Bodega SF

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   Nicholas

   London

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful dishes. The shakin beef was delicious and cocktails excellent
   

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   Anthony

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Some of the best pho I ever had. Every dish was a winner.
   

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   Alex

   Chicago

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Went with the tasting menu to get outside my comfort zone and see what the best the restaurant had to offer was. For drinks, we got the banh bo gimlet, toastedtini, and a glass of wine. The gimlet was absolutely the single greatest cocktail I've ever had. It was perfectly balanced and aromatic. Not all of the tasting menu was amazing but like 99% of it was. The oysters tasted really bright and fresh. The banh khot caviar is mind-blowing! It was a perfectly balanced single bite of caked and fried shrimp taken to the next level with the addition of a small scoop of caviar. The bo tai chanh also stood out as an exceptional dish because of how every ingredient in that dish felt like it was perfectly used to layer both flavors and textures. You just have to try it for yourself to understand. The Dungeness crab salad clearly tried to do the same thing but I felt that the tobiko was a little overused causing it to overwhelm the other textures. The various components of the manila clams were all executed well and came together to form a delicious dish. I particularly enjoyed the broth and would gladly have just slurped up a bowl of that. After that came the bun cha which had no chance of living up to the excellence of the clams and their unforgettable broth. The bun cha was still good though. The tangy broth that the proteins were marinating in was excellent and the herbs were fresh. It was also fun to put everything together yourself and build your own bowl or lettuce wrap. We got bowls of pho for our seventh course which, at that point, felt less like a treat and more like an obligation. We were starting to get pretty full and the pho wasn't exciting enough to put much effort into trying to finish. Btw, the beef pho is way better than the chicken pho. Honestly, I loved my overall experience so much that I don't even want to mention dessert but I should. It's not good. It's bland and boring. Service and ambiance were top notch. Overall, best Vietnamese restaurant in SF!
   

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   Jennifer

   New York City

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on 8 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Yummy food. Drinks weak and expensive. Overall ok.
   

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   Conor

   VIP

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 3 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Really excellent food and great recommendations from the server. Would absolutely recommend.
   

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   Liz

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 1 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Every bite was outstanding. Can’t wait to go back.
   

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   Corine

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 29 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious food, good variety, we enjoyed it very much loud was low enough for us to easily talk during diner.
   

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   molly

   San Francisco

   26 reviews

   5.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on 15 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Wonderful traditional AND inventive Vietnamese restaurant!! Delicious food, great relaxed vibe, friendly service with a sense of humor too. Highly recommend!!
   

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   molly

   San Francisco

   26 reviews

   4.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on 12 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Wonderful Genuine Vietnamese food cooked with a twist of innovation and delicious taste, appealing presentations. Don’t miss the tools with wood ears and pork…
   

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    Peter

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on 6 January 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    All the food was amazing Left super stuffed in a good way One of the best gimlets I have had!
    

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