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511 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Serves Indian and Pakistani food. Added on August 1, 2003 and last updated 9 years ago
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The owners of this restaurant are Muslim and have confirmed its halal status.
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NR It is one of the most reliable halal places in SF.. No alchohol allowed Posted on December 31, 2018 |
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★★★☆☆ It is not that bad restaurant. Food was’t that much tasty. Portion of rice was really small that hardly can be enough for one person and it is expensive as well. The restaurant also is not very clean which I didn’t like. Posted on October 16, 2017 |
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★★★★★ They have the best BBQ in town !! Juicy tikka and extremely yummy naan. We tried their oven clay tandoori fish it was simply amazing. Posted on December 7, 2015 |
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★★★☆☆ chicken tikka masala all day, naan, and mango lassi......what else is needed? seating sucks here, always a crowd. food is good nothing spectacular. service is non-existing, lol. but enjoyable :) Posted on August 19, 2013 |
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★☆☆☆☆ This is the worst Restaurant I have ever been to in 20 yrs of my life in USA. We waited for 1 hour after ordering just simple kabaabs and dal. The owner was extremely rude and didn't even bother after we complained about the time and simply told us to cancel the order and leave if we didn't wish to wait any further. It seemed that the owner and the chefs and waiters had a fight so all of them left the restaurant and was sitting outside.
I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. Posted on June 30, 2012 |
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★★★☆☆ Very average food but it SO much cleaner than some of its competitors in the Tenderloin. Posted on September 25, 2011 |
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★★★☆☆ Been there in my few trip to San Francisco and also try other place as well but this place seem better then others. Overall people were friendly and food was not bad at all, not expensive and I will go back again. Posted on September 17, 2011 |
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★☆☆☆☆ Note--i'm the same guy on yelp I copy pasted my review from there here and added more to it that would be of concern to Muslims.
Absolutely disgusting. We went on the 4th of July upon the recommendation of one of my dad's friends. I'm also not sure why people gave this place such high ratings, they probably have not had much experience with real desi food. In any case these were the problems we had:
1) Absolutely disgusting area. Wierdos everywhere, not the place for a family. Outside the place there were a bunch of homeless people and a crazy guy in night clothes. I feel horrible my wife and in laws (who are all female) had to be subjected to all that.
2) Low quality food. One of the other posters also mentioned they put a lot of black pepper seeds--I can attest to that, the chicken jalfrezi was good but filled with it. They also gave very little meat, rather they filled the dish with vegetables/sabzi. The chicken korma was horrible with no taste
3) We got ripped off on shrimp. They charged 10 dollars for the shrimp dish and we got only 5 shrimp. We asked to get charged less so they were nice enough to take off a charge for chicken tikka masala.
4) Slow service. We asked for naan, it took them 10 minutes to get it, by that time food was cold.
5) ALCOHOL. Openly served.
I would not go here again--there are plenty of other businesses in the bay area that are clean and respectful to Muslim sensitivities and don't rip you off either. Posted on July 6, 2011 |
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★★★☆☆ Visited while on vacation with family. They were able to accomodate a very large group (20+) even though the place isn't that big. Food came quickly. It was very good, but not the best I've ever had. Restaurant was not overly dirty, but it definitely wasn't clean. The glasses came stained, so we drank out of our own waterbottles. Pretty cheap though; I'd go again for sure. Posted on December 3, 2010 |
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★★★★★ We stayed 4 days in San Francisco and dine out here 3 times. Loved this place - nice and clean and food was awesome. Price was very reasonable. Great customer service. All 3 times it was extremely busy but got served very fast. Will go again. Posted on June 17, 2010 |
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★☆☆☆☆ small. self served. Food is below average. Only good item is tandoori kabob and tikka. Rest of the food was coming out of cooler and then heated on stove. We tried several dishes but everyone of them came with whole black pepper, whole cloves and cinnamon sticks in it......................That didnt impress me at all. I will not go back to this place. Posted on March 19, 2010 |
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★★★☆☆ South Asian food in the heart of the city. It's in the Tenderloin area, so it's not a very nice neighborhood but its still worth going to. The seating is extremely limited, and its mostly self-service. The food is okay, and I would recommend going here more for take-out than dine in. Posted on July 27, 2009 |
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★★★★★ My family has been going there for years. I live in Palo Alto, thats how much i love their food. Posted on May 3, 2009 |
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★★☆☆☆ Not buying the whole bandwagon stuff, the food was good but not THAT good. Posted on September 8, 2008 |
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★☆☆☆☆ We got a table for two but soon enough we were joined by a third guest with more then two legs lets just say. They have really good business so i'm sure they can do something about the cockroach problem. The food is amazing. Allowing beer to be brought in def a lame factor. Posted on August 21, 2008 |
