All the food at this restaurant is delicious, but the mantu and veggie sambosi are absolutely the best

If you're in the mood for a quiet halal place, I think this spot on Polk should meet your needs. The multi-page menu spans a lot of popular Afghani and Persian choices, especially variations on kabobs, curries, and wraps. They serve unique dishes like Qabeli Palaw (lamb rice with raisins) and Mantu (Afghani steamed dumplings in spicy yogurt sauce). They also recognize the need to serve food outside of their cultural specialties, so you can have a beef burger or a whole fried chicken, either one with fries of course. Believe me, I was tempted by the fried chicken, but it was probably a lot of food ($24) and kinda defeats the purpose of coming here. Know what I mean? Instead, I ordered the $20.99 Combo Tikka Kabob plate (Photo 9). It reminded me of yakitori with skewers of lamb and chicken tikka kabob charred along with a cherry tomato and a padron pepper. It came with basmati rice, one part plain, the other infused in saffron. I would've been satisfied with that, but I also added a $2.99 side of Afghani Naan still warm from the oven (Photo 10). My meal was filling and quite delicious. FOOD - 4 stars...savory tikka kabobs nicely executed AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...spacious enough and very quiet SERVICE - 4 stars...efficient and quiet TOTAL - 4 stars...if halal is on your mind RELATED - Exploring Nob Hill? Here's my collection of places I've patronized and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2IfTVOB

Food was amazing and very clean environment, definitely will be coming back here. Service was perfect as well

Delicious Afghani food! Definitely a shareable meal that can be enjoyed with family and friends. The Qabeli Palaw, lamb cooked with special seasoned rice, with raisins and chopped carrots, was wonderful! The lamb was very tender! The Mantu is another Afghani dish to go for. Steamed dumplings stuffed with ground beef, onions, and spices served with yogurt sauce. Very authentic! The meal was filling we didn't have room for dessert. Highly recommend Se7enbuds for an authentic Afghani food! Our server was very nice, engaging, and attentive.

Wow! This place is a find! This restaurant serves Afghan food, which is not a cuisine you normally get to try. We had two dishes: Qabeli Palaw and Muntu. The Qabeli Palaw is a huge piece of lamb on a bone (incredibly tender lamb) covered with seasoned rice, raisins and carrots. The lamb alone was amazing: fall of the bone tender, the type you find at truly top restaurants. It was delicious! The portion size was huge: it would have been enough to satisfy my wife and I for dinner. Our second dish, Muntu, was steamed dumplings stuffed with ground beef, onions and spices with a special yogurt sauce. This dish, too, had a incredible robust flavor. Again, it was a large portion. A side of freshly baked Afghan bread was served with both dishes along with a spicy green sauce in a separate small bowl. The two dishes were so big we took leftovers home and had them for breakfast the following day. There is complimentary tea available to have with your meal, which we enjoyed. The ambiance of this very clean, well lit restaurant is pleasant and relaxed. The owner, who served us, was wonderfully friendly. And lastly, the cost of the food was really, really reasonable: $20 for Qabeli Palaw and $19 for the Muntu. I don't live in San Francisco but if I did I would be going back on a regular basis.

Se7enBuds is growing on me too fast Been going there once a week and Every item I tried was better than the other. -Shorwa, fantastic. Soup part could be less oily -whole fried chicken is actually a Cornish Hen not a chicken but also amazing -Qabeli was simple yet fantastic - Lamb Karahi is a serious treat and sooooo much better than most Indian Karahis - chicken soup, fantaboulas Tried many of the sides and they are great but little pricey, $7.5 for a side of pickles or yogurt is too much, I believe if they reduce the sides they will be perfect. Service is fast, but they need to remove empty dishes. They leave all the dishes on the table till the customer leaves which makes tables too crowded and not looking good. My advice, remove plates and any thing immediately as they become empty. Inside is simple and clean. Complimentary green and black tea at self-service station close to the kitchen.

Stumbled into this restaurant while waiting for a friend tonight and ended up having a really good and tasty dinner. I ordered the mix platter with chicken and lamb. They have really big rice servings and the proteins were tender and moist. I got a garlic dipping sauce on the side and it made the taste even better. The server was really nice and attentive. There was not a lot of people when k ate there earlier, not sure how the crowd is on a later time but definitely good food.

Afghan cuisine neighborhood restaurant (very similar to Persian cuisine) that is clean with good service and affordable prices. Pretty big menu with many selection of kebabs, rice dishes and other standard Afghan / Persian food. I've had the combo of kobideh kabob $21.00 (1 skewer beef & 1 skewer chicken) with rice, tomato and bread butter. Also I got an order of fries to go $3.50 As a matter of taste, it was good but also kinda plain in term of spices and seasonings. But taking into consideration, overall it was still a good value. Just don't set your expectation too high.

cute little restaurant with great food and great service at great (sf) price! me and my two friends got dinner and caught up here, shared 2 kobideh plates + hummus + shirazi salad. great bites of freshness and flavor thru the shirazi salad, rice, and bites of pepper, onion, and tomato in between.

I found this restaurant on Yelp's hot new restaurants feed! It's a great location along the Polk St bike lane at Polk and California--I picked up takeout lunch as I was biking there and there's a beautiful bike lane right outside the restaurant. I ordered the mantu--it was well-seasoned and filling, even though it was deceptively a small portion at first! I loved the bread it came with and also the vegetables. Service was wonderful and warm and friendly, and the interior was light, airy, and had lots of art and flowers at each table. The tea is great too! I'll be back to try more of their delicious Persian food, like I was eyeing their gyros.