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BISTRO 888, San Francisco, CA

BISTRO 888

4.2
4.2
1802 Reviews
$31 to $50
Californian

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today
  • Innovative
  • Romantic
  • Good for special occasions
Contemporary upscale Restaurant and Bar "BISTRO 888" in downtown San Francisco offers a modern Californian Cuisine designed by Executive Chef Norma Whitt. Along with serving delicious entrees using local ingredients, BISTRO 888 offer guests and extensive selection of wines, craft beer, and hand-crafted cocktails.
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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Californian, American
  • Hours of operation
    Breakfast Daily 6:30 am–10:30 am Brunch Sat, Sun 10:30 am–2:00 pm Lunch Mon–Fri 11:00 am–2:00 pm Bar Daily 12:00 pm–10:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (415) 616-6566
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Norma Whitt
  • Private party facilities
    We welcome you to enjoy our private dining options. Our team has extensive experience handling events ranging from festive social occasions to professional business engagements. Reach out to our team for more details!
  • Private party contact
    Nathan Linker: (415) 616-6560
  • Neighborhood
    SOMA
  • Cross street
    5th Street
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Public transit
    BART and Muni Stations close by (Powell Street)
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 1,802 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.2
4.2 based on all time ratings
  • 4.2Food
  • 4.2Service
  • 4Ambience
  • 1.7Value

NoiseModerate

1,802 Reviews
  1. AJ

    San Francisco

    77 reviews

    5.0

    77 reviews

    Dined on August 18, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Always excellent service and food! This hotel is a great place to stay, but the restaurant is also a neighborhood gem! The longtime staff are professional and friendly, and the restaurant shares a kitchen with the excellent Luce, meaning you’re likely to get a great meal! Reliably great place to spend your time, funds and calorie buget🤪

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  2. RRankin

    San Francisco

    41 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on May 12, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Excellent service. Nice cocktails. Burger was so-so. Too much mushrooms.

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  3. nictan

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 8, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Delightful spot for a get-together. The staff was super cool and accommodating, not to mention nice and friendly.

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  4. amoeba

    San Francisco

    77 reviews

    5.0

    77 reviews

    Dined on May 3, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    This is a fabulous restaurant within The Intercontinental on Howard. Bistro 888 is staffed by wonderful staff of The Intercontinental. The food shares a kitchen with the Michelin starred Luce. The staff tend to stay and remember returning guests. You can eat at the bar as an option, where you may meet both locals and travelers. The food is always delicious and reasonably priced, especially considering it’s within a hotel, which often means overpriced meals. Our burger was a 10 of 10! Everything was great! We’ll be back!!!

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  5. TomM

    E. Tennessee

    21 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food, location, & service very close to the Moscone Convention Ctr in San Francisco

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  6. Caps

    Yosemite

    13 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on February 13, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    La hamburguesa y la pasta con short rib excelente al igual que las papas

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  7. BobB

    Orange County

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 10, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    We had a good meal but not great. Salmon and fregola was adequate but nothing spectacular. The ancient grains with salmon was good but would have benefitted from an increase in basic seasoning. Fish tacos were also good but the fish was over-battered and somewhat dry. Each dish lacked something that would have made them better than okay. Service was good but the booths are somewhat small and located next to the pickup station at the bar.

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  8. KfyC

    Toronto

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on January 25, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    All was great. I’d definitely go again for business or casual meetings.

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  9. CarlP

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 7, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    We had a delicious dinner: one of us had the salmon, the other the dorado. Highly recommend. Usually a hotel restaurant is at best mediocre, but this place was really, really good. We also had the breakfast buffet a few times. The servers were very cheery and the food was excellent.

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    New York City

    8 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on January 1, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    I like that his restaurant, but the brunch was surprisingly simple. Just a very regular breakfast that one could eat elsewhere. Good service.

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BISTRO 888 is rated 4.2 stars by 1802 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today
Google Map for BISTRO 888

888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Additional information

  • Cross street
    5th Street
  • Neighborhood
    SOMA
  • Hours of operation
    Breakfast Daily 6:30 am–10:30 am Brunch Sat, Sun 10:30 am–2:00 pm Lunch Mon–Fri 11:00 am–2:00 pm Bar Daily 12:00 pm–10:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Californian, American
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Public transit
    BART and Muni Stations close by (Powell Street)
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Norma Whitt
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
    (415) 616-6566
  • Private party facilities
    We welcome you to enjoy our private dining options. Our team has extensive experience handling events ranging from festive social occasions to professional business engagements. Reach out to our team for more details!
  • Private party contact
    Nathan Linker: (415) 616-6560
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