Bissap Baobab
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 826-9287
08/29/2006 Posted by scubadiva94133
Had a few problems with this place: 1. Tried to make a reservation for a large party (12) and had to call *several* times before someone finally bothered to call me back to confirm. 2. When most of our party had arrived, they still refused to seat us (even though the restaurant was mostly empty because it was a Sunday night)! I can understand not seating us when the restaurant is full, but when it's only 50% occupied, there's no excuse. 3. When we were finally seated, they crammed us into a table that was too small, even though there was ample space elsewhere for us. 4. The waitstaff seemed very annoyed that we were there - impatiently took our orders, didn't remember who ordered what drinks (even though there ended up being only 10 of us - how difficult is it to remember?), gave us empty glasses with pitchers of water - so we had to serve ourselves, which is generally OK - and then they were annoyed when we asked them to refill the pitchers of water. They seemed in a huge hurry to get us out of there even though there was no one waiting for our table and our party was very mellow and not high maintenance at all. Food was good and tasty, but honestly there are 100s of other restaurants in the city to choose from that are equally good and even better...so they need to step it up in the service department if they want to compete. I think the place is over-rated and I won't go back again. Don't believe the hype.
Pros: Good food, good location
Cons: Very bad service
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