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Urban-rustic storefront setting for a changing menu of American small plates served dim-sum style.
Hours
| Friday | 5:30–10:30 PM |
| Saturday | 5:30–10:30 PM |
| Sunday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Monday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 5:30–10 PM |
| Thursday | 5:30–10 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1529 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 795-1272
Website: http://www.statebirdsf.com/
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Reviews
Lynn Burns
We dined here last night for an anniversary. We were super excited to get a reservation on our one free night in San Francisco. From the moment we stepped in we were greeted warmly by the manager. Our menu was stamped with hearts and happy anniversary. There were several items on the menu that interested us, but we ended up focusing on the carts and trays of American dim sum that were brought to each table. His favorite was the pork spare rib with a passion fruit chili sauce. My favorite was the pork belly with grapefruit and jalapeño. We both loved their take on peanut butter and jelly that was persimmon and toasted sesame soybean sauce. We eat small portions and absolutely loved the way they do service that allowed us to have 9 separate dishes and not be over full bc they were each just a few bites. Dinner was unhurried at a prefect pace with great service from Harry as well as the two servers brings carts and trays to the table. The only minor hiccup was slow wine service.
Overall we loved the experience and will return the next time we are lucky enough to be in San Fran.
Photos of the smoked trout and goose made potato chips and oysters with cabbage. After that I was too busy eating for pictures!
… moreOverall we loved the experience and will return the next time we are lucky enough to be in San Fran.
Photos of the smoked trout and goose made potato chips and oysters with cabbage. After that I was too busy eating for pictures!
Melissa Eisner
I really love the concept of this restaurant, and there were some really great dishes, with a couple of misses. I think the hardest thing is not knowing what the dim sum options are in order to know what to order off of the main menu. In the end we ended up ordering about 4 dim sum plates and 2 off of the menu. Hands down the best bite was the trout … knocked my socks off. Awesome flavor and such a great sauce. Runner up was the pumpkin tofu with mushrooms in XO sauce. So unexpected … but the right spice level and umami. Buffalo cauliflower was a bit of a miss (too much breading). Overall a great experience.
… moreRyan Chua
This place is very popular and reservations go quick! I was lucky that there was a cancellation and managed to get a spot last minute. Once we got to the restaurant we had to wait 10-15 mins until we were seated. The restaurant was full and was a bit noisy with amount of people in there. The staff were great and helped explain the concept and the dishes. I liked the dim sum style carts that they pushed around with dishes on them. Many of them looked amazing! The dishes we got were excellent, flavorful and fresh. I highly recommend this place!
… moreMarybie Arias
Amazing experience! My first time here and snagging a table was a bit tricky but was able to snag a Saturday 5:30pm reservation. I had a seat at the chef counter and it was a dinner and a show. We got in total 2 items off the menu and 5 items from the dimsum cart. Everyone was extremely kind and gave the best recommendations. Absolutely loved the sourdough-sauerkraut pecorino & ricotta pancakes & the duck dumpling!
… moreYoukang Shon
I generally do not ever leave comments but this was definitely one of the worst meals i’ve paid for in SF.
To start off with dim sum style appetizers, hog island oysters with kraut was not good together. The kraut was too crunchy and too much on soft oysters which was overpowering in general. The pate is not very good, i think french butter would have been better with almond fancier. The “best” one was the handrolls and even that i didn’t understand other toppings with scallops. Just overall did not have any harmony with the ingredients.
Regarding the “main” dishes we ordered state bird and the steak. The state bird chicken seemed a little undercooked and not worth $24 for 2 pieces of average fried chicken. Also the steak was tender for sure but was so salty i couldn’t taste the numbing sensation from sichuan peppercorn.
I actually didn’t have high hopes and i genuinely felt robbed. Their drinks and water were very good.
… moreTo start off with dim sum style appetizers, hog island oysters with kraut was not good together. The kraut was too crunchy and too much on soft oysters which was overpowering in general. The pate is not very good, i think french butter would have been better with almond fancier. The “best” one was the handrolls and even that i didn’t understand other toppings with scallops. Just overall did not have any harmony with the ingredients.
