Chennai Kings: Authentic Indian Flavors in San Francisco

Hidden Gem for a quick bite right on the waterfront and pier 39 areas accessible by a few minutes walk and also available street parking for those visiting there by driving straight to the location. Service is excellent by attending staff Raja and Venkatesh. Their seating is very spacious and does not feel crammed for an eatery in that vicinity. Additionally they also have a separate banquet type area which can accommodate party or celebratory occasions that demand music and lighting provided. We came for a quick bite and ordered items which were prepared fresh and tasted yummy. Their choice of drinks are also straightforward with a glass window refrigerator to give you an idea of the soft drinks and alcoholic beverages (beers). Their menus and decors bring back nostalgia from the South Indian state and cities vibrantly including the south eastern coastal Marina Beach experience. Restrooms are also accessible in this restaurant which are maintained well and kept clean. Definitely going back for items I need to try but couldn't during this first visit. This gives off a nice namma Chennai vibe. Aapdi Poode.

Was visiting Sf and found the best Resturant for south Indian cuisine. The Vada was really good. And also the Dosas. The Service was also very good. It was a bit too cold but the hot food became the saver. Must Visit place if u are craving south Indian food.

A very good authentic flavor from cuisine of chennai, india. The ambience and food was excellent. Brought back memory of my hometown chennai. sambar, chutney was very authentic. I ordered mysore masala, mushroom masala , idli and bajji . everything was top quality . mushroom msala was fried with very different taste.. Highly recommend if you are around pier 39..

I'll go one by one. 1) food : was awesome. Totally satisfying. Exactly how a dosa should be. Great flavour, chutney was good, sambhar was decent and had a good bunch of veggies. Liked the food, no complains. Had the mysore masala dosa. Was great. 2) service : there was nothing great here. We wanted to move to a slightly more roomy table, we came at an off peak timing, restaurant was almost empty. We were respectfully denied. Didn't really see a reason for the same, but so be it. That being said, the host was kind enough to have free refill on chutney. So appreciated that. 3) ambience : this is the reason why this place lost the star for me. It was freakishly chilly. Like the outside temp was 52F, they had the doors open and no heat. There was one other family in the restaurant, totally 4 people all wearing there winter jackets to eat food. Seating was not comfortable either. Table was quite small. The buzzkill was mostly the cold. If I consider the ambience, I would have given it 1 star for this reason. But I wanna give a kudos to the chef there. Really appreciate the flavour you bought out. Liked your dosa, although idly can be a bit better. Not to oily, Good potato stuffing, nice blend of herbs and spices. Thank you for the good food, please however do something ambience. I didn't want you rating to go anymore down, I feel your chef has potential.

Always a nice experience. I visit multiple times.. Had grilled fish and poori masala. Thoroughly enjoyed. The food tastes good. Filter coffee is too good.

this place deserves way better reviews. as a local in the area, this is one of the best Indian options in the neighborhood and the portions are very generous. lovely staff and delicious food, what’s more to ask for!? I highly recommend the mysore masala dosa, paratha, veggie korma, and samosas.

The place is on a busy street and it’s busy most time went in for a late lunch. Turns out most of the items were not available on the menu except for madras masala dosa. Which was fairly good . While the Sambar and coconut chutney was really tasty the potato curry wasn’t so good. But overall a decent place to eat. The place has its pros and cons Pros: Decent food Friendly staff Quick service Cons: HYGIENE TAKES A BACK SEAT. The overall place is shabby The staff doesn’t wash hands between cleaning the tables and serving the customers.

Serves good and familiar Indian food in this part of the city. Coming from Southeast Asia, I would say this is similar to what we get back home. Service staff are always eager to help and doing their best even when they are short staffed. Love their goat briyani and the portion is huge. Always my go to when visiting San Francisco.