Message from Joe's Cable Car Restaurant

Proudly Serving The Old Fashioned Burger By The Ounce.
  • Fresh burgers
  • Steaks
  • Free Parking

Here at Joe's everything is fresh and 100 percent U.S.D.A., federal selected choice beef chuck is specially selected. Our burgers are always tasty and juicy, slowly cooked medium-rare unless you specify otherwise. We ask a lot of questions that help us to fully satisfy your stay at Joe's. Please order your ground steak burger the way you would like your steak cooked.

MarkerJoe's Cable Car Restaurant

(415) 334-6699

4320 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94105

Editorial Description by Citysearch
The burgers at this Outer Mission landmark draw raves from all over the city.
Rated 9.6 out of 10 by Citysearch.

2 Reviews of Joe's Cable Car Restaurant in San Francisco

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OK $10+ Burgers?  2 Star Rating - Wouldn't recommend

As wonderful as the idea of Joe's Cable Car might be, it's not that great with the prices and the portions they give you. The burger's were ok, but I've definitely had better for cheaper. This price and the burger are not enough to deal with the lack of service.

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Overpriced and ok food  1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

I should have read some of the reviews before I went there. It was definitely overpriced and food was ok. I didn't like the fact that they charge $6 to share a burger. The only reason we went there was because one of my kids saw it on the Food Network and she wanted to try it. My wife and one of my kids are not burger eaters so they just wanted to get a bite from our orders. The waitress was very curtious in explaining the $6.00 sharing policy. I believe this policy makes it an un-family friendly establishment. If I knew before hand I wouldn't have gone there. Now that I'd tried it, I wouldn't go there again.

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Waaaaaaay overpriced and POOR service 2 Star Rating - Wouldn't recommend

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is a show I watch religiously and I always wished that I could go to some of those restaurants featured. So, I saw that episode on the Food Channel featuring this restaurant and I got excited. I mean, I live about an hour and a half away from San Francisco and I planned a trip to go there just to eat at Joe's with my family.

When we get there, it's exactly what the show featured. Over decorated but had a fun feel to it. Opened the menu and a 4oz patty melt is over 11 dollars and to upgrade the patty to a 6 oz is an additional $3 or if you'd like to go bigger and get an 8 oz it's an extra $5. I figured this must be a delicious patty. SOOOO NOT. First of all I ordered it medium rare and I got a patty that was still mooing. The size of the thing was so not worth it either. At the prices they were serving those things for, I should have been eating the thing with a fork and spoon on pretty faltware. They serve their food on paper plates. Oh, and the burgers don't come with sides, they are sold seperately. So, of course, extra money if you want fries. You want cheese? Extra. What? You want a refill? Try getting the attention of your server while they're in the corner of the restaurant chatting away with their co-workers.

Hey, I'm pretty easy to please and I've never been to a restaurant where I really regretted going to but this place is a joke. I've had better burgers at a lower price. It would have been worth it if the service wasn't so sh**y. I didn't want to curse but there wasn't any other way to say it. Those who have had great service here, lucky you. Maybe we were being discriminated, I don't know. Please don't tell me I need to be a regular to get better service.

Lessons learned? Don't trust Guy Fieri and never eat at Joe's Cable Car again.

Pros: Cute salt and pepper shakers
Cons: Overpriced Overpriced Overpriced Overpriced Overpriced
Posted 10/03/08 at 6:52pm

Avoid at all cost 1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

I know Guy Fiere did a special about this over rated , over priced, no community giving , rude , no respect for neighbors man. I have had better and paid less . The e-mail Guy Fieri must have received was probably from someone in his family. Oh he looks the part but, he is such a phony and did not deserve that spot on the food Network. He treats his employees like slaves and is constanly yelling. at them .Guy must be running out of places to go.

Pros: None
Cons: Way Over Priced
Posted 10/01/08 at 8:25am

Pricy Burgers...nothing special! 1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

I was surprised to find that a 4oz burger was $11 and that was without fries! If you want a "small" plate of fries, add $2.95, want cheese? add another $1. Burger was okay, nothing special really. I got the vidalia onion burger and thought it was the wrong burger, but they pointed out the onions were in the meat...oh. So, $29 and some change for two small burgers, one small fries (very small order), one soda was sooo not worth it! I would much rather have a delicious burger from Kirk's Burgers! Mmmmm.

Posted 09/22/08 at 9:01pm

MOST GRUBBIN' BURGER JOINT IN SF!!! 5 Star Rating - World class

You've gotta go try these fresh ground burgers..they are like nothing else I've tasted!! I love the place so much I'm having my bachlorette dinner there before we head out for our pub crawl. The atmosphere is bright, lively, eclectic and the staff are super helpful and totally down to earth.

Posted 07/24/08 at 11:52am

Overpriced & food is ok 1 Star Rating - Unsatisfactory

I should have read some of the reviews before I went there. It was definitely overpriced and food was ok. I didn't like the fact that they charge $6 to share a burger. The only reason we went there was because one of my kids saw it on the Food Network and she wanted to try it. My wife and one of my kids are not burger eaters so they just wanted to get a bite from our orders. The waitress was very curtious in explaining the $6.00 sharing policy. I believe this policy makes it an un-family friendly establishment. If I knew before hand I wouldn't have gone there. Now that I'd tried it, I wouldn't go there again.

Pros: Parking Lot
Cons: Overprice
Posted 07/17/08 at 1:17am