Greens Restaurant

Greens Restaurant reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Debra

   San Francisco5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Firstly, I did tell Open Table that we were celebrating a wedding anniversary and we were so pleasantly surprised to find our menus with “Happy Anniversary “ across the top. We were a table of 4 all vegan and the server did write this down. The corn bread was so good however initially real butter was served instead of vegan butter (which apparently they didn’t have). Because of the error, they took that off the bill). The soup of the day and the dal were amazing. The entrees were all excellent. We were brought champagne also as a gift and the dessert matcha yuzu cake was outstanding. Everything other than the butter error was perfect. Our server was excellent and it was a quite relaxed and fun experience! You will love Greens especially if you are vegetarian but it’s also great for vegans.
   

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   Judith VIP

   San Francisco8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   We have been going to Green's for 30 years. It is always a lovely place- with interesting food.
   

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   Krithin

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious food and great ambience Had a very enjoyable evening
   

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   James

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our favorite go-to elegant vegetarian restaurant. We've celebrated many birthdays and wedding anniversaries there.
   

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   Jill VIP

   San Francisco9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Greens is my favorite restaurant in San Francisco! I'm not a vegetarian, but every meal I've had there leaves me feeling completely satisfied. The spinach salad was lightly wilted and dressed with something I'm unable to describe, but it was delicious. The Polenta was also outstanding!
   

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   Juan

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Absolutely delicious, service was great. If you are there for a special occasion is a pretty detail they print the reason on your menu
   

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   Yvonne

   San Francisco7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 25, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great 3-course experience in a beautiful setting and excellent service
   

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   Laura VIP

   Greater Boston7 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 24, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   For decades, this was my favorite Bay Area restaurant. I dined here many times. I had birthdays, my wedding dinner, and anniversaries at Greens. Dishes were special, with unusual ingredients, complex flavors, and inventive preparations. The fully meat-free menu never felt like it was missing anything; each dish was satisfying in itself. I hadn’t visited for six years, and dined here again tonight. The service is still excellent. The outside shed is a good option, but it was chilly despite two heaters. But my dinner was nothing like the 50+ I enjoyed here from 1988 to 2019. The Seventy Five cocktail was great, yes. But the spiced pecans were under-seasoned and undercooked, soft instead of crisp. The olives tasted like they came from a grocery store. The beet salad had no personality, just a harsh one-note cider vinegar dressing that hid any other flavor. The bland brown bread had an unpleasant spread, its flavors muddled and sour. The leek and cauliflower croquettes tasted like neither; they were small, greasy, bland, and firm. The “chocolate” bread pudding had no discernible chocolate, just a few brown bits in a blandly sweet, plain pale bread pudding sitting on a drizzled bland sauce, a supposed caramel with no richness. Why call it a chocolate bread pudding if it doesn’t taste like chocolate? This was unrecognizable as a Greens meal. In the past, going to Greens was an event—from bread to salads to apps to entrees to dessert, each dish was fresh, inventive, flavorful, and made with top ingredients. Nothing was EVER bland. Textures were great. Flavors were rich and nuanced. What’s happened? This meal was so very sad.
   

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   Tammie

   Unspecified1 review

   3.0

   Dined on April 20, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Such a classic restaurant and fun for an outing. But I felt the quality, tastes, deliciousness of the food was meh. Bland taste— even the presentation of one appetizer was laughable. The other dishes were good but truly nothing special like many years ago special. There so many great restaurants- this one has fallen a bit in my experience.
   

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    Michael

    San Francisco2 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on April 20, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5

    Yes, the ambience is beautiful, but the food was awful. We ordered six dishes and didn’t like any one of them. We brought people from out of town and we’re just so disappointed. It’s beautiful, but that’s the best thing about it. 
    

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