Cafe 5 — Restaurant in San Francisco

Food top notch and no issues at all. A very healty menu and delicious too! I had the teryaki salmon rice bowl and it was maybe the best meal of my week in SF. Hubby had the lemongrass chicken salad. Again, top notch. Service is counter and reasonably friendly. Not a lot of atmosphere but spacious and a good experience.

However, i will comment that they have top quality tea bags but are totally unable to make a decent cup of tea.

Obvs to make the best brew, you do need a pot so no fault to staff for that. Take away cups are awful for tea, especially in a pricey café serving this great standard of food.

But - to hand the customer a cup of hot water in one hand and a sealed tea bag in the other - what's that about?!!!!

Only because the bag was high quality did i manage to turn that into tea!!!

You could actually downgrade your bags if you make tea how it should be made. Water on a rolling boil poured direct onto bag. In a pot for best results but into a mug works too.

And milk in a jug on the side. Always. Unless the customer asks for black. I had to get my own jug and go back to the...

Bought a chocolate chip cookie, almost $6, most disgusting, stale cookie I’ve ever tasted. Highway robbery! Response to owner: I bought the cookie for my child who was already upset, so it wasn’t the moment to discuss the extreme shortcomings of the cookie with your cafe staff. My question is, why would you sell such a terrible cookie in the first place? There were no other food items that my child would have liked. If you’d like to send us a voucher for free museum entrance for 2 adults and 1 child (free) maybe we will take you up...

How hard is it to make a cup of tea?! It's just hot water and a tea bag. However, heating water to anywhere near boiling is evidently too difficult a task here. My first pot ($4 for about 16oz water and 1 tea bag) was barely warm, yet I was so desperate for some tea I drank it anyway and optimistically ordered another one, which was even worse. The water was so tepid the tea barely even brewed. At least they have soy milk and honey.

The vegetable cassoulet was tasty but quite small. Good cheesecake. Extra stars for ambiance....