Modern Tea
(415) 626-5406
602 Hayes St
San Francisco,
CA
94102
37.7766
-122.4264
Neighborhoods: Central North, Hayes Valley
What People Are Saying About Modern Tea
The Editor
Patrick Heig
Citysearch
This bright corner eatery is known for steaming pots of full leaf, organic and fair-trade teas paired with your choice of hand-baked sweets ranging from turnovers to puddings, galettes and buttercakes. But Modern Tea does more than steep; house-made chicken quinoa chowder, French lentil soup and braised chicken with herbed biscuits (all organic) make this restaurant a favorite among locals. A relatively undiscovered weekend-morning menu--highlighted by a salmon hash and cornmeal Civil War Waffles topped with yogurt and mixed-fruit compote--means a much shorter wait time here than the other go-to brunch-eries in Hayes Valley.
User Reviews
mendezcarmen
February 09, 2007
Great service and delicious food! The butternut squash soup was excellent. We also enjoyed the salmon with cheesy barley.
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sharolama
July 28, 2006
The food here in light and yummy. I have eaten here several times and never had anything but flavorful dishes. I appreciate the lighter side! I don't want to gorge on food all day. The tea is made perfect, one of the very dew places in the Bay Area that doesn't burn their teas. Brunch is yummy too. Only thing I hated was no to go cups, so you can't bring your tea out with you.
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iheartfood00
July 26, 2006
i went to modern tea with a group for lunch. the menu is rather limited and the portions are extremely small. with only a handful of hot items on the menu, they told us that they didn't have any more chicken meatload sandwich!! so with few choices left, i had the chicken quinoa soup with green salad which cost close to $9. the soup had no flavor at all and little substance, but was extremely salty and the salad was literally just greens tossed in a little tiny bit of oil. it was definitely not enough for a meal. all of us were still hungry after lunch. the servers are very nice and friendly but service is extremely slow, took us over 2 hours to eat. i do not recommend going here for lunch.
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What to Drink:
Tea! Choose from a long list of options, or scrap the tea and grab a glass of wine from the short-but-sweet wine list, dominated by small-batch producers.
Category:
Wholesale Foods, Restaurants, Dessert Shops
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Lunch Spot, Quiet, Brunch, Cheap Eats
