Lafayette Coffee Shop

There is no atmosphere in this restaurant. It is a one of a kind old fashion mom and pop run establishment that serves comfort food. The portions are large and the prices are reasonable in this modern age. We had the prime rib and it was excellent. The menu changes daily so check before you go. My friends gave it a thumbs up and we went on a weekday. It is located in the heart of the Tenderloin and we found parking close to the restaurant. We're going again on a night when they have meatloaf. Not many of these restaurants left where you get soup, bread, entree and a dessert.

Best value for money fast home-cooking diner you can find this side of SF. No frills, quick but friendly service. Great for simple but satisfying dinners or breakfast.

Cheap fast tasty, not fancy. Great for what it is. Great for a bite of that sort before Davies, Herbst, or Opera House.

We have been there 4 times. Great American food. Prices are great, actually less than Mel's or Tommy's. Portions are generous Be patient. Even though Stephanie is the only waitress, she still takes time to chat with us, as if we are family. And by gosh she remembers us. The liver special was excellent and cooked al dente. So was the prime rib dinner. And his breakfast. I took the rib home and made 2 more meals of it. Customers came in every day, sometimes a couple times a day. Do eat there. We like it and I'm a picky Chinese .

Corn beef, liver and onions, short ribs and stuffed bell peppers!

I have been going to Lafayette for approx. 10 years. Since the closing of Manor House Restaurant. It's got the best prices in S.F. Selections are great for breakfast. Also serves lunch and dinner. I believe they are open 6 days a week and closed on Saturdays.

Nice little hole in wall with good food and great prices for frisco. Gota try loco moco and roast pork Always a return customer

Great place for anytime of the day. Great food.

Sure! Why not this place? Come to this place if you're in the neighborhood! Who cares if parking is tough and neighborhood is rough! There's no where else you can get a complete American meal with toasted bread, soup and salad, and sides for under $13??? It tastes good too. The amount is generous, I'm so full and happy! I even took a picture of my future dish, Spaghetti for the next time I come back!!! Just look at those giant meatballs!!! Service could use help, but give her a break, she's the manager, the cook and the server, and the dishwasher, of course she's going to be a little run down and tired. So what?!? This a lot better than those fancy, overpriced restaurants, with bad attitudes that I've gone to in the past. For $13, I got a complete all-American meal here! That's the same price of a small pho next door! COME HERE INSTEAD! Lafayette Coffee Shop!

Top of its class. Affordable comfort food of the Tenderloin for over thirty years. Generous portions. I ordered the Turkey Cheese Macaroni. It came with mash potatoes and gravy and canned corn. The main dish was delicious and filling. I am disabled and cannot walk and you have to be careful navigating the TL streets but I sent my support worker to pick up the food I was craving.

This is a no-nonsense place. Huge portions, Located in a poor neighborhood, but don't let that stop you from visiting, it's family-owned. There's a lot of food. After ordering the Hamburger Steak, Mashed Potatoes, and Vegetables, the Lettuce and Tomato Salad arrived, and next, a Bowl of Soup and Two pieces of soft French bread. I ordered the Hamburger Steak, medium and it arrived medium! and Rice Pudding at the end of the meal, included! This is as cheap as it gets, $14.00! for all this food and everything is hot and fresh. Fast service, No Fanfare. Diner style. They even serve Pancakes and Sausage at night! The waitress is super friendly and talks to her customers like old friends!

This is a no nonsense place. Less salt. Checked. Hugh portion. Checked. Awful neighborhood. Checked. Family owned. There's a lot of food. After getting the lettuce and tomato salad and soup, I'm pretty much full. Two pieces of sourdough bread. Friday's soup is a big bowl of clam chowder. This is as cheap as it gets. $21 for all this food. You can say no flavor, but quantity is the key, but everything seems to be hot and fresh. Fast service. Yes. Prime rib comes with mashed potato and corn. Great big cut and natural and juicy. Perfectly medium rare. Tender and full of fat. Jello at the end of the meal. No fanfare. Diner style. They even serve pancake and sausage at night. The waittress is super friendly. Talks to her customers like old friends.

I visited this place on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 1 pm, and there was no customer in waiting for food , there was only one customer who was done with his food . . I ordered a simple dish, sausage and egg, from their menu. However, things took a turn when three people arrived at 1:05 pm and were treated differently. They seem like regular customers. The woman took their orders and served them before me, despite my earlier arrival. I didn't receive my food until 1:30 pm, which was disappointing. The food was just average, and to be honest, the quality and taste were subpar. It was overly oily, which further detracted from my experience. Sausage was burnt alsoDue to this, I don't plan on returning.

