhu Vada, vegetable samosa, vegetable cutlet, aloo bonda, chilly pakora, sambar, coconut, mint and tamarind chutney.
1 piece chick peas green and tamarind sauce topping.
An exquisitely delicate vegetable broth with lentils and spices.
A traditional South Indian sour and spicy soup.
Thin rice crepe. Vegetarian.
Crepe filled with potatoes and onions. Vegetarian.
Thin rice crepe rolled and crispy.
Thin rice crepe filled with potatoes and onions. Vegetarian.
Thin rice crepe with a layer of hot chutney.
Thin rice crepe with a layer of hot chutney filled with potato and onion. Hot. Vegetarian.
Wheat and lentil crepe with no onion, no masala. Vegetarian.
Wheat and lentil crepe with onion.
Wheat lentil crepe with onion grilled with potatoes. Vegetarian.
Thin rice crepe with a layer of spinach topped with onion and chillies. Hot.
Pizza dosai thin rice crepe filled with blended cheeses, onions, tomatoes and chillies. Hot.
Thin rice crepe, a layer of hot chutney and filled with mixed vegetables.
Indian style pancake.
Indian style lentil and rice pancake with tomato and peas topping.
Indian style lentil and rice pancake with onion and peas topping.
Indian style lentil and rice pancake with onion and chili topping.
Tomatoes, peas, carrots and onion toppings.
Pancakes made of mixed lentils and vegetables cooked in Kerala style. Vegetarian.
Rice and lentil cooked like Kitcheda and served with a special dish called "Avial".
Whole moong dhal and rice crepe topped with onion and chillies.
Large puffy wheat bread served with chick peas. Vegetarian.
Cream of wheat with fresh vegetables and garnished with nuts. Vegetarian.
Paneer (homemade cheese) mixed with house spices, onions and bell peppers wrapped in chapatti (Indian bread). Very popular in India and very delicious.
Crispy baby corn with chopped garlic and chili sauce dry.
Peas, mushrooms, carrot, bell pepper and onions with a touch of spices.
Noodles tossed with chilly and garlic sauce.
Tangy garlic sauce with onions and bell pepper.
Eggplant in garlic-onion Manchurian sauce with a touch of spices.
Cauliflower in tomato-garlic based house special Manchurian sauce.
Onion, tomato and garlic spicy Manchurian sauce.
Tofu in tangy garlic sauce with onions and bell pepper.
Tender pieces of soya and basmati rice cooked with tomatoes, chillies and onions.
Basmati rice cooked with garden fresh vegetables.
Rice cooked with lentils and garden fresh vegetables.
Yogurt rice garnished with mustard seeds, tomato, carrot and onion.
Rice cooked in tamarind sauce garnished with nuts.
Rice cooked with tomatoes and green chillies and nuts.
Rice cooked in a touch of lemon juice and nuts.
Rice, lantiel and nuts cooked like knichdi.
Choice of soup, samosa and cutlet appetizer, roti (wheat bread), white rice, chana curry, palak, soya aloo, vegetable and rice of the day.
Choice of soup, choice of iddly or vada appetizer, choice of dosai or uthappam entree. Served with sambar and chutney.
Choice of soup, assortment of appetizers (cutlet, samosa, Medhu Vada), roti, special rice, white rice, sambar, chana curry, koottu, avial, rasam, curd, pickle and papad.
4-veg curry and samber RasamSoup Tamato soup ChepathySpecial rice and white riceDesert choice Ras Malai or Gulab jamun
Garden fresh vegetables, coconut sauce and spices.
Chick peas cooked in exotic spices. Vegetarian.
Potato and cauliflower with special spices.
Udupi style vegetables with herbs and spices. Vegetarian.
Garden fresh vegetables cooked in spices and coconut milk. Vegetarian.
Tender okra with herbs and spices cooked in Madras style.
Homemade cheese and spinach.
Homemade cheese and green peas, cream nut sauce.
A popular Indian dish made from eggplant. Roasted in tandoor (clay oven), mashed and blended in a rich mixture of fresh herbs and spices.
Homemade cottage cheese croquettes in tangy tomato and cream sauce. Vegetarian.
Homemade cottage cheese croquettes in tangy tomato and cream sauce and nut.
Homely Indian dish of sauteed homemade cottage cheese with green peppers in tomato and cream sauce.
