Epic Roasthouse

01/16/09

Epic Roasthouse The worest food I have had in months

by Evan4Food at Citysearch

Epic Roasthouse

From the outside Epic looks like it would offer guest?s a memorable dinning experience

We recently had a group of clients come into town for dinner. What better way to show them some of the best food in San Francisco but to go to an upscale restaurant with a great view of the bay.

We had a party of 8 on a weekday, reservations were fairly easy as we were able to book them that day.

Pulling back the large doors we entered Epic. We were met by some friendly host?s that lead us to the back of the restaurant. As I was making my way to our table I started to wonder if I was still in Epic or a Big Boy restaurant in Florida.

I had to delete a whole pargraph from this review as it was to long with to many bad issues

For diner I ordered the Whole Fish along with Truffle Whipped Potatoes ($9), Epic Mac and Cheese ($9) Truffle Cauliflower (9) spinach(9) & Brussels sprouts.

While waiting for our dinner to arrive the waiter had began to pull our wine glasses with out even asking if we would like wine with a dinner. ( we all wanted wine with dinner)

Once my meal arrived the whole fish needed to be de-boned. I wish the waiter would have told me this earlier as I would have never order this dish because the entire time I was pulling bones from my meal. The brussel sprouts & cauliflower were hard as a rock the Mac & cheese was taste less how can you mess up Mac and Cheese and spinach as just low quality.

For desert I ordered the cookie plate with a cold glass of vanilla bean milk. Thinking a cookie plate would have fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies not my Aunt Helens cookie assortment she bought at Sam?s club left over from 2 years ago.

This restaurant is *WAY* over priced for what they offer & the service was just plain bad. I have had better service at local fast food places. I eat out in San Francisco 5 nights a week and this place is just a poor waste of great real estate and our time.

I will not come back to this restaurant.

• Pros: Nice view great walking distance to Hotels and offices for business dinners
• Cons: Better meal at local fast food the food is just so poor i do not know how this can be with such a great looking building

12/21/08

Food is mediocore, service is average, prices outrageous, service charges should be illegal.

by gsallen at Citysearch

Too expensive, even for the good views of the Bay Bridge and Oakland. For better and less expensive food, try any of the Ferry Building restaurants. The Ferry Building places all offer abundant on-the-water tables, no ridiculous service fees, with benefit of cheap parking. Food is comparable in quality. Cost at Ferry Building is much less and servers over there are much more friendly. Enjoy the city, do not waste your money or your time on this fake palace with mediocore food, high prices and undisclosed service charges.

• Pros: Nice views - same as Ferry Building
• Cons: Way too expensive, undisclosed service fees, food is fair at best.

10/13/08

Sorry! not worth the money or the hype!

by DanaS415 at Citysearch

I went here the other night with my husband. We had heard that the owners of Kuletto's had opened another restaurant(we thought it would be comprable to Kulettos) boy were we in for a surprise! First off, How can 1 cocktail cost $14.00?! I mean come on, haven't they heard how bad the economy is?! Besides that, my husband and I had reservations (we were kept waiting at the bar for 30 minutes!) so instead of "nursing" one drink we had to order another each, that's $56.00 on our bar tab alone! When we finally got to the table the waiter came over and was quite abrupt with us(maybe he had a bad day?) Anyway, our food came (I ordered the Lamb chop) and it wasn't even cooked in the middle(I was reluctant to have him take it back for fear of getting worse service than we were already receiving) I did anyway. I know it is supposed to be a little pink but come on! Dessert was so so, so to sum it up, save your money and avoid Epic, you are better off at Kulettos!