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   CherylRS

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   overall4food4service5ambience4

   The patio is most pleasant; indoors at dinner hour, it is dark and noisy. Food is well-prepared, and service is excellent. We love the Tunisian carrots and cheese plate. The wine list is extensive.

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   OpenTable Diner

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Service was very nice! I brought my niece and the waiter offered us a set of crayons, very thoughtful. Appreciate it :)

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   CarrieS

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   overall4food4service5ambience4

   The food was excellent as usual, but the portions seem to have gotten smaller the last few months. Sign of the times? Service and atmosphere were great, as was the dog friendly patio.

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   2fordinner

   San Francisco

   15 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience3

   Wow! Delicious food, appropriately portioned, and a wide variety of selections. We avoided the red meats (just by choice) and had plenty to choose from. Just made our selections (5 small plates for 2 people) and let the kitchen and server bring them out at the appropriate time. Well paced delivery of 1-2 plates, saved the fried selections for the end. We only enjoyed sparkling wine with our meal, but the wine list offered a broad selection. Great playlist on the overhead. Fit for a 50+ crowd, and we are right there with them!

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   BarbaraA

   San Francisco

   28 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   28 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   Great sliders. Great service.

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   bdors

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Delicious tastes: savory, BBQ, cheese, filet mignonette sliders! Yum!

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   StevenS

   San Francisco

   1 review

   vip
   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   overall3food3service1ambience4

   Waitress was unfriendly and abrupt. Rest of wait staff was friendly and helpful. All waiters and waitress have been excellent in the past except for this waitress who we have had for our last two dining experiences. Both times she was unfriendly

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   Tarabelle70

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

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   Amazing food - the combination and contrast of flavors is incredible. A wonderful experience.

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   KrisS

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

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   Fabulous!!!Little loud for our anniversary celebration, so we sat outside. Everything was amazing!!!

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    OpenTable Diner

    Hawaii

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Everything was good, can’t go wrong.

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    SonomaLass

    San Francisco

    21 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We returned to this favorite spot after too long away. We were delighted with some changes: a cocktail menu, to start with, and some new dishes. The cocktails were delicious, innovative but not weird. Three of the four of the dishes we shared were new to us, and all were delicious. We had a nice outdoor table on a warm Sunday afternoon, with friendly and attentive service. Ordering small plates, you need to have patience sometimes and be prepared for the food to come as it comes -- we appreciate that everything came fresh from the kitchen, hot or cold as appropriate. Just a really lovely experience.

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    I have nothing bad to say. I love this place, I try to go every Sunday. Goal is to try and have every dish, so far nothing has been disappointing. Can't wait to go back.

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    Nicholas

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 26, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Terrific food- sort of tapas size, maybe a little bigger, quality wines, reasonable prices- highly recommend!

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    TennisLuver

    San Francisco

    10 reviews

    4.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on June 26, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience4

    The only reason I gave less than 5 stars is due to the noise level, sometimes hard to carry on a conversation. I dine their regularly, usually dinner, and when inside one has to raise their voice quite a bit to hear each other.

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    MichelleM

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on June 25, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Amazing restaurant that makes you feel at home and taken care of. Truly love the ambiance and the amazing team that takes unbelievable care of you. Food to die for!!!!

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16. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 25, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Fun. Good food.

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    Macbest

    San Francisco

    62 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    62 reviews

    Dined on June 24, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience5

    A bit of a mixed bag. The Pinot noir flight of wines offered were very disappointing. They offered two others for a small pour that we also tried. They also were disappointing. How can you have a restaurant in the heart of wine country with five Pinot noir‘s by the glass that were very disappointing? Maybe they were all open too long as they are offered by the glass! The wine steward needs to rethink the wines offered or throw our wines opened likely from the previous evening. We ended up ordering a bottle of wine that was quite good. As for the food we tried a number of dishes. The olives were tasty and a nice assortment with good olive oil. The tuna tartare lacked flavor and felt like it was missing something that was a disappointment the halibut dish was also a bit underwhelming. The items under the “earth“ menu were actually quite good. While the artichoke was heavily burned on the cut side it said give it a bit of a smoky flavor to say the least. The beet salad was excellent and the hands-down best dish was the spinach salad. Smoky pancetta mixed with a pancetta vinaigrette and goat cheese and mushrooms was sublime. We also tried the pork belly potstickers. It was very heavy and very dense but you kept coming back to it for more. The flash fried calamari was chewy and the sauce was an orange gremolata. Also a disappointment. A bit hard to believe I rated it for stars as all her past experiences at the previous Willi’s was excellent. We are going to give it another shot. Let’s hope for the best especially given the price point. We noticed the menu online was not consistent with a menu offered in the restaurant which is a disappointment. It doesn’t take that much work given the people standing around that I saw to keep the menu on OpenTable current. The only excuse for that is if they change the menu that day which we weren’t sure of.

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    ROYF

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on June 23, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Wonderful experience from beginning to end. The hostess greeted us with a friendly smile making us immediately welcomed. Our server pleasant and knowledgeable. The food, delicious as well as beautifully presented. Great wine list. Don’t hold back, order plenty of their delicious plates to share. We will frequent this restaurant.

