Hayes Street Grill

Hayes Street Grill

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Hours
Sun
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Fri
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Ratings and reviews
4.0
4.0 of 5 bubbles

RATINGS
Food
4.1 of 5 bubbles
Service
4.2 of 5 bubbles
Value
3.7 of 5 bubbles
Atmosphere
3.8 of 5 bubbles
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PRICE RANGE
$40.00 – $80.00
CUISINES
Seafood
Special Diets
Gluten free options
meals, features
Is this restaurant good for brunch?
About
Hayes Street Grill is a neo-traditional fish house in San Francisco's Civic Center district, across the street from the Performing Arts Center, opposite Davies Symphony Hall and a block from both the Opera House and City Hall. We use an international mix of recipes, unified with a theme of fish and seafood. Above every other consideration, we want the freshness and pristine quality of the fish, produce, and naturally-raised meats to speak for themselves.<br><br>The Hayes Street Grill's walls are covered with autographed photos of the artists who consider the restaurant their club. Though we've remodeled since our opening 33 years ago, the original brass coat hooks along the walls remain, as does our founding philosophy of cooking only the food we would serve at home to our families, albeit dressed up a little, with a religious dedication to wholesomeness.
PRICE RANGE
$40.00 – $80.00
CUISINES
Seafood
Special Diets
Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
4.0
4.0 of 5 bubbles249 reviews
Excellent
100
Very good
92
Average
36
Poor
14
Terrible
7

