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.
justin
08/26/2008I’m a huge fan of sag paneer too. One of the best indian dishes.