Milpitas Square

What’s not to like? A grocery store, a bunch of restaurants, and a big parking lot. It’s great! The only problem is that flies seem to like hanging around. Been coming to this square since ever, and it’s a great place to get Asian food! I’m not sure what Falafel Bite is doing here, but besides that, all Asian restaurants. I highly recommend Nutrition House, Chili Garden, and Darda. Oh, and of course Fantasia for milk tea!

I don’t come here too often because traffic and parking can get soooooo bad at times.
The Location is super busy because of the supermarket, bakery, and a vast number of eateries. If you’re into Asian cuisine– this spot if for you!
**Be aware of bad drivers and pedestrians that seem to come out of thin air**

Had almost the same experience as Peter W, except it was nearly 9pm for us. What is wrong with that security manager? We just came out of 99 ranch, with several bags in our hands, walking towards our car. As soon as we entered the parking lot area, he came up from behind and yelled at us, accusing us of «loitering». We weren’t. We were just walking towards our car! He went on and on about this is being a private property and threatening of throwing us out. How am I supposed to go to my car in the parking lot without, in his words, «loitering»? Fly there?
I can sort of understand why a security manager is needed for that place. I often see teenagers driving luxury cars gather there. But we JUST came out of the grocery store, with our hands full. Loitering? Really? FWIW the fact that those teenagers gather there never bothers me. They are not loud and they never disturbed me. This «security manager» is different. He did disgust me a bit after a good dinner. Instead of throwing the jerks out, he’s acting as the biggest jerk around. I don’t know where to complain about this guy, so hopefully his boss can get this some time and tell that guy what his job is.
Before that, beware of the security manager.

Tonight April 12 around 8:30pm my friend and i came to this plaza to find a place to eat dinner we parked around the left side of the plaza in front of H.I.T restaurant because we found a spot and was not sure what we wanted to eat we so we were gonna walk and check out what there is to eat. Then we decided to we wanted Pepper Lunch so we walked across past Ranch 99 to get there and eat dinner.
After we finishing dinner at Pepper Lunch as we walked across Ranch 99 back to our car around 9:30pm. We were just talking and walking towards our car, a short dark skinned man wearing a security jacket confronted us and very rudely yelled at us saying we can not walk back and forth in this plaza at this time of the night because the stores are closed it looks like we are trying to break into the stores… we werent even checking out the store fronts, we were just walking towards our car after out dinner. We decided to not think too much and acknowledge his warning and kept walking towards our car, then he kept staring at us and kept ranting you can not walk back and forth, but from we got there we went from our car directly to pepper lunch then we walked back we did not go to any other place or walk back and forth. So i informed the sir that we did not walk back and forth we just finished dinner and we re walking to our car to go home. Then he started yelling at us as we walked to our car saying you guys can not walk around here at this time it is the rule. He kept ranting loudly so i started walking towards him because i felt we were being harassed and i asked for his name and his supervisor contact info and he just pointed at his name tag and said «I am the supervisor!» and would not give me a contact info, since we would not give me the info i decided i would just leave, as we left we heard him yell «if you come back i will kick you out of here» As we got in our car the security guard got in his car and drive rather fast, for sure past 10 mph around to where we parked and followed our car as we left.
I even used to work in this plaza and never heard of a rule where at 9:30pm you can not walk around. Even if there is a rule it is ok for him to inform us but to watch his tone but we even let that go because it seemed like english was not is 1^st language. BUT it is not ok to after informing us to keep ranting and saying the same thing over and over across the parking out to us and driving across the parking lot to our car and follow us out of the parking lot.
To whomever this may concern please see that his behavior is changed and if there are any other question feel free to contact me on Unilocal private messenger and i am very willing to cooperate with any investigation. i am only posting this so others would not have to suffer this kind of threat and harassment for doing absolutely nothing wrong beside finishing dinner at 9:30pm.

The amount of variety in food is the biggest draw for me here. So many options and they’re all fairly good! From Loving hut, Nutrition House, My dumplings, Anjappar… gosh there’s always something good to have. Another great thing is 99 Ranch!
But during peak hours, the parking situation… horrid. It’s like fighting with folks. The spaces are tiny. So you’re better off parking on the street outside and walking.

There is a reason I chose the Crowne Plaza in Milpitas for my wedding guests. The ONLY reason is that this is China /​India in a huge square and my guests would feel at home after walking across the street. They have a great variety of stores. The 99 Ranch grocery store anchors at the center. The plaza is mainly food and the variety from Thai /​Japanese down to Indian and vegetarian is quite startling. The choices are little overwhelming at times unless you know how to discern the different cuisines. Parking is always a bit of a chore so I always park on the street or at the Cisco Parking Lot (since I’m an employee). Everyone has different loves at this place. Our go to places are Maruichi, Fantasia, My Dumplings, Mayflower, and Darda.

Where am I? China?
Seriously though, Milpitas Square fed me several times during my short stay at the Crowne Plaza across the street. Lots of different Asian cuisines to choose from, plus, the added bonus of many of them being open late! There is also this enormous Asian grocery store.
Apparently, the parking lot is a mess during peak times, but I walked. Also, remember to bring cash with you, as several places I visited are cash only.

