Uyghur Taamliri

Dishes were overall commonplace — unique names aside, you’ve had all these items elsewhere. Combine that with waiting 20 – 40 mins per dish on non-​busy days… #fahgettaboudit. I get that it’s only 2 or 3 (or 1?) dude running the kitchen, and serverbro was polite and all, but yeah nah.
(^_​^) Göşnan $ 13 (
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Meat pancakes.
(-_​^) Lamb Pitir Manta $ 8 (
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Mine squirted everywhere. #thatswhatshesaid
(-_​^) Pumpkin Pitir Manta $ 7 (
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Still squirted everywhere. #thatsstillwhatshesaid
(-_​-​) Laghman $ 11 (
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Barely any meat. #thatswhatshedittosaid

Man, after coming back here for the fourth or fifth time and being reminded yet again how good the food is, I had to update my review. The homemade noodles remain great — I recommend the laghman instead of the boso fried noodles. These noodles are so fresh that they don’t need to be stir-​fried. We also went with the lamb kebabs, which you will realize are worth the $ 8 as soon as you start devouring the giant hyper-​cuminy morsels. But the unexpected winner of the bunch were the manta, which were as juicy as soup dumplings but three times the size! My girlfriend described them as being more like lamb meatballs, but wrapped up. Either way, by the last one we were practically fighting to see who would get to suck out the juice!
Also Chug Pub has definitely grown on me too — great local spot with chill bartenders and a sweet place to watch the Warriors. Just be careful because they don’t serve the Uyghur food until after 4PM.

I was very excited for this restaurant when it opened, but I have to say after I eat here today, it really disappoints me in so many ways. First of all, seats are more likely a bar table with high chairs, table is small and uncomfortable. Food took FOREVER to wait. We literally wait more than one hour for our food. During our wait time, waiters here didn’t offer us water or napkin until I ask them to.
Overall the food are pretty meh, just average.
The steam lamb dumplings are pretty good, juicy and hot. Lamb chops and lamb kabobs are very disappointing, they are dry and have no flavor, just like chewing an overcook tree skin with some salt on it. And the big plate chicken is so average, I can name 5 restaurants that have much better big plate chicken. And yeah, after we finish our meal, I wait there for ten more minutes because I want to pay and go. But seems like waiters there give 0 attention so I have to walk to the bar table to pay our food.
Do I recommend this restaurant? No
Will I come here again? No

I’m not sure what I expected, but I was a little thrown by the fact that this is sort of an «un-​restaurant» — it’s basically a bar that serves Uyghur food — which in itself is something of a leap, considering that Uyghur culture adheres to Islam — but fuck it, that’s all special sauce, I really love cognitive dissonance. Eating Halal food in Haram location has it’s discreet pleasures. .. Plus it’s a great bar, with lots of old-​school trappings and a nice crowd. It also has a respectable selection of beers on draught.
The menu is simple and limited — we ordered the Laghman with beef, Göşnan, and the Pitir Manta with lamb stuffing. Big portions, all excellent — the standout was easily the Laghman — homemade noodles that seemed to go on forever. .. the dumplings have a hint of cumin in them, really tasty. Prices are good for the value, and the food is excellent paired with a lighter beer.
Recommended, though more for a casual sit-​down with friends than a date or a formal dining.

Excellent restaurant! Very authentic Uyghur food, prepared by a Uyghur owner. According to my friend who grew up in XinJiang, the food is hella authentic. Reasonable price for very generous portions. Friendly service. Would definitely go back! Of note, the restaurant is inside a bar, so it could get a little noisy. But drinks are very reasonably priced as well!

Is very good~ you can enjoy good dinner
nice Service and good food~!
end all day work you can enjoy the time in here~

The food was delicious but didn’t seem fresh. It’s a sports bar so I can’t imagine them cooking fresh food, but I could be wrong. I did get sick after eating here, but to be fair, I could have caught the stomach bug from a buffet at another establishment as well.

I love Krygyz food and this food is the real deal. I wish they allowed children inside and wish it wasn’t part of a bar (hence 4 stars), but the food is awesome. We get it take out and go across the street to eat at the park.

Delicious. If you like ramen style food this is a must stop. Just don’t expect it be actual ramen. To me its a mix of Chinese and turkish.

