Very silly / dysfunctional process and Terrible & disrespectful attitudes from the receptionist & building management - they expect host of hackathon to come out and get every single person from the door who attends a hackathon and look down to guests. Last hackathon I went to in the city has 100 people, not sure how does that work in reality - the checking in process they insisted makes no sense for large event. The overall attitude is rude receptionist & managers looks down to guests and talks with a arrogant attitude like managing the door is the same as they developed AI themselves - but reality they could not event figure out a simple process works for people to attend event hassle free. Almost got literally stuck at the door while the event is only a few meters away from me unless they force the host to come out and get me. Absolutely Ridiculous. read more

PlugNPlay is an amazing place of brilliant minds building amazing things! The outdoor patios are amazing places to work and meet others...as are all the massage chairs. The food is great and priced well too. They check all the boxes. After 4 or 5 months of working inside PNP...it has been an honor & privilege to have our RepSheet.ai in their Sunnyvale office. read more

Pretty bad place to work. The overhead plane noise is extremely loud and unbearable if you are sitting on the second floor. There are also a lot of car/traffic noise if you sit near the walls near the streets. The office walls are thin as well and you can hear people talking outside the meeting rooms when you are inside a meeting room. The meeting rooms themselves are very hot and there are no thermostats to adjust it. The food options are expensive and the plates start at $10.21+. Otherwise, you have to pay per the weight of your salad from the salad bar. read more

Plenty of start-ups in one building and I can see why. Plenty of conference rooms to use for meetings and lots of snacks at the front reception =) The team meetings are productive here. I went to the cafeteria once and I went cereal crazy there.....just kept eating cereal =) read more

Plug & Play Tech Center - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Pros: Close to 101, climate control, lots of parking, cool giant Buddha, close to gym, international startup area is neat Cons: Staff at front desk have a weird entitled vibe, NO WINDOWS on the top floor, bathrooms are dark, outdated and run out of toilet paper, cafe food is expensive and overly fancy and not good (salads are fine), not walkable to any good lunch options, hideous landscaping with butchered trees, chairs are poor quality, internet connection is bad and expensive, they charge for badges and conference rooms, loud conferences with booming base throughout the building one or more times per week, no social events to get startups to meet each other in the building, coffee cups and creamer frequently run out, constant tours in the office clogging the hallways Overall, this is a good place for a temporary 2-3 person startup setup but you outgrow it pretty quick. It's a business, not an office, so be prepared to be squeezed for every little thing. read more

One of the startups I worked for was in this space. It's basically the Iranian mafia startup incubator. They own a few other locales in PA, RWC, too. They've got their own server room space, some outsourced IT, and you shared physical locality with a ton of other companies. I believe they generally negotiate a piece of your business too unless you haggle otherwise. In some cases it's cool to have a shared provided for resource, but as you grow it becomes constraining. They have a cafeteria up top and a decent locale. So if you're a small fry company trying to jumpstart your idea, it's one place where you can get that done read more

Stuck in 2000s. Plug and Play is riding the wave high right now but it needs to up its game soon if it wants to stay on top. Startups come in here based on the fame and history of this place, not the facilities or the working environment. This creates a vicious cycle where the owners do not have much incentive to upgrade and upkeep the facilities but instead focus on renting out as much space as possible. The whole building (especially the first floor with those ugly gray cubicles) is extremely crowded. You will find yourself working hard not to bump into people in certain problem zones (near coffee room) where literally only one person can walk at any time. But there are generally multiple people trying to pass by at most times. Owners/managers: Please take yourselves to the office of any successful startup in SF or anywhere else bay area, and look at their amenities, building quality, cleanliness, atmosphere etc. And then try to replicate it at PnP. The first step might be eliminating cubicles since this is not the 90s and we are not on the set of "Office Space"! As someone who comes to work here every day, here are a few tips: 1. The floors are dirty and need to be vacuumed more often than weekly 2. The cafeteria, has very limited hours and needs to have fresh fruit. (at least apples?) Noone wants to eat candy from vending machine for dinner because they stayed late at work like past 4:30pm. 3. Forget compost. There are NO RECYCLING BINS. You are good at marketing yourself, please also be good at making your facilities decent. Either that or someone needs to start a company to disrupt these guys. read more

