Brick & Beam — Restaurant in San Francisco

Now, you're probably here reading this because you're thinking of eating here at Brick and Beam. Maybe you're staying at the nearby hotels, maybe there's a game on, maybe you don't feel like going too far, and the other reviews haven't done their part to scare you off yet. You might be thinking to yourself "Well, it's right here, and there aren't many sports bars near Pier 39, and it looks kind of fancy, how bad could it be? Surely these reviewers are overreacting."

Well let me tell you just how bad it actually could be. (There is a TL;DR at the end). This is a tale of caution, as myself and my co-workers were right in your shoes while we were here in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area. We caved, ignored the reviews, threw caution to the wind, and decided to watch Game 5 of the Warriors/Cavs finals here.

Big mistake. We sit down, and were immediately greeted not with malice, but with sheer indifference, as the maître d' ignored us completely, as we were urged by a plain sign to find our own seats, which we promptly did. Ten to fifteen minutes later, our waiter came over and was incredibly rude off the bat. Explained to us why he REALLY did not feel like splitting up our meal onto separate checks, even though it WAS something that they were able to do. He so curtly put it "We'll just do whatever it is you want at the end, what do you want to eat?"

Well, after that, we ordered our food from the menu, which was ridiculously pricey, but it IS San Francisco, so we just went with it. Maybe the food would be good after all!

Myself and my coworker got the Mary's Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and "seasonal vegetables." $29. My other coworker got the $16 Truffle and Mushroom personal flat bread pizza, about 7 inches in diameter. Another got a $14 moldy, stale cheese platter and a $18 burger (upon which they forgot to add bacon, even though we were charged for it). Our food came out a while later as we enjoyed the game. My coworker took a bite of his pizza which he then quickly pushed it away, as it tasted like they soaked it in bathwater, which we all confirmed as we tasted it. Somehow this place made a bad pizza, which I heretofore thought to be impossible.

Now back to the Mary's $29 Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, and "seasonal vegetables." The mashed potatoes were actually French fries. The "seasonal vegetables" were 4 small steamed, unseasoned, asparagus sticks. The chicken itself was more akin to children's chicken fingers. There were two chicken fingers, about 3 inches long. It felt more like a TV dinner doused in salt than a $29 meal. I sacrificed one of my chicken fingers so that my coworker could actually eat food, since his pizza was simply inedible.

We thought the other reviews were exaggerating, but they were not. This is quite simply the worst restaurant in San Francisco. Do not go here. Do not drink here. It is not a good time. Stay in your room and watch the game, maybe order room service or walk to In N Out around the corner. This place is ABSOLUTELY wretched. The service, the seating, the food, all some of the worst I've ever had to suffer through. Please reconsider. Do not give these people money. I felt disgusted that I had to tip these people, they did not deserve a cent. You could get a better meal and service by eating some leftovers off of the trays people leave on the floor outside their rooms when they're done with the room service.

TL;DR: Location 7/10 Food 0/10 Service -3/10 DO NOT EAT HERE. EVER. I SINCERELY REGRET THAT MY REVIEW LEAD TO THEM RECEIVING EVEN ONE STAR. I WISH I COULD TAKE STARS AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT RATING. THEY...

We arrived to Brick and Beam yesterday, 9/15 to have dinner. We were seated right away by a petite Asian lady who gestured from afar if it was 3 of us. We were seated but there was no hello, no greetings of any kind. We ordered our wine. Another gentleman stopped to ask if we ordered drinks to which we replied yes, and he took off quickly. Wine was brought to us, with 3 glasses, the bottle was placed on the table and she left. She did not open it and let it us taste it, or served us. Good thing it was a twist off. No one offered us water. We placed our food order. Hummus, and two clam chowder bowls. Menus were taken from us without asking if we were going to have more food. The food arrived around 20 minutes later, which considering that these are pre made items, it was a long time. The hummus was not tasty at all. The chowder was decent and chunky but it didn't taste homemade. On top of that, no one came to check on us after food was served. Servers will walk by but not make eye contact until I finally stood by the podium and the lady came to me. I told her that we wanted the check and that no one came to check on us or give us water. She told me that we did not ask for water. I thought that was part of the service, to ask if we want water. The bill was accurate, and the tip reflected the service we received. This is not the first time for us at Brick and Beam. We left very disappointed. PS. The bottle of wine we ordered was a Sonoma Cutrer Russian River and we received a Sonoma Coast one. We were charged for the...

Came here for a quick dinner to meet some people who are staying at the hotel. It was actually quite good for a hotel restaurant.

Some elements of the food were really good but others were just missing something.

Husband and I shared a Grilled Chicken Melt - really love the flavor combination going on there. Good chicken breast that was not too dry too dry, combined with the salty crispy bacon And avocado and pesto.. Love that combination!

Asked for a side Caesar salad instead of fries. It was a good call. Quite a big potion size on that salad as well to be honest!

Someone ordered the chicken Caesar salad on the table and it was about double the size of this one and look like a decent amount of food.

Friend got the Grilled Chicken Melt with the fries and oh my gosh that was a lot of fries! Enough price for about three people I think!

Side note: the fries were actually really nice and crispy!

Fried chicken thigh just look like it was a bit too too oily. Fish in the fish and chips Also seemed the same.

Also had the Falafel with the pita bread and tzatziki. Falafel was quite flavorful and went well with that tzatziki sauce. Pita was very fresh and soft and tasted good even the next day!

The drinks they made were actually quite...