R & G Lounge

(415) 982-7877

631 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94108 37.7941 -122.4048

Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Northeast

What People Are Saying About R & G Lounge

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The Scene
Popular with San Francisco's restaurant cognoscenti, Chinese families and everyone in between, this Chinatown destination is hopping every night of the week. The blond-wood bar promises elegance, which is delivered in an upstairs dining room that's beautifully decorated with silk-screened prints and sectioned into smaller banquet rooms. The boisterous downstairs room is good for families.

The Food

Fresh-from-the-tank fish and shellfish are the hallmarks of this classic Chinese menu--from the nearly greaseless, deep-fried, salt-and-pepper crab to the steamed whole fish. Even a basic pan-fried noodle dish is brimming with treasures like baby octopus and perfectly cooked squid. For red-meat eaters, R & G's barbecued pork is lean, smoky and addictive. Don't miss the tender stir-fried pea shoots when they're in season. The cult favorite--a whole chicken hollowed out, stuffed with sticky rice and deep-fried--is an expensive but impressive conversation piece and must be ordered 24 hours in advance.

allen17

April 29, 2009

The restaurant looks good on the outsde but on the inside it looks dirty. The dishes are dirty and the service is poor. The food is not so good. You should not come here.

FreqTravelers

April 19, 2009

I was very upset when I found out that Shark Fin Soup was on the menu. I should have got up and left that moment, but I didn't. Regardless, I feel terrible that I didn't leave. After watching the movie SharkWater, I've become very passionate about saving sharks and educating friends about the movie. Thousands of sharks die only for their fins and thrown back into the water to drown. We need sharks in our ecosystem to survive. One very important way is to not order Shark Fin Soup or even better, not support restaurants that have it on the menu. I have written a letter to the restaurant asking them to remove the item from their menu.

Likestotravel1954

February 25, 2009

I was expecting this restaurant to be something special. Sadly, the service was poor, the dishes were dirty, and there was an uncharacteristic crunch to the rice that didn't belong. I can't be explicit in this review, but trust me it wasn't good.

The Details on R & G Lounge

Parking:

After 5pm, validated parking at the Holiday Inn and the Portsmouth Square Garage--both one block north on Kearny--is a boon in this overcrowded neighborhood.

The Extras:

R & G Lounge has several private rooms that can be set aside for large groups.

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