The best food to keep us working all day! The staff is amazing and the food quality is always incredible and consistent. Would recommend 100%!!! read more

"Work food and cafeteria food" may not be the normal Yelp review, but the food is pretty darn good here. There's also a brightly colored and well thought out area on the second floor. The food quality is above average, the selection broad and the prices are reasonable. Yes, it isn't Google. And yes you have to pay for the food here, but for "cafeteria food" this isn't like the old days at your high school. Well, maybe your high school. But not mine. lol So if someone at the building wants to meet you here for lunch. Don't pass it up. Besides, they'll be one of many, many startups in the building. If you're a startup yourself, you should check it out and talk to Ryan, etc... One question: There's 120+ companies, mostly web 2.0, so why am I only the second review here?!? Helloooo? Isn't this strange? I figured there'd be 40-50 reviews. Busy programming? read more

Today is the Tech Plug and Play Expo, where the 128+ companies in our building get to show off to potential investors. As a part of the expo, Arlis & Erin threw a very nice lunch today with good prime rib, chicken, fresh veggies, salad, and the works. Our team popped down for lunch and really enjoyed the setting. It is also refreshing to see potential investors instead of just hearing the news say the sky is falling. . . read more

Plug & Play Tech Center - Burritos, of course. - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

1. Charging station for electric vehicles out in the front parking lot -- +1 (ample parking in side and back lot) 2. Free starbucks coffee brewed all day -- +1 (peet's coffee available for purchase on 2nd floor) 3. Friendly staff at front desk -- +1 (always courteous, professional and make an effort to greet visitors; the custodians here are extremely kind as well) 4. Hosts free events -- +1 ( great way to network and they always seem to have free food & beverages) 5. Upstairs cafeteria -- +1 (GELATO BARS? Amazing. And, they have a rewards system for their chef specials.) read more

If you are new (and not so new) in Silicon Valley, entrepreneur, starting your business/start-up, Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale is the place to be. They've got everything you need to succeed, amazing building/working space, expertise, connections, networking events, mentors available, VCs, Expos, Camps, food, the list goes on and on. Saeed Amidi and his team really put together an awesome concept of a business accelerator/talent incubator. Hands down!!! read more

Our company is growing so fast that they needed to put some of the sales team here. What i like is the amenities that they offer - free starbucks coffee from 8-5p, great staff. Not so happy about - when my company sent them the layout and how many cubes we needed, some where bigger than the other (WHY?), the bathrooms are outdated, and there seems to be no cups or creamer when needed for the coffee. The cafe here is prettttty awesome, they have a salad bar and fresh warm meals to buy everyday from 11-2 which is totally helpful when you can't leave the building. OVERALL: ill be back tomorrow for work! read more

This place is not beatable for the startup that wants to get up and running with all the support systems in place. Network, mail, excellent onsite restaurant, socials, meetings with VCs, the list goes on. Attm I forget the owner/founder name, but he is definitely a pure SV rock star. I admire what he's done and the excellent team he built up to keep the quality of this operation consistent over the years. Silicon Valley is great because of entrepreneurs like him and his team. Visitor groups come from around the world to tour this particular building where many famous startups were initialized. read more

The right place to be if you want to connect your startup to the biggest corporations in the world. Forget finding your first clients, walk up a flight of stairs and you'll be in the room with the decision makers. More time to focus on your pitch, your product, and your team. read more

You probably have to have an appointment with a business in the building to eat here... but in any case the food has been quite good recently with some rather amazing marinated barbeque selections. Ask Derek for his recommendation and he'll set you up. read more

The lunch is really great. And the price is reasonable. You do not need to drive out, just go upstair and eat :) read more

Nice idea, and I'd been here before to get their pitch. It's really a great idea, although I wonder at the actual effectiveness, and how many startups don't make it with them. Still, I don't really want to be in the South Bay. That said, I wasn't there for that, but rather an Internet of Thursdays talk on Internet of Things. The facilities are really nice, with a large conference room, and great outside area attached to the cafe. Pizza was provided - but non-vegan (yes, I know it was nominally free) - but still I was hoping for a bit more enlightenment from such a place. Thankfully I'd chosen to eat before coming, since I had suspected that. Beer too, but it was Stella and Heinekin. Fail there too for quality of beer. Would be interesting to check out the cafe sometime, but overall not a compelling place for me. read more

