S & E Cafe

Excellent little cafe for a variety of stuff. I always go for the beef tongue spagett with the red sauce. Clam chowder is great as well with the bread top. Steaks are great too along with the salads. The wait for food can sometimes feel ling but they have TVs inside to distract you with dubs highlights.

This place is definitely a good place if you want a late night food or just a fast place to grab a good meal. The rice plates look amazing as well. I really like their beef stew over rice, place is clean, good, and the service is great!

Went with the family to S&E Cafe for the first time and honestly it was pretty good. Wasnt pack at all and the service was great. Mostly HK comfort food with some other styles of dishes. The community is great because everybody seemed to know each other in a sense.

I love eating here. I have been here four times and the food is amazing. The absolute best of the best for me - a little pricey, but f**kin worth it - was the rib-eye steak with spaghetti. The sauce is something else- it's so delicious. I usually don't eat out, but man, this is worth your time.

5-stars for Kery! She was friendly, knowledgeable about the menu, engaging in conversation, and attentive with the food service. I don’t expect much from service at a Chinese restaurant, but she would have been exceptional anywhere! The food itself was a bit above average and a good price.

Tad G

5-stars for Kery! She was friendly, knowledgeable about the menu, engaging in conversation, and attentive with the food service. I don’t expect much from service at a Chinese restaurant, but she would have been exceptional anywhere! The food itself was a bit above average and a good price.

Reii Reii

Went with the family to S&E Cafe for the first time and honestly it was pretty good. Wasnt pack at all and the service was great. Mostly HK comfort food with some other styles of dishes. The community is great because everybody seemed to know each other in a sense.

Matthew Salanoa

I love eating here. I have been here four times and the food is amazing. The absolute best of the best for me - a little pricey, but f**kin worth it - was the rib-eye steak with spaghetti. The sauce is something else- it's so delicious. I usually don't eat out, but man, this is worth your time.

Garrett Chung

Excellent little cafe for a variety of stuff. I always go for the beef tongue spagett with the red sauce. Clam chowder is great as well with the bread top. Steaks are great too along with the salads. The wait for food can sometimes feel ling but they have TVs inside to distract you with dubs highlights.

Sing Chan

This place is definitely a good place if you want a late night food or just a fast place to grab a good meal. The rice plates look amazing as well. I really like their beef stew over rice, place is clean, good, and the service is great!

Real deal Hong Kong style food. We ordered off the menu items like sautéed gailan, black bean garlic ginger leek crab, yu choi, and hk style beef ho fun. Good clear broth house soup and taro tapioca dessert in hot coconut soup on the house like the house soup. The crab was live swimming in tank minutes before served to us!

c wong

Real deal Hong Kong style food. We ordered off the menu items like sautéed gailan, black bean garlic ginger leek crab, yu choi, and hk style beef ho fun. Good clear broth house soup and taro tapioca dessert in hot coconut soup on the house like the house soup. The crab was live swimming in tank minutes before served to us!

One of the better hk style cafe/restaurant. They have good fusion and your standard typical Chinese food. Place seems to get crowed around 7-9pm.

We have been to South East Cafe once a week during the lunch time. It is very busy and sometimes we have to wait for table. The food is very good especially the Fish with Fry Rice or Spaghetti. Good size taste good and hot from oven. The service is very good especially from the lady who looks like she is owner of the restaurant. She always have a smile on her, quick and great services.

One of the few remaining HK style Chinese cafes in SF. Their baked dishes with white or Portuguese sauce has been our go to dishes for years. The traditional Cantonese dishes like beef chow fun is really tasty and good price for the portion.

Jem Le

One of the few remaining HK style Chinese cafes in SF. Their baked dishes with white or Portuguese sauce has been our go to dishes for years. The traditional Cantonese dishes like beef chow fun is really tasty and good price for the portion.

Anthony Cheung

We have been to South East Cafe once a week during the lunch time. It is very busy and sometimes we have to wait for table. The food is very good especially the Fish with Fry Rice or Spaghetti. Good size taste good and hot from oven. The service is very good especially from the lady who looks like she is owner of the restaurant. She always have a smile on her, quick and great services.

Rihu Cheb

One of the better hk style cafe/restaurant. They have good fusion and your standard typical Chinese food. Place seems to get crowed around 7-9pm.

Solid HK Cafe comfort food. Nothing too glam or glits about this place. Hits the spot though. Their beef Chow fun was pretty good though I feel like the portions can be slightly larger.

Allen Tam

Solid HK Cafe comfort food. Nothing too glam or glits about this place. Hits the spot though. Their beef Chow fun was pretty good though I feel like the portions can be slightly larger.