Lentils cooked with seasoned mixed spices and garlic tarkk'a. Vegetarian.
Potatoes steamed and sauteed with cumin seeds and fresh herbs.
Cubes of homemade cottage cheese in popular makhani (butter) sauce.
Tender pieces of soya, potatoes cooked in fresh onions, tomatoes and chillies simmered in rich masala (various herbs and spices) sauce.
Sweet and sour eggplant roasted in tandoor. Sauteed with tomatoes, onions, ginger, fresh coriander and fresh mint. Served with basmati rice, raita and pickle.
Whole black lentils simmered until tender and tempered with ginger, tomatoes and herbs. Vegetarian.
Potatoes steamed and sauteed with spices, cumin seed, fennel, rye and fenugreek.
Tomato, onion, methi, creamy taste.
2 pieces of whole wheat bread deep fried and fluffy.
2 pieces of whole wheat bread deep fried and fluffy.
Multi-layered whole wheat bread.
Thin soft whole wheat bread.
Multi-layered whole wheat bread stuffed with potato, onions and spices.
1 piece of large puffy bread.
Whole wheat bread stuffed with onion.
White super fine flour dough, baked in our tandoor.
8 oz. coconut lantil.
16 oz. entil and vegetable soup.
A spicy lentil mix with oil.
8 oz. raita. Yogurt with onions, cucumber and coriander leaves.
4 pieces of lentil cracker.
Basmati rice.
2 pieces of homemade cottage cheese in a special condensed milk flavored with rose water and garnished with pistachio nuts.
2 pieces of dry milk and cottage cheese balls, deep fried and dipped in light syrup with rose water.
Ground almonds cooked in honey and butter.
Grated carrots cooked in honey and butter.
Carrot or Badam Halwa topped with your choice of ice cream.
Fine vermicelli cooked in milk, honey and garnished with raisins and cashews.
Black coffee with cream on the side. Regular or decaf.
South Indian style coffee.
Tea with milk, cream and Indian seasoning.
Tea with milk, cream and Indian seasoning.
Plain, sweet or salty.
Sweet mango yogurt smoothie.
Cool and refreshing.
Rose milk with a scoop of rose ice cream, takmaria (tapioca) and vermicelli topped with rose syrup.
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a platter of indian food
a plate of indian food
Uttapam
Royal Mysore Thali
a plate of food
Close-up of Kadai Bhendi Curry
Manchurian idli, nice sauce, mildly spicy, and idli are fried to be crisp
Mysore masala dosa
Floating iddly
Masala Dosa
Vadai
Close-up of the vegetable korma
Iddly with sambar
Udupi's Special Spring Dosai
Kadai bhendi curry: bhindi masala, good spice, but oily, unfortunately
Close-up of alu paratha (soft, dense flatbread stuffed with potato): fresh, but not a lot of flavor, but still good
Royal Mysore Thali
Vegetable korma: excellent and not too creamy
Menu. Look where it says 'Dosai and Uthapams (All you can eat) $20/person. Nowhere does it say this special is only for weekdays!
Vegetable Uthappam
Channa Batura
Onion Rava Masala Dosai
Cheese Dosai.....I wouldn't recommend this one, unless you want to have a heart attack
food, crepes
Kirthi D.
Jul 4, 2024
Nice service, quite clean, and good food. We ordered masala rava dosa and curd rice, both were pretty good. I've had better dosa, chutney, and sambar--but this place is still very good if you are craving dosa. I think tweaking their sambar and chutney recipe, and fermenting their dosa batter longer would make them excellent. Devon street needs more good Indian vegetarian options so I'm happy this place is here.
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Michelle G.
Jan 7, 2024
Dosas are one of my favorite foods and the paper masala dosa here is so crispy and delicious. The service is a bit slow, which is not a dealbreaker for me. I want to try other things on their menu, so much of it does sound yummy.The decor is simple, a good neighborhood joint on Devon.
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Koreen D.
May 28, 2023
Ordered a bunch of dosai and uttapam to share. Overall, pretty legit spot. You get a lot of options for fillings. Personally liked the uttapam texture with the green chilis as well as the paper thin (dosai? Not sure but the one on the photo) that we ordered with onions. This was great. Apparently made from a different type of flour (millet I think). Paper thin and extra crisp. Very more-ish. Overall, a decent spot for dosai etc in Chicago. It won't be the best ever, but it's pretty legit and decent especially for Chicago (defo don't compare with other cities or with India). Worth checking out if you've never had it or if you're craving for some. Gets the job done.
