Restaurants near Market Street Theatre And Loft Historic District

The location of this area is located in a very raw part of San Francisco surrounded by a major homeless population. The hotel is a bit old and rundown, but the rooftop and the ambience was gorgeous. However, the service was extremely slow. We waited roughly 25 minutes for our order to be taken

It was great the place makes you feel like you are somewhere in Europe minus being in one of the worst places in town 6th street but I guess that adds to the adventure. The staff was great and the food was very good being that it was a limited menu being that it was Valentine’s Day.

Omg, the smoked Old Fashioned drinks. Jose at the bar is a maestro. The pastas - pesto, carbonara, bucatini….the lamb chops….the pannacotta and the tiramisu - all over the top. The ambience is “old San Francisco” and connotes the spirit of the 1930s - a gorgeous combination for comfort and ease. Highly recommend.

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!

The bar area at the Cavalier is lively and a fun place to dine with friends or for a date at the bar. Cocktails are great and the full menu is offered. The Marlowe burger (their sister restaurant) with fries is delicious. The Skirt steak, beet salad, and Tuna Carpaccio were all solid. Special shout out to the host, Joel, who helped us with a last minute reservation on a busy night. Great team of servers and bartenders. Great place to go with a big group.