Mike B
San Jose265 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2024 • family
Excellent food and good service. We showed up ~5:00PM without a reservation and were seated immediately. The menu is prepared and printed on a daily basis and had quite a few offerings of interest. The service was very attentive and the food was served piping hot. We noticed as time went by that the restaurant filled up very quickly and most people coming in had a reservation. It was a Friday night, so not surprising. We will definitely go back next time we are in town (probably with a reservation).
Written November 2, 2024
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Tomas
11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • family
I have had dinner here several times in 2022, after the Sunday Opera. The menu and beverage selection is not huge, but the quality is really good. Also, given the location, the pricing seems very reasonable. The staff has been great and has been gracious and patient with an elderly family member with physical limitations who I accompany. I live in a rural area far from San Francisco. The memory of wonderful evenings in The City has been tarnished by the current reality, but the Hayes Street Grill represents the best of what a visitor to The City expects.
Written November 28, 2022
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RichMLosGatos
Los Gatos198 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • couples
Attended matinee at SFJAZZ and wanted to grab early dinner before driving back to South Bay. So booked 5:00 PM just when they open assuming we would be in an empty restaurant. Surprise we were in a line extending out the door and within a half-hour every table in the dining room was filled. The ambience reminds me of mid-town Manhattan with VERY close tables and little elbow room. Definitely do not discuss any national secrets as many ears will be listening. Once over the tight quarters everything else was great. Came immediately with water and asked if we wanted bread (not automatic). Waitress was on top of our needs without being obtrusive even though she had a good number of tables to serve. Then the food - started with beet salad. The salad was was cold, the plates were cold and beets and fennel with walnuts and blue cheese were perfect. Judi had the big scallops served over a butternut squash purée; she raved. I had the best fried oysters ever; sweet, juicy in a deep fried golden brown breadcrumb coating. French fries were firm but not greasy. Only the coleslaw was a little weak but not awful; I am very fussy about my coleslaw so this isn’t a negative. Skipped desert but had a cappuccino that was very close to what one might expect in Rome or Florence. With two glasses of wine and a tip we dropped about $150: very reasonable for the quality.
Written March 2, 2020
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Trup
1137 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 • none
It had been a while since we were last in SF but a visit to this wonderful restaurant is always a "must." Excellent service but, more importantly, outstanding food experience. We each had their petrale sole -- done with some unusual mushrooms and fingerling potatoes. Superb!!!
Written June 17, 2022
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jaseaton
Silver Spring2757 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • friends
Our friend took us to Hayes Street Grill for lunch. This is the sort of place that makes me wish TripAdvisor had a ten-star rating scale, because it’s SO far above about 99.9999% of all other restaurants, and I’d love to make clear just how distinctive it is. The Half Moon Bay Petrale Sole that my wife and I got was absolutely wonderful. But the real hit of the meal was the Radicchio Salad with Pomegranate that we split three-ways: what a revelation! A perfect dressing, really tasty greens…everything you could ever ask for in a salad. The dining room, decorated with signed photos of actors and other performers/arts people, was airy, bright and quiet. The place had a festive, happy atmosphere, with many young girls eating with their parents ahead of going to see a matinee performance of the Nutcracker ballet at the nearby Comcert Hall. Our waitress was totally professional. Everything about this place was spectacular.
Written December 26, 2023
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Culture V
2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • couples
Was always a pre-performance favorite. Now they are charging five dollars per person for the San Francisco health mandate. That is their cost of doing business at five dollars per person that can be up to 10% of the total. This is completely unacceptable. Other restaurants feel that they need to charge for what should be the cost of doing business. They don’t charge more than three or 3 1/2%. we will find someplace to eat before the Opera symphony and ballet.
Written December 15, 2023
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Mateos G
London2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • none
Lovely food, great people Visited here whilst on my annual holiday Wow wow wow Its a must visit for those in the area
Written November 14, 2022
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Bruce D
Snowmass Village151 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019 • none
We went for an early dinner and had a terrific meal. The grilled calamari with butterbeans was great. My wife had scallops on a White Corn Succotash which was to die for and my sole with chanterelle mushrooms must be a signature dish. I you go you MUST have the buttermilk pannacotta with meyer lemon gelee for desert.
Written November 6, 2019
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TravelerSantaCruz
North Las Vegas107 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019 • couples
Close to symphony so went after. Food was very good . Had the pre -fix dinner and every course was great!
Written November 2, 2019
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sharonsK9511RH
Rocky Mount5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • none
Although we were not in a rush like the pre-theater crowd, the service was curt and quicker than we wished for. The food was delicious, especially the sole. However the scallops, though tasty, left me with a mouth full of crunchy shells. Our server on October 26th seemed to brush it aside. I never heard back, nor were we offered anything in return for my mouth full of broken shells. Will not return again.
Written October 31, 2019
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Martysfo
San Rafael634 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • family
Having been around for 41 years, they must be doing something right. And they are. Well prepared seafood is their specialty with a great and interesting wine list. We had grilled sardines on a delicious frisée salad and a good, but not great Paella. A fantastic Rosso de Montalcino accompanied this meal. Great pre theater place for dinner.
Written October 25, 2019
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Richard I
Lake Oswego38 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • none
We came early, but at the last minute, during a very crowed time in SF but were seated immediately. The service was friendly and professional. The halibut was perfect as was the Paella.
Written October 13, 2019
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Keith
Surrey18 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2019 • couples
While on holiday in San Fran we visited numerous restaurants and we came back to this one which says something. On both visits we had different fish courses and the quality and flavour was superb. The staff tell you that they lightly cook the fish and hence if you prefer it cooked more you can. I always prefer my fish lightly cooked and hence this suited me perfectly; as requested, the Salmon was lovely and pink and the Halibut translucent. The scallops were also lovely, the sweet corn combination was a bit odd for me, but hey, it was still good. Wine selection was good, I recommend the Chablis. Tom was an excellent waiter on both our visits - thanks very much! Needless to say, I highly recommend a visit.
Written September 18, 2019
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HLinkowich
San Jose61 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2019 • couples
Great location to the Symphony hall and good cocktails. Food was so so. My husband got the pork chop which was tasty and a nice portion size along with the sardines appetizer which was fresh. I got the cucumber salad with a nice spicy zest to it followed by the seafood stew. The stew had a nice flavor, but 3 small shrimp and a handful of mussels and clams did not warrant the price point nor provide a filling dinner. When the portions are not adequate, our family rates dinners by the number of rolls or pieces of bread required to fill up. This was a 7 pieces of bread dinner for me. If we were to go back, I would try a fish entree which seemed to also provide nice portions based on what I saw at the other tables. As the restaurant got more crowded closer to show time, the service significantly slowed down, but in the beginning when we were practically the only ones there, they were attentive to our requests.
Written July 13, 2019
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RCPeachy
Redwood City42 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • friends
This Classic fish house in Hayes Valley has been cooking good meals for over 40 years. White tablecloths, great, experienced wait staff and a really fun bar. Any of the seafood dishes, the fish and pork chop are all extremely fresh and well prepared. The pan fried oysters cannot be beat. They have nice salads and french fries, along with an acceptable coleslaw, but could benefit from some good veggies with their entrees. The veggies always seem over done. Nice hot fudge sunday and good crisps in the summer. Hint: Do not go on a really hot day...not air-conditioning....
Written June 23, 2019
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