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California Fish Market Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

California Fish Market Restaurant

4.6
4.6
181 Reviews
$30 and under
Italian
We are a sustainable water to table seafood restaurant, we believe eating eating seafood is a great way to boost your immune system while supporting many of fisherman and seafood farmers during this challenging time. California Fish Market only uses sustainable seafood that is either caught or farmed in a way that has less impact on the environment

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 2 times today

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Hours of operation
    Daily 11:30 am–9:30 pm
  • Phone number
    (415) 757-0918
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual

What 181 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
  • 4.5Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.1Ambience
  • 4.2Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • San Francisco

    Great for outdoor dining

181 Reviews
  1. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on September 11, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    Food is consistently fresh. Very generous portions.

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  2. DavidW

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on September 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Fresh oysters, delicious crudo calabrese and tasty cioppino!

    1 person found this helpful

  3. IvanQ

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on September 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    We sat at the table near the big open window. Best of both worlds between sitting indoors or outdoors. Staff is much friendlier and more helpful than the restaurant next door. We did family style, Cioppino, Scallops, Lobster stuffed Ravioli. Every dish was excellent. May have replaced Sotto Mare as my new NB Seafood Restaurant.

    1 person found this helpful

  4. LoisC

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 31, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing fresh seafood! Highly recommend for seafood and pasta.

    1 person found this helpful

  5. BradL

    Denver

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1 person found this helpful

  6. MichaelB

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on August 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    It was great to have dinner again in N Beach. Hadn’t been in since pre COVID. It was bustling on a Thursday evening. CFM restaurant was perfect. The oysters were fresh. The calamari frites were delicious. We shared a large ceasar salad. We’ll be back soon.

    1 person found this helpful

  7. OpenTable Diner

    Omaha

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food and exceptional service! Definitely recommend!

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    23 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on July 31, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Excellent seafood pasta dishes with pasta cooked al dente. Grilled calamari appetizer was delicious. Attentive service. Good value. Not too noisy when sitting inside. Nautical decor, not cheesy or overdone. Mostly tourists due to being in North Beach but we are locals. My only gripe was that the tiramisu was served with fruit on top and drizzled with caramel. That was unnecessary. Other than that, would go again.

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  9. oneslimcat

    San Francisco

    12 reviews

    4.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on July 4, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience3
    Good food, good service, had the oysters, cioppino, and the fettuccine. Portions were amble the food was above average. My date said the past rivaled Lupo's In Vegas.

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  10. TeoP

    Houston

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on July 4, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Great experience. Fantastic food. Delicious!!! Table was ready on time. Waiter did a great job explaining and suggesting options.

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  11. BeenThere

    San Francisco

    22 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    22 reviews

    Dined on July 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great staff, food, ambiance. Pasta done perfectly al dente; crab cakes delicious.

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  12. SFEATS

    San Francisco

    12 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on July 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    The staff was pleasant and attentive. The Grigliata(Grilled)Seafood and Cioppino was amazing…with extra broth to take home and add to pasta. It was hard to tell the ravioli had lobster but it was fresh, great texture and prawns were perfect. The Mocha had a perfect flavor and wasn’t too sweet. Will definitely go back

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  13. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing Restaurant Great food & wine We had a wonderful evening 👍

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  14. RAinSF

    San Francisco

    238 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    238 reviews

    Dined on May 28, 2023

    overall5food5service3ambience5
    We always love coming here. The whole fish is our favorite dish, along with the granchio. We get a bottle of wine to enjoy during the meal and we are both very happy. Our last visit here was on a super busy night and service was slow, but it was always with a smile and an apology. We understand that you are busy because you are so good! We will continue coming here as often as we can.

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  15. Hang

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing food, and equally amazing service. Alex is the best! One of our favorite spot for freshest seafood

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  16. Chuck

    New Orleans

    77 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    77 reviews

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was excellent, from the delicious food to the knowledgeable service!

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  17. HallieA

    San Francisco

    46 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall2food2service2ambience2
    Not busy at 4:00, though service seemed rushed. Cioppino broth had good flavor, but not much other than crab, which tastes fresh. After sharing the shrimp salad and the cioppino we told our server we had room for and wanted dessert. He smiled and said of course and promptly brought us our check. I looked online at the menu and realized that although I saw pictures of dessert on OT, they apparently don't offer it? What restaurant doesn't offer dessert? We're in North Beach. Not even a tiramisu? Decent food, but underwhelming meal, to say the least. Very disappointing.

    1 person found this helpful

  18. adamC

    Charleston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food with great local atmosphere.

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  19. Chineselantern

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The seafood is always fresh. Servers are very nice.

