Little Nepal & Indian Cuisine Bernal Heights, San Francisco Open 11:30am–9:30pm daily Order pickup

Nepalese kitchen · Indian table

Momo folded at dawn. Curry that took all day.

Twelve dumplings to an order. Whole spices ground in our own kitchen. A clay oven going from 11:30 in the morning on Cortland Avenue.

925 Cortland Ave · San Francisco 415‑969‑4777 Open daily 11:30am – 9:30pm

If it's your first time

Order these three.

The kitchen's own shortlist — one Nepalese, one Punjabi, one Goan. Everything else on the menu is fair game after that.

  • The Nepalese one

    Chicken Momo

    Twelve hand-pleated dumplings, steamed to order. The dish the restaurant is named for. $19
  • The crowd-pleaser

    Butter Chicken

    Grilled thigh finished in butter, fenugreek and the house tomato gravy. Mild enough for anyone. $18
  • The hot one

    Lamb Vindaloo

    Goan-Portuguese: malt vinegar, tamarind, potato and a genuinely fiery red masala. $20

Nothing here comes out of a jar. The spices are ground in this kitchen, the momo are folded by hand every morning, and the dal takes as long as it takes.

From the kitchen · Little Nepal

Our story

A kitchen that came down from the mountains.

Little Nepal was opened by Nepalese chefs who grew up cooking in Himalayan villages and wanted San Francisco to taste what they were raised on — not a version of it, the real thing.

That means momo folded by hand every day, and lentils given the time they need. It also means the Indian dishes people already love — butter chicken, tikka masala, biryani — cooked with the same whole spices, ground in-house rather than poured from a jar.

Produce comes from local growers. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free plates aren't an afterthought on this menu; a third of what we cook is vegetarian to begin with.

The room is small and warm, hung with pieces from home. It's a neighborhood restaurant on Cortland Avenue, and it's meant to feel like one.

Founded byNepalese chefs from the Himalayan foothills
Cooked withWhole spices, ground in the kitchen
Where925 Cortland Ave, Bernal Heights

The room

Saffron walls, prayer flags, marigolds.

Twenty-odd seats on Cortland Avenue. Thangkas and Himalayan paintings on the walls, a carved panel by the door, and a different block-printed cloth on every table.

Dining room corner: a gilt-framed carved panel on a saffron wall above a row of marigolds, with block-printed tablecloths below.
Carved panel and marigolds
Back room with framed thangkas, a brass Buddha and marigold garlands above blue block-printed tables.
The back room
Front of house by the window, with prayer flags, the bar and an elephant cut-out over the pass.
Front window and bar
Corner banquette under prayer flags and pendant lamps, marigolds running the length of the wall.
Banquette under the flags
Himalayan landscape paintings hung on the orange dining room wall above the tables.
Paintings from home

Beyond the dining room

Catering, delivery, and the room itself.

Catering

Trays of momo, curry, biryani and bread for offices, birthdays and weddings anywhere in the city. We'll build the menu around how many people you're feeding and how hot they like it.

Call 415‑969‑4777 to plan a menu

Delivery

The full menu goes out through the major delivery apps, and pickup orders are placed directly with the restaurant — which is the cheapest way for both of us.

Order pickup direct

Private events

The dining room can be booked for a private dinner. Bring a group; we'll set a fixed menu so nobody has to read this whole page twice.

Email us about a booking

Visit

Open every day of the week.

  • Monday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Tuesday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Wednesday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Thursday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Friday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Saturday11:30am – 9:30pm
  • Sunday11:30am – 9:30pm
925 Cortland Avenue San Francisco, CA 94110 · Bernal Heights
Between Folsom and Gates, on the north side of Cortland.
415‑969‑4777 · littlenepalindiancuisine@gmail.com
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