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Restaurants, Traditional American Restaurants
$, Breakfast, Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Open 7 Days
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Take a walk back into the 1950's as you enter San Francisco's Lori's Diners. A San Francisco tradition, Lori's has locations throughout the Bay area serving classic American food. Omelets, pancakes, tuna melts, burgers and classic dinners like meatloaf, grilled chicken....and don't forget about the Lori's milkshake. Check out all the 1950's memorabilia....Elvis would be proud. Great for people of all ages.
We always have a great time at Lori's. The breakfast is always good and the staff is willing to go the extra mile to make sure you have what you want. Lunch is fun and always enjoyable. The last of the old school diners with a current twist.
Posted 01/28/09 | Report Abuse
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The decor is 50's with jukeboxes, pictures, and furnishings to match the era. The food is on the greasy side but staisfactory. It was also one of the only nearby places we could find that opened late in the evening. We were hungry and the food was filling. The service was pretty good.
Posted 01/01/09 | Report Abuse
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The restaurant is decorated as a diner and is very nice. The food is about the worst breakfast I have had in a long time. It was very expensive. $30 for a diner breakfast was WAY too much for this place.
PROS: Lousy food
CONS: Expensive
Posted 11/17/05 | Report Abuse
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This is a great place for standard American food. The decor is retro 50's and each table has a jukebox. There is one location that is open 24 hours. There is a decent amount of vegetarian options.
Posted 01/24/05 | Report Abuse
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Lori's is a fun, bustling restaurant with a kitchy-cool 50's diner theme. It's always crowded with lively Union Square shoppers. They have a great selection on the menu (your standard American fare - burgers, sandwiches, shakes, etc), and everything I've had has been good but not exceptional. Good sit-down places are hard to find in this busy section of downtown, and this is a great little restaurant to have a cheap and tasty mid-shopping meal. DEFINITELY much better than the Betty Boop diner a few doors down, which I would not recommend
Pros: fun vibe, fast service, good food, low pricing
Cons: your standard diner experience, food not as good as Mel's
Posted 03/14/07
Standard diner items offered in an ambience of 50s Americana. Food is tasteless but the portions are large.
Staff is energetic and friendly. Chain has several California locations
Pros: Large portions; Americana ambience
Cons: Tasteless food; chain heterogeneity
Posted 08/21/06
Not all Lori's Diners are created equal: this one is the best! It has awesome breakfast, awesome burgers, and super-awesome shakes. The nostalgic 1950's style atmosphere is really fun, and the waiters and waitresses wear cute retro uniforms and are friendly and fast. And after your meal, you can play it up with all their retro pinball machines! A fun and delicious time had by all!
And when I say romantic under pros, I mean in a cute going-on-a-date-and-sharing-a-milkshake kind of way.
Pros: delicious, good price, friendly
Posted 08/19/05
Didn't have a good first impression of this Lori's Diner location. My friend and I sat waiting to be seated, only to have staff pass us by, until 5 minutes later, someone approaches us and asks us if we were waiting for a seat. I mean, why else would we be sitting there?? Anyway, she apologized and seated us. I ordered the salmon fillet, which I thought was delicious. You might want to have the basil dressing on the side. Nice atmosphere and I think it's a good place for families with kids. Beware the stairs.
Pros: value, food, atmosphere
Posted 11/26/04
Ate breakfast at Lori's every day for 5 days. Service and food at all three locations in downtown SF were excellent. Food came out 5 minutes after ordered - no lie! Great value.
Pros: food, service
Posted 10/29/03
Fun atmoshpere, great burgers and the most fabulous vanilla shake I've had in a very very long time.
Posted 05/06/03
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