Harborview Restaurant & Bar

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1. LE

   Live2Eat

   VIP

   San Francisco

   23 reviews

   3.0

   23 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Food is excellent but service was not. Hostess and servers were brusque and had “couldn’t care less” attitudes. Requested to sit near window but was seated in area to right of host stand with zero windows.
   

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   philip

   San Diego

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on February 23, 2025

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

   Food taste were great but the service was horrible. Parking fee only covered $4 even though my entire meal was $260---it didn't make sense--but that's their policy. I asked specifically for a piece of cake for my wife's bday, but that didn't happen--and completely forgotten about it! Fried rice took forever to come---we were almost done with our meal when the rice arrived: Very Disappointed!
   

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   Wayne

   San Francisco

   90 reviews

   4.0

   90 reviews

   Dined on February 23, 2025

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

   Everything was great except that we were not informed in advance for our party of four (2 adults and 2 children) that we would be subjected to an automatic 18% “service fee.” We did order sufficient quantity of food for our meal (brunch/dim sum) and we stayed for about an hour - so not excessive amount of time for a meal. Typically restaurants inform diners of an added surcharge in advance so we are prepared to expect this. Generally in my vast dining experience, this usually applies to larger parties, never for a party of four (2 adults and 2 children). I also can understand if we hadn’t ordered much food or if we stayed an excessively long time and occupied a table that they could have served other diners. Unfortunately, this will be the last time we come to this restaurant.
   

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   Jami

   VIP

   New York City

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on February 22, 2025

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

   Excellent happy hour. Food and drinks were delicious
   

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   Marily

   San Francisco

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on February 18, 2025

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

   It was a challenge to flag our waiter to request condiments and spoons/forks
   

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   deidre

   VIP

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on February 17, 2025

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

   Delicious food and wonderful waitperson. It was very busy so with a large group have your dishes already chosen ahead of time to give to waitperson all at the same time - keeps things running smoothly .
   

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   Karen

   San Francisco

   8 reviews

   4.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   The service at Harbor view has always been hit and miss but today I was pleasantly surprised by the quick service and delivery of food. The key to a pleasant experience at Harborview is to arrive early before 11:30 AM and have your order ready for the first server That approaches your table.
   

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   Kendell

   VIP

   San Francisco

   21 reviews

   1.0

   21 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   What a horrible meal. It’s extremely overpriced dim sum. The service was horrific, and the food disappointing. The moment we sat down, they asked us what we wanted to eat. We said we needed a minute with the menu and the waitress rolled her eyes and said “we are very busy!” We had literally just sat down and not even opened the menus yet. We were only given two menus for six people, and when we asked for more she sighed heavily and never came back with them. The food itself was horrible. Everything was overcooked and the sauces tasted burned. The most disappointing dish, the Dungeness crab, was fried so much that it completely disintegrated the meat that should’ve been inside the shell. I expected decent service and a decent meal, yet we received neither.
   

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   Cedric

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   Baked black cod was excellent. Fried food (both the oysters and squid) was over-battered, overcooked and greasy.
   

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    David

    Sacramento

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 16, 2025

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

    Fresh and well prepared Chinese food in a spectacular location. The entry to the restaurant is on the second floor if you approach it from the Embarcadero. Approaching from Drumm St. it is at street level. We were seated promptly, and ordered right away. You actually cant see a harbor from the main floor, but they did have a nice view of the Ferry Building. We noted several private rooms for groups and parties which looked interesting. Food notes: The salad (for two), can actually serve 3 and was fantastic. Fresh, cold, and delicious. The pot stickers were the best I've ever had...(not exaggerating), we even ordered it again mid meal. The shrimp and vermicelli was tasty. The glass noodles were perfectly prepared. One thing I was unaccustomed to was the unpeeled, shrimp that were not de-veined. They were very hot, and with only chopsticks, were damn near impossible to peel at the table. I could not stomach the idea of eating them shell-on, so I worked on peeling them but it was a bit of a mess.
    

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