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El Porteño II

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El Porteño II, located in Alameda, is a women-owned restaurant offering a vibrant dining experience. With a 4.1-star rating from 189 reviews, we pride ourselves on fast service and great cocktails. Enjoy our local specialties through dine-in, takeout, or delivery. We offer lunch...

El Porteño II

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About El Porteño II

El Porteño II, located in Alameda, is a women-owned restaurant offering a vibrant dining experience. With a 4.1-star rating from 189 reviews, we pride ourselves on fast service and great cocktails. Enjoy our local specialties through dine-in, takeout, or delivery. We offer lunch and dinner options,...

El Porteño II, located in Alameda, is a women-owned restaurant offering a vibrant dining experience. With a 4.1-star rating from 189 reviews, we pride ourselves on fast service and great cocktails. Enjoy our local specialties through dine-in, takeout, or delivery. We offer lunch and dinner options, perfect for solo diners or groups. Our outdoor seating provides a lovely ambiance, and we are wheelchair accessible. We are open seven days a week, with extended hours on weekends, ensuring you can enjoy El Porteño II whenever the mood strikes.

What Customers Say About El Porteño II

El Porteño II is known for its tasty Peruvian dishes, friendly service, and fun atmosphere with karaoke and dancing. The anticuchos and ceviche are highly praised. Some find it expensive for the portion sizes, and there are occasional inconsistencies in food quality.

Popular Dishes

anticuchos (3) ceviche (4) Lomo Saltado de Carne Tallarín Saltado de Carne seafood paella Chaufa

Best For

Couples Groups Late Night Celebrations

Tip: Go on a Saturday night for the fun atmosphere and dancing, and be sure to try the ceviche and anticuchos.

Features

🌳 Outdoor 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

What to see nearby

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Explore the area around El Porteño II

El Porteño II is located in Alameda, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Congregation B'nai David (A 299m) — synagogue in San Francisco, California, US (1908–1978) San Francisco Designated Landmark
  • Schoenstein and Company Pipe Organ Factory (A 657m) — historic building in San Francisco, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Trinity Presbyterian Church (A 682m) — church building in San Francisco, United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Religious Buildings

  • Second Church of Christ, Scientist (A 590m) — church building in San Francisco, California, United States

Parks & Gardens

  • Mission Playground (A 342m) — park in San Francisco County, California, United States of America
  • Folsom Playground (A 463m) — park in San Francisco County, California, United States of America
  • Mission Community Recreation Center (A 594m) — park in the United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Clarion Alley (A 333m) — street in San Francisco
  • Redstone Building (A 555m) — historic landmark in San Francisco, CA
  • Grand Theater, San Francisco (A 677m) — historic theater

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Frequently asked questions about El Porteño II

El Porteño II is located at 2293 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, Alameda.
Near El Porteño II you can find points of interest such as Congregation B'nai David, Clarion Alley, Mission Playground, Folsom Playground.
El Porteño II offers mexican cuisine.
El Porteño II has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
El Porteño II offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at El Porteño II based on customer reviews are: anticuchos, ceviche, Lomo Saltado de Carne, Tallarín Saltado de Carne, seafood paella.
El Porteño II is ideal for couples, groups, late night, celebrations.
El Porteño II is known for its tasty Peruvian dishes, friendly service, and fun atmosphere with karaoke and dancing. The anticuchos and ceviche are highly praised. Some find it expensive for the portion sizes, and there are occasional inconsistencies in food quality.
Go on a Saturday night for the fun atmosphere and dancing, and be sure to try the ceviche and anticuchos.
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El Porteño II Alameda Reviews

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Sandra Mendoza

Peruvian cuisine. Everything was delicious 😋

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NicoyaSF

Just to give you a FYI. We ordered close to 8 dishes and 5 of us had 2 beers each. It was close to 150. This place is the bomb. The anticuchos(which I dislike anywhere else) are the bomb. Go. You won't regret it. Plus they had sports playing on their TVs.

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Jessica Langston

My husband and I are out of town from the east coast and I was looking for some good Peruvian food and this place was delicious! The ceviche was phenomenal and our meals were amazing. I would highly recommend this restaurant if you’re looking for some great Peruvian food!

