Viva Goa Indian Cuisine
Indian restaurant · Marina District
2420 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Highlights
Goan cuisine featuring seafood, coconut, and Portuguese influence
Goan cuisine featuring seafood, coconut, and Portuguese influence
"One way to immediately become the most popular person in the group chat? Suggest a meet-up at Viva Goa. The lowkey Indian restaurant in the Marina serves Goan specialties that will send you into another dimension. It’s also an effortless option when you need a last-minute spot for dinner, since walking in with a big crew is always easy (no reservations needed) and everything is shareable. Once you all have slid into a booth, fill the table with bowls and bowls of prawn xacuti, the vegetable-packed navrattan korma, mulgatawni soup, and their sizzling tandoori fish." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"Viva Goa in the Marina is serving some of the best Indian food in town, let alone the neighborhood. Their tandoori fish always comes out sizzling and flawlessly cooked, and we frequently dream about taking a soak in a hot tub filled with their rich curries. The creamy Navrattan korma with peas, carrots, and other vegetables is a standout, but it’s hard to go wrong here." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
"Not many restaurants in the city specialize predominantly in the food from the western Indian state of Goa. Rarity is one reason to get to this Marina spot. The other is that their seafood dishes are worth a cross-town trip. Exhibit A is the prawn xacuti. The coconut-heavy Goan curry is complex, slightly sweet, and loaded with generous amounts of shrimp. Viva Goa is never too packed which makes this spot perfect for last-minute dinners, and ones where you won't need to shout to talk to your friends at the table." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
"We’d go out of our way any day to get to Viva Goa. That’s because this casual spot is serving some of the best Indian food in town, let alone the neighborhood. They have perfectly cooked tandoori fish, rich curries, and a slightly sweet Navrattan korma, which is a mix of vegetables and curry. Get them all, and lots of naan to go with it. Viva Goa works well for takeout, but is also built for spontaneous weeknight dinners when your fridge is sad and empty—there’s rarely a wait, and you’ll probably make it out with leftovers." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
"Viva Goa is the Marina’s go-to Indian takeout spot, serving the neighborhood all the curries, tandoori, and naan it could desire. The restaurant specializes in Goan cuisine, which features plenty of seafood, coconut, and kokum, and is heavily influenced by Portugal, which ruled the area for 450 years. The region’s most popular dish is vindaloo (spicy red curry), and that’s what you should order, alongside prawn curry." - Paolo Bicchieri
