08/01/09

Yummo

by lyzard0

Loved it. Not only the food, but the service was wonderful. Staff were at your table to clear plates after clean after every serving. The hot Vietnamese Coffee was wonderful. I've never had it brew at the table.

The place is beautifully decorated and I felt very relaxed and comfortable. Every seat, except those facing the bar, have a view of the bay. The walls in the seating area are walls of windows.

I can't wait for my next trip to SF. I love the city.

• Pros: Service and food
• Cons: None

11/19/08

Fresh seafood Vietnamese style, great decor and ambiance

by jimmypeace

Being Vietnamese I will say this, the food is a little over rated for the price. You can get the same or better elsewhere. What makes up for it is the fresh seafood and the nice ambiance! It makes it so much worth it. Don't forget to make reservations! It is always booked and is the number one overbooked restaurant on opentable dot c o m. It's also nice it's on the pier.

• Pros: Fresh seafood! Great decor to bring a date...
• Cons: Expensive for Vietnamese Fushion, number one booked, RSVP!!!

10/27/08

Best Food I've had since my move from LA

by smithy11

The Spring roles are delicious, the shrimp noodles are cooked perfectly, the view, of course, exquisite. I went on a Sunday afternoon and the service was great. I loved everything about The Slanted Door and I'm very excited to find my new favorite place to have lunch, dinner and drinks.

• Pros: Great Place to Have Lunch!

09/22/08

The Slanted Door

by capricorn2008

WORST SERVICE I'VE EVER HAD from the minute I made the reservation to the minute I walked out the door. Staff is slow, arrogrant and inefficient!!!!! The food was adequate but nothing special. Not only do I NOT recommend it, I wouldn't go back if you paid me to eat there! When I go out for a "nice" lunch or dinner I expect to be treated as a guest, not as if they are doing me a favor by letting me eat there!!!!

02/29/08

Short Ribs

by syp

It was the BEST meal we had during our trip in SFO. I made an earliest reservation but the restaurant was already packed! Ribs/ Ribs/ Ribs... every table I can see. we ordered 2 appetizers, ribs and dungeness crab. portions were almost like a meal for 2. ribs was so tender and juicy but the sauce a bit on salty side, crab was cook perfect, still a bit translucent. drink was fantastic too... Real friendly services, food comes quick. This is a keeper, I would love to come back and try everything!!!!

12/31/07

HIGHLY OVERPRICED AND BLAAAH FOOD

by gefre808

We have heard so much great reviews about Slanted Door and we were very excited to try this restaurant, however this restaurant did not live up to the hype. To preface this review, our home base is in Honolulu and Boston- 2 cities with excellent Asian cuisine. Slanted door is supposedly "fine Vietnamese food", however at best, the food tasted like your average Chinese fare. Nothing spectacular, no wow factor, just mediocre. I have eaten Chinese food from stands off the side of the road that were tastier than the food served here. On a positive note, however, the interior is beautiful- sleek and modern. Plus, there is a great view of the waterfront as well. The service was slow, but our waitress was very friendly and helpful.The bill was overpriced in my opinion for lunch- 2 people for 3 dishes at $70. I am glad that we got to try this place since we have heard so many great things about it, but we will not be returning here again or recommending it to friends.

• Pros: Beautiful waterfront/bridge view
• Cons: Average tasting "chinese-type" food although it is supposed to be Vietnamese fine-dining, overpriced

12/23/07

Nothing Special

by kodani

everything was fine as far as the food and service goes. the drinks were good. the patrons were rude, as we left the bar a women was practically sitting on my lap to get my seat not to mention the 2 people behind us breathing down our necks. very noisy. if you have had vietnamese that is authentic, this place lacks the flavor but if you haven't you won't know the difference and will probably be impressed.

11/19/07

Over It

by boy73sf

Their day is over, once a great product and service now is an assembly line of attitude, get um in and out food and waits for a reservation longer that calling the airline. Your not a guest, your a number with a pager waiting for your table at 9pm that you had a reservation for at 8..so over it...great food and service is Bong Su!

• Cons: service

11/07/07

Favorite restaurant in the city!

by naotake

Since the first time I went to this restaurant, it has been my favorite restaurant in the city. Some dishes are a a little too strong flavor for me, like the chicken claypot, but my personal top pick is "Cellophane noodles with fresh dungeness crab meat." It probably isn't the most well known, but to me it is the gem in this menu. THe delicate flavor of the dungeness crab works very well with the cellophane noodles, and the broth they use is amazing. It is a MUST dish for me. We like starting with the "grapefruit and jicama salad."

The food is great, but what makes it better is the staff. Every staff is friendly and approaches you like they knew you for a long time. If you want to people watch, I would recommend sitting at the bar. You get to chat with the bartender but also see the people in their casual but dress-to-impress outfits.

• Pros: The food, the friendly staff and the live people.
• Cons: If you got at certain hours, your wait might be LONG.

10/25/07

Eeeh

by eatinny

Went here while on vacation in San Francisco. We heard that it was supposed to be really authentic Vietnamese, so we wanted to try it out. Authentic? Not so much. It tasted like a corner pan-asian restaurant. Spring rolls and cod dumplings for apps - they were alright, but surprisingly bland. We stuck with the beef for the main courses, which were ok, but nothing to write home about. Speaking of beef, we had a couple of them. Our server was horrible. Horrible. We asked for recommendations, to which he responded, "It depends on what you feel like eating." We gave him some guidelines (no seafood for the gentleman, no mushrooms for the lady), and sure enough he recommended a dish with mushrooms for the lady. So we asked for a bit more time, and picked the beef entrees with glass noodles to share. They were bringing plates out as they were ready so my husband got his food about 5 minutes before I got mine (one of my biggest pet peeves next to taking plates off the table before everyone is finished), and we got rice which we didn't ask for but assumed it came with the entrees. Lo and behold, we got the bill and were charged for rice we didn't order. It was only $2, and we didn't complain because it was more effort than it was worth, but it ticked us both off. And the entire time I was eating, I was sitting there watching our waiter stretched out in a booth across from us, yakking away, which in most circumstances wouldn't have bothered me. If it wasn't for the nice guys that were running food back and forth, this guy would definitely not have gotten a tip. I may be a spolied New Yorker when it comes to restaurants, but this was neither trendy nor authentic.

• Pros: The guys at the bar were so nice, as were the runners
• Cons: Our waiter.