Heirloom Cafe

Heirloom Cafe reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

1. BJ

   BJDJ

   San Francisco37 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 23, 2019

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

   Husbands Birthday!
   

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   mcsdagds

   Toronto3 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on August 18, 2019

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

   I'll begin this review by saying that I had been looking forward to, and tried to find an occasion to visit Heirloom Cafe for a very long time. I've lived in San Francisco now for a year and have had dozens of dining recommendations, but I found this one on my own and was excited to visit a local gem in my neighborhood of the Mission. When one of my hometown friends visited, I wanted to bring her, and my local friend in SF for a ladies' dinner on a Saturday night. The food - delicious, presentable, a great portion. We had the fettucine and salmon and both were divine. The wine selection - abundant, knowledgeable, perfectly dry white and rosé to our taste preferences. The ambiance - candlelit, dim, great for close colleagues, friends, or a date. What completely turned us off however, was one of the servers. 1. She seemed to be under the influence. Her words were slurred, and she approached our table in jerky movements. 2. Our third guest arrived a bit after us, and about a minute after sitting down, the server came to our table and said "What's the gameplan" without asking to see if she had a chance to review the menu and decide 3. She accidentally knocked over the entire water decanter onto my friend's seating area, lap, and jacket. she didn't apologize but instead said "it can be refreshing". she continued to wipe it while not noticing that she was carrying 2 more decanters in her arm that continued to pour out - luckily a few other servers came to dry up the area 4. We left a nominal tip instead, and she came to the table while we were sitting there, stared closely at the receipt, and marched away to show her manager. Heirloom cafe: your other servers, from what we could tell, seemed to provide good service. We also spoke a few times to who we believe might be an owner and he was great. You should re-consider this server that has left an incredibly bad taste in our mouths and we will not be returning, nor recommending it.
   

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   pick4bun VIP

   New York City10 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 18, 2019

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

   We introduced our friends and neighbors to Heirloom the other night. They were very impressed with the menu and presentation and overall excellent repast! I am certain they will be back to experience the restaurant again. We, of course, visit as frequently as we are able. Thank you - Heirloom crew - for always providing a terrific dinner for us and our family.
   

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4. OT

   OpenTable Diner VIP

   San Francisco26 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 15, 2019

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

   Great neighborhood restaurant. We had the halibut ceviche and the pod salad. Entrees were the Salmon and steak babette. Added the oatmeal chocolate cookie and bitter sweet chocolate budino.
   

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5. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Chicago1 review

   5.0

   Dined on August 11, 2019

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

   Low key and excellent, fresh food. Service was also excellent! Can’t wait to go back!
   

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6. RS

   RS1963

   San Francisco27 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on August 9, 2019

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

   I ordered the halibut ceviche and the bean salad while my partner ordered the chicken with corn salsa looking thing...the bean salad was exceptional. His chicken was good but too salty. Overall, a solid B+. My ceviche had some big pieces of fish and when I pointed it out, the waitress said that is the way the chef likes it...Duh...I was not born yesterday and I do know how to make better ceviche. And the waitress was either drunk or high on something the way she moved...not cool for her or the restaurant.
   

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7. KC

   KimC VIP

   San Francisco31 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 9, 2019

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

   Service was excellent - friendly and knowledgeable- made good recommendations.
   

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   Food411

   San Francisco15 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 3, 2019

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

   We had a wonderful dinner and service was spot on. Bacon and onion tart was flakey crust and perfectly seasoned topping. Salad pulled from the prix fixe menu was refreshing and had some unexpected ingredients, probably listed on the menu but forgotten in the interim. Roasted king salmon with veggies was delicious but trés petite. And dessert of berries with polenta cake was tip top. Loved the French-sourced sauvignon blanc. Restaurant was loud but it's hard these days to find one conducive to conversation where cuisine holds no surprises, however well prepared it may be.
   

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9. KB

   KimB VIP

   San Francisco113 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on August 3, 2019

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

   We love eating at heirloom the people the food it’s all outstanding!!!
   

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    srooe

    San Francisco25 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on August 2, 2019

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

    We were disappointed. Portions were very small. Overpriced. Noise terrible.
    

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