Al-Masri Egyptian Restaurant

4031 Balboa St, San Francisco
(415) 876-2300

Recent Reviews

Josh Stephens

The rice included with your dish is shaped like a pyramid. Great belly dancers. Food so good I scarfed it down in minutes. The service is nice and you feel like you’re stepping into Egypt. A gem of this city.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kebab Firakh Entree

Mariana Q.

The food was like homemade, and the service was good. They had live music and dancers. I liked it better than expensive restaurants in San Francisco serving food from the same region with live entertainment. They are only open on Saturday nights for dine-in. The rest of the week is only open for delivery and pick-up. They welcome everyone to dance, so it felt welcoming. Don't miss out on their variety of baklava.

Eric Medeiros

Everyone here is so wonderful and the food is super good! Place feels like family ??? can't wait to go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dana Bishara

The place is nice, the music is amazing!! The food needs to be enhanced.

Kin W.

Great experience! Good food and entertainment. Fantastic service. Highly recommend it.

Erica J.

We happened to be around a night they were open, and it was a treat. Good food and excellent live music. The interior replicates a plaza or courtyard. There was a belly dancer. In general it was a fun experience.

Laura T.

Great food! Fish, rice, salad was very flavorful! Live music. Great ambience. Very friendly staff and customers. I came in alone and was greeted and sat at a table with regulars!

Hans van Rietschote

Real Egyptian food. Belly dancing in Saturday’s. Street parking.

Simbel G.

Even 1 star is a lot for this place. These people call themselves Al Masri. But we ordered from a place named falafel fix and picked it up from this place "Al Masri" This restaurant is fraud. We ordered 3 items and we didn't receive half of the order. I'm not even talking about the taste. It's not even edible. Everything went to trash. We ordered Chicken gyro and received some chicken kabap, no chicken gyro. We ordered grill plate combination and received one beef and one chicken kebab and rice. No gyro no kafta kebap. We ordered veggie's platter We received some veggies and rice. No falafel no grape leaves. Shame on this business. With this quality they can't go far. (I hope pictures are explaining everything.)

Mary C.

Food was good, but the ambience and welcoming feeling was amazing! A small group of people dancing together. I have never been to a restaurant that made me feel like we were friends!!!

L C.

Very small place and woman's bathroom has no door - the food is nothing to brag about and the service is so so. The music was great and the dancers wonderful - but that was a special group from the Central Valley. Waitress wanted to charge us an additional 25 dollars because someone in our party ordered appetizers, dessert plus a drink - as it was the food was overly priced and definitely not worth it! We won't return to this hole in the wall!

Morena P.

If you want to have " Egyptian experience "This is the place to be.The ambiance is very warm and relax, very happy place.. music and belly dancers. Food is amazingly delicious, dessert Baklava soo yummy best baklava that ever had.Everyone there is so nice and polite the chef and owner very pleasant person. Everyone there is nice and everyone knows each other lots of regulars .. .. live music! Outstanding!!Everything everyone there is so worth to visit over and over again.

Brandi X

Ubered across town to find out that they're "closed"! They need to UPDATE their hours. Waste of time and money.

Matty B

I really liked the Grilled Chicken Skewer Rice Bowl. It’s got chicken (on a stick), hummus, pita, rice, and salad. What else do you want?

Alicia Bogart

Didn’t end up eating there, because when we arrived (6pm) the set menu was small and limited (5 or 6 items to choose from). We were hoping for more selection and a more lively atmosphere.

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