Food: 4 stars Service: 2 (fast food. yet slow.) Ambiance: 1 (company cafeteria. duh.) Overall: 3.5 stars Got their sandwich here. Lots of choices of toppings, and their grilled veggies add a lot of flavor. Similar to the Yahoo cafeteria's sandwich station. Yahoo cafeteria has more food station selections, but needs cardkey access. read more

This review is for the Plug & Play Cafe on the 2nd floor. Chorizo burger was yum, but a bit too messy to eat and talk without making a mess. Cafe is open 11:30am-2pm, cafe counter in the eating area is open 8am-5pm. The PnP Cafe WiFi requires a password so no free WiFi for work or last minute demos. Feels like a cross between a corporate silicon valley cafeteria and a university cafeteria. Nice large outdoor deck for events or for those wanting fresh air. read more

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Unprofessional at best. My son was offered an internship at PnP to start in January. TWO DAYS before he was to meet the team he was dumped by them through an email. After several emails and phone calls he was given a commitment for the internship and they cancelled it at the last minute. Now he has no chance for an internship during his break since he stopped chasing other opportunities once PnP committed. Who does that? The wages were minimal ($12/hr) so they treat their interns like indentured servants. Glad he will not be working there. But the biggest issue is how they treated him... total disregard. They are either disorganized or just plain mean. After 30+ pls years working in Silicon Valley one thing remains true... don't work for assholes. read more

The place is perfect for an event but there is no bending machines and the kitchen close early. read more

Plug & Play Tech Center - I came here for a Japanese event and I thought it was a great place except there is no vending machines and the food area close early. - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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We had booked an event there and the logistics were handled very poorly. They did not have the conference room set up for our correct count and had to re adjust all the seating 5 minutes before the event was to start. They also did not have any heating in the room and the attendees had to wear their coats until the temperature was tolerable which wasn't for 4 hours. They also gave us hot water for tea that had bits in it and they wanted to charge us for the water which was for tea - that was the only way people were able to stay warm all day.....hot beverages! When I asked if they would compensate for the issues they had already charged our credit cards and said that I should read the contract as they don't offer any credits regardless of how they handled the day's events. I would not recommend using this facility for any events. read more

Small academic start up -- connected with NASA/Ames (nearby) need space for 2 astronomy/internet engineers, max speed internet. Contacted the "Real Estate Business Relationship Manager" of PnP after showing up at the front desk asking for info. Sorry, no body is here to talk to you brush off. Someone will call you. OK...we are in town for a few days. Sent email to "Manager" same day....5 days later: "Oh sorry, I've been busy . Looks like your startup doesn't fit our profile.' [he had a biz card from my other company]. Responded, no no, we have some funding from NASA, looking for office space and investors. Can you set something up in a few days??? We're traveling. 10 days later, nothing.Never even got in to see the place. #FAIL read more