Regarding the “main” dishes we ordered state bird and the steak. The state bird chicken seemed a little undercooked and not worth $24 for 2 pieces of average fried chicken. Also the steak was tender for sure but was so salty i couldn’t taste the numbing sensation from sichuan peppercorn.
I actually didn’t have high hopes and i genuinely felt robbed. Their drinks and water were very good.
Ryuya
Disappointed. Maybe I set my expectations too high, but all the food was alright. The drinks and pea milk dessert were delicious though.
Drinks:
– Yuzu Shiso soda
– Domaine Balivet (sparkling chilled red wine)
Food ranking
1. Pork belly: with Vietnamese fish sauce salad
2. Clams: good kefir lime leaf flavor (Thai flavors)
3. Dumplings: nothing Special but good sauce
4. Trout Dip: solid, but they CHARGED ME $3 for extra chips
5. Mushroom risotto: only warm item that we got. Solid.
6. Fried Fish sticks: good fish flavor, but nothing special
7. Rendang Steak: SALTY & CHEWY
Overall it was cool food experience, but I wish they had served more hot dishes. On a cold December night, I’m not looking for cold or room temperature dishes. I don’t think there was a warm side dish or soup (did see that they had chawamushi, but it wasn’t on the rotating list). Good and professional service, but loud atmosphere (hard to hear).
… moreDrinks:
– Yuzu Shiso soda
– Domaine Balivet (sparkling chilled red wine)
Food ranking
1. Pork belly: with Vietnamese fish sauce salad
2. Clams: good kefir lime leaf flavor (Thai flavors)
3. Dumplings: nothing Special but good sauce
4. Trout Dip: solid, but they CHARGED ME $3 for extra chips
5. Mushroom risotto: only warm item that we got. Solid.
6. Fried Fish sticks: good fish flavor, but nothing special
7. Rendang Steak: SALTY & CHEWY
Overall it was cool food experience, but I wish they had served more hot dishes. On a cold December night, I’m not looking for cold or room temperature dishes. I don’t think there was a warm side dish or soup (did see that they had chawamushi, but it wasn’t on the rotating list). Good and professional service, but loud atmosphere (hard to hear).
Jainif Marediya
Good and fun spot worth checking out. Love the dim sum concept. Got a variety of things, listed below with asterisks to indicate what I enjoyed and would get again:
1. Fried Bread with Smoked Burrata & Porcini Mushroom
2. Duck Liver Mousse with Almond Financiers*
3. Sourdough-Sauerkraut Pecorino & Ricotta Pancakes*
4. CA state Bird with Provisions*
5. Black Trumpet-Luna Koshihikari ‘Risotto’
6. Shrimp Cappelletti*
7. Miso Walnut Tart
8. ‘World Peace’ Peanut Milk
… more1. Fried Bread with Smoked Burrata & Porcini Mushroom
2. Duck Liver Mousse with Almond Financiers*
3. Sourdough-Sauerkraut Pecorino & Ricotta Pancakes*
4. CA state Bird with Provisions*
5. Black Trumpet-Luna Koshihikari ‘Risotto’
6. Shrimp Cappelletti*
7. Miso Walnut Tart
8. ‘World Peace’ Peanut Milk
Anna C
Nice atmosphere but kind of dont get the hype. Some dishes were cool i liked ” the bird “and ” pork milanesa ” were very unique and tasty but the rest were mediocre and pricey, it came out to $60+ per person for party of 4 and we didnt even leave full. The bird is a fried quail, perfectly crispy and memorable. Same with pork milanesa. The sauce that came with it was unique and paired nicely. I ordered the ice cream sandwich because of the reviews but its way too overwhelming taste like a lush bathbomb, none of the people at my table liked it. I couldn’t even finish it. Highly do not recommend. Same with the pork belly with persimmon dish, super super salty and it was $16 for two tiny pieces of meat that feels like the dried up pieces at the end of kbbq that you don’t want to finish. I love fish sauce but it taste like pure sodium. I dont recommend the duck liver with bread thing, i can’t even describe the taste of that. Brioche bread was good and seemed freshly made. My party loved the chips but for $15 we agreed it kind of taste like sour cream and onion lays.
