I tried samosas and masala dosa- both were decent but nothing amazing. Good amount of spice but not enough flavor besides the spice. Mango lassi and masala tea were average. Decor is minimal. The staff is non committal and really didn't deserve my 20% tip since they didn't bother checking up on my table. Props for serving everything hot and quick. read more

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EXCELLENT food. I had Nash surprise me with the Chattinad Chicken Curry. I didn't know what to pick and asked him to pick his favorite, not the usual crowd's go-to. I rarely have good Indian food, but today was great. Chicken was tender. Medium spice level was just right. Had me sweating. Great with rice. Explosion of flavors. Restaurant was beautifully decorated, clean, and music was a vibe. Highly recommend if you're staying f nearby at the Kimpton or Marriott. read more

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We were here for Saturday lunch, it was not too busy. Location is very good, ambiance is OK. We ordered Madras Masala Dosa, Chana poori, veg kothu parota, chettinad chicken curry, garlic naan, butter chicken. Dosa and poori was fresh. Potato stuffing in the dosa was fresh, but bland taste. The butter chicken was tender and pretty standard taste. Chettinad chicken was a big disappointment. Garlic naan were not made in tandoor, they were pre-made store bought, since all 4 were the same shape. Service was good, food came out fast and the waitress was polite. read more

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Went back here after a bad experience many years ago. Was very impressed at both the quality of the food and the kind service. They are probably the closest Indian place to Fisherman's Wharf and the Pier-39 area, so there should be plenty of traffic from tourists and visitors. Tried the following dishes: - Chilly Paneer: was soft and well mixed with the spices. Really well done - Poori and Chana: good quantity , fluffy poori and tasty Chana masala - Parrys corner dosa: pleasant with small raw onions mixed in. Comes with chutneys and sambar. Personally didn't like the coconut chutney, rest of the chutneys and sambar were nice Will definitely return back again when I am in the embarcadero area read more

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A great spot to dine near Fisherman's Wharf. I tried the chicken soup and goat biryani. The chicken soup was outstanding--just what I needed on a cold, rainy day. The biryani was flavorful with a generous amount of goat pieces, and the rice portion was enough for two people. The medhu vada was freshly made and perfectly crispy. The service was good. Overall it was a good experience, a bit pricey maybe. read more

Below average food , service is poor. Ambience is just Below average. One of the south Indian restaurant near sfo beach read more

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We went in today a little skeptical of all the reviews, we ordered the kothu paratta, ghee dosa and uthappam. We also ordered bajjis for an appetizer. I think the food overall was pretty good and tasty. We were also the only people there and son crowds followed! Over pretty satisfied! Extra kudos to the front desk lady and two other gentlemen who took care of our orders read more

Simply Outstanding! A hidden gem! Order Paneer butter masala, Veg Biryani, Dal and Mysore Masala. As a vegetarian, this was just perfect! Service was also terrific ( quick and friendly people). 10/10 on Ambiance if you know some history of kollywood and cricket ! We visited Fishermen Wharf for a couple of days, and honestly we didn't have to find any other place for food. read more

The food here is delicious! Each dish was very authentic to South Indian flavors and the portions were excellent. The service was amazing, were very friendly and gave great recommendations. The fish fry was a standout dish. It came with 3 pieces which were buttery and very fresh. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for great South Indian food! read more

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Food: was delicious. Really enjoyed the South Indian "parota " flaky , but pull apart . The potatoe "aloo" was good too. Husband had chicken 65..just okay. Their chicken maybe not the highest quality or maybe they use thigh meat. We only like chicken breast meat. We would come again. -service was super SLOW at the beginning ..then I got pushy and the. They were much more attentive Ambiance is like a cafeteria ..not great not bad read more

Called to ask them if the dosa potato filling had peanuts due to an allergy and they got mad at me and said they were too busy to answer such questions. Doesn't feel like they take allergies seriously. read more

If you are visiting San Francisco- Fisherman wharf and get the cravings for Indian food... this is your place. The place is conveniently located on one of the main streets and serves great South Indian delicacies. The service is good just like the food. The filter coffee is one of the best I have tried so far. Give this restaurant a chance! read more

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Horrible food. Really sad quality and no flavor . Save your $$. Dosa looked and tasted off. Same with gobi Manchurian - taste was really sad . read more

Good food but overpriced! We got the Idli, Mysore Masala Dosa, Filter Coffee, Parota and Potato Sabji - the standard South Indian vegetarian order. The idli was a bit dry, and the potato sabji was bland. However, they customized the mysore masala dosa to be less spicy per my liking. The parota was multi-layered with crisp outer layer - as it should be. Overall the food was good, however, compared to the quality, flavor and price at Udupi Palace, this was a bit pricey. As someone of Indian heritage, I found the ambience to be clean and homely. There was incense, banana leaves, water being served out of copper containers and lots of sunlight (we went for lunch). Service was quick. Worth visiting at least once :) read more

