Silks Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 986-2020
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Pine Street
- Hours:
- Mon 6:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2pm, Tue-Fri 6:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2pm, 6pm-9:00pm, Sat 7:30am-11am, 6pm-9:30pm, Sun 7:30am-11am
Message from Silks Restaurant
Modern, California-French cuisine with innovative presentation.
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- innovative and healthy cooking
- cutting edge presentations
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Editorial Review for Silks Restaurant – by Bethany Jean Clement
The Scene
Hidden on the second floor of the Financial District's Mandarin Hotel, Silks' dining room doesn't set out to dazzle. With beige wood-paneled walls and a subdued, formal decor, it's a serene refuge for wealthy travelers and businesspeople who want flawless yet unpretentious service and beautiful presentations.
The Food
The inventive, delicious Cal-Asian cuisine merits a wider audience than just guests of the hotel. Silks' salad with sake lemongrass-braised pears and Maytag blue cheese is a glorious combination of complementary flavors. Appetizers delight, including a duo of the freshest tuna and salmon tartare with wasabi caviar. A center-cut pork chop's apple and anise glaze seals in flavor and offers a subtle sweet note, with asiago polenta as a counterpoint. The kitchen's twist on cioppino--with Japanese dashi stock as its base--is loaded with perfectly cooked seafood.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitFor privacy, request one of three recessed, semi-circular booths.
ParkingValidation is available for valet parking service.
User Reviews for Silks Restaurant
05/25/2008 Posted by dizondr
The portion of the main meal was somewhat disappointing to me. it was more about the presentation, which was outstanding. I became hungry again just an hour after we left. Otherwise the food itself was impressive. The service was even more impressive. It was a quiet meal. My girlfriend and I were the youngest in the room by far but not bothered by that. The last several upscale restaurants we visited did not allow us to carry a conversation in a normal volume. In fact, at times I felt like we were talking too loudly.
10/13/2006 Posted by sarcastro
The hub took me here for my birthday and it was a very nice surprise. I don't usually think of going to a hotel restaurant for dinner but I forget how often in SF there are good ones (i.e. Scala's, Bambuddha Lounge, Masa's). This is one of those good hotel restaurants! The dining room is a little austere and the server was kind of stuffy and condesending (could be because we were the youngest people there by twenty years- but still, he shouldn't judge). But the food was solidly prepared and presented. There were three of us so we got to try a large chunk of the menu- apps were well thought out, interesting and delicious (although the "poached" foie gras came out seared- I was expecting torchon). The bacon, eggs and toast was to die for! Mains were also cooked perfectly (this chef likes sous vide!) although there were a few elements on each plate that seemed to be there just to be unusual (i.e. apricot paper) but didn't really add to the dining experience. All the little extra amuses and in betweens were great too (and really added to the sense ofvalue given the price tag). The only part that really seemed weak was dessert. With three different desserts on the table, every plate was brown,brown, brown. Plus the flavors didn't work. And the souffle had the texture of a microwaved cup of foam. I'd still go back for dinner- but save room for dessert at Masa's.
Pros: nice menu, quiet dining room
Cons: snooty service, bad desserts
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