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★★☆☆☆ The only reason this restaurant gets even a two star rating is due to the decent food. However, there are many other things that should be factored in. Yes, the place doesn't sell beer, but BEER IS ALLOWED to be brought from outside, which doesn't make sense as the place is suppose to be HALAL and everyone is drinking out of the same glasses. Second, the place is not clean at all, The two people below who have boasted about the place being clean posted a review the same day and are saying the same things.They both wrote they have been in th back of the kitchen, meaning they probably clean the grill there, so they have bias views. There isn't any fancy artwork, except for a drawing of the owner. Flies are always flying around the place and flying around your food. This website should be used to inform people with the right information and not bias opinions from people like the two similar ones below. Overall I agree with the reviewer right below, that the food is only good if you are doing take out. Posted on August 1, 2008 |
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★★★☆☆ Good food but I am not sure why people keep saying it's clean. It is not. Best to order take out. Posted on June 18, 2008 |
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★★★★★ I have moved to Los Angeles, and me and my husband still talk about Chutney's. When we go up north we always make it an effort to stop by here as I have never had better desi food in my life. Posted on November 17, 2007 |
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★★★★★ Excellent Food, Excellent Decor, The paintings on the wall are amazing...and the food is definately great. I prefer it over Shalimar. Def one of the cleanest desi places in San Fran. Even though its always busy you never feel crowded. Staff is very polite. And I've been in the kitchen and I've never seen any boxed spices. But Alhum...the food is good you should def try it out esp the CTM. Posted on August 15, 2007 |
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★★★★★ I've been here multiple times and I absolutely love this place. It is definately my favorite desi restaurant for multiple reasons: the food is amazing...esp the chicken tikka masala, the atmosphere is great unlike any other desi place, Service is fast and good, and everyone is polite. You should definately try this place out! Posted on August 15, 2007 |
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★★★☆☆ Went here for dinner today with some friends. It was okay, but nothing spectacular. The CTM (Chicken Tikka Masala) was good, but I have had better. They do have fast service which was good. Posted on June 25, 2007 |
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★★★★☆ I ate here twice in the past 6 months during visit to SF -- one eat-in, and one take away. Service is fast and good. The chicken tikka masala is good, but not as great as some here would have you think. Naans were burnt the 2nd time. Stay away from the spinach and aloo dish -- too spicy and bitter. Lamb biryani was outstanding. Posted on May 5, 2007 |
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★★★★★ If you are in SFO, and you miss eating here, you missed a lot. I would definitely recommend this place. The food is great. I was surprised to see the line of take-out customers at the counter, that extended outside the restaurant. Their tikka, kababs are the best. Unfortunately I was in SFO for a very short time, so I couldn't go back for a second time. I would go again if given the opportunity. Posted on September 8, 2006 |
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★★★★☆ Very good food. I loved the naans, the nihari an also their chicken tikka masala. right in downtown sf and very close to other halal restaurants. Posted on August 2, 2006 |
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NR Wonderful butter chicken my cousins go ga ga over and the ambience is okay. I especially love the rajastani type paintings and the one with the men cooking in the tandoor is great. Posted on June 25, 2006 |
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★★★★☆ Good Food, Alcohol is not served, BUT they do allow customers to bring it and use the restaurants glasses. BIG NO! NO! Posted on May 25, 2006 |
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★★★★★ My whole family has experience of this place,is one of the good food in this town. Posted on April 14, 2006 |
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★★★★★ This place has THE most AWESOME buter chicken. Its also got atmosphere, which halaal resturaunts usually don't have. Definitely try this palce out! And try the butter chicken. Posted on February 14, 2006 |
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★★★☆☆ Ive been to Chutney's dozens of times. My extended family just goes their by default. My cousins love it because its not as "mirchi" as other restaurants and has a great ambience. But honestly, food at Shalimar tastes better, but Shalimar is a little traumatizing to eat in. Whereas Chutney is not totally authentic desi food (too blended, I bet they use boxed powder spices), but its not bad either (except dire lack of mirchi) and the ambience is great. Its decorated loft style with high ceilings and contmeporary exposed piping etc with nice rajastani prints on the walls. A better place to take someone out than Shalimar. Bathroom is cramped and not very clean. So great ambience, ok food. Posted on December 28, 2005 |
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★★★★☆ Food not too bad and compared to most desi places stacks up well, however, their competitors across the street have better tasting food. Chutney has the better atmosphere though>. Posted on December 23, 2005 |
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★★★★★ Good food, reasonable price, not a fancy place but clean and friendly! Posted on January 3, 2005 |
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★★★★★ You'd think that yet another curry house in the T-Loin would struggle to establish an identity of it's own. Chutney has certainly surprised me. For a unique taste, done extremely well, try the house special Chikr Channa. Even the CTM tasted more refined and flavorful compared to some of the more well-known neighbours. But for a biryani lover like me, the lamb and chicken varieties made my evening. At last decent biryani that won't burn your tongue off! Posted on November 15, 2004 |
