Tiya named top modern Indian

A recent San Francisco dining roundup put Tiya at the top of the city’s modern Indian field, adding the Marina restaurant to a list of 10 favorite places to eat. (x.com) The write-up highlighted Tiya’s masala onion kachori, a savory pastry, and treated the restaurant as an established city favorite rather than a new opening or menu launch. (x.com) Tiya opened at 3213 Scott Street in the Marina District in May 2024 as the first joint venture from brothers Sujan Sarkar and Pujan Sarkar. The restaurant describes itself as “modern New Indian” and says it blends Indian cooking with California produce. (sf.eater.com) (tiyasf.com) Sujan Sarkar previously made his name in San Francisco as the opening chef at Rooh and later earned a Michelin star in Chicago for Indienne, while Pujan Sarkar worked at Rooh before the brothers reunited for Tiya. (sf.eater.com) (7x7.com) Since opening, Tiya has moved quickly into San Francisco’s restaurant guides. Michelin lists it as a selected San Francisco restaurant, and Eater added it to its map of the city’s best Indian restaurants. (guide.michelin.com) (sf.eater.com) Local critics have focused on the same pitch the new roundup did: polished, contemporary Indian cooking in a part of San Francisco better known for mainstream neighborhood dining than for destination Indian restaurants. Eater called Tiya the Marina’s “premiere Indian restaurant,” and The Infatuation praised its small plates and $95 tasting menu. (sf.eater.com) (theinfatuation.com) The restaurant’s own menu setup reflects that positioning. Tiya offers à la carte dining alongside tasting menus, and its website lists separate vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, and dessert menus. (tiyasf.com) That makes the latest nod less about a single new dish than about how fast Tiya has become part of San Francisco’s regular restaurant conversation. Less than two years after its May 2024 opening, it is being ranked with the city’s standouts. (sf.eater.com) (x.com)