Overall the cocktails were good. They could definitely improve the food. I don't think it's worth the money. Mediocre cocktails and less than mediocre food. The was not smooth and was slow and the kitchen/waitress/waiters got confused with our order and ended up delivering to another table. I just think the overall experience could be better with improvement to service and food items (small plates are ok but charging about $30 for a plate of fried fish and saying that they tried hard to remove fish bones while leaving fish fins) and quality of food. If you want to pay a lot of money for very overpriced cocktails and food and not even get the service or the food you expect, then go head and reserve a table/or an awkward bench seat.
Victor
nice little find next to atelier Crenn that has an upscale, swanky vibe! drinks were good, appreciated the exchange for another drink when one was a bit too sweet... the food plates were very well done! the scallop tacos and lobster rolls are amazing, well worth a visit... vibe is upscale, soundtracked that night we visited by a selection of hip hop classics that maintained the flow of the night... service was attentive and efficient. this makes a great beginning OR end of a night on the town!
Lonnie
We always have an amazing time at Bar Crenn! It's our 7th time going, and both Aude and Oscar always make SURE the experience is "next level" for us. Their warm smiles, attention to detail, and ability to make effortless small talk with my partner and me are heartwarming. You have a forever fan in us!
Ann
Unbelievably loud rap music blaring during the entire dining experience made it almost impossible to converse or to enjoy our $450 dinner for two (+ $50 tip on top of the included 20% service charge.) This is not a sports bar or a disco. It's a fine dining establishment. Take a cue from the fine restaurants in the great cities of Europe: if you must have music, make it unintrusive. Please keep the music at a level where conversation as possible without shouting and ideally have music playing that fits the fine dining ambience.  Classical is always nice. perhaps a Chopin nocturne or waltz? We are regular customers(and generous tippers) and have probably been here a dozen times over the last several years. We may give it another chance, but if the same issues arise, we won't be back. 
Ian
Wonderful setting. The staff are incredible. Excellent cocktails. I took a date there who was way out of my league as I figured she needed to be compensated for agreeing to spend time with me. It worked.... Say. No. More. Kaboom. Sideways eyes emoji.
Alisa
Vivian was very accommodating, changing our reservation for 4 people. I appreciate the welcoming atmosphere and professionalism of the staff; loved the whiskey sours and the soundtrack.
Christopher
I have been wanting a Crenn experience for years..and alas I was able to score a seat at Bar Crenn. Just on the energetic fringe of a beautiful architecture posh part of SF. Their neighbors a Loud and Sexy Dive Bar, Cannabis Shop upstairs, and a multitude of busy businesses. Walked in and was immediately greeted with a most sincere welcome - albeit somewhat intimidating for a split-second - of course until I could hear the French accent and twinkle in her eye gently smiling and connecting. Once inside I was enveloped in the plush dark texture of thick velvet walls and nouveau-retro-cool hipster bar-thrones and a curved smooth black bar top softly lit from below. I was seated at the end of this crescent of conviviality in full view of the well groomed and smartly attired mixology team; their patrons sipping, speaking and smiling. In the next instant, I was warmly approached by a sauve, slender, handsome, and debonair attendant who at put me at ease, at home, and that my choice of retreats was valued and acknowledged. The cocktails are varied and exotic ethereal riffs on classics and a few sensuous recipes layered with the unexplored. The food - Crab Nori Rolls / Scallop Tacos and Lobster Roll. Each dish 2 pc - finger food for certain - on small plates. Nori Rolls were a tease with my first bite tinged with either off-crab or fresh Wasabi root...a bit salty and texturally boring - except for a minor Nori snap. Needs slices of cucumber or something for balance - 3 bites if you're a dainty one. Scallop Tacos - cute, dressed in colorful garnish minutia - pretty, perfect sashmi style bits, needs more something. This was a tiny, tasty taco shell (not locos) with uni-mayo scallop salad. 2nd "seafood" salad dish...nice but ordinary. uni is fun, but calls for micro celery, tobiko or other texture for balance. Lastly - the Lobster Roll - world-class in-house brioche bread expertly toasted and pillowy, lobster pieces perfectly medium tender only lacks inspiration.
