Sofiya

Amazing customer service ! Very friendly team We can't stop to visit this restorant again and again also delicious food I so like lagman . Manti , PLOV I visited this restorant with family , friends, and also take To Go food Thank you so Mach that this Restirant exist !!!

Sofiya is a restaurant in Lower Nob Hill that opened a few months ago in September, and I wanted to try it after having it heavily recommended to me! I've never had Uzbek cuisine so was especially excited to check them out. We came in on a Wednesday evening and were able to get seated immediately; the restaurant is super spacious and brightly lit. We ordered the Plov and Qurutob--both dishes were phenomenal. The beef in the Plov was super tender, and the rice was incredibly flavorful. The tomatoes and onions added the perfect level of freshness to each bite. I also really liked the Qurutob, which felt refreshing with the labneh and variety of vegetables. I honestly really enjoyed combining the Plov and Qurutob together in each bite, which was just a burst of flavors. The service was also super friendly! My only thing was that it gets pretty quiet with not that much white noise, so I feel like my conversation with my friend could be super easily heard by everyone else. However, I highly recommend this restaurant and am so happy to have tried it.

Great newly updated Central Asian cuisine restaurant in San Francisco. Place itself, service and food - everything is top notch.My favorites are plov, samsa with beef and green tea with lemon.Highly recommend if you want to try a new cuisine.

The space is quite large with two levels! We made a reservation though just in case. I got the chicken kebab and was absolutely obsessed. It was super juicy and tender, and it was just the perfect amount of food.I did feel like overall it was on the pricier side, but would still come again just for that juicy juicy kebab!

I need to write this review now so I remember to try and get my friends to come here for this coming week. LolThe Plov was recommended by the server and I love it! The meat is super tender and the dish tastes homemade. I will definitely be back!

Growing up in Russia, Uzbeki cousine has always been my favorite. This restaurant reminded me of childhood and I brought all of my friends to try it out. The food was amazing, really good sizes of portions, the staff was so nice and so helpful. The picture clearly shows that the group really enjoyed the food!

Absolutely delicious! We ordered the Sofiya's Special Soup, acharuli khachapuri, qurutob, and fried lagman. Every dish was 10/10. My favorite was the qurutob. So flavorful, juicy, and layered. Each bite was something different. The restaurant itself was decorated so nicely and very clean. Staff was very friendly. I can't wait to go back again.

We tried Sofiya last night and all in all we liked it and will come back. The food is indeed delicious, however the service is a little sporadic with only 2 servers trying to manage every table, walk ins, and phone orders, so they are stretched a bit thin as a result. They manage to be as attentive as possible, but our food came out in individual servings. What I thought would be appetizers of fried potatoes and pumpkin samsa came out at the very end. By then we were so full we had to ask for to go boxes. We definitely ordered too much food so we will reduce that next time. A few reviews on the food:- Bread: Very good fresh baked homemade bread. Only comes with 2 small butter cubes in packages. Fresh butter would be nice. - Creamy mushroom soup: Came out warm, not hot. It also had a slightly strange taste to it. Not like American mushroom soup but it must be ethnic and authentic so we can appreciate that. - Ajabsandali: Eggplant stew: We thought this would be hot but it is served chilled. I am not a fan of eggplant however my wife is and she enjoyed this dish. - Plov: I had to try it given the reviews. I did like it but not totally sure I'll order it again. It was mostly rice but everything was seasoned and cooked beautifully. - Fresh broccoli with garlic sauce: It's broccoli so not much to dislike, however I was halfway through the dish when she brought the garlic sauce out. I didn't realize it didn't already have it. - Fresh potatoes with garlic: These came out at the end of our meal. These were definitely the hit (for me). They are seasoned and cooked perfectly and served on a hot cast iron skillet. I wish they were served at the beginning of the meal though.- Pumkin samsa: Didn't come until the end of the meal. We were too full to eat it so it is in the fridge and awaiting the skillet or air fryer. I'm sure it will be tasty.Last but not least, I understand this is a restaurant from a part of the world that does not drink alcohol. I have no problem with that but it would be nice for those of us that do enjoy it in moderation to be able to enjoy some wine. I asked if we can bring some in next time and was told no, so do not plan on drinking any alcohol there. They have a small offering of teas and soft drinks. While my feedback may be construed as negative I'd like to reiterate that it is not negative. The restaurant is brand new so it's inevitable there will be a few things to work out. They seem to be doing very well which is great to see, likely fueled by a lot of positive press, which I think they deserve. The menu is vast and diverse and there are plenty of options for excellent food that will please just about any vegetarian or meat lover. It's a great addition to the neighborhood and I look forward to my next visit.

Normally I give small businesses serving interesting ethnic food the benefit of the doubt, but this spot certainly doesn't need it. We, my wife's central Asian as well as my parents who are from Iran thoroughly enjoyed our meal in what was the former halal dastarkhan space. The prices were reasonable and everything we ate tasted fresh and had a good amount of flavor. That being said it also didn't have too much oil. I recommend this spot for anyone wanting to try central Asian food for the first. As someone who has traveled extensively in Kazakhstan I can attest to the originality and taste of the cuisine. Also the fact that this is the bay areas only existing Uzbek restaurant makes me like it even more. The homemade bread is a must and the qurotob dish is also quite interesting.

We had the pleasure of having dinner at this restaurant. It is definitely an update from the previous restaurant that was at this place. It was super cozy and nicely decorated. Service was great despite there being only two servers. While the servers were friendly, the food did take a quite long time to arrive. We were told that there were lots of orders and that's why. Honestly, the food wasn't the best. First of all, the presentation of the food wasn't thoughtful at all. There was no obvious effort to make it look nice. I feel like when you are eating at a restaurant, the presentation of the food carries a lot of importance because you don't want to feel like you are eating something that was just thrown on a plate. As for the taste, I was a little conflicted. I felt like there were too many onions in the meat and in the manti. I could literally taste more onions than meat. But the soup was delicious. Would recommend that one. Since this is a new restaurant, I think there are probably gonna be improvements as they go. Recommend checking it out if you are in the neighborhood.