Red Tavern

2229 Clement St, San Francisco
(415) 750-9090

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MsMxyzptlk

Very disappointed. First (and last) time here. The actual menu offered way fewer choices than shown here. I came especially for the borscht but was told it wouldn't be ready for an hour or two. It was 6:30 pm Saturday night. What the? I had the other soup which was “lemon with smoked meats.” It was an oily broth with some sliced thin sausages. Not great. I had the beef blintzes appetizer which were excellent. 2 small ones for $12. My date's grilled chicken with mashed potatoes, for $25 (with nothing else— no greens, no bread) did not seem grilled, and was boring. The mashed potatoes were dull and uninspired. How do you fail on mashed potatoes? The prices were easily 33% higher than shown on this site! The service was friendly but a little slow. The atmosphere was cute and quaint. Only 2 other couples, one speaking Russian. The restaurant had at least two long tables set up for a later banquet. Maybe thats whom they were cooking the borcsht for? And perhaps that's the only way to go. Much too expensive for the quality of the food. Not enough choices. Restaurant need to list the correct prices and have all menu items available when restaurant opens.

Galina A

We really liked beef stroganoff, schnitzel and goulash. Kompot was good. Golubtcy and zrazy - I never liked them before in general. I really hoped I would change my mind, but that didn't happen. We also had herring and hot tea - these were as expected. And we had an olivier salad, not my favorite version of it, but my husband didn't mind it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

noah noah

Absolutely outrageously good. Like, so freaking good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alexander Koeberl

I went to Red Tavern last year while I was attending GDC. The food is phenomenal, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the service is great.

I ordered the blintzes which have beef inside, the potato zrazy, and shared the pelmeni and Russian syrniki with others.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beef Stroganoff, Pelmeni, Potato Zrazy, Vareniki

Tomek S.F.

Kid-friendliness: Very Polite and friendly

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beef Stroganoff, Borsch, Golupsy

Mia

The white staff was very knowledgeable about the menu top 10 best meals I've ever eaten in my life

jeff

We have been here before and had wonderful experience. So tonight we brought two friends with us and they raved about it too. The food is really wonderful. It's very clean and very good tasting well spiced everything about it was perfect so thanks guys.

Elle

Great Russian food with an authentic Russian vibe. Nice waitstaff and atmos/art, and good food!

Arti Aquilas

That’s almost ok, but actually this is not russian restaurant, because most of meals are ukrainian - borshch, holuptsi, varenyky (pierogi in polish language).

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Evgenii Shirshov

Everything is very tasty! Beef Stroganoff is the bomb! Well done!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yury Litvinov

Great russian food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeniffer Brook

Great place, very nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pelmeni, Blintzes, Olive Salad, Rack of Lamb

Denis Drygin

Food is OK, and the service is Russian ?

Svetlana Cramer

It’s very sweet Russian decor. My friend were visiting from New Jersey and decided that they would like Russian food. It was a perfect spot and food was fantastic.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Potato Zrazy, Blintzes, Napoleon Cake

Haleh Dolati

We ordered beef stroganoff, Olivier salad, and pelmeni. All of them were really good but the beef stroganoff was exceptionally good!
Service was fast and the environment was relax and amazing.
Good selection of music ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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