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Seismic Joint Café

Coffee · San Francisco

2.8 · 29 reviews Google
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About Seismic Joint Café

Seismic Joint Café, located within the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco, offers a convenient and casual counter-service experience. We specialize in café fare, serving up baked goods and light meals alongside a full coffee bar. Enjoy breakfast and lunch options with features like takeout and di...

Seismic Joint Café, located within the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco, offers a convenient and casual counter-service experience. We specialize in café fare, serving up baked goods and light meals alongside a full coffee bar. Enjoy breakfast and lunch options with features like takeout and dine-in. We pride ourselves on our great coffee and tea selection, comfort food options and quick bites. We are wheelchair accessible and welcome solo diners. Open daily, with extended hours on weekends. See our hours below.

What Customers Say About Seismic Joint Café

Seismic Joint Café receives mixed reviews. While some customers praise the quick service, tasty burritos, and horchata latte, many complain about high prices, slow service, rude staff, and limited seating. Some reviewers mention food quality issues and health code violations.

Popular Dishes

Burrito horchata latte shakerato drink beef breakfast burrito pulled chicken grilled cheese falafel pasta

Best For

Tourists Quick Bite

Tip: If visiting the Exploratorium, it's a convenient option for a quick bite, but consider packing your own lunch or exploring other nearby options due to high prices and potential quality issues.

Features

Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch Coffee
🎯 Casual Trendy

What to see nearby

Exploratorium
A 97m

Exploratorium

museo

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Fuller Company Glass Warehouse
Heritage
A 207m

Fuller Company Glass Warehouse

edificio

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Daniel Gibb & Co. Warehouse
Heritage
A 223m

Daniel Gibb & Co. Warehouse

edificio

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Levi's Plaza
A 266m

Levi's Plaza

parque

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The Old Ship Saloon
A 346m

The Old Ship Saloon

edificio

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Frederick Griffing's
Heritage
A 377m

Frederick Griffing's

yacimiento arqueológico

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Explore the area around Seismic Joint Café

Seismic Joint Café is located in San Francisco, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Fuller Company Glass Warehouse (A 207m) — historic building in San Francisco, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Daniel Gibb & Co. Warehouse (A 223m) — historic building in San Francisco, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Frederick Griffing's (A 377m) — place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • One Lombard Street (A 468m) — historic building in San Francisco, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Museums

  • Exploratorium (A 97m) — museo de San Francisco, Estados Unidos

Parks & Gardens

  • Levi's Plaza (A 266m) — office complex in San Francisco, California, USA
  • Sydney Walton Square (A 403m) — public park in San Francisco, California
  • Sue Bierman Park (A 540m) — park in San Francisco, United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • The Old Ship Saloon (A 346m) — historic building and bar in San Francisco, California
  • Malloch Building (A 483m) — edificio residencial en San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Seismic Joint Café

Seismic Joint Café is located at Pier 15, 698 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111, San Francisco.
Near Seismic Joint Café you can find points of interest such as Exploratorium, Fuller Company Glass Warehouse, Daniel Gibb & Co. Warehouse, Levi's Plaza.
Seismic Joint Café offers coffee cuisine.
Seismic Joint Café has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Seismic Joint Café offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at Seismic Joint Café based on customer reviews are: Burrito, horchata latte, shakerato drink, beef breakfast burrito, pulled chicken.
Seismic Joint Café is ideal for tourists, quick bites.
Seismic Joint Café receives mixed reviews. While some customers praise the quick service, tasty burritos, and horchata latte, many complain about high prices, slow service, rude staff, and limited seating. Some reviewers mention food quality issues and health code violations.
If visiting the Exploratorium, it's a convenient option for a quick bite, but consider packing your own lunch or exploring other nearby options due to high prices and potential quality issues.
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Seismic Joint Café San Francisco Reviews

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Maria Sanchez

They are open Tuesday- Sunday form 10am-5pm. They serve hot food tue-fri from 11am-3pm. Have this delicious horchata latte, which I totally recommend. Although the prices may be a tad bit expensive, its pretty delicious, and next door you have the great Exploratorium museum. So when you're tired from exploring in there you can always stop by for a quick bite. I hope this helps .

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Hatsune Miku 01

Very nice employees!🤩 We ordered a Burrito and it was fantastic!!😋🤩

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Dominick Sanchez

I dined in and the sun was nice and bright perfect for the summer time the server gave me my drinks fast

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F E

Very nice employees!🤩 We ordered a Burrito and it was fantastic!!😋🤩

Maria Sanchez
Maria Sanchez

They are open Tuesday- Sunday form 10am-5pm. They serve hot food tue-fri from 11am-3pm. Have this delicious horchata latte, which I totally recommend. Although the prices may be a tad bit expensive, its pretty delicious, and next door you have the great Exploratorium museum. So when you're tired from exploring in there you can always stop by for a quick bite. I hope this helps .

Dominick Sanchez
Dominick Sanchez

I dined in and the sun was nice and bright perfect for the summer time the server gave me my drinks fast

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Jeremy Yu

Came here September 3, 2024, while visiting the Exploratorium. Paid $14 for a beef breakfast burrito. Was decently filling with good flavour. Probably shouldn't go out of your way to eat here but if you're visiting and need to fuel up, will do the job.

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Stephen Ohno

Food was decently priced and pretty tasty. Service was quick and pleasant. Would recommend if you’re going to the museum and need a bite to eat before or after

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Roark

The coffee is good, they have a shakerato drink, espresso shaken over ice with orange zest, refreshing twist on morning caffeine.

Jeremy Yu
Jeremy Yu

Came here September 3, 2024, while visiting the Exploratorium. Paid $14 for a beef breakfast burrito. Was decently filling with good flavour. Probably shouldn't go out of your way to eat here but if you're visiting and need to fuel up, will do the job.