Asian Market and Restaurant.
Large super market to small shops around it. Also have 10 – 12 very good Asian restaurant here. Parking is an issue here — keep looking for spot!!!

Another Asian place somewhat similar to Cupertino Village. There is a huge Ranch 99 supermarket here which is awesome, and many Asian restaurants and bakeries within the vicinity.
The carpark isnt very big, so parking is definitely a challenge on weekends and peak hours. Nonetheless, it is definitely well worth the wait since there’s plenty of good Asian food selection here!
I always make the mistake of navigating to 99 ranch road in milpitas, which is WRONG. You want to navigate to the 99 ranch supermarket in milpitas, since 99 ranch road is some other place totally!

This is one of the best cluster of Chinese restaurants in the bay area. Such a huge selection of hard to find Chinese dishes all in one place. Giant parking lot and 99 Ranch supermarket as well. I love this place and come here when ever I’m in the area.

Realized a lot of these reviews don’t say what the square has… so here it is so that you can Unilocal the places before you go, still missing some but most of the restaurants are here:
Wang’s kitchen/​Indian Chinese cuisine
Quickly (bubble tea)
Thai town
Gourmet Hut
Hot pot city
Anjappar chettinad
Foot spa
Chilli garden
Liang’s kitchen
Pepper lunch
Mayflower
Ranch 99
Gourmet hut
QQ noodle
Sushi factory
Chili garden
Penang garden
My Dumpling
Halal /​aka Darda seafood restaurant
E-​tea café
Verizon
AT&T

I have been going to this plaza since 1997, during my middle school days. It is a typical Asian plaza with a super market, bakeries, tea and herb shops, jewelry shops, lots of restaurants, a restaurant supply shop, and a few music n gift shops. The noticeable places are Ranch 99, Mayflower dim sum, Hot Pot city, Key Wah bakery, and a noodle shop located dead center of the plaza’s parking lot. Just a note if the stuff at Milpitas Square does tickle your fancy there is a neighboring plaza where Billings Chevy dealership use to be and they have the same kind of stuff and more. FYI for my Socal Unilocalers you can look at this plaza like Diamond Jamboree.

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TL/​DR: Parking is TERRIBLE around lunch and dinner. Otherwise, there’s plenty of places to eat at.
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This has been my go to stop for my inner-​fob cravings. To name a few places here:
Ranch 99 — When you’re in need of some asian snacks or missing ingredients to cook your favorite asian dish. They have a decent bakery with cakes too.
Mayflower — Biggest Chinese restaurant in the complex that can accommodate bigger parties.
Won Kee — Cantonese restaurant open late most days, until 12 am, me thinks.
Sheng Kee — HK style bakery. Pineapple buns, egg tarts, and the sorts.
New Penang Garden — Hit or miss malaysian food (Chinese owned).
Anjippar Chettinad — If you like spice, get it extra spicy! IF YOU REALLY ENJOY SPICY FOOD.
Loving Hut — For the ones (vegans) that don’t eat meat or it’s byproducts.
Sweetheart Café — When you don’t feel like Fantasia or Quickly’s (whom are both located in Milpitas Square as well). Best egg waffles in the complex.

I love the shops here! Especially Quickly’s, Sheng Kee Bakery & Pepper Lunch.
I hate the parking. It seems to be a hit or miss for me when I come. If I can’t find parking after 30 minutes, I leave, even if I’m craving for something or went there for a purpose. I give up. Lots of popular shops, yet parking is what gets me to leave.

The parking lot was super pack on the weekend. We finally found a spot and it was a short walk for us. We made the trip to visit the home goods store to pick up some dishes and home goods.
This is a great shopping plaza with lots of restaurants. Also don’t forget about Ranch 99 which is great to do some grocery shopping.

I love this square and all the cheap yet delicious food that’s available. Parking can become a challenge during peak lunch hours and on the weekends.

Lots of restaurants, shops, pearl tea places, and the Ranch 99 grocery store. This area houses my favorite pearl tea place, Sweethearts. There are a lot of parking spots to choose from. Watch out for the Asian drivers there. They could hit you and they like to park anywhere they can.

OMG! I love this place! Asian stores everywhere with FOOD! This is the place to get every Asian kinds of food/​drinks/​snacks. Only bad thing is, people can’t drive around here & they double park everywhere! Please drive slow & watch out, I don’t think you would want an accident, right?

There are a few stores in this plaza that sell California Lottery and have scratchers for sell in large orange machines. During my recent visit, Ranch 99 has a scratcher machine and Sweetheart Candies sells scratchers and lotto.

Like many have mentioned, this is not a place for the indecisive. But this is the place for your inner fob (or your outer fob) to play.
This place has improved dramatically from when I was little. In addition to 99 Ranch, there are a ton of great new restaurants here now (lots of Taiwanese places, YEA!), 3 boba shops, 2 optometry shops (maybe I’ll work here someday??), a couple massage places, and some specialty shops. There’s even a restaurant supply shop here where you can get pots and dishes for cheap.
Friday nights you might see some Asian high school «gangsters» with their sports cars hanging out, but they seem pretty harmless, just teenagers hanging out… you know those days.