Spend less and be better off with canned meat/corn, insta potato. A nasty joint w/dirty floors, booths, tables, serving old chewy microwave repeat-reheated stuff (a piece of food is scalding hot and cold in different parts) along a dollop of canned corn and powder mashed potatoes. Didn't have the specials of that day and served what looked to be leftovers from unfinished plates of others with someone's attempt at eating them covered under sauce facing the plate. Nice people tho

FANTASTIC value and good diner food. Their specials are all a hit and when we want breakfast for dinner.

Affordable prime rib cut was about an inch thick. Came with a salad, soup, and toast for only $24. Service was very fast and efficient.

This place is amazing I love the new location. I usually get the fish and chip but I switch up to whatever special of the day. Great service and it's usually chilled.

A spot on example of an unpretentious cheap eat in the tenderloin. Can't beat a prime rib dinner for $20 or a full lumberjack breakfast for less than $15. Mom and pop place since forever so please tip your server kindly!

I love the Lafayette coffee shop! Last of the good old Chinese American coffee shops. Honest food made fresh with real ingredients. Not greazy, & I always feel good after I eat there. Example: Turkey special- delish! Turkey carved right off the bird! Love the well marbled prime rib too! Steamed stout on Friday, with Clam Chowder!! Need a grubbin' cheeseburger? Oh yes. Great breakfasts? Oh hell yes! Corned beef & cabbage special makes me feel like it's St Patrick's day! Hearty, served with fresh steamed cabbage, carrots & chunks of potato. Yum. Specials rotate by day, try em all! Quirky Tenderloin atmosphere? For sure!-- Be understanding! This ain't the Ritz, & don' t come in with a fussy 'tude expecting everything "just so", they are too busy for people being jerks! Salad dressing: you better like thousand Island, cus that's sometimes all you get... Potatos that come with burger are delicious, but are prepared in a "smashed hash brown" kinda deal... Love the daily meal specials! (I stick to the specials)- Specials come "ala carte": (Ala carte is the main dish plus a nice serving of the side- veggies,rice, potatoes - varies with special) , Plus for a small extra fee you can make it "full meal" that gets you daily soup & lil salad. Great Deal!! Lafayette Coffee Shop is a hidden gem on Larkin @ Eddy in Little Saigon! DC says: CHECK IT OUT

Greasy spoon, check. Dive, check. Tough neighborhood, triple check! While on a banh mi run, I happened to park in front of here and read their window taped menu. I took a photo and drove out of Dodge, knowing this neighborhood's reputation. A few weeks later, I studied the menu and the daily specials made my stomach growl, especially Monday and Tuesday. It brought me through a time tunnel in recalling the food I grew up eating. I got here around noon on a Tuesday morning and found a metered parking space around the corner on Eddy. When I walked in, the first two booths were taken so I walked towards the back of the restaurant near the kitchen at a table for four. The lady manning the front of the house was in the kitchen and gave me a menu as she brought food to the seated diners. I didn't need to look except to confirm whether I'd order the ala carte or dinner portion. Opting for the latter, I quickly received my glass of ice water and, shortly afterwards, my soup and salad (https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=njtUEMghO61IQlNG-BDC4A&userid=saJuyv784apZzH--psHZ3Q); the soup was chicken barley and was pretty stocked with carrots, celery, and chicken. The salad was your typical iceberg lettuce and large tomato slice drenched in thousand island dressing. A few minutes after I finished them my beef stew with potatoes (https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=xfHTCeG6xYrZ301AstxLxQ&userid=saJuyv784apZzH--psHZ3Q) arrived. I was happily surprised by the portion especially given the price point. I forgot to mention that I wanted rice so potatoes were served. Totally impressed by the number and size of the beef stew, all lean and mostly fork tender, I liked that some pieces had lining attached to give them a nice chew as a change of pace. There was no shortage of flavor and ingredients with generous amounts of carrots and celery though the sauce was a tad on the sweet side. I packed half of the entree for dinner that night. As I dined, a steady flow of familiar customers came and went in picking up bagged takeout orders. A couple more tables near the window were filled as I left. As I walked out, I noticed a single diner in a booth feasting on a plate of turkey with the trimmings, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and all. Guess I know what I'm having next time I visit on a Tuesday.