Maria
Cocktails are very good and so is the food. The only thing is I felt rushed to finish my second drink.
Mary Ann
Wonderful cocktails! Attentive service! Barbie's were delish but the lobster roll were 2 small squares of toasted brioche and 1 of them had no lobster at all and the other side had 2 very tiny pieces. $32 for brioche is crazy. Enjoyed the cocktails!!
Josephine
We did the bar experience. It's one of our first “experience” ever so really doesn't know what to expect. The meals and drinks were on cue. We sat at the bar with two other parties. We heard about this place, interestingly, from a man sitting on the beach in Santa Cruz. He was very well versed about the chef's history. So we thought we give it a try.
Lovely visit once more, a true gem and a great opportunity to experience the craft of all things Crenn!
Paris
absolutely amazing! great N/A cocktails, and food was stellar. especially the lobster roll
Ilyse
Always the best. My favorite bar in SF, hands down. The staff is accommodating and the kindest people, they have grown to be friends! The drinks are amazing and always so balanced and creative! The vibes are top tier. Elegant but also comfortable. I try to come as often as I can and always bring my friends!
Kim
So we didn't eat because frankly, it wasn't very comfortable upon arrival... word to the wise don't tell people they have 90 minutes to sit somewhere unless they're a young party group they're hardly going to stay that long especially a couple in their 50s and 60s we were there for the talked about good drinks, food, which we didn't have this time but we hear it is fantastic and basically just the overall vibe to come in and have a little sultry evening with good music in the background. Needless to say once was enough
Glenn
We were quite shocked that Crenn's bar menu food did not match the creativity or quality of her reputation. Everything was ok - nothing was bad. We just expect much more from this celebrated chef. Drinks were excellent. Atmosphere and concept were great. But the dishes did not deliver on flavour or concept - and we had them all!
Overall the cocktails were good. They could definitely improve the food. I don't think it's worth the money. Mediocre cocktails and less than mediocre food. The was not smooth and was slow and the kitchen/waitress/waiters got confused with our order and ended up delivering to another table. I just think the overall experience could be better with improvement to service and food items (small plates are ok but charging about $30 for a plate of fried fish and saying that they tried hard to remove fish bones while leaving fish fins) and quality of food. If you want to pay a lot of money for very overpriced cocktails and food and not even get the service or the food you expect, then go head and reserve a table/or an awkward bench seat.
nice little find next to atelier Crenn that has an upscale, swanky vibe! drinks were good, appreciated the exchange for another drink when one was a bit too sweet... the food plates were very well done! the scallop tacos and lobster rolls are amazing, well worth a visit... vibe is upscale, soundtracked that night we visited by a selection of hip hop classics that maintained the flow of the night... service was attentive and efficient. this makes a great beginning OR end of a night on the town!
We always have an amazing time at Bar Crenn! It's our 7th time going, and both Aude and Oscar always make SURE the experience is "next level" for us. Their warm smiles, attention to detail, and ability to make effortless small talk with my partner and me are heartwarming. You have a forever fan in us!
Unbelievably loud rap music blaring during the entire dining experience made it almost impossible to converse or to enjoy our $450 dinner for two (+ $50 tip on top of the included 20% service charge.) This is not a sports bar or a disco. It's a fine dining establishment. Take a cue from the fine restaurants in the great cities of Europe: if you must have music, make it unintrusive. Please keep the music at a level where conversation as possible without shouting and ideally have music playing that fits the fine dining ambience.  Classical is always nice. perhaps a Chopin nocturne or waltz? We are regular customers(and generous tippers) and have probably been here a dozen times over the last several years. We may give it another chance, but if the same issues arise, we won't be back. 
