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1. LQ

   LarryQ

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The food entrees (Fried Chicken, Pork Chop & Salmon) were delicious and tasty. The appetizers and desserts were great. Service was exceptional.

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2. DT

   DylanT

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Classic, classy place to eat in downtown San Francisco. Nice that they have a big, open outdoor seating area on Leidesdorff St., adjacent to the restaurant, with linen tablecloths and tall gas heaters. It was a comfy place to eat even on a chilly day!

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3. JK

   JosieK

   San Francisco

   74 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   74 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Always excellent! One of our favorites! Delicious food and superb service.

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4. VM

   ValerieM

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Great service and amazing fried chicken sandwich!

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5. Y

   Yummers

   New England

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Love this place!

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6. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   overall5food4service5ambience4

   Our server was fantastic and the food was very flavorful. Went to fuel up after the pride parade and was a bit uncomfortable as the restaurant was a bit more business casual. However, the staff made us feel very welcome regardless. The oysters were very fresh and the bread “pop ups” were a great change of pace. Overall would highly recommend, and look forward to returning with a more appropriate outfit.

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7. BR

   BrianR

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   We eat here several times a year. The food and service are consistently good, and I really like the ambiance. Good cocktails and wine list as well. One downside: I do not recommend eating outside though, unless it's a very warm day. The alley where they added the outdoor seating is often in shadow and can be quite breezy. Space heaters can only help so much.

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8. L

   Lukas

   Milwaukee

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on June 25, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Fantastic Food! Great atmosphere!

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on June 25, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   We were celebrating a belated birthday and our 18th wedding anniversary. We had such a wonderful time, the food and drinks is always great, and the wait staff is just so pleasant and attentive. The table shared the deviled eggs, and oysters and I had the potato-leek soup to start, which was perfect with the hot popover. For main courses we had the organic fried chicken and waffles, served with an amazing mushroom gravy. My friend had the farm fresh eggs, and tater tots. We always eat too much to have dessert, but my husband and I were surprised by a couple yummy macarons for our anniversary, such a nice touch. We will be back, my brother wants to go for the dinner service.

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10. f

    frdiner

    San Francisco

    186 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    186 reviews

    Dined on June 25, 2022

    overall2food3service1ambience2

    The worse server ever. Our server who is a taller man he was from either Australia or England. Condescending , rude and careless. He never checked up on how our meal was . He ruined the meal.

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11. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    20 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on June 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The staff was absolutely lovely and the food was phenomenal! We will definitely be back.

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12. SB

    StevenB

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on June 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Very good fried chicken and sides. Loved the atmosphere! Went there for my birthday dinner with my best friend, great time and service was excellent! Thanks for my birthday donut!

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13. JR

    JennyR

    E. Tennessee

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We had a great experience! The entire staff was incredibly hospitable and welcoming. Our server, Ginger, was seriously one of the best servers I’ve ever had.

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14. CL

    ChadL

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great atmosphere and delicious food. Our server, Erica, did a great job with recommendations with food and beverage.

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15. ML

    MaiL

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 23, 2022

    overall3food5service1ambience5

    The service wasn't great, we felt rushed and also felt that we're imposing on their time. I would recommend for the food but will not recommend for service.

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16. JB

    JoeB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Excellent burger and fries ! My group also had the oysters and deviled eggs - all top notch !

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17. CB

    CraigB

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on June 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great meal.

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18. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 21, 2022

    overall3food5service3ambience1

    The restaurant had no ventilation - great food but I was so uncomfortable

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    pickydinner

    Chicago

    2 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 20, 2022

    overall1food1service1ambience2

    Wow. This was the worst dining experience. Mistakes happen but it’s how you handle a mistake that matters. My chicken was raw not just undercooked bloody and raw. When I finally got the waitresses attention and showed her how raw it was she took it away. The manager was behind her and tried to say to her that it was smoked and not raw. Others had fully cooked chicken but I did not. Rather than get me anything else to eat I was ignored. No apologies no food nothing. All they did was take my meal off the bill. Yes they sent me home without eating. As an afterthought after the others in my group were done eating the waitress half heartedly asked if I wanted anything to eat. Seriously? I sat and watched others eat assuming they would quickly get me a new sandwich. To top it off we asked for refills on our Diet Coke and never got it. Poorly run. I will never go back.

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20. r

    regisc

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 20, 2022

    overall1food1service3ambience3

    we had a reservation for 19:15 and we got our table around 8h30

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21. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 20, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and atmosphere! Amazing fried chicken.