I don't understand how this food is so cheap (like stepping back in time--half the price of any other sit-down breakfast/lunch in sf) with big portions and tastes good

This place is amazing. For the same price as a meal at McDonald's, you can get a four course meal. I don't know how they do it; it's truly an impressive value. Dinners consist of a salad, a soup, fresh sourdough bread, the entrée with likely a side of corn and mashed potatoes, and then finally, if you are lucky, Jell-O dessert. The salad is a simple salad of crisp but watery lettuce topped with a slice of fresh tomato and an equal part of French dressing. The soup is typically a chicken soup with carrots onions and celery with some pasta or barley. There is no meat in the soup though. The entrée ,whatever it is, a generous portion of protein the corn might have been frozen, but it's good and fresh. The mashed potatoes may have come from a box. Do people complain that McDonald's serves food that was frozen or powdered? You're paying 10 to 12 dollars for a meal. It's good food but it's not gourmet. After the entrée, you are supposed to get Jell-O or pudding, but normally the waitress will just bring you the bill instead. Frequently you will only get the dessert if you ask for it. While this is a little defect in their service, if you ate everything that had been brought to you up to that point, you are absolutely stuffed already and really don't need the extra calories. This little dinner is not pretty. The seats need to be re-covered, but the tables are clean. It's not a place to take someone you want to impress unless that person is impressed by extreme value.

I went there to pick up food for delivery. At that time he scolded me well because I was a customer who ordered a dodash order then when I went there and showed the order he scolded me.

Always walk by this place and wanted to give it a shot after a co-worker recommended this place for a hungry soul. Walked in and ordered their daily special. Is it good? The food was not appealing at all and far from delicious. The portion sizes are huge. The daily special comes with a side soup, salad, main course and a dessert. Sounds like a bang for your buck but nothing's good. Also it's on the worst part of the Larkin St and you cannot avoid dining with the drug junkies. Going with a 2 star just for the quantity of food for the money.

I enjoy the meals from Lafayette Coffee Shop I have eaten pork chops and spaghetti and meatballs, breakfast meals with pancakes bacon, and eggs

Different Special each day. Check out the menu. Wednesday Special, Stuffed Bell Peppers are my favorite. Only place in town you can get them. Short Ribs are good too. Everything here is good at half the price of other places. Portions are big. The prime rib dinner is better than the House of Prime and is only $20. Fillet of Sole is better than Original Joe's. Complete dinner comes with entree, mash potato, vegetable, bread/butter, soup, salad, desert. The bread is specially baked and delicious. bon ap·pé·tit.

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There are very few things in life we can depend on. Lafayette Coffee Shop is one of those we can, thank heavens! If you are looking for Filet mignon or Duck a l'Orange you probably won't want to eat at this classic American diner. However, if you are looking for classic American faire this place is surprisingly hold to form. With delicious made to order breakfasts (eggs, meat, hashbrowns, toast) perfect whether you want scrambled or over-medium, over-easy, fried, poached; this is the place to go! The daily specials are so charmingly old school American diner, I could die! They have a delightful burger made like it was in the 1950's, I am sure. Their sandwich options are reasonably gorgeous. The food is fresh, delicious and common! The portions are unbelievable; I generally have enough from one of their specials to put me up for lunch & dinner. Their salad and soups are easy, but very good! The staff is absolutely loving and unforgettable. The atmosphere is not pretentious, but rather subdued and relaxed. I have been eating at this diner since it was on Hyde Street (the large sign still drapes the outside of that original place). I am so glad to have this restaurant feed me when I am in the neighborhood. They are very gracious and cordial and I am a huge fan! - Bryan Vyrdlokkin Abney

A wonderful, inexpensive all-day restaurant, closed only Saturdays. If liver and onions is one of your things, it's large and perfectly cooked (I got mine NR, as requested--hard to do!)

Blue plate specials are the thing here. Nothing to write home about. Food is for the most part premade, instant mashed potatoes etc. prime rib is grilled almost well done. The short ribs were the star of the show. Everything else was just ok. Server kind of rude but it's a all day diner and breakfast joint. What do you expect when dealing with customers in the tenderloin all day??? I'd be mad too . Overall decent food. Decent value.

Pretty good restaurant. You won't leave hungry that's for sure. They do serve up quite the meal. I'm always glad I came. The prices are reasonable

Top contenders The Prime Rib is still going strong Short Ribs on Weds are killer Roasted Pork ... I specially order the meat on The fat side ... Moister andmorr flavorful The sole well season and healthy

I came in here to use my American Express card because it clearly says American Express Welcome on the door and when the bill came they wouldn't accept it and the waitress told me to get money instead from the ATM. Take the sign off if you don't ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS! The waitress also hovered over me while I signed the bill. I didn't give them a tip FYI.