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Service here was great! Other than that, the food was quite disappointing for the price. Mostly bland. You are clearly paying for the location and not what you are eating. The ambiance was okay too, nothing special. read more

Food taste was ok but naan and roti are not freshly made. They are the ready made ones from Costco that you just reheat and serve. I was expecting freshly made ones for the price they charge. I guess it is the touristy area so they could get away from the transient crowd with subpar standard. read more

We ordered mushrooms masala, paneer butter masala with chapati and garlic naan. Mushroom masala was bland and tasteless. Paneer butter masala has barely any paneer. Naans looked like frozen naan and chapati was made of Maidha. Service was extremely slow. Quantity was too little for the price. Do not recommend. read more

Customer Service is fine. and no one was there at lunchtime. Felt the whole restaurant was just for us. Restaurant's ambiance is good and neat. Food was not up to the expectations. Typically didn't tasted like South Indian food. Ordered briyani, kada I chicken, Kottu parotta and ghee dosa. Except the dosa, the rest of the ordered food tasted sweet and flavorless. Not in my visit again list. read more

I visited Chennai Kings in a group of 4. Its conveniently located near fisherman's wharf. They have a restaurant area and (I'm assuming) an event area which is converted with restaurant seating as well. Since the restaurant was full, we were seated in their event space - which seems a bit make-shift. We ordered 2 Madras Masala dosas, onion uthappam and tomato uthappam with filter coffees. I'm not sure if they are understaffed- but it took them more than 20 minutes to serve us the ordered food. The dosas were average to say the best. Onion uthappam was slightly undercooked (probably needed a minute or so more), but the tomato uthappam was good. The chutneys were okay but sambar and filter coffees were super authentic. The staff was very nj - they made sure we were comfortable and received everything we ordered. Overall, this is a great place to visit if you are in the area and wanna grab south indian food. read more

This place has the best authentic south indian food in San Francisco. I don't mind paying the toll just to eat here. Highly recommend.

This place is just ok. Ordered Mushroom dosa and Veg Biryani here. Dosa was good and tasted great, however Veg biryani was not tasting great. This is closest south indian place near Fishermans wharf. If you are looking for indian place close to wharf, you can stop by for Dosa read more

Very impressed by the dosa and rasam here. I didn't have high hopes given it's in a tourist-filled area and had a middling rating but I was proven wrong. I liked it better than Udupi in the mission which many recommend but I personally didn't love. The servers here are students who are fun to chat with while the chef cooks up a delicious crepe. Gonna be back. read more

The aalo (potato) in the madras masala dosa was literally just boiled potatoes with minimal salt added which gave it no taste. The dosa itself was a good size but if the stuffing itself isn't tasty then all you can eat it is with the coconut chutney which admittedly was good. The sambar was mediocre as well. We ordered Gobi Manchurian as well which was better than the madras dosa. Although, it wasn't spicy and we had asked for spice. Spring dosa was also better than the masala dosa. The filter coffee was really good. We were able to put the sugar ourselves. that was better anyway as we can choose the level of sweetness according to taste. The ambience was appreciated by family who was visiting from India. It was enjoyable to sit there. read more

Chennai Kings - Madras Masala Dosa - Indian Near Me - San Francisco, California

We ordered a Madras Masala Dosa which was the best of what we ordered. Also ordered a Naan, a chetinad chicken curry and Kothu Parotha. Chicken curry was served kinda cold. Naan did not look like it came from a true tandoori. They do not include rice with any entree ordered. You have to pay extra. Very expensive for the food, service, ambiance and location! read more

Great ghee roast dosa. Probably my favorite in San Francisco. Liked it so much, we had to order one more. We also had veg kurma (didn't taste very authentic, but still good) and rasam. Will definitely be back! read more

Me and my husband went to this place right around lunch time. The server was friendly but the service was super slow. We ordered for a baby corn chilli, ghee roast dosa, buttermilk and a mushroom dosa which never arrived. I waited for almost an hour for the mushroom dosa only to later find out the server had not heard us and he didn't even tell the kitchen. Mind you the hotel had no one else and there was just music playing in the background from a tv. I didn't have the mood anymore to wait for another hour for a single dosa to arrive so we just paid and we're out. Not recommended at all read more

I am surprised that this joint has only 3 star ratings. When I saw it we were hesitant to eat here. But decided to go in after looking at the menu outside. Ordered only South Indian entrees. They were all excellent. Friendly waiter bright the food promptly. I don't k now the quality of North Indian entrees but based on what we had I would rate this a 5 star. read more

Nice spicy Indian food, liked the ck chicken curry and chicken soup. However when we ordered mysore masala dosa, the potato(aloo curry) was stale and smelled bad. Writing this review because our 2 year old kid also had some of the potato, which I felt bad. It is better to serve fresh food when people visit places like fisher man wharf or SFO to spend some nice family time. Some times when we have bad food it ruins our pleasant time that we spend with the family. No one likes to spend money, yet eat some left over food. read more