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  20. ChrisD

    Phoenix

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2023

    overall4food5service5ambience4
    Another great visit to CFM and everything was solid as usual. It was super busy due to Friday night but staff was great and our reservation time was met and we were actually seated 10-15 minutes early Always an all around good dinner with good value

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  21. PaulL

    San Francisco

    6 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall4food5service3ambience4
    We had reserved an outdoors table. But the restaurant tried to seat us at a table inside the restaurant. Only by insisting on an outdoors table from which diners were just leaving did we get the table that we had reserved.

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  22. RachaelK

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful work team lunch. Seven of us came to celebrate our team's work for a special lunch. The staff was delightful, the music was good, the place was charming. Most importantly, the food was delicious. We ordered all across the menu -- soup, salad, pasta, fish-of-the-day, risotto, and fish & chips. Everyone was happy with their meal. It felt like a real get-away!

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  23. RAinSF

    San Francisco

    238 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    238 reviews

    Dined on March 21, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    We've been here a lot, and this wasn't one of my favorite times. We reserved an outside table at 8pm on a Mon. night, and were told there'd be a 20 min. wait. We opted for inside, because we were hungry, and the inside doesn't have the same energy as outside. The food is always good, but part of the meal is the ambiance, and the inside looked like they were shutting down soon. Quiet and empty.

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  24. NorthBeachNunzio

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 5, 2023

    overall1food4service1ambience1
    I've typically had positive experiences here, but my last visit was bizarre. The host was nowhere to be found when we arrived (on time). After waiting several minutes, we flagged someone down and asked what was happening with our table. Long story short, he was being coy and telling us to be patient. When I dug into the problem, I discovered they had somehow screwed up all their reservations that evening. They were over 30 minutes behind in seating earlier reservations. We left and ate elsewhere.

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  25. EDWARDB

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 4, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Reasonable menu, good food, good service, streetside ambience.

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  26. RMoral

    San Francisco

    78 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    78 reviews

    Dined on February 11, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    We opted to go "family style" with servings of Bay Shrimp Salad, Whole roasted Sea Bream fish and Linguini al Pesto and enjoyed our meal very much. Our server, Alejandro, was delightful and friendly. Good experience overall!

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  27. boomer

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on February 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    great food, excellent waiter and service. we had 6 people and everyone was happy with the food

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  28. TatianaR

    Baja California Sur

    20 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on January 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Fabulous lunch as always we have here with super delicious food and great service! Their chippino is a must , also we love calamari and enjoyed pasta . Home Chardonnay wine was also good.

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  29. OpenTable Diner

    Istanbul

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 13, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Nothing special: the food was ok, but the service was very good

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  30. PaulB

    Los Angeles

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was great.

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  31. DoryannaM

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 29, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    This is a go-to whenever we are in North Beach. We’ve had many of the fish/seafood pastas and all are excellent - not too heavy. The Branzini is perfectly cooked - tender inside and crispy outside. Good oyster selection at a very reasonable price, vegetable side dishes are tasty, bread (surprisingly) fresh. Also good, reasonable wine selection. We usually clean our plates!

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on December 29, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience3
    Food and service was excellent the Branzino was fabulous

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  33. WaylieT

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on December 25, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Food and drinks were amazing! Very fast and great service.

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  34. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 25, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Italian Christmas Eve

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  35. Oratrat

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent Cioppino!

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  36. JHinSF

    San Francisco

    16 reviews

    5.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent, straight-forward Italian seafood. Tasteful vibe. Wonderful service.

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  37. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on November 21, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent service & food was delicious! Highly recommend getting the raw oysters, combo crudo, pastas & cioppino!!

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  38. Fab50

    Greater Boston

    50 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    50 reviews

    Dined on November 20, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Fun venue for even al fresco dining. The wait staff was extremely attentive, the cioppino is plentiful with the seafood and the linguine with crab is amazing. We have a terrific table under a cozy heater. It was delightful!

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  39. MattK

    Austin

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 19, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience4
    Exceptional quality fish at a reasonable price. The staff was attentive, warm and polite. All around, a wonderful dining experience and atmosphere that's good for date nights, groups or even a solo dine!

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  40. Zabaglione

    San Francisco

    48 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    48 reviews

    Dined on November 18, 2022

    overall4food5service3ambience4
    Had the whole fish of the day-red snapper. It was cooked beautifully. Service was a bit spotty. Not unusual these days of understaffing, however that did not seem to be the hang up, plenty of bodies at work.

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FAQs

California Fish Market Restaurant is rated 4.6 stars by 181 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 2 times today
Google Map for California Fish Market Restaurant

550 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133-3920

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    North Beach
  • Hours of operation
    Daily 11:30 am–9:30 pm
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Parking Available in 1652, Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
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