When I was out of work several years ago and looking for cheap eats in the middle of the day, I know I should have been networking for my next job, but I won't lie...I sometimes went to the old location about a block away on Hyde where their familiar circular neon sign still resides. You could get a slice of prime rib with mashed potatoes for $11.25. Granted it wasn't a House of Prime Rib King Henry the VIII cut, but on a tight budget, it worked in a pinch. Now the coffee shop and the prime rib are back in a marginally better location in the middle of Little Saigon on Larkin Street where Crawfish Fusion used to be. I think the trio of people who staff this place used to work at the old place. Gotta love the consistency. There's the quiet line cook who keeps to himself at the grill in the back and of course, the talkative veteran waitress who remembers everybody who walks in there, and replacing the older woman who swept the floors is a younger girl who handled the same clean-up chores. Jamie W. and I came here on a recent Saturday morning to try the breakfast specials. Sure enough, it was already half-full of their regular customers, but we managed to snag a booth that still needed busing. We both ordered the same thing, the $6.95 No. 2 Special Breakfast. For that ridiculously low price, we both got two hotcakes, two eggs, four links of sausage and a separate plate of hash browns which isn't even mentioned in the menu (photo: http://bit.ly/2d1Eeer). It wasn't incredible but it was satisfying and quite filling, especially the pancakes which absorbed the syrup like nobody's business. A cup of coffee was $1.95 with refill costing you 75 cents extra, but she doesn't make a special effort of policing the coffee pot. I decided to come back this evening after a quick business trip out of town. I just wanted something easy and comforting after a long flight, so I came here for the Wednesday Special, the $10.50 Short Ribs Dinner which includes a small plate of salad with 1,000-island dressing, a bowl of chicken pasta soup, two big slices of bread with pats of butter (photo: http://bit.ly/2czp5fI) and if she doesn't forget, their rice pudding for dessert (photo: http://bit.ly/2cZMngc). None of the extras were all that special with the rice pudding tasting a bit like a hospital cafeteria item. The short ribs were definitely a hearty portion though I wish they didn't ladle on so much sauce which had a distinct sweetness I didn't particularly care for. It came with mashed potatoes with a crater of gravy and some vegetables that tasted like they came from a can (photo: http://bit.ly/2coV2YL). No matter as it was amazing how much food you get for the price. The clientele is definitely on the colorful side with complete strangers talking to each other about how great a singer Mavis Staples still is. The setting still reminds me of an early Scorsese movie where you expect a young Bobby De Niro to walk in and yell at me for sitting at his booth. FOOD - 3 stars...pretty standard diner grub and plenty of it, quantity over quality AMBIANCE - 3 stars...definitely a Travis Bickle kinda place SERVICE - 4 stars...she's on top of that place for sure TOTAL - 3 stars...welcome back, Lafayette Coffee Shop...good to see a greasy spoon survive in this unforgiving city

Great homey type of feel great service, very fast and convenient very low priced and well worth it. The Menu has so much to offer it's unbelievable. Honest Review.

Typical local hole in the wall diner. Bring your appetite for breakfast portions are large. Definitely worth a try.

Terrible customer service!!! I asked to change my order because I literally just ordered and the lady looked at me and said no you want side order? I told her since I literally just ordered I just wanted to make adjustments sorry, she smacked her lips walked away. She came back and put two cups down of water hard enough where the water came plopping our the cup. To make matters worse she gave my friend a dirty ass cup. That took the cake for me I didn't even want the food. I wouldn't ever go back not sure if she was having a bad morning but this was totally unacceptable!!!!

Great service !! Great food!! 10/10. I'm new to San Francisco but this place is great !!