Wonderful setting. The staff are incredible. Excellent cocktails. I took a date there who was way out of my league as I figured she needed to be compensated for agreeing to spend time with me. It worked.... Say. No. More. Kaboom. Sideways eyes emoji.
Vivian was very accommodating, changing our reservation for 4 people. I appreciate the welcoming atmosphere and professionalism of the staff; loved the whiskey sours and the soundtrack.
I have been wanting a Crenn experience for years..and alas I was able to score a seat at Bar Crenn. Just on the energetic fringe of a beautiful architecture posh part of SF. Their neighbors a Loud and Sexy Dive Bar, Cannabis Shop upstairs, and a multitude of busy businesses. Walked in and was immediately greeted with a most sincere welcome - albeit somewhat intimidating for a split-second - of course until I could hear the French accent and twinkle in her eye gently smiling and connecting. Once inside I was enveloped in the plush dark texture of thick velvet walls and nouveau-retro-cool hipster bar-thrones and a curved smooth black bar top softly lit from below. I was seated at the end of this crescent of conviviality in full view of the well groomed and smartly attired mixology team; their patrons sipping, speaking and smiling. In the next instant, I was warmly approached by a sauve, slender, handsome, and debonair attendant who at put me at ease, at home, and that my choice of retreats was valued and acknowledged. The cocktails are varied and exotic ethereal riffs on classics and a few sensuous recipes layered with the unexplored. The food - Crab Nori Rolls / Scallop Tacos and Lobster Roll. Each dish 2 pc - finger food for certain - on small plates. Nori Rolls were a tease with my first bite tinged with either off-crab or fresh Wasabi root...a bit salty and texturally boring - except for a minor Nori snap. Needs slices of cucumber or something for balance - 3 bites if you're a dainty one. Scallop Tacos - cute, dressed in colorful garnish minutia - pretty, perfect sashmi style bits, needs more something. This was a tiny, tasty taco shell (not locos) with uni-mayo scallop salad. 2nd "seafood" salad dish...nice but ordinary. uni is fun, but calls for micro celery, tobiko or other texture for balance. Lastly - the Lobster Roll - world-class in-house brioche bread expertly toasted and pillowy, lobster pieces perfectly medium tender only lacks inspiration.
Cocktails are very good and so is the food. The only thing is I felt rushed to finish my second drink.
Wonderful cocktails! Attentive service! Barbie's were delish but the lobster roll were 2 small squares of toasted brioche and 1 of them had no lobster at all and the other side had 2 very tiny pieces. $32 for brioche is crazy. Enjoyed the cocktails!!
We did the bar experience. It's one of our first “experience” ever so really doesn't know what to expect. The meals and drinks were on cue. We sat at the bar with two other parties. We heard about this place, interestingly, from a man sitting on the beach in Santa Cruz. He was very well versed about the chef's history. So we thought we give it a try.
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Lovely visit once more, a true gem and a great opportunity to experience the craft of all things Crenn!
absolutely amazing! great N/A cocktails, and food was stellar. especially the lobster roll
Always the best. My favorite bar in SF, hands down. The staff is accommodating and the kindest people, they have grown to be friends! The drinks are amazing and always so balanced and creative! The vibes are top tier. Elegant but also comfortable. I try to come as often as I can and always bring my friends!
So we didn't eat because frankly, it wasn't very comfortable upon arrival... word to the wise don't tell people they have 90 minutes to sit somewhere unless they're a young party group they're hardly going to stay that long especially a couple in their 50s and 60s we were there for the talked about good drinks, food, which we didn't have this time but we hear it is fantastic and basically just the overall vibe to come in and have a little sultry evening with good music in the background. Needless to say once was enough
We were quite shocked that Crenn's bar menu food did not match the creativity or quality of her reputation. Everything was ok - nothing was bad. We just expect much more from this celebrated chef. Drinks were excellent. Atmosphere and concept were great. But the dishes did not deliver on flavour or concept - and we had them all!
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