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Totally agree. The burgers are fresh grilled to order and are fabulous. Great onion rings, too.
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Sam's Pizza & Hamburgers
Cuisine: Pizza Hamburgers
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Chinatown |
10/21/2006
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Just back from my birthday dinner and it was not fun. Freezing air blowing on my wife and teenage daughters and me and we got instant headaches. Told the waiter twice and he said they were working on it. Finally stopped a managerial-looking type and nearly bit his head off and then the air was shut off. By now bad feelings all around.
The waiters had no clue how to decant or pour wine, they just dumped it into the decanter and the glasses. My daughter ordered the crab cake appetizer, the waiter took the order without a problem and then returned and said they "don't have them, what esle do you want?". When she asked to see the menu again he was perterbed. Very amateurish.
The food was actually quite good, but it just couldn't overcome the experience. Thanks to previous reviews, we knew to ask for the steak with sauce on the side. Loved the potatoes gratin. Nice desserts.
Very bad acoustics in there. We could not hear each other talk.
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Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse
Cuisine: Italian American Steakhouse
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North Beach |
9/17/2006
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I agree with Bess the previous reviewer. I went last night and hand the same things except for the chicken and I actually drank the leftover ceviche juice ! The atmosphere is great with brushed tin ceiling tiles and other homey touches that reflect lots of TLC. They do brunch on Sundays which I also can't wait to try. Very friendly staff. Overall ... excellent !!
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The Front Porch
Cuisine: Soul Food Caribbean
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Mission |
9/4/2006
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Fantastic food here. Salt & pepper prawns. Also try the bartender/owner Ahree's Thai dishes like chicken with green beens. She is a great spirit and makes the place very fun !
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Yet Wah Chinese Restaurant
Cuisine: Chinese
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Noe Valley |
8/25/2006
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Attitude, attitude, attitude !!! Good food, but I hate a place where they don't put salt and pepper on the table and then act like it's a new concept when you ask for it (the pompous jerk even told me which was which "this grinder is pepper, this little silver tub of white stuff with a spoon in it is salt," "Oh, gee, I thought it was Cocaine"). Also, the wine guys (3 of them) stop by every five seconds to top up already too full red wine glasses, proably to rush us out since we arrived at 10PM after a show at the Herbst, but it was Friday night. Just to spite them and have wine left for the cheese course we ordered a second bottle (knowing full well that their other motive was to sell more over marked-up wine) and still were out of wine before we finished the cheese. This place reminds me of the pompous attitude joints of the Reagan 80s. I thought we we're all beyond this. Nice food Traci, but I'll season it at the table as I see fit.
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Jardiniere Restaurant
Cuisine: Californian
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Hayes Valley |
6/10/2006
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We just had a couple of very nice paninis that came with a beautifully dressed salad of designer greens. The nice Brit lady behind the counter prepared it all with TLC. They could do with a little dusting in and around the place but it had lots of charm and atmosphere.
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Melt
Cuisine: Fondue Pub Food
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North Beach |
5/28/2006
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We had a ball. Great food. We did all small plates. Excellent cheese plate. A great place to bring visitors. We were very impressed. No-nonsense waitress, incredibly curt but funny and matter-of-fact. I 'd go back weekly. The wine flights are a gas !!!!!!!! Great pre- or post-theater spot.
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First Crush
Cuisine: American (New) French
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Downtown |
5/28/2006
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Wow two negative reviews in one weekend. Yuck! This negative review is not really for the restaurant but for the ultra-ignorant owner. We had a party for about 60 scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 1:30PM in the back garden. The group was comprised of the students, parents and siblings of the graduating 8th graders of a nearby neighborhood school. The cost was $25 per head (and the creep insisted on cash). We arrived promptly and were told to wait out front on the (freezing) street. We finally got into the garden by 2:00 (they had poorly timed the final seating of brunch customers) and were served our food at 3:15PM !!! We didn't all fit out back, had to pay separately for the wine and were served one shwarma (wrap) each for our $25 each ($100 for a family of 4). An ingenious way to endear yourself to a large group of potential repeat customers or create bitter enemies that were burned by your greed. What a fool! The negative word of mouth from this will kill this place.