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    MelS

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on June 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Just a great, relaxing, fun experience as usual.

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    Shea

    New York Area

    10 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on June 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The drinks and food are amazing. We have eaten here every time we are in the area and have enjoyed it fully each time. The Tapas selections are varied and abundant. You will not be disappointed.

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    Judykudie

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on June 20, 2022

    overall2food2service3ambience2

    The service was good. We thought the food was fair. Some of the dishes were not warm enough. The inside dining was too loud.

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    MikeR

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on June 19, 2022

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    Delicious, great variety, wonderful sauces, yummy desserts. Can’t wait to go back.

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    MarkandMe

    San Francisco

    44 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    44 reviews

    Dined on June 19, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    We love this restaurant! Great food, good hospitality and we go every time we’re in town from the South Bay!

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    NilA

    Los Angeles

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on June 18, 2022

    overall3food3service3ambience3

    Food was too fried but tasty. Could improve. The ambience was nice!

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    ThomasB

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    In Santa Rosa where more than not you will find restaurants that are just barely average, this is one of the better ones

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26. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 17, 2022

    overall3food2service2ambience4

    The waitstaff we interacted with was very low energy. Our waiter did not seem pleased to be working there at all. Kind of made us feel like a burden had to flag him down to finally order a second glass of wine. We did have some issues with our food, like the butter braised halibut was raw in the center. We were able to address our concerns with the GM who was very pleasant to speak with. I wasn’t impressed with the quality of food overall, it was just okay. Definitely needs some improvement with staff as well.

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    sushibait16

    Los Angeles

    15 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on June 15, 2022

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    So this time around the food was good

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    savorsmith

    San Francisco

    11 reviews

    3.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on June 15, 2022

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    The food was delicious. Menu so much like the original Willi’s Wine Bar. I miss that atmosphere of the original place. We had a good time , but I think next time I woukd choose Bird and the Bottle. Our friends had a dog so we choose your spot, we did have.a nice time. Tuna tartar was the best!

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    jjhman

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on June 14, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience3

    Great food, as usual except for the chintzy dessert. We ordered the "Warm chocolate cake blah blah." and it was a cupcake! I hate cupcakes. We sat outside and the noise was incredible, incessant delivery trucks and a hedge trimmer across the street through the entire meal. The semi enclosed patio area seemed to capture all of that and still amplify the noise of the other diners. Will we go back? You bet. We love the salads, the warm bread and the entrees.

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    AudreyS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 13, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience5

    We always love Willi's - it's one of our favorite date spots! Extra kudos that they catered to me being pregnant and created the BEST spicy virgin margarita. Some mocktails at restaurants are pricy (like $10+) but this was only $6 and well worth it. The food was great overall, and great value (the small plates are not that small!). We ordered olives, the arugula endive salad, truffle fries, and halibut and it was plenty for two people. I didn't love the halibut - it was a bit bland to me, but my husband enjoyed it and everything else we've ever gotten there has been incredible. Obviously they have a great wine list, too, if you're not pregnant! My husband got and enjoyed a Spanish riesling and Kokomo zinfandel.

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    PatriciaS

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 12, 2022

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    We requested outside seating for a birthday dinner, but were sat in an entirely cover side alley that was hot, very loud and crowded. We asked to be moved outside. They couldn’t accommodate, even though the reservation was made well in advance. We ended up eating at the bar and the bar tender was very snippy and short. Food was the best part.

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    PaloAltoNative

    San Francisco

    21 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on June 11, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Very pleasant outdoor dining.

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    Kathy

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on June 10, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Willi's food and service were impeccable, as always.

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 9, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Perfect for dinner with your girlfriends!

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35. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 7, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Wonderful food and great service! Never disappoints!

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    moonlightwaybaby

    San Francisco

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on June 7, 2022

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    The food was as amazing as ever and the service was perfect. I wish I could afford to eat here every week!

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    CGBd

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 6, 2022

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    Great ambience, servers are attentive without being intrusive (a hard balance to find, for sure!), food is seriously amazing. I went for an anniversary dinner, and Willi's was actually a last-minute second choice because the restaurant we planned to go to happened to be closed! I couldn't be happier with how that worked out, and I look forward to eating here again. Try the filet mignon sliders, and the ahi tartare!

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    AliceK

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The shrimp and macaroni were excellent. Loved the carrot dish with surprising heated olives. Portions were ample, had to take some home. Wait staff were attentive and on the spot. 3 rd visit and would do it again

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39. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on June 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    One of my favorites. This time we had the chilled and baked oysters also the curry crab tacos all were delicious.

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    Tmattice

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 5, 2022

    overall3food4service4ambience1

    Was seated in parking lot despite indicating preference for indoor when booking. When I go out I value ambiance as much as food and our table sucked. Out of 8 dishes 6 were excellent the tomato supe missed and the lamb chops were raw. That was disappointing as they were my favorite late time here. Got a Pinot wine flight that was average. At a wine bar, they should be served in a Pinot glass.

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