Keeva Indian Kitchen

Explosive flavors and unique combinations prevail at Keeva, located in South SF on a popular restaurant street/area. As with anywhere in SF, parking is tricky and you may need to circle around for street parking since spots in front of the restaurant are usually taken. But it's usually not more than a 5 minute walk (just be prepared to parallel park). Love the ambiance here and the food even more. Keeva serves traditional Indian cuisine - curries, naan, tandoori chicken - with some extra flair. As a non-salad person, their salad was my favorite thing and I don't think I've ever felt that way at another restaurant. Great service and the portions are huge. Their chai is also to die for. I'd recommend coming here a little earlier for dinner since it fills up quickly. Come alone, with friends, or on a date - you'll leave happy!

We ordered in. It was still hot when it came, bonus! It's pretty close, but I'm injured and can't walk. Both of us unfortunately didn't like anything we ordered, the nan was about the best thing. Everything was So, so bland, and we got medium spicy not mild. We love Indian food so when we saw one close to the house we were excited. I wanted chicken korma and sag paneer and Kashmiri nan they did not have any of these. So we went with butter chicken sag aloo garlic nan and samosa. We didn't finish anything. I hate wasting food, but we threw the rest out, Disappointed

Tried a dish that's not in my usual rolodex (anywhere) - the lamb curry - which was definitely a bit over salted (fixed with some yogurt at home) with generous amounts of tender lamb. In the restaurant's defense, they did recommend the goat over the lamb ;) the flavor of the curry was great, it's a shame to have had it overpowered by so much salt. To the awesome team here: please consider under-salting instead. Your flavors speak for themselves. Always a generous amount of naan in the order. I'll try the goat next time and would love to try this lamb again (if the recipe adjusts).

I had an extremely disappointing experience at Keeva Indian Restaurant on Sunday, December 29th. I placed an online order at 3:41 PM, well within their advertised operating hours of 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM. The receipt confirmed my order would be ready for pick-up at 3:45 PM, so I arrived at the restaurant promptly at that time--only to find a "Closed" sign and a note stating they would be back at 4:30 PM. This was incredibly frustrating, especially considering I had placed my order during their published hours.We attempted to call, but received no answer until after 4:40 PM. When someone finally picked up, I explained the situation, and the response was shockingly indifferent. The woman on the phone bluntly asked, "Okay, so do you want your money back?" without a hint of apology or concern for the inconvenience caused.After reading through other reviews, it's clear this isn't an isolated incident, and it's disappointing to see such a pattern of poor service. I won't be returning, and recommend calling in orders to Keeva due to their lack of reliability and professionalism.

As per usual, the professionalism at this restaurant is top tier and the service is extremely friendly and prompt. It is a family owned business so the staff treat the customers like family and not like patrons. Inside you can feel the hospitality and exuding love that the team have for people. I ordered goat biryani, butter chicken, naan, and basmati rice during this visit, and it was absolutely amazing. Very delicious and filling. I took home a to-go box for later on and couldn't wait to smash it. If I said it before, I'll say it again, this is my favorite Indian jawn in all of the Bay. I will always come back.

Maybe some of the best Indian I've tried in the city. The naan is fluffy, the curries are seasoned and the staff are a delight. Our party of 3 came in for a Friday dinner and had to wait around 15 minutes for a table. We started off with the fried fish appetizer which came in a pretty generous portion. We especially loved dipping the fish into the goat curry. We were recommended to the goat curry as well as the butter chicken both to which were solid choices. The goat was tender and the sauce was full of depth and flavor. We soaked up all the saucy goodness with two orders of naan and one order of rice. Think we got too excited as the dishes came out and forgot to take pics. Will be back for more goat curry!

I came here for lunch. The place was empty, and we needed to wait for someone to sit us down, probably because they had opened not too long beofre. We ordered the chettinad goat curry, half tandoori chicken, masala chai, and garlic naan, all with medium spice level.It took some time to get our dishes, again likely because they had just opened. They did mention ahead of time that some items, like the chai, would take longer. After 20 minutes or so, everything except the chai came out together.* Chettinad goat curry: 5/5. It was excellent, with strong spices and very flavorful small chunks of meat.* Garlic naan: 4.5/5. It had a nice garlic flavor and was on the thinner side with crispy edges. However, I personally prefer the soft, pillowy naan. * Tandoori chicken: 4/5. It was nicely cooked and came with tamarind and mint chutney; I slightly preferred the tamarind chutney for its sweetness, which complemented the spices. It also came with a side salad that had a light, sweet mustard dressing. * Masala chai: 4.5/5. It was very traditional and tasted good, though it was kind of small for the price, and I prefer mine slightly sweeter and creamier.The service was very good; they were very nice and treated us well. Overall, this was one of the best Indian places I've had in SF, and I would come here again.

I am not sure if this was a fluke because my experience is so different than the typical but I was left quite disappointed. Perhaps this is an issue of takeout. I will say the flavors were excellent but two of our dishes lacked some of the ingredients. The chicken biryanis had no chicken. It was one of the best flavored biryanis I've had in the city but I was disappointed there was not a single piece of chicken in our whole container! The second issue was the malai kofta curry which is described as potato cheese dumplings cooked in curry. The curry was great but there was nothing in it, no potato, no dumpling, nothing. At first I was worried I ordered a soup because there was literally nothing in it. It was again delicious and we just dipped naan in it but I was super bummed! The palak paneer did have paneer but was a little thicker than I prefer, still good. The chicken tikka was good. Delivery was on time and with how great the flavors tasted I was hoping this would be my new take out spot. Not sure if I can recommend given some of the missing ingredients.

Friendly staff, food was amazing. Highly recommend the palak chaat. My husband doesn't like rice but he ended up eating most of the briyani we ordered, it was that good!

Seriously great food. Amazing attentive service. Very creative presentation. I can't wait to go back.