Best Indian food in the city. Yes, it is! It’s not heavy or oily or deep fried, and delicious. My absolute favorite is the chicken korma. It comes with juicy chicken, cashew nuts, and golden raisins over saffron rice and all in this lovely coconut milk sauce. They have two happy hours in the bar and validated parking at one of the garages nearby. I would definitely recommend reservations if you go on a weekend. It can get crowded, especially with the theater crowd.

If you’re hankering for really good Indian food while in the Bay Area, New Delhi Restaurant is a stop you have to make. I got turned on to it years ago by a friend and make a point to go every time I’m in town. Great tandoori barbecue, very fun bar crowd with two happy hours and a real local feel. I get the naan bread and sag paneer every time but the rest of the menu is worth your attention, too. Go and enjoy!

I came here at the end of a long day to have a drink with some friends. We showed up about halfway through the first (!) happy hour and were treated to some lovely nibbly things and mango martinis in the bar. Just what I needed and I didn’t even know it. We wound up staying for dinner and had a great time. Mohammed the chef waited on us himself and made several recommendations that we took him up on. We were not disappointed. This is a great spot to settle in with a chilled glass of something tasty and let the day run off you. Definitely coming back.

We went on a week day since a friend told us that the place is packed on the weekends. Apparently they have a new menu. There were plenty of vegetarian options. All of the dishes come with rice and nan bread. We also ordered their mango ice cream for dessert. It’s homemade and really yummy. We ate so much that we could not finish what we ordered. Also the place was cheaper compared to the other restaurants we ate at in San Francisco. It was definitely worth the BART ride to visit here.

This is no place that I’d go for Indian food. Maybe San Francisco doesn’t have good Indian food, so the claims made on the restaurant web site may not be totally exaggerated. If there’s no good Indian in the city, that could explain the City Search rating, though I’d expect better service.

I live in Seattle, so after two splendid Chinese meals, I was ready for something different. I’ve done Italian on most of my previous trips to San Francisco and I was hoping to keep the spicy level high for another dinner. I asked the concierge at the Westin for a good Indian restaurant and she swore that New Delhi is the best, so off I went.

When I’ve gone to one of ‘the best’ restaurants in San Francisco in the past, I’ve always been blown away. I’ve had some of my best food experiences in this town. So I guess I had pretty high expectations when I arrived at New Delhi.

The dining room is really big and nicely decorated. It definitely gives the feeling of entering a special place. Unfortunately, the hostess acted a little too special – she seemed a tad put out to seat us.

The presentation of the meal was quite nice if a bit ostentatious. If there was a little less ‘attitude’, I would have been more tolerant of being served average quality food. The prices aren’t exorbitant, but they seem high for what you get.

There are so many good restaurants in San Francisco, I guess I’ll save my appetite for Indian for another city.