This is a budget Hong Kongese style restaurant without much decor. They also serve live seafood on the side. We have been coming here frequently these past months for no better reason than the restaurant is close by wherw we live. And most of the time, the restaurant is not crowded - sitting is always available. The foods are not bad, but like other reviewers had said the menu is a little expensive for the kind of food they serve. When I come here, the only dish I ordered is the minced beef with raw egg over rice. Updated: Now they charge you 3% for all credit or debit card transaction.

Parking is off-site. Traffic in the area is heavy. There are parking meters in front and around the restaurant. The menu is rather extensive for a small place. I noticed that the American Chinese dishes like sweet and sour pork, noodle dishes or kung pao chicken are super expensive as compared to purely Chinese "soul" food. I can't figure out why there is such a large gap in prices. Food is served temperature warm even though there aren't many in the restaurant and I did not observe "take-out" while I was there. Food is bland, super small portions for what you are paying and there is absolutely no service at all. It's an okay restaurant but would not go out of way to go there. Across the street on Taraval, there are much better tasting restaurants with better pricing than this restaurant.

Love the fact that this place is open late, if not mistaken 1:00AM. Whenever I'm going to be out late in the city, I know that aside from places like Mel's, I can come and eat here. The food here is decent, and the service is friendly. They are typically busy, even late at night, and I'm patient enough to wait for the food. Just be warned, that sometimes there are long wait times. I'm not just taking about a table either. Sometimes, the food takes forever. Just be aware that they are on it and that you may just have to wait a spell for it to come out. The flavor of the food is enough to make the wait worth it. S&E is not a world class restaurant, it is the corner cafe that you can go chill with your friends over a decent cuppa. If it is late, and you're near the area, then check them out. Oh, side note, if you speak Cantonese, then you will have an easier time. If you were wondering, I don't speak Cantonese. :)

The food is definitely good, but the service is really lacking. Sometimes it'll take upwards of 15 minutes after you sit down to get your tea or to make an order. Even getting the check takes a long time. If you don't mind the service the baked chicken rice plate with Portuguese sauce is really good.

Pamela L

Parking is off-site. Traffic in the area is heavy. There are parking meters in front and around the restaurant. The menu is rather extensive for a small place. I noticed that the American Chinese dishes like sweet and sour pork, noodle dishes or kung pao chicken are super expensive as compared to purely Chinese "soul" food. I can't figure out why there is such a large gap in prices. Food is served temperature warm even though there aren't many in the restaurant and I did not observe "take-out" while I was there. Food is bland, super small portions for what you are paying and there is absolutely no service at all. It's an okay restaurant but would not go out of way to go there. Across the street on Taraval, there are much better tasting restaurants with better pricing than this restaurant.

Jay Chen

This is a budget Hong Kongese style restaurant without much decor. They also serve live seafood on the side. We have been coming here frequently these past months for no better reason than the restaurant is close by wherw we live. And most of the time, the restaurant is not crowded - sitting is always available. The foods are not bad, but like other reviewers had said the menu is a little expensive for the kind of food they serve. When I come here, the only dish I ordered is the minced beef with raw egg over rice. Updated: Now they charge you 3% for all credit or debit card transaction.

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The food is definitely good, but the service is really lacking. Sometimes it'll take upwards of 15 minutes after you sit down to get your tea or to make an order. Even getting the check takes a long time. If you don't mind the service the baked chicken rice plate with Portuguese sauce is really good.

Charlee Chay

Love the fact that this place is open late, if not mistaken 1:00AM. Whenever I'm going to be out late in the city, I know that aside from places like Mel's, I can come and eat here. The food here is decent, and the service is friendly. They are typically busy, even late at night, and I'm patient enough to wait for the food. Just be warned, that sometimes there are long wait times. I'm not just taking about a table either. Sometimes, the food takes forever. Just be aware that they are on it and that you may just have to wait a spell for it to come out. The flavor of the food is enough to make the wait worth it. S&E is not a world class restaurant, it is the corner cafe that you can go chill with your friends over a decent cuppa. If it is late, and you're near the area, then check them out. Oh, side note, if you speak Cantonese, then you will have an easier time. If you were wondering, I don't speak Cantonese. :)

Poor Service. Menu is pricey for what amounts to budget cafeteria style chinese food. They tend to forget to give you back your change. Not worth it when there are plenty of better Chinese food on Taraval.

Clinton Louie

Poor Service. Menu is pricey for what amounts to budget cafeteria style chinese food. They tend to forget to give you back your change. Not worth it when there are plenty of better Chinese food on Taraval.