Since the original episode of drama from my first post when they were just starting out, this group of restauranteurs have gone out of their way.
They are truly a great team.
In order to avoid the bartenders being treated poorly, they now have push buttons on every table to beep if you want food and are constantly monitoring the bar for people that want to eat. I’ve come in early before the bartender arrives and they are comfortable serving a beer or two.
Now that they have their groove, I adore them. Especially now that their regulars know it’s a bar and not a restaurant.
Their food is amaaaazing — especially their homemade noodles and I’m constantly craving the lamb pie! (Be aware the pie takes a while to cook, but it’s well worth the wait!)
I think they could easily inhabit a restaurant, but they have a cool following now.
I look forward to where this group is heading!

It could be so much better. Great expectations, but it is not exactly realizing its potential. The food is not as extensive as I’d have hoped. The bar is too noisy, and there were people bring outside food in, but here is the thing, it is the only place that one can get Uyghur food in San Francisco. I googled it and found none other than this. Uyghur should not be confused with Chinese muslim food, they are of a muslim origin but there are many non Uyghur muslims like those in Inner Mongolia or in Xi’an, Shaanxi.
The last time I had it outside of China was in Munich, Germany. It’s a fabulous restaurant and they too had the noodle dish served just like this spot. Munich is a lot further, than San Francisco, and the chance me of going to Munich to get my Uyghur food fix in, is pretty slim, albeit, I do visit Munich on a regular basis.
So that being said, this place is a destination, at least if you are in San Francisco.
I suspect there are others like it in the bay area, but I failed to locate them. Their kabobs are good. I like the lamb skewers, it reminds me so much of the same food you get at the Uyghur street vendors in China, filled with cumin seasoning.
The hand pulled noodles are fresh, a bit vinegary, which I liked. The steamed lamb and potato dumplings were packed with flavors.
I wanted the lamb soup, they did not offer that on the menu any more.
The rain was coming down hard. I like raining late afternoons for ethnic food. Not just any ethnic food, Chinese ethnic food, one could argue. You gotta love this little city by the bay, however petite, it offers fairly diverse food selections.

*** In Short ***
Flavorful dishes that are Chinese in appearance, but heavily Middle Eastern influenced in flavor, with a menu that’s heavily biased towards lamb.
*** In Depth ***
FINALLY. After months of having friends rave to me about this place, I finally made it out here one night — admittedly, only because Terra Cotta Warrior was closed for the holidays. For those who, like me, don’t bother reading, they’re located within the Chug Pub. Basically, sit down, push the button that you’d find in many a Korean restaurant to order food, and eagerly await your meal.
We got overly excited and ordered a bit too much, trying their:
* Lamb Laghman — Basically stir fried hand-​pulled noodles. Great flavor, albeit a bit on the saltier and greasier side than I’d like.
* Lamb Samsa — Similar to a… calzone, I suppose, but a bit tougher and chewier. Good flavors, but the difficulty of chewing the breading took away from this dish.
* Lamb Pitir Manta — Don’t let the menu photos fool ya: these may be dumplings, but they’re about twice the size of your standard Chinese ones, so order accordingly. Great flavor as well, with a small tough of soupiness/​juiciness inside, but definitely steamed for a bit too long, as the tops of ours were rather dry and hard.
* Beef Kebab — While also a little on the salty side, these are amazingly flavorful, tender, and delicious. Good on their own, but something that I can imagine going really well with some white rice.
***Accessibility Info***
Venue — The tables where they serve food are to your right after entering, and consist of inaccessible bench seating on one side, and accessible pull-​out seating on the other. Unfortunately, most of the seats are right next to the pool table, which means you’d likely be in the way of anyone trying to play. That leaves the two end tables as the most ideal: one, you’re completely out of the way, and the other, if you push away from the Pac Man game, allows you to squeeze in on the side.
Bathroom — Didn’t try.

«Uyghur» is pronounced «wee-​gur,» in case you were wondering (I certainly was, before my husband educated me). According to him, the food isn’t particularly authentic, but we both agreed that it is delicious.
Expect Middle Eastern flavorings and lamb-​heavy offerings. I LOVE lamb so I was ecstatic to try this place out.
My only complaint is the excessive salt and the limited variety (the filling for the 餅, samsa/​samosa, and pitir manta all taste the same). I’m hoping as more people give this place a chance they’ll expand their menu and maybe even move out of the bar and establish their own space!

Absolutely great cultural experience!
Food is very tasty. Very very very tasty.
Place all in all is good for couples and for meeting with friends. They have TVs all over the bar.
Food is so good

Holy… crap… for some reason, this food tastes exactly like my mom’s home cooking, and she’s from Shanghai. I think because there are a lot of XinJiang people in Shanghai, so we all grew up eating these dishes.
For those who don’t know Uyghur cuisine, the flavors are like a combination of Szechuan (ma-​la) and Middle Eastern curry spices. There’s a lot of lamb and pulled noodle dishes.
My favorite thing to get here is the Laghman Noodles and Big Plate Chicken. Both of those are enough for 2 – 3 people.
Love how modern it feels while tasting like hearty home-​cooking.
Found my new spot for good eats in SF.