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Erika M

Moved to SF from New York and was in search of good Peruvian food. I’m so glad I found this place! They are consistently yummy and I bring my friends here if they’re looking for authentic Peruvian food in SF.

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Gabriella Portillo

I’ve been a regular at El Porteño on Geneva for quiet sometime. I heard that they were expanding and was excited to try out their new location. I came here for my friend’s birthday, the service was great. They servers were very attentive and friendly. The food was delicious, like always. I recommend the lomo saltado and ceviche mixto. I will definitely be back, especially for their dance nights on Saturdays.

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G. Calero

Food is great, i feel like the place needs more ventilation if you are to eat in. But the food is so great that i didnt take a star off it just because i was delighted.

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Naomi Pettway

This place was great! The waitress was super nice, attentive, and on point. The food was very flavorful and the pisco sours were perfect. Highly recommend!

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Yeimi Guaman

This is the best Peruvian food near me. I love everything there. Kind people always

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Cristian Velandia

Great food, had a lomo saltado with chaufa, amazing

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Yvonne Mosqueda

Fun place, good food, waiter was awesome and had tooken care of my big family and had everyone's order on point!

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Jodet Ghougassian - Hubbard

We ordered by postmates and it was amazing. Tasted fresh and delicious.

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Shayleen Q

Nice portions and delicious food. Plus great service

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Pablo Espinal

The food here is good and my uncle went 4 weeks ago

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LA SC

They always have la causa más deliciosa, the other one is always out.

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David Custodio

Seel food liquor beer restaurant and bar plus a dj on weekends some people dressed up

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Chicka Merino

I'm peruvian, and the food was legit. So good.

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Alejandra Pena

Really good service and amazing food!

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Claudia Pereda

This is the one!!!

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Ralph Gomez

Food is absolutely delicious.

Daniel Joaquin SBC
Daniel Joaquin SBC

The food is great! My wife was born and raised in Peru so is a tough critic on Peruvian food. She loved it so much. We went a second time the following day. We had the ceviche and loma saltado. Both work excellent. The maricua, lucuma and picaronea were authentic and delicious. I tried both the pisco sour and maricua sour. As everything else, top notch.

Ramón Mejia
Ramón Mejia

Wonderful atmosphere and experience. The staff is super kind and professional. One of the best peruvian food restaurants you can find in the United States. The Ceviche is Michelin grade AAA, the anticuchos incredible. Totally recommended. Be ready for karaoke and some music/dancing from an in house DJ. Great for family and friends.

Rob Choe
Rob Choe

This is my first time to this location. We typically go to the one in the Excelsior. Everyone should know this location is amazing. Right in the middle of the mission. Service is great very quick and friendly. TV screens all over the place. It’s very clean and modern inside vaulted ceilings. Many of the items that we ordered were just as good if not better than the other location I ordered the seafood paella… That was amazing deep flavor and super tasty. We got the seafood tomato soup. That was good… I think I’ll go home and add extra lime seasoning to it. We also got Lomo saltado. And micheladas were great!!!

Jesus Galaz-Montoya
Jesus Galaz-Montoya

Amazing Peruvian food and friendly service, but it's expensive.

Andy Z
Andy Z

Really tasty Peruvian dishes. The seafood paella was amazing.

Aaron Milan-Vega
Aaron Milan-Vega

Excellent food and wonderful, friendly staff.

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Aaron Milan-Vega

Excellent food and wonderful, friendly staff.

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Andy Z

Really tasty Peruvian dishes. The seafood paella was amazing.

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Jesus Galaz-Montoya

Amazing Peruvian food and friendly service, but it's expensive.

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Rob Choe

This is my first time to this location. We typically go to the one in the Excelsior. Everyone should know this location is amazing. Right in the middle of the mission. Service is great very quick and friendly. TV screens all over the place. It’s very clean and modern inside vaulted ceilings. Many of the items that we ordered were just as good if not better than the other location I ordered the seafood paella… That was amazing deep flavor and super tasty. We got the seafood tomato soup. That was good… I think I’ll go home and add extra lime seasoning to it. We also got Lomo saltado. And micheladas were great!!!