This review is for the location in Redwood City but management for both properties. The management in both locations ignored and would not address a major health issue that impacted the entire building for 3-4 months and is still ongoing. Repeated requests to resolve the problem went unheeded. The rug warehouse that takes up most of the ground floor had an immense amount of moth balls evaporating, which filled the entire closed air system; offices, stairwells, vents and halls with the toxic insecticide. It got so bad, our walls, desks, rugs, etc... stank of moth balls. It became hard to breathe, your skin and hair would stink of moth balls by the end of the day and people were missing work due to headaches and the overwhelming odor. It was nauseating and got worse with ongoing exposure. It's an insecticide meant to kill anything that won't leave and it does adversely affect humans. The windows in the building do not open. They did not take any action or acknowledge the problem for over 3 months. They could have removed filters to the air system, opened the doors and roof vents (if they had them), and taken any number of inexpensive actions, such as leaving bowls of vinegar near the intake vents throughout the building, to kill everything in the system. They could have cleaned the rugs in the building, or hired a company to resolve the problem. None of those things were done. Two clients waiting for the elevator asked how anyone could tolerate the overwhelming smell, after much had dissipated. Multiple people discussed headaches and missing work. I'm sure it cost companies business, lost staff efficiency, etc... The management company did not respond to reports to the receptionist, building manager or management office in Sunnyvale. The internet in the building is also problematic. We could not consistently receive email and were consistently knocked off. Some people worked from home, rather than deal with the inconsistent service. The building acknowledged the problem but would not send directions to tenants because their were too many variations, due to different equipment being used. I would rather think having the bandwidth for internet service, which is included in the rent cost, should have been at least, functional during work hours for every tenant. I would not advise renting space with such impactful problems and non responsive management. Cheap landlords shouldn't put your startup at risk. It's hard enough! After reading other reviews, I should mention that the bathrooms have no vents. Odors stay all day and the cheap spray meant to cover them makes it chokingly bad. You'll dread the bathrooms in short order. The maintenance guy is really nice, responsive and helpful but the building itself is subpar. And they don't have enough parking for the number of tenants they have. Sometimes you'll have to park 2-3-4 blocks away. read more

I look forward to the 'specials' o the day... always fresh, tasty and a rage of dishes to please the vegetarians to carnivores. Chefs are always friendly and happy to accommodate any special requests. And a fresh and full salad bar is always a nice back-up option! read more

Awesome food, fresh salad bar for a somewhat reasonable price. I love the main courses they provide which include different varieties everyday as well as the regular sandwiches/burgers they have. They also have a sandwich making station with lots of goodies. I really love their salad bar because of all the varieties and fresh ingredients. Here's a challenge: try to make a 20$ salad. read more

This place is so me.. how did they know what I exactly want in a plug and play center. Attended a Baytek hackathon here. The place is very clean with a quiet terrace where you can soak some sun. There is a cafeteria and plenty of rooms. Several posters and flags all over the place giving it a lively feeling. And a huge Buddha at the entrance smiling at you. This place is much better equipped than Hacker Dojo in Mountain View. read more

I recently started working here. It's a great building filled with all sorts of nice perks. The cafeteria is decent; I particularly like the sandwich bar. But if you're not into cafeteria food, there's plenty of great restaurants nearby. It's also a very flexible environment where it's easy to add cubes to accommodate growth. And after working with so many dull engineers...it's nice to work in a building with some decent looking folks :) read more

Here is very cool place for startups. Work with passion away from stress. They have almost everything to run a startup. Just go there and build your big idea. read more

Good place for presentations. I've been here a couple times for tech meetups, although there is a higher then desirable frequency of remote control/lighting snafus. But overall, a good place for 50+ people to meet. read more

Excellent food, fresh ingredients for a reasonable price! In addition to the typical diner food (i.e. burrito, hamburger, etc.), they always have four main courses including one vegetarian food. For beef dishes, they serve some sort of filet. The chicken variations are really well done. For the best vegetarian meal of course you have to go to an Indian restaurant, but this restaurant does a reasonable job of preparing a continental vegetarian food, using ingredients like fresh vegetables, tofu, stuffed cabbage, etc. They also have different national cuisine themes. For instance, today was Greek theme which was very good. Sometimes they have Asian food like Pho (a rough imitation, of course). There are a couple of very good restaurants nearby. But the folks here do such a good job that the motivation to go out is not very strong if you work in the building. read more

This place is great. People are so friendly and the food is amazing. Fantastic specials every day allows for great variety.

What I love about the PnP is the food in cafeteria. The guys are super helpful, will advice what to choose, combine the main plate as you wish (I'm always asking for less rice/potatoes and more veggies what never was a problem), food tastes good and price is decent. The only turn off - cafeteria is open from 11:30 to 2pm, so late lunch eaters won't be happy :) read more

