Love this historic warm venue. Friendly attentive service and the smash burger is outstanding.
April
Ambiance is great, lighting could be dimmer, service top notch and prices for drinks are very high.
Susan
Great food and outstanding service is a warm bar setting. The Smash burger is one of the best in the city.
Susan
Warm traditional elegant bar with attentive service and delicious food. The branzino was perfection!!
Andre
Beautiful restaurant/bar. Always great service. Asian waiter, don't recall his name, he is outstanding!
Luisa
I had read a previous bad review on this restaurant but the assured me that it was due to a problem they had solved. The meal was really low quality! The four people in our party have the same opinion. The sea bass was chewy, salty and had a terrible combination of flavors ( cooked with chorizo 😳). It was also too fishy, not very fresh at all. The desert could have come from a frozen container from Trader Joe's... nothing special! And the salad... we could have skipped that no problem. The only good thing was the soup. The service was very slow at first... they took 45 minutes to serve us. And after we complained they brought us things too fast as they brought the fish while we were having our salad. The ambiance was anything but classy with people in several tables hitting their plates with the utensils to call the staff's attention. I would not recommend this at all.
Sandra
Absolutely horrible experience at their New Year's dinner. Would not recommend to anyone. Food was not great. Our poor waiter did his best but he was given far too many tables to handle.
VickiC
Pied piper is our favorite SFO bar. Made NYE reservations to be sure of a table in bar and dinner. Seated in bar, handed a Fixed price dinner menu only. No drink included. Ordered drinks and asked for time to review menu. No bar snacks delivered or offered. Made meal selections and waited. New customers arrived and ordered from regular menu! And bar snacks delivered with drinks. So with no reservations, they had the evening we had wanted! The waitress was not trained to listen when we asked questions. Kept taking husband's bread plate away. Final straw was dessert, delivered something we did not recognize as what was listed on fixed menu. She could not answer or questions. Waited for another waiter to help. Brought each of us another plate of dessert, supposedly menu was not list of options, but a 2- dish separate dessert. We sent it back. Bill was expectedly high. First time Pied Piper failed us. Will think twice before any further dinners. NO reservations and will take a chance for a bar seat. Most disappointing NYE ever.
Jonah Olin
Thank you Joel for the great whiskey sour, careful service. A dangerously inebriated woman spilled onto me at the bar. I didn’t mind the contact, but I did appreciate the rapid and dignified response from the bar team. Nice place ?
Service: 5
Shari Nakamura
Wonderful dinner with friends at Pied Piper … Had the salmon special which was scrumptious … ate in the front of the space which was very comfortable. The wait staff were pleasant and provided great staff! A really nice place to enjoy good food and conversation!
Had a fantastic time and utilized the private reception space in the back half of the restaurant ad hoc for a group of 10 people at 8pm on Thursday night. All the food was fantastic but the oysters and truffle fries are definite highlights. Amazing wide selection of cocktails and even some mocktails which was surprising but very welcome.
Overpriced. I ordered an old fashioned that was $22 at 10:15p. It was hastily assembled and aside from the large ice cube plopped in, the liquor wasn’t chilled. I had a more carefully crafted version at a nearby bar for $14. Please make your drinks worth the price you charge.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
Jason Seiffert
The braised beef and the cacio w Pepe were not good. The burger looked like the best option. Not a good spot for culinary inspired apps.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Ardit Shatri
Gorgeous bar- my favorite during my visit to San
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Truffle Fries
Stephen Pomraning
About 8 years since I was in SFO and decided to forgo my usual haunts, have a nice dinner in the hotel (The Palace) and retire early. Went to The Pied Piper - Wow! Perfectly mixed cocktails, great casual menu and more than adequate wine list. Had the tenderloin special which was a great cut grilled to perfect medium well. Wait staff was exactly attentive and not obtrusive.
Love this historic warm venue. Friendly attentive service and the smash burger is outstanding.
Ambiance is great, lighting could be dimmer, service top notch and prices for drinks are very high.
Great food and outstanding service is a warm bar setting. The Smash burger is one of the best in the city.
Warm traditional elegant bar with attentive service and delicious food. The branzino was perfection!!
Beautiful restaurant/bar. Always great service. Asian waiter, don't recall his name, he is outstanding!
I had read a previous bad review on this restaurant but the assured me that it was due to a problem they had solved. The meal was really low quality! The four people in our party have the same opinion. The sea bass was chewy, salty and had a terrible combination of flavors ( cooked with chorizo 😳). It was also too fishy, not very fresh at all. The desert could have come from a frozen container from Trader Joe's... nothing special! And the salad... we could have skipped that no problem. The only good thing was the soup. The service was very slow at first... they took 45 minutes to serve us. And after we complained they brought us things too fast as they brought the fish while we were having our salad. The ambiance was anything but classy with people in several tables hitting their plates with the utensils to call the staff's attention. I would not recommend this at all.
Absolutely horrible experience at their New Year's dinner. Would not recommend to anyone. Food was not great. Our poor waiter did his best but he was given far too many tables to handle.
Pied piper is our favorite SFO bar. Made NYE reservations to be sure of a table in bar and dinner. Seated in bar, handed a Fixed price dinner menu only. No drink included. Ordered drinks and asked for time to review menu. No bar snacks delivered or offered. Made meal selections and waited. New customers arrived and ordered from regular menu! And bar snacks delivered with drinks. So with no reservations, they had the evening we had wanted! The waitress was not trained to listen when we asked questions. Kept taking husband's bread plate away. Final straw was dessert, delivered something we did not recognize as what was listed on fixed menu. She could not answer or questions. Waited for another waiter to help. Brought each of us another plate of dessert, supposedly menu was not list of options, but a 2- dish separate dessert. We sent it back. Bill was expectedly high. First time Pied Piper failed us. Will think twice before any further dinners. NO reservations and will take a chance for a bar seat. Most disappointing NYE ever.
Thank you Joel for the great whiskey sour, careful service. A dangerously inebriated woman spilled onto me at the bar. I didn’t mind the contact, but I did appreciate the rapid and dignified response from the bar team. Nice place ?
Service: 5
Wonderful dinner with friends at Pied Piper …
Had the salmon special which was scrumptious … ate in the front of the space which was very comfortable. The wait staff were pleasant and provided great staff! A really nice place to enjoy good food and conversation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salmon Grilled Broccolini
Restaurantji Recommends
Had a fantastic time and utilized the private reception space in the back half of the restaurant ad hoc for a group of 10 people at 8pm on Thursday night. All the food was fantastic but the oysters and truffle fries are definite highlights. Amazing wide selection of cocktails and even some mocktails which was surprising but very welcome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Piper Wagyu Burger, Truffle Fries
Overpriced.
I ordered an old fashioned that was $22 at 10:15p. It was hastily assembled and aside from the large ice cube plopped in, the liquor wasn’t chilled. I had a more carefully crafted version at a nearby bar for $14. Please make your drinks worth the price you charge.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
The braised beef and the cacio w Pepe were not good. The burger looked like the best option. Not a good spot for culinary inspired apps.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Gorgeous bar- my favorite during my visit to San
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Truffle Fries
About 8 years since I was in SFO and decided to forgo my usual haunts, have a nice dinner in the hotel (The Palace) and retire early. Went to The Pied Piper - Wow! Perfectly mixed cocktails, great casual menu and more than adequate wine list. Had the tenderloin special which was a great cut grilled to perfect medium well. Wait staff was exactly attentive and not obtrusive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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