Laszlo — Restaurant in San Francisco

The first time my partner and I came here, we had a great time. The drinks were expensive but good, and The Outsiders was playing, which was cool. Needless to say, we left with a good impression.

Recently, we decided to go back since we had enjoyed our first visit and had an hour to kill before a dinner reservation. However, this experience was completely different. We weren’t greeted or given menus, so we grabbed one ourselves. When we kindly asked the bartender about quick bites, instead of explaining, he aggressively knocked on the wall to indicate something—which we didn’t understand. It wasn’t until I got up to check that I noticed a small sign with a drawing of fries crossed out.

Before I got up to check, in a rude tone, he said, “You guys are hungry? There are a bunch of places nearby.” Right. We know.

We understand that food questions might get repetitive or be a common annoyance, and maybe this was just his personality, but the way it was handled left us feeling unwelcome. It stuck with us for the rest of the day.

As a server/bartender, whether you like it or not, you set the atmosphere. Unfortunately, this time, the vibe wasn’t great.

Also, there were a few cigarettes...

This restaurant has awful service. My boyfriend and I walked in at ~8:30 and showed our vax card and ids since we wanted to be served for dinner. After grabbing a table upstairs, nobody came to give us menus or take our order so my boyfriend went down to the bar to place an order, however the bartenders said that our waitress would be with us shortly. After 10-15 minutes, it was clear that this was not happening, so my boyfriend went down to the bar to place an order. The bartenders gave him a lot of attitude, acted like they were doing him a favor and reluctantly took his order and give him place settings. Five minutes later at 9 pm, our waitress shows up and tells us that the kitchen is closed and offers us popcorn. Who eats popcorn for dinner? My boyfriend actually got the order in before 9 pm, this rude establishment didn't want to serve us.

My boyfriend and I walked to Beretta where the service was much better and they were able to serve us dinner. Wish they told us when we talked in that they wouldn't be serving us dinner -- would have saved...

After having dinner at Lolinda a few doors down, our party ended up here for a toot, or so I thought...

ATMOSPHERE: The tight quarters make up the small bar that is connected and related to the Foreign Cinema restaurant. The first level sports bar and high top seating, with a few more tables on a loft above. A DJ was spinning a mix of genres while a muted 80's movie was being projected on the bar's wall. Conversation level was manageable.

MENU: Full bar, no food.

BEVERAGE: T.W. Pitchers' Radler I took my chances on this which was a sweet grapefruit/blood orange-flavored beer. Meh.

Tecate Having had this in Puerto Vallarta, I stuck to this light but still good budget brew. No hangover the next day.

SERVICE: Joyce was the friendly and fast bartender on duty.

OVERALL: Nice watering hole, fair pricing. We finally called it a night three...