Range Restaurant
(415) 282-8283
842 Valencia St
San Francisco,
CA
94110
37.7596
-122.4214
Neighborhoods: Central, Castro
Reviews & Ratings for Range Restaurant
54 reviews
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Great California Cuisine
by jean111111
December 02, 2008
The food is really great and the cocktail menu is unique. My only complaint is that I was cold so I had to order the tomato soup to warm up which isn't so bad.
- Pros: Great menu
- Cons: The restaurant is over air-conditioned.
Overpriced, dull atmosphere, boring decor, food only looks good
by Danesh
October 29, 2008
Well, I'm not a negative person and I love to eat out.
Yet, I wish some restaurants simply didn't exist. Like this one.
Its expensive. The atmosphere is boring. It looks like a bunker (have you seen a movie "The Fall" about last days of Hitler in his underground hideout? Same theme)
The service is friendly and waiters are easy going. Service was actually the only good impression.
Vegetables were overcooked and food was too salty (which is very rare for a high end restaurant). Portions are "European" i.e. very small. Get ready to leave hungry.
It was also greasy, you could tell they used a lot of butter when cooking.
They served cold bread. Only two tap beers on the menu.
The place was quite full though, surprisingly.
Anyhow, if you like vibrant, interesting dining, groovy decor, delicious food and exciting crowd - this place is not for you.
If you are kind of an office cubicle character, who is afraid of the world and lives in the shoe box - you'll feel protected from the world and its beauty. And your ego will be satisfied by a pricy check for nothing.
- Pros: good service
- Cons: Boring place which feels like a bunker, dull atmosphere and food which only looks good
Triple Crown Winner in my book
by MrPeepers
May 28, 2008
I am pathetically jaded on restaurants, and Range blew me away. I ate there two weeks ago and can't stop talking about it. Every element of the place is professional and welcoming. The wait staff are skilled and unobtrusive. It reminds you that a good waitperson is a very good thing. They allowed us (a table of 4) to linger at our table, and we never felt rushed. The food was absolutely fabulous, even though I ordered 3 courses that typically aren't my favorites. The fish and beef served to our table were both done perfectly. The desserts were equally as good. They even gave us a free desert because the fourth person in our party did not order one. It was incredibly courteous. If you peek in the kitchen here, it looks like a choreographed dance of chefs who know what they are doing. It's a real kitchen. We moved to the bar after our meal and talked to other patrons - some where off-duty staff that had come in for a meal - and indulged in the most exciting cocktails I know of in SF right now. As my friend said, the "Envy" is like a spa vacation in a glass. This even holds up after you have 3. Maybe we had such a pleasant un-rushed evening because we had an early reservation (at 6 pm), if so, I would recommend getting an early reservation. They do keep tables by the door open specifically for walk-ins, however, and I noticed that one of them was pretty much always open during the evening.
- Pros: Professional and friendly service, fabluous space, food puts it in the top 10 restaurants of SF and its in the Mission
- Cons: Not particularly inexpensive, but well worth it
Not as good as it used to be.
by flyintl
February 01, 2008
I used to really enjoy Range, but it's not as good as it used to be. Even with early (6:15pm) dinner, the wait for the food reaches 45 minutes. The portions are much smaller (Thai Snapper) and the menu is nothing outstanding. Too bad because it used to be so much better.
- Pros: Looks nice and in a trendy neghborhood
- Cons: After ordering, it takes 45 minutes to get your dinner.
Seems to have it all together
by barryroth
September 03, 2007
On entry, it might be just a neighborhood hangout, but once the food is on the table, it's city-class. The staff was friendly and welcoming. I can report on only one dinner, but it was sterling. If there is one dish that is a touchstone as to how a kitchen is doing, it might be scallops. These were ideally springy (it's a catch muscle that flaps the bivalves shells as it goes scooting over the bottom), not too soft, in a brown savory shellfish bisque that played off nicely against the grilled edges of the scallops; and cute, crisp radish sprouts on top. Cross-rib roast: not fork-cuttable (I tried) but very tender and mellow, on a great base (was that fennel with the little potatoes?) And a nice dessert choice. Good wine list, although I found mine in the by-the-glass section. This young place seems to have it all together; all the best to them!
- Pros: Expertly prepared versions of familiar entrees
- Cons: If I thought for a while, I might come up with 1 or 2
Terrific, refined comfort food
by soma_foodie
September 02, 2007
Portions are nice and not over-the-top, choices are relatively few but everything we had was really great. Ravioli, fish, tartar, and more were all great. Wines by the glass were also skimpy in overall choice, but well picked out and thought out. Overall service was friendly and efficient, though our waiter didn't have a lot going on "upstairs." We asked for his you-can't-miss-these-dishes recommendations and he (sweetly) looked at us, and said "uh, I don't know, it's all good." The hostess & bartender were great and the crowd was buzzing. I can't wait to go back.
- Pros: Tasty food, friendly and efficient service
- Cons: sketchy parking choices
Good, Tasty Food. Your tummy feels good after you leave.
by foodfanatic35
July 27, 2007
I went to Range twice in two weeks. It's a great restaurant for reasonably priced and portioned, tasty, original food. Not fancy, but really good. The desserts are great right now, during summer fruit season. Loved the tartes, crisps, very refreshing and great combinations of sour and sweet. Dinner for six, including appetizer, entree and dessert was only $350, including tax and tip. Awesome deal for the food you get. Easy to become a regular.
- Pros: Food, Dessert
- Cons: Parking
Food Holds Up Next to the Big Boys--Mina, Danko, Fleur de Lys
by siciliana
May 29, 2007
I love this place! The food is creative, fresh and memorable. It could possibly be my favorite restaurant in San Francisco.
- Pros: Creative food that excites
- Cons: Ambience doesn't quite hold up to the food
Great food, friendly staff, a great Mission dining experience
by jenbrez
April 22, 2007
We decided to try Range on a Saturday evening without reservations. We were able to eat at the bar, but this did not deter us from having a fabulous meal. The lamb I had was cooked to perfection and the juice of the meat had a wonderful flavor. My dinner companions had the chicken and flank steak. The chicken was moist and lemony and the skin was crisped to perfection. The flank steak was good, but not as well executed as the chicken and lamb. For desert we shared the chocolate souffle and crepes with huckleberry and creme fraiche ice cream........mmmmmmmm good! We will definitely go back. With so many restaurants in SF for this price and type of food, this one is definitely worth a visit (and many more).
- Pros: Food, good service
- Cons: parking
One of the best in the mission
by stepnwolf
April 15, 2007
I really like this place. I ordered this halibut with parma ham and it was tasty. Usually, halibut is very bland but this dish had awesome flavors. It was reasonably priced. It's hard to get reservations so book early or you could be dining at 5pm. The service was pretty good too. Thumbs up.