I’d only had Uyghur food once before, at a glitzy restaurant in Shenzhen. This was anything but.
Served out of the kitchen of a dive bar in the Sunset, this leads to some really weird clashes between the food and the décor, and a lot of uncertainty on how you get your order taken, how you find a menu, and how you pay.
The place is also dumpy. The typical Chinese plasticware adds to that feeling. Duct-​taped bench seating, and a lack of decent tables certainly don’t help.
I got the big plate chicken, which was good, but not great. It was nice and spicy, but the flavor felt a bit bland. The dish was uncompromising; something that I don’t say often about Chinese food in America.
I feel like the restaurant has potential. Hell, I might go back for a second chance. But I was hoping for something great, and this was just okay.

I really wanted to like this restaurant. It’s neighborhood, it’s a new taste and flavor profile and I want pop ups to succeed into standalone restaurants.
But I couldn’t like it. Probably due to the apathy of the servers who didn’t give a damn about the food or experience. 2 of us went in for dinner on Sat night — place was not crowded. Only 2 tables seated
We ordered
— Gostnan — tortilla/​naan stuffed with minced lamb, bell peppers. It was pre-​prepared much earlier and then microwaved. Half the naan was cold and half warm and all soggy. Very disappointing
— Lamb Chops — these were fresh and well spiced.
–Big chicken dish (potatoes, onions, chillies in a gravy). We ordered it with noodles — they were not served. We had to ask again and were served cold noodles. Chicken was chewy and felt like it had been re-​heated several times.
All in all, a disappointment for such a promising premise. Service issues and focus on delivering hot, fresh food need to improve before I would consider returning!!!

Uyghur Taamiri is Xinjiang Uyghur cuisine.
menu has pics of eats: chow mein, fried rice, soups (sorpa), samas, noodle soups,
hand pulled noodles, kebabs, appetitzers, etc.
eats: sorpa (8)
–soup flavored by lamb, carrots, potato, cumin, .
–tender lamb meat on bone
–msg probably not used, sodium use may be excessive.
samsa (2.5)
–a well browned samosa, lst one burnt, inedible
–2^nd one well done, not juicy, tender
would skip this one next time.
foodnotes:
–didn’t see any outside signs designating Uyghur Taamlire (it’s inside Chug Pub)
–went in sidedoor,
–just a few table for sitdown
–service good, no water offered, didn’t ask.
–some dishes come in large or small sizes.
–waiter willing to make suggestions
would pass on the samsa…
3.5 stars

Maybe. The first and best Xinjiang Uyghur food in North california. Great food and service!
The lamb chop and kabab are of very good original flavor. The big-​plate chicken, hand-​pulled noodles (过油肉拌面) and pitir manta (薄皮包子) are well made in a traditional home-​made style.
I like the food here very much that I no longer need to drive 6 hours to LA to have Xinjiang food.
My three friends coming with me who are from Xinjiang all regard the food delicious. Would definitely recommend this place to others and come again to try all other items in the menu.
This restaurant is located closed to Golden gate park and has a bar inside. Have a nice walk after meal!
Yang

The first Uyghur restaurant in San Francisco!
I lived in China for 9 years and enjoyed many nights of Uyghur food (新疆菜). Having traveled to Xinjiang, I can say the food at Uyghur Taamliri is even better than you’d find in country. I say that only because the quality of ingredients and meats is much better state side.
The owner is from Ürümqi and a very friendly guy that speaks great English, Mandarin and I assume Uyghur as well.
I can’t remember the English names, but the zhua fan — 抓饭 - (Polo I think it read on the menu) is incredible as are the kebabs. Each skewer has ample amounts of tender lamb or beef. BTW, Uyghur kebabs are unlike anything you’ve ever tried before. It looks dry and tasteless with dry rub spices, but explodes with flavor on your first bite. Big plate Chicken 大盘鸡 is another Xinjiang classic, but we went with the pulled noodles (again don’t remember the English name they used) 拉条子. They were also excellent!
The restaurant is located within Chug Pub, but I think it won’t be long before San Francisco uncovers the joys of Central Asian cooking and this place is able to expand to it’s own space.
Do yourself a favor and get there while the gettin’s good! It’s very well this is the closest you will ever come to homemade Uyghur food in the US!