One Market Restaurant

12/10/11

HORRIBLE SERVICE, PAST ITS PRIME

by thisx10 at Citysearch

One Market Restaurant has horrible robotic service and poorly trained waitstaff. Do not come here unless you want to be treated like a peasant, and made to wait. Given their reputation and cost, I would expect so much more from One Market and highly recommend that you look elsewhere for fine dining experiences in San Francisco.

Long story short, my company had a 40 person event at this restaurant last night. I am suffering from a chronic cough so my girlfriend and I both personally asked at least four off the waitstaff numerous times to bring me some tea. It took these incompetents over 12 minutes to bring me some hot water as I sat coughing up a lung. 12 minutes for water and tea leaves??

I would never come here again, either as a patron or as a guest.

04/26/09

the finest food in San Francisco

by misslove at Citysearch

memorable fine dining experience,with rich and complex food.experienced staff.beautiful views.the menu changes from time to time ,always offering fresh innovative ideas to the menu.rissottos are my particular favorite.extensive wine list.

• Pros: the desserts are superb
• Cons: sometimes you can' t get in

07/03/08

IF THIS IS ONE OF SAN FRAN'S BEST...

by estevao at Citysearch

WHILE VACATIONING FROM MASSACHUSETTS, MY WIFE AND I DINED HERE AFTER READING GREAT REVIEWS AND HEARING THE SAME FROM HOTEL STAFF. MENU SELECTION WAS LIMITED AT BEST, AND THE ALA CARTE SECTION WAS DOWNRIGHT LAUGHABLE. MY WIFE ORDERED PORK SHORTRIBS, WHATEVER THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE (I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT, AND NEITHER HAVE ANY CHEF FRIENDS I HAVE ) WHICH CONSISTED OF THREE RIB BONES WITH LOTS OF FAT AND A DISGUSTING SAUCE. I ORDERED GUINEA FOWL WHICH CONSISTED OF ONE (SIC) LEG AND THREE SLICES OF BREAST MEAT, ACCOMPANIED BY THREE EXOTIC MUSHROOMS EMBEDDED IN CORN PUREE, WITH FOIE GRAS REDUCTION SAUCE (RIGHT). NEITHER OF OUR ENTREES WOULD HAVE FED A SIX YEAR OLD. WE PASSED ON THE ALA CARTE SIDE WHICH WERE EIGHT DOLLARS EACH; THEY INCLUDED GRILLED POTATO, ONE GLAZED CARROT, AND ANOTHER VEG THAT I CAN'T RECALL. SERVICE WAS FINE, EVERYONE POLITE AND COMPETENT. THE OVERALL ATMOSPHERE WAS OK BUT THE NOISE LEVEL WAS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. WE ALSO WERE SERVED ONE PIECE OF BREAD BY A SPECIFIC BREAD SERVER; HE NEVER CAME BACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WAS A MOST UNSATISFACTORY EXPERIENCE. THE FOOD WAS TOO SKIMPY, FAIR AT BEST, AND WAY TO EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT WE RECEIVED.

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: PRICE, QUANTITY

06/24/08

Worst fish we've ever had

by benrod007 at Citysearch

The restaurant atmosphere is nice - nothing too great, but a cool view of the Ferry Building, and that's where the only "good" part of this restaurant stops. The soup my wife had was awful - she said it tasted like chicken broth with bits of chicken from KFC in it. My crab salad was OK, but there was WAY too much dressing on it, like a thick yellow mayonnaise/hollandaise sauce on it - completely ruining the great crab taste it was supposed to have.

We split a main dish (after our horrible appetizer experience) - the halibut. It honestly tasted like soap: if it weren't for the mashed potatoes, we would have honestly only taken one bite. We had to eat them at the same time, dipping the fish in the potatoes.

The dessert was average, but I would've rather had an ice cream cone.

Ok - there you have it. Our experience sucked. One of my good friends lives in San Fran and said "why did you go there? It's only for business lunches!" Well, after the fact, the only reason I would take anyone there for business is if I wanted to LOSE the business!

11/27/07

Non Red-Meat, Sausage/Pork Eaters Beware

by ellereview at Citysearch

We booked reservations at One Market for Thanksgiving this year. The three course menu sounded delightful with pumpkin ravioli, turkey with cornbread stuffing and several amazing dessert selections. After we were seated at a table with a beautiful view and ordered, I said to my husband how thankful I was to live in California where I don't have to worry about food being made with beef broth, bacon, pork... (I cannot digest it). Halfway through the meal we asked our waiter what one of the vegetable side dishes was and he happened to mention that the cornbread stuffing was made "traditionally" with sausage and then asked if we liked it. I laughed at the irony and then spent the next day crying, nautious, bloated and throwing up my ~$65 three course meal. I wish the waiter had mentioned the stuffing was made with sausage when we ordered our entrees and/or that the chef or manager had included that information on the menu. (Maybe they don't know that some people can eat chicken or turkey or fish but not red meat or pork?) On "black Friday" I managed to crawl from my bathroom floor to the phone to let the restaurant know that I did get sick and if they could ask the chef to add specific information on their menus in the future. Hopefully they will be more forthcoming. Since they did not apologize it's hard to say. For all you meat eaters, ignore this review and rating and enjoy the rich&heavy food at One Market. But if you can't eat meat and you go, I thought you should know that you need to ask what ingredients are used to make your meal.

• Pros: Ambience
• Cons: Heavy food