BAOZ — Restaurant in San Francisco

We went to Baoz yesterday for an early dinner. We had eaten baos (open face) when we visited New York a few months ago and had been looking for a place that had them in the Bay Area, so when we found Baoz online we were really excited. We tried 4 different kinds, the fresh ahi bao, the Korean chicken bao, the duck bao, and the sauté shrimp bao. They were all absolutely delicious, and our favorites were the ahi and Korean chicken. The baos were colorful and beautiful, and tasted as good as they looked. The bun part was fluffy and light as air. And each of the different fillings had distinctly different flavors and textures. Can’t...

BAOZ was pretty disappointing. First off, it is a ghost kitchen, which threw me off (Google Maps should have some notation for that). I had to go to their website to place my takeout order.

The food was good to meh. The Korean chicken bao was the best: plenty of filling and it was tasty. The duck bao was tasty, but really small. I expect more for $6.50 (most expensive of the bao options). The waffle fries were the most disappointing: I got some meh curly fries and none of the promised spicy mayo. I would not have ordered this if I had known I wouldn’t actually get waffle fries (which I was craving).

Overall, no real reason to...

You must order online. I didn’t know this and rang the doorbell and they were kind enough to point this out to me.

Friends and I ordered the Glazed Eggplant Rice Bowl, Braises Beef Bowl, and the Ahi Lovers Bowl (tuna).

We all enjoyed our bowls and found them filling and satisfying. They packed the bowls well with cute identifying stickers on the outside of the bowl. They packed chopsticks and plenty of napkins for us as well. Our bowls were well made and prepared quickly.

We didn’t try any of the baos, but would definitely go back and try.

If you provide a phone number, they will text you when your order is ready to...