Pied Piper

3.1

10 Reviews

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

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2 people

2 Jan 2025

21:30

Booked 2 times today

Fancy
Good for groups
Neighbourhood gem

Dine surrounded by the stunning work of famous American artist Maxfield Parrish when you enjoy a meal at the Pied Piper. Part of San Francisco history, the restaurant is housed within the Palace Hotel in the impressive SOMA district. Offering classic California cuisine, the Pied Piper is the perfect choice for dinner, or even a fantastic cocktail.

Known for its signature drinks, the Pied Piper is a local favorite in addition to being a traveler's destination. Open seven days a week, it has something for everyone with a children's menu in addition to its delicious dinner.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Contemporary American, Cocktail Bar
Hours of Operation
Dinner Daily 17:00–22:00 Bar Daily 17:00–23:00
Phone number
(415) 546-5059
Website
https://www.piedpipersf.com/
Payment Options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual

Location
2 New Montgomery St, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA 94105
Area
SOMA
Cross Street
Market Street and New Montgomery
Parking details
Valet
Public transit
BART stop New Montgomery, F-Line Market, New Montgomery
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace

What 10 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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3.1

3.1 based on recent ratings

3.7Food
3.2Service
3.7Ambience
3Value

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10 Reviews

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Luisa
San Francisco
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 1
I had read a previous bad review on this restaurant but the assured me that it was due to a problem they had solved. The meal was really low quality! The four people in our party have the same opinion. The sea bass was chewy, salty and had a terrible combination of flavors ( cooked with chorizo 😳). It was also too fishy, not very fresh at all. The desert could have come from a frozen container from Trader Joe’s… nothing special! And the salad… we could have skipped that no problem. The only good thing was the soup. The service was very slow at first… they took 45 minutes to serve us. And after we complained they brought us things too fast as they brought the fish while we were having our salad. The ambiance was anything but classy with people in several tables hitting their plates with the utensils to call the staff’s attention. I would not recommend this at all.
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Sandra
VIP
Toronto
4 reviews
1.0
4 reviews
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 1
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 1
Absolutely horrible experience at their New Year’s dinner. Would not recommend to anyone. Food was not great. Our poor waiter did his best but he was given far too many tables to handle.
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Warren
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
This is second time be here. It much better than last time time. Will come back again!
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VickiC
San Francisco
2 reviews
3.0
2 reviews
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 3
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 5
Pied piper is our favorite SFO bar. Made NYE reservations to be sure of a table in bar and dinner. Seated in bar, handed a Fixed price dinner menu only. No drink included. Ordered drinks and asked for time to review menu. No bar snacks delivered or offered. Made meal selections and waited. New customers arrived and ordered from regular menu! And bar snacks delivered with drinks. So with no reservations, they had the evening we had wanted! The waitress was not trained to listen when we asked questions. Kept taking husband's bread plate away. Final straw was dessert, delivered something we did not recognize as what was listed on fixed menu. She could not answer or questions. Waited for another waiter to help. Brought each of us another plate of dessert, supposedly menu was not list of options, but a 2- dish separate dessert. We sent it back. Bill was expectedly high. First time Pied Piper failed us. Will think twice before any further dinners. NO reservations and will take a chance for a bar seat. Most disappointing NYE ever.
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Dominic
Las Vegas
16 reviews
2.0
16 reviews
Dined on 26 December 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
I need to preface this review, by stating that at the time, Marriott has just endured an 80 days strike by staff, so this does need to be borne in mind. The positives: The moment of greeting by the door host: excellent and got me to my seat really fast. The food, itself, was truly well prepared and plentiful. I couldn't eat everything and that says something. The service, when it happens, is really attentive. The negatives: The place is dusty, seriously dusty. I don't blame the cleaning staff for this, they've been on strike. I blame management who haven't been coming in with a critical eye and seeing what customers see, and taking action, as they should. At the Palace Hotel, I expect that from management. The floor itself is seriously understaffed. There were possibly two (but I suspect) one floor staff and he was run off his feet. This could easily have done with another server. No one checked the menus before service, because I was served with a menu with the main page missing. When I pointed this out, the menu was removed but never replaced, so I had to borrow my partner's menu to read what was available. There is no option available for non alcoholic beverages. Nothing in either the menu or the wine list offers this. When I asked the waiter about this, he went, checked, came back and forgot the ingredients in the one only non alcoholic drink. I had the feeling I may well have been the first customer to ask this. I'm surprised, these days. My party was not offered dessert. We finished our mains, at which point our check arrived. Subtle, this was not. Overall, I'm disappointed. The Pied Piper is part of the Palace Hotel. It's standards should be above and beyond. This was neither above and certainly nowhere near approaching beyond.
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franklin
San Francisco
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on 25 December 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 5
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
Inexperienced waiters: gave me a child's menu; never checked back for drinks; sevrved steak [quality] without steak knives! No verbal descriptios; no drink menus
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VIP
Sacramento
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on 29 November 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 1
The Thanksgiving price fixe meal for $160 was nothing short of awful. The turkey was in the form of pressed meat in a crescent shape, it along with whatever was supposedly stuffing and gravy reminded me of opening a can of dog food it was tasteless and looked like a mess on the plate. The turkey came with 5 green beans next to a disgusting blob of cold mashed potatoes and 3 small pieces of sweet potatoes. The appetizers and dessert were lackluster nothing to write home about. Overall it was simply disgusting. I would not recommend eating at the Pied Piper the meal was overpriced. The chef should return to culinary school.
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Bennie
San Francisco
116 reviews
2.0
116 reviews
Dined on 26 November 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 5
The service was really bad! Shocking for a nice hotel but it may be due to the ongoing strike. The server had no idea about the menu, very nervous and got our order wrong. Instead of tomato soup, we got French onion soup! The food was ok but took a long time to arrive, with the appetizers and entrees arriving at the same time! Ugh!
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Susan
VIP
Greater Boston
51 reviews
5.0
51 reviews
Dined on 29 September 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Attentive service and delicious food in a beautiful bar.
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KimberleyJ
Central Coast
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 26 July 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
This was the first time my colleagues had dined there and it was for a special occasion. The service was exceptional! Thanks for making this a positive memory
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Pied Piper is rated 3.1 stars by 10 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

2 Jan 2025

21:30

Booked 2 times today

2 New Montgomery St, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA 94105

Additional information

Cross Street
Market Street and New Montgomery
Area
SOMA
Hours of Operation
Dinner Daily 17:00–22:00 Bar Daily 17:00–23:00
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Contemporary American, Cocktail Bar
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Valet
Public transit
BART stop New Montgomery, F-Line Market, New Montgomery
Payment Options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace

Website
https://www.piedpipersf.com/
Phone number
(415) 546-5059

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