Stephen Ohno
Stephen Ohno

Food was decently priced and pretty tasty. Service was quick and pleasant. Would recommend if you’re going to the museum and need a bite to eat before or after

Roark
Roark

The coffee is good, they have a shakerato drink, espresso shaken over ice with orange zest, refreshing twist on morning caffeine.

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Tai Nguyen

Over priced. Counter service, limited seating in shared Exploratorium space. It's basically higher quality fast food. I paid $17 in total for a small pasta. I added protein for $5 which turned out to be two small shrimps. Womp womp...

Tai Nguyen
Tai Nguyen

Over priced. Counter service, limited seating in shared Exploratorium space. It's basically higher quality fast food. I paid $17 in total for a small pasta. I added protein for $5 which turned out to be two small shrimps. Womp womp...

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Francisco Leung

The food is decent, but TOO expensive for essentially ordering fast food to-go. There are very few choices on the menu or in the Exploratorium. There's a lot to see in the Exploratorium, so you don't exactly have time to eat elsewhere for lunch. There's also very limited seating.

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Elliot Schwartz

Pretty good pulled chicken, grilled cheese, and OK falafel. Faster than the restaurant at the Exploratorium, but similarly over priced.

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Emi

Too over priced food was just alright and service was slow would not recommend to a local in the area.👍

Emi
Emi

Too over priced food was just alright and service was slow would not recommend to a local in the area.👍

Francisco Leung
Francisco Leung

The food is decent, but TOO expensive for essentially ordering fast food to-go. There are very few choices on the menu or in the Exploratorium. There's a lot to see in the Exploratorium, so you don't exactly have time to eat elsewhere for lunch. There's also very limited seating.

Elliot Schwartz
Elliot Schwartz

Pretty good pulled chicken, grilled cheese, and OK falafel. Faster than the restaurant at the Exploratorium, but similarly over priced.

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Dat Dude

Drinks and pastry are nice and good atmosphere, but very rude staff that they don’t even welcome customers and they have zero customer service. Specially, the lady at the front who took so long to take my order because she was talking to her coworker about a memory !!!

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Sarah D

Avoid Avoid AVOID! Soooo expensive and such shoddy quality. Yes I know it's a museum cafe but do anything else, I'm telling you - pack a lunch, walk 10 min to the Ferry Building, take a bus down the Embarcadero, hitchhike to McDonalds, just don't eat here.

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James Crawford

Kicked out 10 minutes before closing, even with a sleeping baby, as we waited for family to exit the Exploratorium. The young chap even made as much noise as possible to try to wake up the baby. All class. “Closes at 5pm” lol

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Jason Galek

Rude staff, overpriced junk food. The only reason it's open at all is the lack of alternatives. Avoid.

Dat Dude
Dat Dude

Drinks and pastry are nice and good atmosphere, but very rude staff that they don’t even welcome customers and they have zero customer service. Specially, the lady at the front who took so long to take my order because she was talking to her coworker about a memory !!!

James Crawford
James Crawford

Kicked out 10 minutes before closing, even with a sleeping baby, as we waited for family to exit the Exploratorium. The young chap even made as much noise as possible to try to wake up the baby. All class. “Closes at 5pm” lol

Sarah D
Sarah D

Avoid Avoid AVOID! Soooo expensive and such shoddy quality. Yes I know it's a museum cafe but do anything else, I'm telling you - pack a lunch, walk 10 min to the Ferry Building, take a bus down the Embarcadero, hitchhike to McDonalds, just don't eat here.

Jason Galek
Jason Galek

Rude staff, overpriced junk food. The only reason it's open at all is the lack of alternatives. Avoid.

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J T

Overpriced crap. The Museum should be ashamed of itself to partner with this vendor. Ripoff

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Evgeniy Gabrilovich

Critical health code violation: I've seen an employee using a restroom, NOT washing his hands and immediately starting to work at the restaurant preparing food ! I complained to the manager, but she dismissed my complaint. Think twice if you want to eat at such a place!

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Nykky C

Selling a cup of water at $5 is disgusting. Shame on you. Cup probably cost .25 or less and would have been fine paying for the cup. Greedy. Food also is terrible.

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Robin D

Waste of money. Too pricey for so called unhealthy food and obnoxious staff. So many places to eat arnd...just walk!

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Louise Wilson

Way overpriced. $9 for a plain hot dog. Very limited fruit/veggi options.

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Max Gonzalez

me and my dad got food poison

J T
J T

Overpriced crap. The Museum should be ashamed of itself to partner with this vendor. Ripoff

Max Gonzalez
Max Gonzalez

me and my dad got food poison

Nykky C
Nykky C

Selling a cup of water at $5 is disgusting. Shame on you. Cup probably cost .25 or less and would have been fine paying for the cup. Greedy. Food also is terrible.

Evgeniy Gabrilovich
Evgeniy Gabrilovich

Critical health code violation: I've seen an employee using a restroom, NOT washing his hands and immediately starting to work at the restaurant preparing food ! I complained to the manager, but she dismissed my complaint. Think twice if you want to eat at such a place!

Robin D
Robin D

Waste of money. Too pricey for so called unhealthy food and obnoxious staff. So many places to eat arnd...just walk!

Louise Wilson
Louise Wilson

Way overpriced. $9 for a plain hot dog. Very limited fruit/veggi options.

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🥞 Breakfast
🍽️ Lunch
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥡 Takeout
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🥡 Takeout

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🕐 Hours Today
10AM-5PM
Rating
2.8/5
💬 Reviews
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📞 Phone
+1 415-528-4444
🌐 Website
seismicjointsf.com
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