Chaska Restaurant — Restaurant in San Francisco

This place is clean, has delicious food, attentive service, and fair prices.

I came in for lunch, after a woman outside handed a menu to me as I was walking by. I was the only customer. I ordered lamb tikka masala ($14.95), basmati rice ($3), rais malai ($5.95). After about 10 minutes, the lamb tikka masala and basmati rice were brought out. The lamb was tender. The sauce was flavorful, creamy, and spicy. The basmati rice was fluffy and fragrant. The portions were meant to be shared, so I asked for boxes, because I couldn't eat it all.

I also ordered mango lassi ($4). It took a few minutes (I was told that they were making it fresh), but it tasted great once it arrived. It wasn't overly sweet. I had no idea what rais malai was, and it turned out to be some sort of cheese puck in a delicious sauce that tasted like coconut milk and rose water. It was great.

The staff came over to check on me a few times and were helpful in explaining dishes and kept my water filled. My total before tip was $30.32. I don't understand why there weren't any other customers. This is a great restaurant. I highly recommend coming here with other people, since the portions for most dishes are big and meant to be shared. I did pay over $30, but the food was enough for two meals, so I expect that you'll pay $20–30 per person if you share the main dishes. You'll pay less if you don't get dessert and...

(I chose this restaurant through Groupon) The decor was simple our waitress was polite but she did not have it together restaurant was empty except for a party of ten ahead of us that had already placed their order, the cooks were evidently having issues. After we ordered the waitress could have said just a heads up sorry for the long wait it's going to be a while longer but she didn't say anything like that just smiled and gave us more water. Another two top came in they were seated ordered and they finally said they had enough and they left before receiving their food our food finally came and it was pretty much a disappointment the chicken curry was flavorful but full of bones never have we've had it served like this before, tandoori platter was lackluster and flavorful garlic but flat naan. I generally let things slide I've been in the food service biz for over 30 yrs I know how the system should work and this was a failure. I still tipped appropriately before the Groupon discount were made.

The only mention of "Bone-ln Chicken" Is on a menu from a year ago the current menu doesn't state bone-in chicken!

Also before I buy Groupons I always cross check it with Yelp and Google Map reviews and photos the pics on Google maps of the food didn't match what...

We recently visited Chaska Restaurant while on a trip with our parents. After searching for a good Indian place, we decided to give it a try. When we arrived for lunch, the place was surprisingly empty, but we were seated quickly, and the server was quite pleasant and informative about the menu.

We were excited to see some Thali options, which sounded good, so we ordered the Paneer Thali, Biryani, and Kadai Paneer with rice and naan. For appetizers, we chose the Samosa Chaat and Aloo Tikki. We requested everything to be made spicy, and the appetizers didn’t disappoint! The Samosa Chaat and Aloo Tikki were perfectly spiced—especially the Aloo Tikki, which wasn’t exactly what I expected but had a great flavor.

However, when our main courses arrived, we were surprised to find that the Paneer Thali didn’t have any paneer. When we inquired, the staff informed us that they were out of paneer, which should have been communicated when we placed the order. The Biryani was just okay, but the naan, especially the garlic naan, and the Kadai Paneer were quite good.

Overall, it’s a nice place with a decent atmosphere, but a little more communication regarding menu items would have improved...