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Ramón Mejia

Wonderful atmosphere and experience. The staff is super kind and professional. One of the best peruvian food restaurants you can find in the United States. The Ceviche is Michelin grade AAA, the anticuchos incredible. Totally recommended. Be ready for karaoke and some music/dancing from an in house DJ. Great for family and friends.

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Al Moli

Great food and great place!!

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Daniel Joaquin SBC

The food is great! My wife was born and raised in Peru so is a tough critic on Peruvian food. She loved it so much. We went a second time the following day. We had the ceviche and loma saltado. Both work excellent. The maricua, lucuma and picaronea were authentic and delicious. I tried both the pisco sour and maricua sour. As everything else, top notch.

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Sandra Chuman

Great food and service! I ordered food for a housewarming party for 10 people. We got ceviche and Chaufa and the food was delicious! We pick it up , and Flavio was super helpful and provided amazing service . Highly recommended !

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j1monteverde

This place is amazing. I’m taking about the food. Last time I went there I have ordered Tallarín Saltado de Carne and also ordered Lomo Saltado de Carne previously. I can tell you this: Service is quite good but I care about the flavors in each dish I order. If the flavor is not good…the rest doesn’t matter. So I can tell you…the ingredients, seasoning and flavors are undoubtedly, present in each bite you take making each dish extremely exquisite. All ingredients used are of good quality as well. I personally went to the kitchen to congratulate the chefs (3) at that time and told to them, it is the first time in 38 years that I really enjoyed my favorite dishes made the way they are supposed to be done and taste. “The Traditional Way”. “The Old Way”. I promised them I was going to write a review as a Food Critique I am stating the good news of this Peruvian Spot. Even better taste than the original Porteño at Mission and Geneva Ave. Good job!!! Buen trabajo!!! Y no cambien nada. El mejor sabor de la comida Peruana en toda el Area de la Bahía. El Porteño ll.

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Adriana Soto Ospina

So far, this is the best Peruvian restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being Colombian, I love Peruvian food even more, and I’ve tried many places—this one is truly special and traditional. It might not be the fanciest spot, but if you want real, authentic, and amazing Peruvian food, it’s a must.

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Amy Bice

One of my favorite places to go on a Saturday night. The food is great and so is the service. It's a fun place to be out with your partner for dancing. Truthfully, I like this place better than most clubs for the atmosphere. You don't have to pay to gain entry or sit down. I know this place isn't a club, it's better.

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Nicole Nikky

Amazing Latin American authentic flavors. Karaoke 🎤 with music from all over the world. Brasilero songs, Argentina everything and all kinds of English playlist for top tier experience. Top class yet very affordable. Treat yourself, even if you're on a budget and impress your people at this Gem of a place. You can thank me later 😉😎 #LGBTQ friendly 🌈🤸🎉

Nicole Nikky
Nicole Nikky

Amazing Latin American authentic flavors. Karaoke 🎤 with music from all over the world. Brasilero songs, Argentina everything and all kinds of English playlist for top tier experience. Top class yet very affordable. Treat yourself, even if you're on a budget and impress your people at this Gem of a place. You can thank me later 😉😎 #LGBTQ friendly 🌈🤸🎉

Adriana Soto Ospina
Adriana Soto Ospina

So far, this is the best Peruvian restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being Colombian, I love Peruvian food even more, and I’ve tried many places—this one is truly special and traditional. It might not be the fanciest spot, but if you want real, authentic, and amazing Peruvian food, it’s a must.

Sandra Chuman
Sandra Chuman

Great food and service! I ordered food for a housewarming party for 10 people. We got ceviche and Chaufa and the food was delicious! We pick it up , and Flavio was super helpful and provided amazing service . Highly recommended !

j1monteverde
j1monteverde

This place is amazing. I’m taking about the food. Last time I went there I have ordered Tallarín Saltado de Carne and also ordered Lomo Saltado de Carne previously. I can tell you this: Service is quite good but I care about the flavors in each dish I order. If the flavor is not good…the rest doesn’t matter. So I can tell you…the ingredients, seasoning and flavors are undoubtedly, present in each bite you take making each dish extremely exquisite. All ingredients used are of good quality as well. I personally went to the kitchen to congratulate the chefs (3) at that time and told to them, it is the first time in 38 years that I really enjoyed my favorite dishes made the way they are supposed to be done and taste. “The Traditional Way”. “The Old Way”. I promised them I was going to write a review as a Food Critique I am stating the good news of this Peruvian Spot. Even better taste than the original Porteño at Mission and Geneva Ave. Good job!!! Buen trabajo!!! Y no cambien nada. El mejor sabor de la comida Peruana en toda el Area de la Bahía. El Porteño ll.