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22. SF

    SFFoodChick101

    San Francisco

    25 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    25 reviews

    Dined on June 20, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience4

    Excellent service, and the food as always was tasty!

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23. CM

    CariM

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 19, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Excellent! Great dining experience and superb meal. Everything was prepared and presented to the highest level of quality.

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24. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    I’ve always loved this restaurant. This time was no different. Our server Jaime was so fun and made great recommendations. Lovely cocktails and all of the food was to die for. One thing I would change was that the leek soup wasn’t quite hot enough. But everything else was outstanding.

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25. MD

    MarkD

    San Francisco

    15 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on June 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We love going out to Wayfare as it is always a solid choice. Fried chicken is amazing as was the salmon and the burger as usual. The service was very attentive.

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26. DF

    DebF

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 18, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Food was tasty and portions generous. The fried chicken was pretty good. The cocktails were fantastic. Loved the popovers for bread service. And the service was terrific. Comfy outside situation.

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27. RT

    RhondaT

    San Francisco

    31 reviews

    5.0

    31 reviews

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great lunch with a friend. Food is consistent here and it’s a great clubby space inside and comfortable if eating outdoors. Highly recommend.

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    christocino

    Houston

    249 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    249 reviews

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Very good food and excellent service

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29. CG

    ClaudiaG

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Ginger made the Wayfare experience exceptional!!! Food is always amazing. Highly recommend :)

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30. A

    Alicia

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We had the deviled eggs, pork chop, burger, banana trifle, and strawberries and cream ice cream. As well as the mule and martini. Everything we ate was 10/10, waiters were 10/10, atmosphere 10/10. Considering booking one of their rooms for a dinner after we get married at city hall!!! Its that good!!!

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31. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall2food2service5ambience4

    The food was over priced and did not live up to ecoecrmtation. The menu seems very limited.

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32. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 15, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience3

    Always one of my favorites restaurants to dine!

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33. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 15, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience4

    Wonderful but very loud!

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34. 2

    2dindin

    San Francisco

    123 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    123 reviews

    Dined on June 13, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Starting with popovers which are amazing. The meal was Devine. The fried chicken is the best I’ve ever eaten. They are busy for a reason. Everything on the menu is so good. Even the coffee is spectacular

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35. DS

    DonaldS

    Los Angeles

    53 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    53 reviews

    Dined on June 13, 2022

    overall3food1service3ambience3

    The meal was a real disappointment. The complimentary popovers are more dinner roll consistency. My husband's mussels were cold. My dinner salad consisted of greens with 8-10 blueberries and three small pieces of apple with a scattering of quinoa.....not a dinner salad. The salmon I ordered was cooked well with crispy skin. The staff were pleasant and helpful, but the kitchen is slow. Tyler Florence you can do better than this!

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36. LW

    LeahW

    Kansas City

    16 reviews

    5.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on June 13, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience5

    The fried chicken, potato leek soup and banana trifle were outstanding!!

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37. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 12, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Servers were great , food was super good and appreciated the fair pricing.

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38. HM

    HappyMom

    San Francisco

    8 reviews

    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on June 12, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    The ambience and the food was great! Very accommodating and made us feel comfortable with the seating arrangements.

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    apinlb

    San Joaquin

    22 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    22 reviews

    Dined on June 12, 2022

    overall3food5service2ambience5

    Food was wonderful – 5 Star!! But where the dining experience fell short was in the service. My wife and I were shown to our table, water glasses filled by a back server, and then we waited quite a while before our server came to our table. We actually thought we had been forgotten about. We gave our server our drink order and also ordered an appetizer. We received our drinks thinking our appetizer would arrive soon as we wanted to enjoy our drinks and appetizer before our meal. Our server asked us if we were ready to order and we did order our meals. After a long wait we commented to each other that they must have forgotten about our appetizer as the tables on both sides of us got their appetizers and drinks. When our salads arrived so did our appetizer. Not what we had expected. We were disappointed. When our salads and appetizer arrived, we ordered a second round of drinks. Our dinners arrived and I wanted to order a glass of wine but our dinners were dropped, server left and never came back to check on us until it was time to give us the check. This was surprising as the servers for the tables around us checked on their tables a number or times during their dinner. I always give at least a 25-30% tip but I felt bad this time as I had to stretch to give a 15% tip. I’ve been to this restaurant many times, have taken clients to this restaurant, and never had an experience like this. I now hesitate to bring anyone here again fearing another dining experience like this.

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40. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Las Vegas

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 11, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Wonderful ambiance and exceptional service. Perfect brunch date!

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