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Clay Oven - Clay Oven Indian Cuisine, San Francisco, CA

Clay Oven Indian Cuisine

3.8 (15)
$30 and under
Indian
1689 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94131

About this restaurant

  • Vegetarian-friendly
  • Kid-friendly
  • Vegan-friendly
We invite you to join us in our bright and comfortable dining room or order ahead for take out or delivery to your home or business. We offer full catering services and complete banquet facilities for simple gatherings to elegant affairs. Also consider us for birthday parties, wedding receptions and corporate events.
Our experienced chef's from India make our dishes fresh and cooked to perfection using centuries old traditional methods including the use of the clay oven (tandoori) fired up to 1000 degrees. Our buffet is the perfect place to sample many dishes you may not have tried before.
We welcome you to join us for lunch or dinner and are sure our restaurant will quickly become your favorite place to come for fine dining and to share a good experience with friends, family and business associates.
The restaurant is open every day from 11am with San Francisco's finest and tastiest Indian Lunch Buffet (11am till 2pm) and serving from our Dinner Menu till 11pm.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Indian, Vegetarian
  • Hours of operation
    Open Daily: 11:00am - 11:00pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Catering
    We offer full catering services and complete banquet facilities for simple gatherings to elegant affairs. Also consider us for birthday parties, wedding receptions and corporate events.

What 15 people are saying

Clay Oven Indian Cuisine reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

3.8
3.8 based on all time ratings
  • 3.6Food
  • 3.8Service
  • 3.7Ambience
  • 3.7Value

NoiseModerate

15 Reviews
  1. eatauthority VIP

    Chicago / Illinois66 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on December 26, 2019

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Short handed on Christmas. Only one server and one chef. Kitchen looked filthy. Wine was poor and came in a dirty glass. Was a hair in one spinach entree. It was an hour till we got our food!! One had the buffet and entrees were cold!!

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  2. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on December 13, 2019

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4
    Looks like they have changed management and a new chef. will try it again after they have settled in. Food was different

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  3. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on July 29, 2019

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    This is our favorite Sunday casual restaurant. Harry is wonderful. Note most of their business is take out so the restaurant is usually empty - Its a very pretty place and we love being the only ones there. We always go on Sunday at 6pm so perhaps at other times it has more people.

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  4. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on April 29, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    The food keeps getting better - I can't wait to go back tried the spinach pakora it was great completely different from the the vegetable pakora. May try the cheese pakora next. We always get the the punjabi lamb because it is so good.

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  5. Candice

    San Francisco Bay Area5 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 24, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Going away gathering for a couple. Had a great time. Food was great. Drinks are good. Staff was excellent. Great experience!!!

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  6. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on October 15, 2018

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Love this restaurant. Food is very authentic as good as the food in India and we have been to india 3 times 1 month each time

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  7. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on August 20, 2018

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    the food keeps getting better and better- dont miss the vegetable pakora and the lamb curry was outstanding.

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  8. nannini VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area190 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on April 2, 2018

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    The food is consistently good. Note this restaurant never has many people in it as its very very popular for take out & Delivery. our favorite is the Lamb vindaloo & plain naan -all the vegetable dishes are great but this time we tried the vegetable pakora - it was a huge portion so for 2 people 1 lamp 1 pakora 1 rice 1 naan was a more than enough - took 3 pakora home.

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  9. Tomk

    New Jersey29 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 17, 2018

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2
    Only person in the resturant on a Friday night. Food was ok. Would not go back

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  10. igorsf

    San Francisco Bay Area16 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on December 10, 2017

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Both dishes were over-salted. Tandury Lamb Chops were burned, partially char coaled.

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FAQs

Clay Oven Indian Cuisine offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (415) 826-2400.

Clay Oven Indian Cuisine is rated 3.8 stars by 15 OpenTable diners.

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  2. United States
  3. San Francisco Bay Area
  4. San Francisco
  5. Noe Valley

Permanently Closed

This restaurant is permanently closed.

Google Map for Clay Oven Indian Cuisine

1689 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94131

Additional information

  • Cross street
    29th Street
  • Neighborhood
    Noe Valley
  • Hours of operation
    Open Daily: 11:00am - 11:00pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Indian, Vegetarian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Beer, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wine
  • Phone number
  • Catering
    We offer full catering services and complete banquet facilities for simple gatherings to elegant affairs. Also consider us for birthday parties, wedding receptions and corporate events.
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