Bars & Pubs, Restaurants, Mediterranean Restaurants
$$$, Bar Scene, Business Dining, Group Dining, Hotel Restaurants, Theater District Dining, Open 7 Days
Urban Tavern at the San Francisco Hilton is the latest restaurant from Christopher Condy and Laurent Manrique of C&L Partners. This exciting new Tavern is in the heart of the city and brings a fresh new atmosphere and an exciting new menu to the largest hotel in all of San Francisco. Urban Tavern is where people meet to eat in a beautiful room of urban and country elegance. Urban Tavern is open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with a festive late night bar. The restaurant also offers multiple private dining venues that can cater to all of your private party needs. Urban Tavern offers two unique private dining rooms. The Morgan room is an intimate, warm & inviting space highlighted by reclaimed wood structural beams, floor-to-ceiling glass walls & beautiful artist series decorative mirrors. For more space, the Cheval room which can seat 100, or for a cocktail party,up to 150.
Sophistication with a Smaller Price Tag
by 5starruby
If you are looking for a great luncheon spot or evening out, look no further. Food and service is great. I've been at Urban Tavern three times, and tell all my friends what a great deal it is. Good food, beautiful decor, walking distance to stores and parking across the street. Prices are reasonable. Put it on the top of your list for 2009. Happy new Year!
Pros: Good food, service, decor, parking
Cons: None
Posted 12/22/08
Good food, Good people
by trysf
Food portion is perfect, taste is good! Convenience location just by Union Square. We enjoyed a lot!
Posted 10/17/08
Great atmosphere, interesting people watching
by smithy11
Urban Tavern is a very elegant, beautiful space and the food is good. I had the goat cheese salad and the gnocchi and both were excellent. We had a bottle of this Spanish wine, that I can't recall the name and that the manager suggested and it, too, was delicious. I would definitely go again and I would go with a large group of friends, next time. They have a great communal table that looks like it woul be fun to have dinner at.
Posted 10/08/08
I love Urban Tavern!
by rockngal
One of the best burgers i have had in a long time!! Great fries, amazing wine list. I have been there a few times now, so i have tried many things. Its a great date spot. (Especially when my date buys) we had a couple apps and these sausages at the bar. The mixed drinks were awesome. Strawberry daiquiris, mojitos and martinis. All GOOD! The service was great every time I went, and the bartenders are extremely friendly!
I cant wait to go back and try other items on the menu.
Pros: Beautiful space, great (huge) bar, great service and food
Cons: parking is never fun downtown, so i cabbed it.
Posted 10/06/08
Horrible/non-existent service, mediocre food
by BabyUtz
This past Tuesday night, my friends and I were a party of six at Urban Tavern. Only five of us left. We had to eat Matty to stay alive.
Thing is, after 90 minutes of waiting, our entrees had still not arrived at the table. Our appetizers came after 45 minutes of waiting, but the actual meals never came. Appetizers were not bad, but not that great either...I had the cold tomato and crab soup, which was pretty much just cold tomato soup with crab in it...nothing all that special. I also tried some of the goat cheese salad, which seemed pretty good. We felt all the appetizers were overpriced, however.
When we'd been waiting another 30 minutes with no food, someone (Manager? Head waiter? Host? This guy just showed up from nowhere and didn't introduce himself...maybe they hired him specifically for situations like these) came over and apologized but offered no explanation. Then he offered us a free plate of sliced meats (prosciutto, etc.) which was...bad.
Finally, we ended up telling a hostess that we were giving up because we were all so hungry, and we'd rather leave than wait any longer. Here's where it really gets good...we wait another 5 minutes for the check (!), and then they bring our food out. No thanks, idiots. Then we look at the check, and they've CHARGED us for EVERYTHING...including the apology meat plate!!! Infuriating. We were deathly afraid to complain or ask for anything else at that point, because it took them over 5 minutes to respond to any request. So we just paid it.
On the way out of the restaurant we were so ravenously hungry that we had to eat Matty. He tasted a little gamey, so I asked the hostess for some ketchup. It never showed up.
Pros: Cool decor, decent bottled beers
Cons: Food never arrives, management does not apologize
Posted 10/01/08