Amy Bice
Amy Bice

One of my favorite places to go on a Saturday night. The food is great and so is the service. It's a fun place to be out with your partner for dancing. Truthfully, I like this place better than most clubs for the atmosphere. You don't have to pay to gain entry or sit down. I know this place isn't a club, it's better.

NicoyaSF
NicoyaSF

Just to give you a FYI. We ordered close to 8 dishes and 5 of us had 2 beers each. It was close to 150. This place is the bomb. The anticuchos(which I dislike anywhere else) are the bomb. Go. You won't regret it. Plus they had sports playing on their TVs.

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Brody Swinford

Very fun, good food, and great service.

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Johnathon Huth

Great spot, we had a table of 4 and everyone's dish was excellent in flavor and quality, portions were generous. Service was excellent, would visit again.

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Chicka Merino

The papa a la huancaina was delicious. The causa was missing a little flavor. But the aji de gallina, el pescado a lo macho and the picarones, brought me back to mi peru!!!! 🇵🇪 the service was great. Super friendly staff.

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Jacqueline Tona

Tried the fries fish filets and veggie empanadas. Both were really good. Will come back again.

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Victor Aguilera

good spot, take out is okay

Brody Swinford
Brody Swinford

Very fun, good food, and great service.

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Tadek Lakomy

The chicha morada was spoiled and the anticuchos didn't taste too well. However, the service was great and didn't charge us the chicha morada. The chicken criolla soup was delicious and the environment is great for karaoke and hard drinks. I still recommend it.

Tadek Lakomy
Tadek Lakomy

The chicha morada was spoiled and the anticuchos didn't taste too well. However, the service was great and didn't charge us the chicha morada. The chicken criolla soup was delicious and the environment is great for karaoke and hard drinks. I still recommend it.

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Alessio F.

Service is good and the food was okay I guess, maybe a little pricey. The cevice dish was good but the pork with Tamarindo in sweet and sour sauce was only sweet... Also the place is a bit too dark.

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CRISTINA GARCIA

Very tasty peruvian food. Sangria needs to be improved with a little bit more alcohol. I love picaritos and lúcuma ice cream. The server nice but she needs to improve also

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jessica rodriguez

First time in San Fran, visiting from New Jersey where there’s a big peruvian community Nice big place and attentive waiters good music 🎵 karaoke 🎤 but the food was not that great could of been better for the price, didn’t seem fresh or presentable.

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Ken Nickerson

The food was okay, they just don't give you enough food for the money. Ordered the seafood fried rice, need to let seafood cook a little longer, seafood was a little too chewy. Very small cup of sangria, spend almost $70 for lunch by myself is too much.

Ken Nickerson
Ken Nickerson

The food was okay, they just don't give you enough food for the money. Ordered the seafood fried rice, need to let seafood cook a little longer, seafood was a little too chewy. Very small cup of sangria, spend almost $70 for lunch by myself is too much.

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Jesus

I went on a Friday night for karaoke. Had tamal de chancho. It had a good flavor,but... the meat inside felt cold. Plus the hard boiled egg inside was also cold and rubbery. The topping was good. Karaoke is fun though. We ordered more but I think they forgot about us.

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Emilio

Shady place, food is not that good, when we asked for the bill the server didn’t present the check, instead she gave us the total amount, we left a tip as usual, my friend didn’t think the bill was correct and asked for the bill, on the bill had the service charge included already… meaning that we tipped twice. Not good for business practices.

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Andy Akins

Huge portions of food, and the ceviche flavor was decent, but the yellow sauce on the mixed seafood dish was not very flavorful and all of the calimari and octopus was overcooked making everything annoyingly chewy and tough. The ambience inside the restaurant was very strange, like a strip club without strippers ..not a place I'd want to go back to unfortunately. Servers were very friendly and accommodating however.

