Smile House Cafe

1030 Taraval St, San Francisco
(415) 682-4006

Recent Reviews

Night Owl Reader

The food and drinks were really good but I probably won't come back in the future. My reasons I admit may not be very fair to them, people just have human emotions. And I think it's a bit unkind that they don't help nearby schools promote summer activities. Anyway, they could refuse to help and I could refuse to give them the money I earned from being a school teacher.Isn’t it okay to leave such a big bookmark in their restaurant?Actually, after thinking about it on the way home, it was actually quite fair. If you don’t help me and I won’t help you, it’s even!We’re trying to teach kids that the world we live in is cruel, no one wants to help one another. Dog eat dog world, right? That makes sense to me.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Lisseth Navarro

Literally just rice and saltI ordered chicken fried

Food: 1

George Deng

Great deserts. Food pretty good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Hector A Parayuelos

This place is fantastic. The menu goes on for days, and even has a cute little Kawaii inspired dessert menu. I had the Tan Pan sliced beef with rice, which is brought out on a hot dish that cooks the beef as you watch. The rice in the middle is sauced on the inside, and the heat spreads the flavor throughout the rice. Great place, hope I get to visit again before I leave SF!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Spencer Q

Service: 3.5/5Overall: A HK style restaurant with all the options you could want.The extended review…Food:Beef noodles - 3/5 - Fairly tasty. Pretty standard fare.Service: 3.5/5 - Pretty friendly staff for a Chinese restaurant. - A typical HK cafe feel.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Bennie Lau

Parking: Limited street parking

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Rich and Vanessa

Having left San Francisco and moving to another state, this place hit the spot for me. Went with my friend and ordered 3 dishes and HK style iced milk teas. The Teppan Beef was lip smacking delicious. The Hoi Nam chicken was tender and full of flavor. The salt/pepper chicken wings were fresh and flavorful. Yummy all around. Not sure why this place has a lower Google rating. HK style milk tea hit the spot too! Didn’t have time to order dessert as we were strapped for time. I’ll be thinking about this place until the next time I’m back in San Francisco.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Diana Huang

really love this place for several years, the foods are amazing, good services, and cozy places to sit with friends and family!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hoi Nam Chicken w Rice 正宗海南鸡饭, Beef Brisket Toss Noodles 牛腩撈麵 t004, Beef, Shark Fin Soup

celia chan

The food is disappointed. I oder pork jowl with noodles. When they come in, that is a bbq pork!!! OMG. Also the bbq pork taste is spoil. After couple hours, I have to go the bathroom more than two times. No more again !!!

Food: 1

Ms. San Francisco Real Estate Janice Lee

The beef tendons were ok. The best dish was the iron sizzling plate beef with spaghetti. The flavor was amazing. The baked pork chop needed improvement. They didn't put the tomato in, in the beginning, so it was not melted. The fried rice should be fried rice and not white rice. There wasn't enough sauce for the rice. The e fu beef noodles is good on its own but when compared to the sizzling beef spaghetti that was the winner. I love that they gave us a huge teapot to pour our own tea.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Brenda W.

the teppan beef is the best teppan dish on the menu! incredibly delicious and perfect amount of sauce for me. i also got the black pepper sauce spaghetti. it's a classic but it felt like something was missing just a bit.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Chi Shan Wong

Had a nice baked cheese tomato pork chop rice! Hong Kong milk tea was quite authentic as well. Didn't get to eat in but the staff was friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

kim

Good service for take out guy. The food tasty but very small portions.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Wynee Wu

really love this place for several years, the foods are amazing, good services, and cozy places to sit with friends and familyKid-friendliness: rice, noodles, sweets, lots of choices for kids

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hoi Nam Chicken w Rice

Ivy Pei

Very good food. The place is so clean. I love the menu look. The service was great too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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