de Young Café — Restaurant in San Francisco

Recalling what has happened (minor, miscellaneous information may not be vaguely described or recalled. Please take this seriously):

Been there multiple times with the family, thought it would be nice to go visit with some friends. I don't know who it was, but one of the guys (an older Caucasian male) denied one of my buds a cup of water. Basically, we were going to go buy some food, and as we're deciding, an older gentlemen pops up behind us and asks us what is it we want. We took a while to decide that we did not know, so, we chose to say we don't know, y'know, so that the older male could give us some time. He promptly replied with a dense and not-so-nice comment of something in-between the lines of "Oh so, you're not going to buy anything". Well that was rude and unsettling. We decided not to hold a grudge and to leave the cafe with the utmost politeness as we should (we decided not to eat there as the food options were fine, however they were very expensive - exhibit A: diet coke costing 4.50 - while a diet coke at the food truck area not even a 3 minute walk away costed 2.50). As we were leaving, my friend decided to go and get a cup of water from the free water station, because he was thirsty from walking around the museum without drinking water. He got a cup and was around almost halfway done filling the cup when suddenly, the older male popped up behind him and said, in an unkind tone, "Water is for paying customers only". Well, my friend's cup was filled pretty much halfway up, so he said "my bad" and just stopped. The older male made some kind of rude gesture as in "what the heck".

Look, de Young museum cafe, I am not making a hateful review or slandering your cafe in ANY way. I am just stating what has happened and clearly, it was an unpleasant experience. Other than this distasteful experience, the atmosphere was pretty nice and calm.

Thank you for reading and I hope you take this into consideration. Stay...

Edit: DeYoung replied to me! But instead of saying, "We hope it helps you to know that we source the best ingredients possible, so that could be the high prices you see. We promote healthy eating habits by portioning food by calorie, which is why our quesadilla is the size of your palm. And our staff eat free and receive a 1 hour meal break specifically because it really is a food desert," they just told me "We love good reviews, and just appreciate our bad reviews so we can be better. But you have no insight, stop talking." I could be wrong... But something is fishy: The area is a food desert. There are no other options. The food is overpriced because it might be a 3rd party company desperate to afford rent. The workers have no passion, which tells me that they dont get to eat the museum food for free, and there is not enough time to go and get some good food within 30...

We had a wonderful time visiting the museum, and then we stopped to eat at the cafe.

I really love their food. I had the mushroom flatbread with arugula, mushroom, mozzarella, and roasted tomatoes. It had a balsamic drizzle that took the taste to a new level. My mother had the pulled pork sandwich, and she felt it was adequate. The garlic fries were good, but they could have been hotter.

I do believe they make your order fresh. You order and pay when you enter the cafe. They do have a refrigerated area where you grab your drinks from. You can also grab pre-made sandwiches and wraps, as well as pasta salad if you don't want to order off the menu.

The stars of the show were the strawberry shortcake and the hibiscus tea. Yummy!!!!

I highly suggest eating here when you visit the museum. Our bill was about $71.00. It's a bit pricey, but it's part of...