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Steve A.
Jan 22, 2023
Basically this is one of the better Indian restaurants, as far as the food, in Chicago. It's not just even including the vegetarian ones. Udupi Palace is one of the many restaurants in Devon Avenue and their specialty is South Indian vegetarian. Meaning there's lots of spicy items. The usual things like dosas are here, along with sides such as idly, vada, and more. After having just one dosa, I get stuffed, because these are that big. If wondering which of these to get, just get any one. The whole menu is vegetarian. Come at lunch to get a special. It's $16 for any dosa or any uttapam, and these come with either idly or vada. Each of these comes with coconut chutney and sambar. The dosas are the best things here I think. Last time I had the Masala Dosa. The rest of the menu is worth exploring too. An uttapam is like a thicker dosa. This one has toppings on it though. About the only complaint here is a big one. Bad service. A long wait for a menu. Then they never refill water. Eating spicy food one can't wait around to get it. They need to pick up the pace. For sure I would like to rate it higher. It has some pretty slow service though. Those willing to put up with this will be rewarded with good Indian food approved for vegans and vegetarians.
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Amit G.
Jun 11, 2024
Very spicy and bad food. Tasteless most of it and bad for your stomach. Only order Dosa which is semi decent. Rest is worst in Chicago
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Andre P.
Apr 27, 2024
I am a vegetarian and this is one of my favorite restaurants in the area, I love how they offer a selection of Indian/Chinese fusion dishes. Particularly, their Manchurian cauliflower is flavorful and plentiful. Their Malikofta is also rich and delicious.
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Meghan G.
Apr 20, 2024
Wonderful service and delicious food highly recommend!!!! Loved the dosa get the butter paneer so yummy
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Tamara G.
Sep 29, 2023
I was running errands after work, and had a stop on Devon. I was across the street from Udupi and decided to pop in and get a couple of Samosas to go. I didn't order anything else, and it is a good thing. The order was ready in less than five minutes and it smelled so good. There were the two biggest Samosas I've ever seen, and they came with Cilantro Chutney and Tamarind Chutney. The Samosas were unbelievable, without a doubt the best Samosas I've ever had. Fresh, not greasy,or oily, nice light pastry which was tender and and had nice little air bubbles. But the filling ... oh, my, it was the best Samosa on the planet! Nice peas, perfectly cooked potatoes, carrots and corn. An amazing combo? I had planned on eating one, but instead ate both for dinner. I'm happy and as I've got to return to Devon Avenue early next week, ill also return to Udupi Palace.
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Anirudh P.
Apr 30, 2022
NEVER visit this restaurant!! This was the utmost disastrous experience I ever had at an Indian restaurant on Devon Avenue. We went in on Saturday afternoon. There were two tables occupied by the time we ordered. Food:We ordered floating idly, masala Dosa and dahi vada. - The Dahi Vada was the disaster of my life. A ready to eat Vada in simple yogurt that was refrigerated to a stone cold was served with no toppings on it. The Vada pieces were as hard as stone. - Then comes the dosa.. the dosa had no issues but the dippings - chutney and sambar were worse than the worst nightmarish lentil soup that you could ever imagine. It had no salt, no spice, no taste. Restaurant Cleanliness:- Then coming to the neatness of the restaurant itself, the floor was sticky as if someone just vomited and the crew just cleaned the floor. The restroom was a nightmare. - The manager said he had no idea that there was a Yelp promotion they were running for the Yelp customers on their first check-in. Maybe it's time to simply remove the restaurant from Yelp recommendations itself.
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Justin C.
Mar 1, 2024
This may be my favorite restaurant in town! Cooked with care. Flavors that come alive. They specialize in South Indian cuisine such as the dosas, which are a grand presentation...but their take on the north Indian dishes is quite unique and excellent as well. For instance, they have the best flavor of paneer makhani in town in my personal taste. I've been making my way through the menu for a few years and will continue to do so. I feel that this restaurant deserves some credit for the quality putting out there. I have met either the owner or head manager in the past during the excellent buffet service, who is very kind as well. Here's to many more meals from Udupi Palace!
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