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N V

The food isnt bad but as a Peruvian person please don't let this be your first or last experience... This place is so extremely overpriced for a very basic plate of food. Peruvian food is known to be delicious but also accessible to the common person. With prices like these you would think you're getting huge portions or Michelin star service... But, no. I won't be returning. I gave this place multiple chances. The service doesn't improve, the portions remain minimal, and the flavors are standard, not exceptional, for Peruvian cuisine.

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David Chalco

Overpriced for its small portion size and lack of quality. Food: I'm of peruvian descent and know what it should taste like. Plenty other local spots that get it right. Major ingredients are there, but the dishes lack expertise or effort. Ordered ceviche de pscado, it's supposed be marinated fish, but it was not, so just tasty fishy with lemon juice around it, and the fish was undercooked. Ordered yucca with "huancaina" sauce. Not sure what that sauce was, but it definitely isn't authentic huancaina sauce. Tasted nothing like it. Ordered fried chicken. One of my pieces was only a joint bone fried with batter sauce. Service: Had to call almost 6 times just to ask for hot sauce on the side. Got hung up on 3 times, until they finally answered.

David Chalco
David Chalco

Overpriced for its small portion size and lack of quality. Food: I'm of peruvian descent and know what it should taste like. Plenty other local spots that get it right. Major ingredients are there, but the dishes lack expertise or effort. Ordered ceviche de pscado, it's supposed be marinated fish, but it was not, so just tasty fishy with lemon juice around it, and the fish was undercooked. Ordered yucca with "huancaina" sauce. Not sure what that sauce was, but it definitely isn't authentic huancaina sauce. Tasted nothing like it. Ordered fried chicken. One of my pieces was only a joint bone fried with batter sauce. Service: Had to call almost 6 times just to ask for hot sauce on the side. Got hung up on 3 times, until they finally answered.

Andy Akins
Andy Akins

Huge portions of food, and the ceviche flavor was decent, but the yellow sauce on the mixed seafood dish was not very flavorful and all of the calimari and octopus was overcooked making everything annoyingly chewy and tough. The ambience inside the restaurant was very strange, like a strip club without strippers ..not a place I'd want to go back to unfortunately. Servers were very friendly and accommodating however.

Jesus
Jesus

I went on a Friday night for karaoke. Had tamal de chancho. It had a good flavor,but... the meat inside felt cold. Plus the hard boiled egg inside was also cold and rubbery. The topping was good. Karaoke is fun though. We ordered more but I think they forgot about us.

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Angela Olivares Vargas

Very bad service. The restaurant charge you for a service and I don't understand why if the staff doesn't have customer service.

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David

Bad service from the lady from El Salvador. In addition, you can only pay in cash.

David
David

Bad service from the lady from El Salvador. In addition, you can only pay in cash.

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Juan F Zermeno

47 Dollars for a bucket of beer is insane Small chairs and horrible music the worst place in san francisco

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Carolina Georgu

This place is a rip-off. I went with five friends to celebrate a birthday, and the experience was terrible from start to finish. The food was nasty—it tasted like it was taken straight from frozen, defrosted, and reheated. We ordered: • Two plates of empanadas (the only thing that was okay) • One lomo a lo pobre — overcooked meat with sunny-side-up eggs (no bueno) • One ceviche — awful • One lomo a la parrilla • One pollo con arroz • Three pisco sours • Four margaritas • Three coffees The bill came to $260, but they had already included the tip, bringing it close to $300. Unfortunately, we didn’t notice this and left an additional 25% tip (about $50) on top of that. So we ended up paying over $340 for overcooked, fast-food-quality meals. The ambiance was very quiet for a Friday night, and the server (a man with a patch on his face) had a poor attitude, as if he were doing us a favor by serving our table of five women. Neither my friends nor I will ever waste our money at this “restaurant” again. It is extremely overpriced for such bad quality.

Juan F Zermeno
Juan F Zermeno

47 Dollars for a bucket of beer is insane Small chairs and horrible music the worst place in san francisco

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2293 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

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🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥗 Vegetarian Options
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery
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🕐 Hours Today
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Rating
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💬 Reviews
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💰 Price Level
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People typically spend 1-2.5 hours here
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