I went to the San Francisco outlet and just took a biryani to go. One thing I noticed is that the place was very spacious. It even had a hall in the back with musical instruments, which leads me to believe it can be rented out for performances and so on. The biryani was spicy and had lots of flavor(they do ask you a spice level beforehand). So seems like it would be a good dine in experience and visit to visit it sometime soon. read more

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Great location , and tasty food. The dosa , masala dosa, mysore masala dosa were both fresh. Idly was super soft and really fresh. My son loved the chicken 65. A word of caution: the portions are huge. Be careful when you order. None of us could finish and almost half Of the food was wasted. Even though it was delicious. And I don't give it 5 star, coz sambhar was a bit bland as I expected it to be a bit more spicy since it's chennai food. read more

First night near Fisherman's Wharf and found this place. The hostess was very nice. We ordered paneer butter masala with tandoori roti and also Mysore masala dosa. At the end we also ordered rasmalai- it was the best!!! read more

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If your not Indian, expect to receive poor service and unprepared food. This is our third time here, I truly was excited to write a positive review after our first trip but was faced with complete discrimination. My table of four couldn't help but notice people arriving much later than us and receiving there food right away. 2nd try was much worse, we were first to arrive at the restaurant. We placed our order within first 10 minutes of our arrival, it did take sometime to get the waiters attention, long shaggy hair guy very involved in his phone. My colleagues were chatting about having the same experience here. I told them we have had the same problem. Long story short, these individuals need to be educated on how to treat people! I see why so many people write negative reviews! read more

The food was amazing! A few items we got included falooda, chicken kothu porotta, masala dosa, and filter coffee. The service was efficient and the staff were extremely kind. Overall great experience and great Indian food near Fisherman's Wharf. read more

Like many others I do not know why the ratings are so low. The staff was incredibly kind, in fact, they let us in 15 minutes before opening. The food was incredibly delicious. I hade the chicken biriyani and my friend had the goat curry. We went family style and at the end we were incredibly stuffed. The serving sizes are deceivingly big and the presentation was nice. Unfortunately I didn't take a pic of the food. If you're craving Indian food and you come across this place you have to go it. I'm going back before my San Francisco trip is over for sure. read more

Best south indian food available in fishermen's wharf are in san francisco. Must try . They plan good and new soith india movie song which will give u authentic feel. read more

Food not good.. service not good.. overall not worth the price .. service staff not responding properly.

We were wandering around Fisherman's Wharf and saw this restaurant. I do a lot of East Indian cooking and wanted to try it. It's not much to look at from the outside, but we took a chance. The hostess was pleasant and the food was abundant and delicious. You can tell when food is prepared with freshly toasted spices because it takes it to a new level of good. The Butter Chicken and Vegetable Pakora were both so good I ate slowly so I could savor every bite. I would've given them 5 stars, but the waiter did not speak English and after the initial greeting from the hostess, the staff were too involved with their cell phones to notice that we were not served drinks and out food took a while to come out. That is a pity considering how good the food was. read more

Stopped here for dinner on a weekday when boyfriend was craving some south Indian comfort food. Noticed right off the bat that the food didn't match up to south bay restaurants. The idli was doughy and you could tell that it hadn't risen enough. It came with sambhar and two chutneys - the coconut chutney and sambhar were pretty good, the tomato chutney was average. Veg kottu parotha had an overwhelming level of spice in it; there was nothing spectacular about it. Dosa was decent. South bay seems to be a better place to indulge in Indian food so don't think I will be returning. read more

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This restaurant deserve more positive feedback it's really good and customer service is amazing

I would have given zero stars if possible, but I definitely want to give at least one star because our waitress was very nice and did a wonderful job. I hope she's not being paid under the table and less than minimum wage for what she has to put up with. Nine of us went to eat dinner last night at Chennai Kings and I have to say, you need to be royalty to afford the prices there. They have price gouged the menu simply because of their location. #1: They did not have idlys, which is unheard of for a South Indian restaurant. How do you run out of idly batter in a South Indian restaurant? #2: The sambar and chutneys were sub-par, lacking any flavor and not fresh tasting at all. The only half-way decent item we ordered was the gobi manchurian. We ordered vadas, shrimp appetizers, fried fish, and dosas. #3: Any restaurant that has belly dancing and is NOT a Middle Eastern themed restaurant, is using the belly dancing as a gimmick to bring in patrons. We should have known the food was going to be lackluster. #4: My wife simply asked if they had filtered coffee and the jackass behind the counter who came to answer our question said "Uh yeah." with that "DUH" look on his face. Well buddy, if you didn't have idlys, how are we to know you hadn't run out of coffee too. #5: My sister-in-law treated us all and was provided a bill for approximately $400! $400 for a dingy, mediocre restaurant. #6: I think the manager/owner was sitting in the corner near us, plugging away on her laptop. I made sure to loudly state the sambar was just OK. Glad I did. You may have taken our money, but karma is inevitably going to provide a suiting revenge (i.e. a full closure). read more