Original Joe's - San Francisco

Always amazing customer service and food too

I pride myself on my meatballs and Original Joe’s came as close as you can get to home made. They were amazing! I would highly recommend going to Original Joe’s while in San Francisco. The staff was also warm and friendly.

Everyone feels the same way there ... you have to speak up ... meaning ... if you do ... it's ok. I like that.

The food is up to standard. I like the Chicken Marsala a lot. The crab cocktail, which we all shared was Fresh; The way it should be.

We had the Justin Cab from Paso Robles, which was fairly priced, imho, and went just right with everything.

The only thing I'm not so sure about was the Bombolini for dessert. The affogato ( Espresso over Vanilla Ice Cream was superb ), but three of those fresh donuts without filling was just ok. I would suggest, a raspberry filling, a vanilla cream filling, and a blueberry filling. Whatever. Maybe two fillings and one plain. I also recommend Lush Gelato's Dulce de Leche instead of the Vanilla, which would be overkill, but what the heck ...

Great time.

French fries cold! Mussels small serving, crostini’s not toasted or barely!
What’s happening with Joes?

Always fabulous food, service and ambiance- can’t go wrong!!! Love this restaurant

Great food, excellent service. The only issue is the high noise level. Hard to carry on a conversation.

Date night. Excellent all around. Lettuce wedge and beet arugula outstanding as were veal picata ans halibut special. Side of spaghetti was a bit overcooked. Old Fashioned and whiskey sours were fine aswas the Barbera wine. Felt slightly rushed at first but only at the start. Server was very efficient and courteous.

OJ's is one of my favorite restaurants in SF. The staff are so sweet and caring always helping to make our family visit comfortable. OJ's is a great family place to take young and old kids who enjoy great food and fabulous North Beach libations.

We had a 1:30pm lunch reservation and the restaurant was not busy at that time. Our waiter however was distant and unavailable throughout our lunch. This was a special occasion with long tine North Beach friends, but I feel we were treated like unwanted tourists.

As always had a wonderful dinner and dessert

Food was fabulous and the service is always absolutely perfect. We sat in the cozy bar. Best crab cake. Spaghetti and meatballs are wonderful. Don’t forget donuts for dessert!!

Great as always!

We love Joes but today it seemed like we had been forgotten about. Had a toddler with us but had to wait 30min to order food and chase down server.

I have had better waiters at this place, but it is still a great place to dine

Best food and fast service

Nice and vivid place. Good food and excellent service

Service was outstanding, and the food was good, with the flourless chocolate cake highly recommended. Just what you want from a classic, historic Italian North Beach place...noise level was high, an indication that everyone was enjoying themselves...at the top of their lungs! And this was lunch!

Great food, great ambiance..weird service. Server had a high pitched annoying voice like "nailed it" host. Outside of having to deal with that servers annoying manner and tone, great place great food.

Our waiter Rob made the whole evening Charming and knowledgeable about the menu.

Always reliable, and some dishes are outstanding... burgers, eggplant, red sauce, petrale.

Excellent experience all around. Our office team enjoyed the food, the service and the atmosphere! Everything was top notch.

We were taking our grandkids out for lunch. They enjoyed it very much

Celebrating Chinese New Year.
Our waiter Sergio was fantastic!!!!
He offered tremendous service to my 88 year old Aunt and was very patient with her!!
We all had a wonderful time!!

Besides the food being not only delicious and very ample, it was the service that makes the place outstanding. Our party remarked several times: You don't have to wait to flag down a waiter or busboy, and they're all very helpful and pleasant.

We had a corner booth on a Sunday. We were a bit disappointed that the menu was a brunch menu but we found some great things to eat.
I had the ravioli which was a huge portion.
My husband had a cup of clam chowder with the Veal Parmesan. It came with a choice of a side of ravioli, French fries or salad.

The service was excellent!

Would recommend.

The true flavor and history of San Francisco continues in this icon. Established traditions, from the Tuxedo wearing waiters to the pictorial montage on the wall bring out what this Restaurant was in a bygone era and will continue to be in the future. A must experience both for Traditional Italian Food and Ambiance in San Francisco!!! (From a native San Franciscan who experienced this Restaurant many times when on Taylor Street as well as it’s present location which enhances the experience in North Beach and Washington Square.)

Relatives visiting from New York

Awesome time and the best experience every single time

This is my first time to visit Original Joe's SF. The food was quite decent compared to the price. Kind of American style Italian food but taste really good. The atmosphere and the staff were also nice!

Overall... disappointing! Expected so much more. So many GREAT restaurants in the City/North Beach and we seemed to have chosen the wrong one. Walked out and thought to myself, a slice of pizza at Tony's (across the street) was perhaps a better choice... would have been way cheaper too. Don't mind paying for a nice meal... I just did not have one at Original Joes.

Our server, Michael, was attentive, efficient, with a pleasant personality.
Calamari appetizer was good but a bit overcooked and dry. There is a bit of inconsistency with this item, but can be very delicious.
Restaurant gets busy and noisy, but it's one of our favorites in S.F.

This place was excellent! We had a wonderful experience all around. Definitely recommend for special occasions or business dinner.

Original Joe's is a standby San Francisco restaurant. They make one of the Caesar salads in the Bay Area and their fish dishes are always very good. A pleasant place to eat!

Brought a colleague visiting from out of town here. Amazing service and food (as always! She was highly impressed by the overall experience

Great service and food. A first class dining experience.

Excellent food and service. A half order of fried calamari was more than enough to start for two people. Fried prawns and sole were top drawer. Can’t wait to go back.

Food was good and served very quickly. Service was attentive. Ambiance was warm and welcoming.

Always a great dining experience! Best place for steaks, chops, pasta... Wonderful and fun ambience.

SF classic. Old school menu, so many choices and it’s all delicious. Excellent service, helpful and engaging. Wonderful cocktails and wines. Valet parking a big help.
Enjoy!

Consistently amazing food, inviting ambiance, GREAT service all for an extremely fair price! Always a good experience when dining at OJ’s!