Heritage
The oven never went electric
Our tandoor runs on charcoal from open to close, the same way this food has been cooked for centuries.
Clement Street · San Francisco
Experience the
Taste of India
Charcoal-fired clay oven cooking, hand-rolled breads and slow-simmered curries, served in the Richmond District since the neighbourhood learned our name.
Find us
2436 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
Hours
Open every day from 9:45am
Lunch buffet 11am – 2pm daily
Call us
(415) 751-0505
Reservations & takeout
Kitchen
North Indian · Tandoori · Full Bar
Gluten free, vegan & dairy free on request
Our Story
Cooked over charcoal, the way it has always been done
India Clay Oven has served the Richmond District from a small storefront on Clement Street for many years. The cooking is traditional North Indian: a charcoal-fired tandoor for breads and kababs, heavy pots for the curries, and spices ground in the kitchen.
Come in for the lunch buffet, sit down for dinner with a drink from the full bar, or take it home. Every dish can be made gluten free, vegan or dairy free on request.
More about us
Ingredients
Spices ground in our kitchen
Whole spices, bloomed in hot oil and ground here rather than bought by the case. Onions browned slowly, curries left to simmer.
Hospitality
Regulars bring their families
At lunch the room fills for the buffet. In the evening the full menu comes out, along with the bar. First-timers usually come back.
Our Menu
What people order again and again
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Appetizers
Assorted Clay Oven Meat Platter
A grand selection of our clay oven specialties: kababs, tikka and chops from the charcoal fire
$22.95Add to order→
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Chicken Dishes
Chicken Tikka Masala
Clay-oven roasted chicken in a velvety tomato cream sauce, the one everybody orders
$20.95Add to order→
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Rice Dishes
Lamb Biryani
Royal-style basmati layered with slow-cooked lamb, sealed and finished over low fire
$23.95Add to order→
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Clay Oven Roasted
Tandoori Mixed Grill
The chef's selection from the charcoal fire: tandoori chicken, seekh kabab, boti kabab and prawns on one sizzling platter
$29.95Add to order→
From our guests
Photographed on the table, not in a studio
Find us
Two blocks of Clement Street, one very old oven
We are on Clement between 25th and 26th Avenue, a short walk from Golden Gate Park. Street parking is easiest before six.
- Address
- 2436 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121
- Hours
- Open every day from 9:45am · Lunch buffet 11am – 2pm daily
- Reservations & orders
- (415) 751-0505
Hungry tonight?
Order for pickup or delivery, or call us at (415) 751-0505 and we will have it ready.