Ever heard of WeWork? That nice, co-working space with beautiful furniture and beautiful bathrooms and WINDOWS? Yeah, this is the polar opposite. This place deserves 2 stars. Fair and square. I wrote a haiku for Pnp: Startups, companies Trapped in a soulless building Plug and Play Center Where to start - Facilities - literally the oldest and most outdated furniture and interior there ever was. Cubicles all over the first and second floor along with Ikea furniture. The price of renting these is included in what you pay. Merp. Bathrooms are dark and oddly colored (red-blue-pale white). The second floor has virtually no windows, which means you're trapped in a dungeon for 10 hours a day (less, if you don't work that hard, but let's be real, you're a startup, of course you're there 10 plus hours). I'm not even really sure how having no windows is not a fire hazard of some sort. The private rooms here are also a joke. You can rent them by the hour, which means you get a windowless room with a broken screen and also the loud founder on the phone next door. Yes, the walls are THIN. The air circulation will also get you sicker than a dog. If someone in your general AOE gets sick, you are guaranteed to be out of commission in the next few days. Networking - PnP makes a portion off making introductions to you - at least that was what it was previously. There are lots of companies here, but everyone is doing god knows what. PnP hangs a bunch of placards and broke looking name tags on some cubicles, but... yeah. Not sure what's happening half the time with the space. Parking - lord, I can't even begin to tell you how many times there's been an event at this damn place and regular folks/startups that pay to be here have to park all the way at Lowes. You'll see cars parked all sorts of new-fangled ways that are a total and complete fire hazard. I am confounded by how PnP determines that their routine paying users are not important and are forced to be far, far away. Tours - PnP has tours for different companies/countries. 7/10 times you walk into the building or out of the building you''ll run into hoards of people crowded around dingy placards PnP has put up on their makeshift walls. Tour guides don't even ask the groups to make room for people passing by, you literally have to navigate through throngs of people milling about, blocking the path. Sometimes an "excuse me" doesn't even work because the group that's visiting can't understand you. If you happen to leave while a BAG (big ass group) is here (that's 15+), good f'in luck, you're gonna have to change your route or tackle a few folks to get through. Food - Food here is good on some days, bad on most. Poke Thursdays are bueno. Also, if you don't get there before 12 PM, you'll be trapped in a forever line that is made longer by people who think 1 person in line = entire startup gets to stand in line. Oh, and I've witnessed 2 instances of food poisoning, one with a coworker of mine and one with a friend that worked in another startup. Pnp's response? Boo hoo, we're so sorry, yadda yadda. I don't touch their salads anymore. (If the PnP cafe were a restaurant on Yelp, it would get a 2.5/5.) Workers - The people who work here are pretty cool. Generally the facilities team and cafe folks are nice and down to earth, which is redeeming. The Pnp crew themselves run around speaking different languages, so diversity is a thing here. Thumbs up. Dog friendly - The mother puppers are the best part of walking around here. I hope they don't change that, otherwise this place would be a dead 1/5!!!!!! read more

nice friendly staff, food is quite good, variety is fine terrace is awesome how do we recycle if we have the green fiber? no explanations :( read more

Its a good place, might get crowded at times, if you like to think/work in peace. I like the staff, very helpful and friendly.

The cafeteria here is great. Specially because there is only one restaurant within the walking distance!!! Jackie and her staff are also awesome and helpful. My issues with this place was the noise and the price for a tiny cubicle! At times it would get so noisy, you had to leave to get any work done. We were shocked when we moved and compared the prices of offices nearby. We have a door! They do have plenty of conference rooms but you only get certain number of hours a month; after that they start charging you! The internet is not free either, and when there was an event, forget it -- it would not work. On the positive note, even though a lot of companies do not show up and many cubicles stay empty (probably because of the noise), there is a lot of positive energy and nice people to talk to. read more

Plug and Play is a combination of office space, support system for a start up and a place to network literally 24x7. We used to be located there and loved it. Apart from being an angle investor in our company, they connected us to VCs, potential prospects / partners and helped us do a successful exit. If you are doing a start up or looking to grow your company this is the place to Start ! read more

As a startup guy on a tight budget, the food on the second floor cafeteria is great. For 8 dollars and some, I had the NY strip steak yesterday, and it was delicious. They have a lot of variety in case you don't like something on the menu, and they're all around the 6~8 dollar mark. Would have given five stars but I knocked a star off because two days ago I ordered a southwest chicken sandwich solely for the guacamole, but they didn't tell me they had run out of avocados, so no guacamole came with it. read more