The Barrel Room - San Francisco

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1. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Charlotte4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 6 March 2025

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

   Barrel features wines from NY, Maine, VA, MD etc with very few from California.
   

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   Sylvia

   London4 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 22 February 2025

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

   Good place to try new wines. Friendly service. Nice for solo diners and groups.
   

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   David

   San Francisco9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Excellent food exceptional service our hostess and server were so kind and friendly.
   

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   Vince

   San Francisco3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 16 January 2025

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

   It was a bad night for the team there. We had three different people serving our table. On one occasion one person took all our starter plates and cutlery ahead of the mains coming, a different person brought over the missing starter and apologized it was late but left us with the starter and no cutlery. Then a different person came over and gave us cutlery for our mains.
   

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   Ross

   San Francisco2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 14 December 2024

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

   Overall ok, nice interior design, good food, but several downsides. I imagined this spot to be great for a date night restaurant. The interior design is great, but it’s small/cramped and loud. Overall, it’s more like a fancy bar with good food, but not ideal for a romantic date-night restaurant. Prices are a bit high for a nice bar, and seem to reflect trying to be a nice restaurant. Service was mediocre, again more like a bar; they take your order and bring your food but don’t check in or refill drinks without being flagged down.
   

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   David

   New Zealand4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 29 October 2024

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

   4 kiwis bowled up based on a recommendation from our local wine shop. Great service friendly and welcoming great knowledge of the wine and food available. Very enjoyable night. Thanks to the great Londoner who looked after us so well
   

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7. OT

   OpenTable Diner VIP

   New York City3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 4 June 2024

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

   For a business dinner the service was atrocious. I was embarrassed I chose the restaurant. Wine bottle value was good. Food was fine, but overshadowed by the service.
   

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8. OT

   OpenTable Diner VIP

   San Francisco3 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 22 May 2024

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

   The food didn’t taste great. I’ve come to expect higher quality cuisine from comparable SF restaurants
   

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   JesB VIP

   San Francisco3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 15 May 2024

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

   Sent a few team members here for dinner after a business meeting. The food was delicious, the wine was even better :)
   

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    OpenTable Diner VIP

    Las Vegas8 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on 3 May 2024

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

    Great unique restaurant and bar, I had the tasting menu and it was fantastic. It was a 3 course menu and the portions were huge
    

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