Catch French Bistro

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   Manny

   San Francisco

   63 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   63 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   I had the restaurant week special of steak and frites. The steak was supposed to be medium but it was almost well done and tough. The calamari was overcooked and more flour than calamari. The opera cake was good. My dining companion said his beef stew was over cooked. He was the tartar and it was okay. It’s nothing noteworthy but it’s a little expensive for what you get.
   

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   Trond

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Great food, great place, quiet "enough" so you can easily speak to your friends at the table. Highly recommend.
   

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   Ross

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

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

   Food was great, service was a little slow but it was a Friday night at 7 pm so very popular time
   

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   Margaret

   San Francisco

   12 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on 15 November 2024

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

   Lovely quiet space with great French/American food. Clam chowder was a real plus
   

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   Linda

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 12 November 2024

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

   This restaurant had such a great menu that it was hard to select what I wanted to eat as my 3 items for my dinner, The portions were just right and the food was so delicious. The waiter was very attentive and made sure our water glasses were kept full! I will be back for sure! Highly recommend this restaurant! Thank you!
   

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   John

   San Francisco

   50 reviews

   4.0

   50 reviews

   Dined on 11 November 2024

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

   I've been going to this restaurant (originally Catch) for the past 20+ years. It's always a great experience.
   

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   Bernard

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 10 November 2024

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

   First time dining since Catch became a 'new' restaurant and it was very good. We were promptly seated. Service was excellent. Very extensive menu choice which made us think that there were too many options for a restaurant of this size to create excellent food, but we were delighted to find that everything that we ordered was either very good or excellent. They also had live music which enhanced the experience and importantly, the quality and volume of the music was pleasant and not distracting, which added to the experience
   

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   Rose

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   4.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 8 November 2024

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

   I had the salmon rissotto, which was very tasty. The service was excellent and the waiters very attentive. I will definitely go back again.
   

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   Thomas

   San Francisco

   40 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   40 reviews

   Dined on 3 November 2024

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

   A fun place with standard French bistro fare. Their dinner menu doesn't appeal to me much, but we were there for brunch and there were lots of good choices, so I can definitely recommend it for a casual lunch/brunch. Very friendly staff who make you feel welcome.
   

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    George

    Houston

    34 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    34 reviews

    Dined on 2 November 2024

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

    I really really really want this place to be amazing… It has the opportunity to do that… But it just doesn’t quite connect… The main dining room has lighting that is more like outdoor alley lights and there’s too many flags on the tables… And it feels like with more focus on the quality of the food. This place could really be a 10 out of 10… The beef burgeon, tastes like it was hurriedly made the menu has a lot of items as choices but when they come out, they look like they need more love in the kitchen… I find it a bit concerning that the owner is never in the restaurant sampling food as it goes out… I have a feeling that would really improve things…  My optimism remains that this place could shine in the Castro… However, it’s quickly losing its new excitement 
    

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