Hyde Street Seafood House

04/15/08

Great Seafood, but BURRRRRR

by Julia Childs at Citysearch

My Husband and I are from Nashvile, we visit San Fran three times per year, and always enjoy the fresh seafood. We walked into the restaurant, and was greeted immediately, but was not seated for several minutes even though the place was almost empty. The seafood was great, we both had the lobster bisque, which was great and he had the assorted cold seafood appetizer which was fresh and plentyful.

We both ordered the Alaskan Halibut wrapped in parchment paper which was wonderful. The total tab for the (2) appetizers, (2) dinners (2) soups, bread and a bottle of wine was $119.00 dollars, a great value. My only real complaint was the restaurant was cold and they did not have any heat, no central heat system??

• Pros: Seafood, Price, Location, food quality
• Cons: Parking, lack of heat

11/11/07

Great Oysters but shells are disappointing

by kiwi5me at Citysearch

Upon entering we were greeted but were not seated promptly. Even though, there were so many empty tables, the host told us from the bar to take a menu by ourselves and take a table on the left. The happy hour deal is very reasonable for fresh oysters but having to take out shells from my mouth were very disappointing. Servers were just o.k. It took them a while to take our order. I would have to say it was a nice pleasant dinner overall because of the freshness of the oysters.

• Pros: happy hour deal
• Cons: parking..

09/17/07

Great Food: Friendly People

by medusa2267 at Citysearch

This is such a nice restaurant where you instantly feel welcome. We were introduced by our friend Lynn who is a regular there. We were treated like family by the owners Sophia and Peter. The food is excellent and the wines many and varied. However, it was the people that made the visit so memorable. All the staff are just great....they are family of course.

We have been a few times and it is always busy....another very good sign.

We have and will reccommend Hyde St., Seafood & Raw bar to other friends.

Incidentally we are becoming regular visitors to San Francisco from New Zealand.

• Pros: Ambience, location
• Cons: ??

12/18/06

Best reasonable seafood in SF

by jackieb67 at Citysearch

I have wanted to dine here for several months and I'm sorry it took me so long. Food was excellent! Service was great, not to pushy not to distant. Raw oysters where some of the best I've had in the city and at a great happy hour price of $12.00 we order second dozen. Place is quaint, not to busy but after the 7 o'clock started to get busy. We ordered to different dishes (parchment paper baked fish and the stuffed prawns) both where nice sized servings and came with sides of steam veggies. I was completely stuffed but still found room for desert. Wine list is also nice, lots of bottles around the 25-35 range.

• Pros: Seafood, wine list
• Cons: Parking - but it's SF it really can not be a con

03/25/06

Good if you are not in a hurry

by sweettoof at Citysearch

The service was good not great. They did take some time to get to us after we were seated but the rest of the meal they were pretty attentive. They definitely paid attention to us when it was time to pay, but we decided to take our time leaving. The food was really good. The crabcakes could have been cooked a bit longer but were still tasty. The fish en papillotte is amazing and very filling! Creme brulee was the best!! Don't drive...take a cab and enjoy some wine, but don't order the Voss.

• Pros: seafood, dessert, atmosphere
• Cons: parking, Voss wine