Lafayette Coffee Shop is a diner located in the hood (Tenderloin) that I tried for dinner a couple of days ago as it was open late. It is pretty bare bones and shows its age. I believe never judge a book by its cover so I decided to give it a try. Some of the best food that I've had is in run down places so here goes. I step in and I'm greeted by an Asian lady. Oh my, it does get better. Maybe some places need to be judged by their cover. Anyway, I had committed myself so I decided to press on. The menu is your typical diner style meat based plates, sandwiches and breakfast fare. The server recommended that I try the prime rib after seeing that I was having difficulty in making a selection. No mam, I'm not doing that. I finally settled on turkey dinner which is turkey meat with mashed potatoes, gravy and corn. I think it was less than $10 with tax and payment was cash only. After ordering I was on my way in 5 minutes. What I got was a heavy container stuffed to the brim with food along with a piece of bread. Let's start with the good part. The turkey meat was perfectly moist and tender and corn was perfectly steamed. Moving on to the average, which would be the piece of bread and mashed potatoes and finally the atrocious gravy which was just plain terrible. It was doughy, smelly and off-putting. They had doused tons of it on top of the mashed potatoes and the turkey. They also gave a little pudding on the side on top of the turkey making that end a sweet, savory, jiggly mess. The positioning of this restaurant is for the budget conscious. They try to give you a lot of value for your money all of which is not necessarily bad. Here's my advice. Ask them to give you gravy on the side. Next tell them that you don't want the crappy pudding. This will give you a neat plate of turkey meat, corn and mashed potatoes for a very cheap price. The gravy and bread you can safely trash and still come up on top because you are paying so little. At best, three stars, that too if you are on a tight budget.

Came in cause of the reviews of the food. Customer service is not on their priority list. Came in, there's a waitress sitting at the counter, didn't move to being us menus. We finally get menus and our water. Water was placed far from us. Our orders were taken, the waitress was quite short with us. Aside from the customer service, the prime rib is good. We went to House of Prime Rib last night and I can't tell the difference. The portion here is bigger. Apparently, the kindness to customers is selective.

I really like this place. I went to this restaurant when it was at the old location. The new location is much nicer than the old location. The new location is cleaner, and the seats and the tables are in better shape. The food and the customer service is the same. This place offers great value for money. I think their prime rib dinner is one of the best deals in town. I also like their steak and eggs breakfast. Breakfast is served all-day at this restaurant. I also like their hamburgers and their pumpkin pie.

Very friendly staff here. The food is good good. We had the steak and the garlic bread. The steak was cool perfectly cooked and the garlic break was amazing

This place has been in TL forever. The original location on hyde and eddy for the longest time and when the owner decided to jack up the rent they moved here to the current location on larkin and eddy. The food here is decent for what its priced at. I always get the cheeseburgers and fries which comes out to 12 bucks usually. Like i said the food is decent. Dont expect to be blown away by the food quality. Its just and affordable local diner. The prime rib dinner can be hit and miss at times but for the most part its has to be the cheapest option for prime rib ive seen in the area.

I've been getting the special there on a regular basis. There is a large quantity of food at a very good price. I had the pastrami one night - huge amount of meat, lots of steamed cabbage and carrots that had texture and crunch, and real butter and 2 large pieces of bread. Sometimes the soup tastes homemade and flavorful with crunch vegetagles, and sometimes it tastes a little overdone or maybe from a can. (Soup, salad and bread cost $1 extra, so I can't be too picky.) The woman who is the cashier and server can be feisty yet comical. While I was there, a guy came in and ordered an "egg omelette" and man, she let him know that his choice of words wasn't very good. She's can be sharp-tongued, but for me it only adds to the ambiance.

Who wants prime rib for breakfast?! ME. For $15, you get a heaping portion of 8oz prime rib, mashed potatoes and steamed veggies on the side. I've been back every weekend for the past 3 weeks... I seriously can't get enough. I go on Sunday's since there's less traffic and they tend to run out of prime rib by dinner time. Owner is super nice. She Makes sure your order is ready in 10 mins and the food is always spot on. Parking is a pain in the a** In the tenderloin. If you can get through all the syringes scattered on the floor and human feces, you are going to have a wonderful experience.

This is by far my favorite diner in the City. I was so happy when they opened back up on Larkin. They have a full menu plus 3 Daily Specials every day. The prices can't be beat. Tonight I had the baked ham with mashed taters, corn and two slices of bread & butter for $7.15!!! You can order breakfast for dinner or dinner for breakfast. The owners are super friendly. Welcome back to the hood!

American comfort food at a good price. Their turkey dinner is loaded up like a Thanksgiving plate, and their corned beef and cabbage special is excellent. Their prime rib is cooked to order, and they have a full breakfast menu as well. If you ask nicely, they will include a meaty rib bone with your steak to take home to your dog! One of my favorite places to get a satisfying dinner meal, with soup, salad and bread included. Check them out!

