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I Love the Atmosphere. When I feel like a treat I come here. Susie San Francisco
Fantastic view. Ate at the Cliff House "Bistro". Had the Macadamia Nut crusted Halibut ($23), Fish & Chips ($17), and Fruitti de Mare ($24) a pasta dish with scallops, crab meat, mussels, and rock shrimp. All were excellent, served hot. Service was superb. Start your dinner early to get the spectacular sunsets; you are just south of the Golden Gate on Pt. Lobos; stunning location. About 30 street parking spots in front; no underground parking.…
Just visit, don't eat.
After looking at their website, I was excited to visit this restaurant when I recently visited SF. My boyfriend and I both were very disappointed and with all the other fine restaurant options in
the city we wished we would have just visited the Cliff House and moved on.
The food was very overpriced for the quality and the sides weren't even editable. It?s not hard to make green beans and rice but the taste was so bad (or under done) we only ate the chicken and left with disappointment. Even thought the view is beautiful, there were so many tourists outside, many on skateboards and plenty looking up at you as you ate, you started to only look at the people and forgot the Pacific Ocean was there for your enjoyment.
I'll never bother to return to this restaurant, it wasn't even worth the drive to visit.…
Well...We did get our table even though we were an hour late.... Like the title said, we were an hour late to our reservation... and we still got a table. The hostess said that we can have the next available table next to the window next thing you know SOPHIA told us that we can't have it after 20 minutes. Which was okay, but we didn't even get an apology of any sort and she was VERY rude. VERY rude. ( And if you're reading this Sophia, you are very rude hostess!). In terms of the food, the Ahi Tuna appetizer was great. However, my girlfriend ordered the Bouillabaisse and she didn't like it. It just looked like the chef threw every kind of seafood all in a broth and served it. The broth was very salty and the salmon in it was too fishy. I had the ordered The Grilled Maine Swordfish with crab and potato it was "ehhh" (7.5/10). To end the meal, we ordered the Organic Pear & sun dried Cherry Crepes with some tea. It was great except the fruit was a bit sour. Therefore, our appetizer and dessert was better than our entrees. Parking can be a pain in the butt however being next to the ocean makes up for it. Overall, like everyone said the ocean is the main attraction of this restaurant too bad the food just doesn't compliment the view.…
Great View, Poor Service, below average eats. As a resident, we all know the wonderful places to eat about town. Last night, we did not want to travel too far out of the neighborhood and ended up at the Bistro in the Cliff House. For 2 years we have said, we needed to try it. Poor tourists, this is a less than average portrayal of everything SF cuisine has to offer. The wait was very short for a Friday night. We had wine in the adjacent bar and they did have a decent wine list. I started with the French Onion Soup - nice on a cold night but, not the best ever. My friend had the Belgian endive salad with pears - many pears, too many! The salad could have passed for dessert since it was so super sweet and drenched with too much dressing. Next came the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and veggies. The meatloaf was very dry. My friend called it the driest meatball ever. And the mashed potatoes were not so mashed. The topper to the entire dining experience was the poor service. Have you ever had a waiter tell you everything not to order? Or call the food ordinary? There's always a first. The service was very slow. However, our busboy (is that the correct term these days?) was very good.…
