The Empress by Boon

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   Stacey

   VIP

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined today

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

   The food and the service are amazing! The only downside is the back room has bad acoustics and it’s difficult to hear.
   

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   Rhea

   VIP

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Beautiful space, impeccable food and attentive service.
   

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   Isaac

   VIP

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Although we were seated at a table with a lovely view, the ambiance lacked charm, and the chair covers felt inexpensive. While some dishes were exceptional, others fell short of expectations. Overall, it’s not a place I feel the need to revisit
   

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   Emily

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

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

   Exceptional in every way - highly recommend and great value
   

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   Lana

   VIP

   Denver

   18 reviews

   4.0

   18 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

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

   Fantastic food and our server was great, but overall service was slow
   

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   Lauren

   Dallas

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on 14 December 2024

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

   The chef’s tasting was the best I’ve had of the three visits. The dishes were full of high-quality seafood, poultry, and vegetables, very clean and delicate taste.
   

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   Wellington

   Washington DC

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 December 2024

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

   As a standard restaurant I give it 4 stars but at the level Empress by the Boon is at, I’d say we were very underwhelmed and only felt like 2-3 out of the 9 dishes lived up to exquisite standard. 3.5 Stars. Service was wonderful and waiter recommended the best drinks. All I have to say is that we were expecting more for $450 meal.
   

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   Cliff

   San Francisco

   97 reviews

   5.0

   97 reviews

   Dined on 14 December 2024

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

   This restaurant serves consistently fine foods and wine!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   VIP

   Atlanta Metro

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 14 December 2024

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

   Locals don’t recommend this place for a reason. Arrived at 5:15pm and was walked past a moderately empty restaurant to a dimly lit back room with no guests facing the register. When asked to be moved to the main restaurant, we were informed that only guests who had made reservations 4-6 weeks in advance were allowed to sit there. Empress by Boon promotes the main restaurant everywhere, Instagram, TikTok and even here on OpenTable. And the only options for tables on OpenTable are standard and lounge. Nowhere on OpenTable does it say that only reservations booked at least a month in advance have access to the restaurant promoted online. The host for the evening claimed to have found us open seating in the main room after we expressed our disappointment in our seating and prepared to leave. We should have taken this opportunity to leave!! The food was subpar and the uni turned our stomachs. If you can’t sit in the main area in the DAYTIME to enjoy the aesthetics, LEAVE! That is what you’re paying for. Don’t go for the food experience and the ambience because one of them is sure to be lacking. Definitely not worth $120+ per person.
   

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    Lisa

    San Francisco

    28 reviews

    5.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on 13 December 2024

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

    We had an outstanding dinner at The Empress! Starting in the lovely bar with creative cocktails a delicious rosemary infused gin with black current, so refreshing! The menu had 9 items included in the 5 course dinner. It started with a rich duck soup, followed by a prawn roll and scallop caviar roll that were light and delicious. We loved the dumplings, lobster and tofu. Last course was black cod, stir fried veggies with chicken and scallion noodles. More than enough food! All with impeccable service and a view of Coit tower, light up red for the holidays. Dessert was extra but worth it. Chef Boon stopped by our table to say hello and see if we enjoyed everything. We highly recommended it.
    

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