Mr. Singh’s Curry House, a New Indian Pizza Restaurant, Opens in San Francisco - Eater SF

"Mr. Singh’s Curry Pizza opened four months ago with no more fanfare than the grand opening banners waving about its non-descript entrance. A multicolor neon open sign waves hello; the restaurant’s name is written in tremendous all-caps red lettering. But it’s the ambiance and food that’ll make this restaurant one of San Francisco’s go-to Indian dining options. Though the menu has plenty of traditional sports bar classics — boneless buffalo wings, garlic sticks, Hawaiian pizza — there’s also a cornucopia of choices that are likely only available at this lowkey pizzeria. Owner Garry Singh says, 'It was always my dream to have my own pizza place.' There are 19 Indian pizzas on the menu, nine with meat and 10 without, all colorful and behemoth. The chili paneer pizza on a gluten-free cauliflower crust is naturally thinner, but not suffering for it. Cubes of cheese sport a lightly crisp exterior that gives way to pillowy chew, nutty in flavor, with an indulgent curry sauce running underneath. The Gourmet Veggie Delight pizza is a bright choice, with splashes of ginger and cilantro. For the meat eaters, the butter chicken and Desi barbecue chicken pies are go-to orders, an extra large 20-inch pizza coming in at $43.99. Plus, Singh is tinkering with six more pie, as he says goat curry and shrimp curry are a few flavors doing numbers in India right now. The atmosphere makes up for any less thoughtful parts of the menu. Sitting down to chomp through pizza here — including possibly the first gluten-free Indian pizza available in San Francisco — feels down to earth, uncontrived, thanks to no-frills service and the tones of hip-hop beats that fill the restaurant. There’s abundant seating and a casual ambiance where you might find the Milwaukee Bucks playing the Denver Nuggets on the big screen above. Ownership comes from the family behind Five Rivers Indian Cuisine in Daly City." - Paolo Bicchieri