Visited SF and tried a lot of the best rated diners prior to this place. I must say, Lafayette Coffee Shop was/is my favorite. No cue, no stressed out personnel, half the price of the over crowded Yelp/TripAdvisor hyped places. This place feels very true and the lady running it is a real character. Lovely Chinese lady. What some might find bad is also what's good. Not a super cozy pastiche of an American Diner. Just real, good and fast.

hoodline.com reports the reopening of Lafayette Coffee Shop on July 19, 2016 at 611 Larkin Street. Daily 7 am - 10 pm. Metered street parking from 9 am-6pm. It's so nice to be welcomed by familiar friendly faces and we're happy to have Lafayette Coffee Shop reopen in the Tenderloin. Breakfast Specials and Daily Specials are good values.

Good affordable greasy spoon diner fare. I appreciate the gruff manner of the staff. You can add vegetables to the omelette if you want. This place is a real diamond in the rough. Used to be located around the corner on Hyde but they moved to their current Larkin St. location.

Very traditional american shop visited by people from the surrounding, which underlines the popularity of this coffee shop for breakfast. The shop looks a little dirty, but the food is done properly and the owners are very friendly and engaged.

I've passed this spot so many times, I couldn't believe it existed when my boo pointed it out. In fact, I've seen this shop's old sign on Hyde Street (along my daily commute) more than the new sign that hangs on Larkin Street. Since we found it and were starving for some breakfast food, we gave it a shot. AMBIANCE is simple, yet effective. The restuarant's combo of booths, table seats, and bat seating is clean, and gives the allusion of a larger diner than it actually is. The older woman that serves us here is hilarious. She's proud of the quality of the food ("the food's good, right?"), and jokes with me on occasion (I order a lot of food...). ORDERED same both times so far- hotcakes with sausage and 2 scrambled eggs, with a side of bacon. FOOD is good. The hotcakes are actually some of the best I've ever had. You get good sized portions for a low price here, which is a win-win. RATING is a foodie four. Great customer service, good food, and awesome prices makes this a go-to spot for me.

This was right around the corner from our motel, so we thought we'd try it out. The food was delicious, there was plenty to fill us up, and we went back almost every day of the seven days we were there. The waitress, May I think her name is, was welcoming and pleasant. She remembered us every time and had our drinks ready on the third day. It is a small diner, and the age shows, but that adds to the atmosphere in my book. We look forward to going back next year and eating there again.

Well I like down and dirty breakfast places but this doesn't match up to the quality greasy food you would expect. The food was so so. Not gonna lie. Probably won't come back. Not the best area waiter with homeless people all over the place. Better bet is to go on Geary closer to Powell Street.

5 stars. Totally earns it. Hear me out. The food here is so bad that it's undeniably charming. Like somebody heard the idea of what a diner is and is trying to recreate it with no actual knowledge of what the hell a diner is. It was sorta like the movie The Room on every plate. It was food just like grandma used to make because my grandma didn't know how to cook for shit. I got the fish n' chips dinner which comes with soup AND salad and some hard ass bread n' butter. You aren't asked what kind of soup you're getting or what kind of salad dressing you want. My guess is because they have one option and you damn well better like it. I couldn't even tell what sort of soup it was. Chicken broth with some carrots and beans. It was watery as hell, so ask for extra saltines. Salad had a big blob of Russian dressing on top covering up a nasty ass tomato which I removed. Fish n' chips.... Fish pieces were tiny and I think taken from a microwave dinner along with the inexplicable corn on the side. Tartar sauce just came in a clump on the side, not even in its own cup or anything. Fries were decent, best part. There was a "free dessert" of pudding which might have been bread pudding? I don't know, because I didn't try it. It looked like a relative of The Elephant Man in a small bowl. All in all, I whole heartedly recommend this place for the grumpy service and smile on my face the whole thing caused. It had real character and I'll take that over a lot of other shit.

Visiting SF and was looking for a place to have a bite to eat before embarking on the BART to Oakland for the Raiders game. We came across this place. The coffee was good. The breakfast was AWESOME. But you know what the best part was? $15 for two full breakfast plates. I'm a fan. If I'm ever in San Francisco again I'll be sure to stop by here for breakfast

Old School cafeteria/ Hof brau style American food. Big portions, quality food and low prices. My son and I showed up on Sunday night. We were set on breakfast but the waitress recommended the daily specials. ( Food from the push list). I got the meat loaf and my son got the lamb dish. Huge portions of lamb, meat loaf, both come with mash potatoes, corn, and garlic bread. The daily specials include soup, salad, and desert. (Jello or bread pudding). I am 300 pounds and I was stuffed. The entire tab was 20 bucks. I left a 2 dollar tip. 22 bucks out the door for sit-down dinner for 2. I'll be back...