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Fattoush Restaurant
Cuisine: Middle Eastern Mediterranean
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Noe Valley |
5/8/2006
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Wow. I'm a regular and I love this place, but had a horrible experience Saturday night. Way too much fat in the ribs and we were stuck in the back room where the cart can't get next to the tables. Disappointing when you've brought a table of 9 mostly first-timers and had hyped up the table-side cart. The server saved an otherwise terrible night. She was terrific ! Can't say the same for surley John at the check-in stand. He should be fired for `tude he spewed on guests waiting up to a half-hour for reservation seating, with equallly no seating/service in the bar area. Gus should never take a night off again for the sake of their reputation !!!
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House of Prime Rib
Cuisine: Steakhouses
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Polk St./Van Ness |
5/8/2006
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We always sit at the bar and chat and wine taste with John. We've had many items and they were all great. The service and friendliness are unsurpassed.
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Chenery Park
Cuisine: American (New)
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Glen Park |
4/22/2006
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Exquisite Italian sausage and mushroom risotto. Top shelf for savory flavors.
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Lupa Trattoria
Cuisine: Italian Seafood
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Noe Valley |
4/21/2006
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We love to sit at the counter and do the wine flights. The menu always has something we love. They have the best olives I've ever eaten. How do they do that? I think the free sparkling Hetch Hetchy is very cool. I want that system for my house. All in all the best Italian in SF in my book.
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Incanto
Cuisine: Italian
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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They could be a little friendlier, but the food can't be beat. Pasta is homemade with love.
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Ristorante Bacco
Cuisine: Italian
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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Excellent food and fast free delivery. I love the moo kra tiem (garlic pork) with nam plah plik (thai chili's in fish oil). The prawn and lemongrass soup is delicious. Their lunch specials are always good and alot of food for the money.
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Swatdee Thai
Cuisine: Thai Asian
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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I can not for the life of me figure out how they manage to make everything so bland and flavorless. No flavor at Savor to savor.
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Savor
Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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Fabulous food and wine. Very authentic so allow alot of time and have no plans for after dinner. If you have the time you will not be disappointed.
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Le Zinc
Cuisine: French (Bistro) Tapas
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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Great breakfasts. Too bad they only do home fries and no shredded hash browns. Otherwise they'd be perfect. Great PattymMelts at lunch.
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Tennessee Grill
Cuisine: Coffee Shops/Diners
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Inner Sunset |
4/4/2006
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Fantastic filet mignon and lobster. Ask for garlic butter on the steak. My family loves even now that the kids are teenagers we still go for an occasional fix.
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Benihana
Cuisine: Japanese Sushi
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Japantown |
4/4/2006
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Excellent Tortellini soup brings me back again and again. This is not a corporate chain it is the ultimate American dream for this poor immigrant from Italy. The guy started with nothing and built it into a local empire and met his wife at this Noe location. He just recently accepted minority funding (20%) from Wendy's to take concept broader. He still owns 80%, controls quality, and loves his baby. Grant the guy his success and wish him well. I can't wait for the Wendy's choc-o-malts to show up on the menu though (just kidding)!
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Pasta Pomodoro
Cuisine: Italian
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Noe Valley |
4/4/2006
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Good breakfast but over easy eggs came over medium with that East Coast New York style burnt brown edge on them. Yuck. Turn down the heat and all would be well. I'd go again and reject any burnt eggs next time. Excellent shredded hash browns and flavorful, lean sausage links.
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Bashful Bull Too
Cuisine: Hamburgers Coffee Shops/Diners
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Outer Sunset |
4/4/2006
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We go here once a month or so usually on Sunday nights and sit at the counter, not the bar, so we can watch the cooks. We drink oyster vodka shooters and give them an extra trip for the show they put on every time. We always order the lamb chops and shrimp. It never fails. Always have oysters and some mussels. Never a bad experience. Never had a reservation so can't comment on how that is. We love it and would miss it it terribly if it were gone. Before Katrina I was in New Orleans a couple of weeks every year and this has exactly the same festive feel.
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PJ's Oyster Bed
Cuisine: Creole Seafood
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Inner Sunset |
3/21/2006
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Their New Yorker special pizza is the answer for all you New York pizza snobs out there. Absolutely fabulous. The real deal.
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Hay Stack Pizza
Cuisine: Pizza Italian
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Noe Valley |
3/11/2006
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