Reservation is required. Even with reservations you have to wait a bit because it was a full house. The ambience is also really nice. Staff is pretty friendly and nice too. Nice concept but don’t know if I’d come back. I recommend ordering mainly entrees from the menu not off the cart because those seemed more unique and better curated, if I’m going to fine dining might as well try things you don’t usually eat with unique pairings than getting a bunch of random pricey appetizers that aren’t that memorable.
… moreReservation is required. Even with reservations you have to wait a bit because it was a full house. The ambience is also really nice. Staff is pretty friendly and nice too. Nice concept but don’t know if I’d come back. I recommend ordering mainly entrees from the menu not off the cart because those seemed more unique and better curated, if I’m going to fine dining might as well try things you don’t usually eat with unique pairings than getting a bunch of random pricey appetizers that aren’t that memorable.
anthony long
Amazing experience! Spent time in San Fran, visited a lot of restaurants but this was our favorite by far! Great variety and not one plate missed! Staff was knowledgeable, friendly and gave great recommendations. Will be eating here every time we visit the city!
… moreLinh Nguyen
Lovely dining experience but unfortunately the food left much to be desired. I’m not in a rush to come back. If I do, I’d only order from the trays and make sure to get bubbly drinks. Although they do take walk-ins, I’d recommend making reservations.
+ Interesting concept, though they no longer use dim sum carts and only had waiters going around with trays
+ Really great service and ambience. Sat at the bar and really enjoyed watching everyone cooking together and preparing the dishes for the trays. I dined solo but felt well cared for, and had a good time
+ Portion size was small, making it easy for sampling a variety of dishes. For items on the main menu, they allowed half portions (and even quarter portion for the pancakes). This was great for me as solo diner
+ Absolutely loved the Chèvre ice cream sandwich! The state bird and and liver mousse with financier were also quite good
+/- Horchata was a bit too sweet, and definitely not a good pairing with all the food. Should have done some sort of sparkling drinks to help cleanse my palate
+/- Also tried the oyster, duck dumpling, trout chip n’ dip. All of them were just fine. I’d probably skip them next time. The egg tofu was boring but it was a painfully needed lighter dish to cut the grease and heavy flavors of the other dishes
– Food was rather one note. They were either overwhelming sour, or too salty, or too greasy. If this is only for 1-2 dishes, it’d have been fine. But it got boring and too heavy when all the dishes were like that. I’d prefer the food to be on the lighter, more delicate side. Options from both the main menu and trays were also mostly fried stuff
– The fish stick was absolutely horrendous and super dry. The pancakes were underwhelming and I’d not order it again
… more+ Interesting concept, though they no longer use dim sum carts and only had waiters going around with trays
+ Really great service and ambience. Sat at the bar and really enjoyed watching everyone cooking together and preparing the dishes for the trays. I dined solo but felt well cared for, and had a good time
+ Portion size was small, making it easy for sampling a variety of dishes. For items on the main menu, they allowed half portions (and even quarter portion for the pancakes). This was great for me as solo diner
+ Absolutely loved the Chèvre ice cream sandwich! The state bird and and liver mousse with financier were also quite good
+/- Horchata was a bit too sweet, and definitely not a good pairing with all the food. Should have done some sort of sparkling drinks to help cleanse my palate
+/- Also tried the oyster, duck dumpling, trout chip n’ dip. All of them were just fine. I’d probably skip them next time. The egg tofu was boring but it was a painfully needed lighter dish to cut the grease and heavy flavors of the other dishes
– Food was rather one note. They were either overwhelming sour, or too salty, or too greasy. If this is only for 1-2 dishes, it’d have been fine. But it got boring and too heavy when all the dishes were like that. I’d prefer the food to be on the lighter, more delicate side. Options from both the main menu and trays were also mostly fried stuff
– The fish stick was absolutely horrendous and super dry. The pancakes were underwhelming and I’d not order it again