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★★★★★ We visited this restaurant while on vacation in San Fran. We love indo pakistani food and found this restaurant to be excellent! It was clean, food was not too greasy, very reasonable prices, and the portions were generous. We had (2)sikh kabob, lamb korma, 2 naan, 3 drinks, lamb bryani, and (2) pc. chicken tandoori, all for $26 including tip. GO, Go, Go to this restaurant, de-lish! Posted on August 6, 2004 |
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★★★★☆ A cut above the rest as far as food & ambiance goes though the service could be better. We have been here numerous times--the tandoori fish, naans, & veg dishes are particularly good. However on one of our trips they blackened the fish pretty badly so I sent it back. Lo & behold how do they resolve the situation? They send the SAME fish back with the blackened edges scraped off. Yo, boys, I could have done that myself at the table. When I approached the counterperson after the meal to give him some constructive criticism, he brusquely said that's the way the fish always was (not so, from 3 previous visits). I was so miffed I didn't go back for a year...but recently decided to give it another try. Food is still good. It does get a bit loud/smoky in there & they do still slightly char the fish. But on the up side, it won't give your stomach the gurgles like the place across the street. Posted on July 26, 2004 |
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★★★★☆ I donno about all of you who think that the food is bad, but i honestly love the dishes at chutney. I've grown up eating in resteraunts in India and Chutney come the closest so far in taste. The place is clean and service is quick. No one stares at females or makes dirty jokes. Who cares if the cook used to be a cab driver or worked at shalimar...what matters is the good food...Just give it a try Posted on July 9, 2004 |
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★★☆☆☆ I guess you have the wrong experience mrs g. The guy standing on front at chutney always does not look at the women bu try to give them his phone number Posted on April 16, 2004 |
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★★★★★ Among the best in the Bay Area. Portions are large, and prices very reasonable. Meals tend to be spicier than other places, which is fine with me. Ingredients seem to be of a higher quality too. The staff is courteous and friendly...They are also very appreciative of their repeat customers. A great place to bring relatives or friends who've never eaten Indian/Pakistani food. Posted on April 10, 2004 |
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★★★★★ Chutney has been my favorite restaurant since it opened. How more original should it be if it also sells south indian food like Shalimar and PakWan who're a stone's throw away fm this place (competition!)? Atmosphere is indeed ORIGINAL, clean and modern. At least a woman doesnt get stared at as bad as when she steps into Shalimar. Of course the food is GREAT! Posted on April 10, 2004 |
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★★★☆☆ I have read the reviews , I just wanna tell that It is not as bad as It is written by some. The food is still better than Naan and Curry. Clean restaurant. And staff is also nice. Posted on January 25, 2004 |
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★★★★☆ the food is very good and plenty.i donot think anyone has such good portioning as they do.the only negative i also see is the constant staring of the owners sons/family if you have any females with you. Posted on January 24, 2004 |
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★☆☆☆☆ I went to this place couple of times but the food is not good as well the persons working in the kitchen keeps on staring at girls and make bad jokes. Posted on January 23, 2004 |
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★☆☆☆☆ I agree with both the people that the chef use to drive a cab and then he worked part time in Shalimar from where he tried to stole the recipies and was fired due to that. He opened a restuarant in San Ramon but was a total flop. Now another try here in city but I think he should stop trying copying Shalimar because he can never do that the Shalimar is the original and it will stay as the best. Anyways good luck.... but food is not good Posted on January 20, 2004 |
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★★☆☆☆ Not so great food. Chef use to work in Shalimar but food is no match to Shalimar. The orignal is orignal. Posted on January 19, 2004 |
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★★★☆☆ good customer service, friendly. restraunt is clean and so is the food...but not very tasty. food is just ok Posted on November 9, 2003 |
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★★★★★ good food and great customer service they know atleast how to speak english no more fobbie guys checking out the wommen. i felt safe and comfortable to bring my family. definatly great family resturant. Posted on October 31, 2003 |
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★★☆☆☆ I think this is the review posted by someone working in this restaurant or the owner of this place as this review appears more business type than a customer can post. I went to this place but real bad food. The egg plant was real bad and the chana masala had real hard chanas in it. If this place wanna compete with Shalimar they have to improve the quility of food. Posted on October 13, 2003 |
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★★★★★ After Shalimar being such a hype and all. I was dying to try something different and Chutney was it for me. Great location (right in front of Shalimar), clean (i mean it...spick and span) place, great customer service (they are young men who have great customer service skills and nice big smiles), and awesome food. I am in love with this place. Naans are huge and their seekh kabobs are to die for. Prices are very reasonable and yea they also take credit cards. Go and check it out..You'll fall in love with Pakistani curries too!!!! Posted on September 28, 2003 |
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