VILLON San Francisco - Buy Reservations

We had a mishap with our brunch reservations at Charmaine's and he quickly seated us at Villon instead and gave us complimentary champagne for our bachelorette brunch. He offered to accommodate dinner reservations at Charmaine's instead since we had issues with our brunch ones. All of the wait staff was so kind and attentive and the food was unique and delicious. We are so happy, regardless, with coming here and would absolutely come back again. Andres has the best customer service and also asked us if we'd like to come see the view on the rooftop while the restaurant was closed just to experience it all during our bachelorette weekend. Andres is absolutely an asset to this hotel and restaurants.

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===TL;DR===- located INSIDE San Francisco Hotel (after you get in, all the way down to your left)- Parking will be a challenge especially around this neighborhood - Checks ID + vaccination card before entering- Reservation recommended- Brunch Weekend: 8-2pm - The continental breakfast - Japanese breakfast - Ordered a custom cocktail: whiskey sour ===TMI=== I have been deceived all these years here in SF, how did I miss this gem? Don't let the exterior of this place + the location fool you - you won't want to miss out on this place. Kindly greeted by this gentlemen who held the door open for me to enter (who still does that nowadays?) the restaurant wasn't hard to locate, all the way down to your left. You know you found it when their beautiful bar just stares at you. Already in awe the moment I stepped in. For someone who loves details, this place will check off those satisfactions. Every nooks and crannies of this hotel has such a difference vibe, ambiance. The restaurant gives a light and airy, calm vibe, the lounge area is like a mid century modern theme.. and even the restroom downstairs (you know they're boujee when they use Aesop as hand soaps) is like a dark, dim-lit moody twist. Interior designs are chefs-kiss. Onto the food. Got a reservation at 1pm since there were no more availability after - brunch menu. Luckily we stayed there for some time so we ask if we can also do the afternoon tea, they said ok! Woohoo! For the brunch portion, the Japanese brunch's pork belly were so good. Lightly zested with yuzu or lemon I assume and they helped cut into the fattier section so well. The charred vegetable really helped me cleanse my palette as I kept eating - overall, loved it. It also comes with a whole jug of jasmine tea - how delightful. Their cocktail menu didn't peaked my interest so I opted for a custom order of whiskey sour w/o egg whites - the serve was really nice and friendly. Fast forward to the afternoon tea part - $45 per person or $60/ pp for the glass of sparkling wine option. Opted for the $45 tasting. Each person can pick their own choice of tea & you can try other teas free of charge whenever you want to switch it out (A+ since other places typically charge you extra). I tried the Aged white peony and man, it was a good size teapot. Did I mention they use tea strainers? -precious eyes- makes me reminisce London. I didn't switch to try any other teas since I didn't want to waste a good jug of it so next time! Onto the bites - sandwiches comes first and the tiers of sweets comes after. Everything was delicious and it was such a good portion. I think I can stare at this place forever. Literally chilled here and chit chatted from afternoon till dawn... and didn't even notice time passed. Attempted to go to the rooftop bar after but they were full so until next time! (FYI, if you're not a hotel guest, you will have to exit the hotel, and it's the first door to your right to assess the bar upstairs).

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Super cute tea spot and definitely worth the price! What I appreciated is that you could choose as many tea flavors as you wanted (some places only let you pick one), there were three varieties of sandwiches, large biscuits with butter and jam, and then several small pastries and desserts. I actually left feeling a bit full! Staff was really friendly and polite :)

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This new restaurant opened up down the street from me and I thought I'd give it a try for lunch. It was easy enough to make reservations. And I was quickly seated upon arrival. An interesting note the entrance is in the back. And although the area can be a little interesting to say the least. Once you get into this oasis of calmness and beauty and its well worth the effort. Great attention to detail of design and furnishings is apparent throughout this restaurant. The menu is very focused for lunch and I went ahead and ordered the black cod. My other friend ordered the impossible burger. Both of them we thought were excellent and exceptional and the black card comes highly recommended by me the taste was crisp fresh original in the presentation was excellent. The only note is they do not have a good nonalcoholic beverage list but for those that imbibe they have a more than an ample supplied bar. As it's perfectly standard to have a ginger beer offering I would highly recommend for them to add that. Other than that I found the visit was well worth time and money spent. And I do plan to go back in the future.

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I came to Villon last week for my birthday celebration with 12 friends. We made a reservation ahead of time and were seated right away. Atmosphere/service:The restaurant is located in a hotel and is super nicely decorated. My friends and I each ordered an afternoon tea set which came with a tea of choice per person. There were a lot of hiccups in the service - I feel like the restaurant was not ready to serve so many people. We had people missing items, with the wrong items, or missing cutlery. However, one nice waiter was able to fix each mistake and was super nice and apologetic for the hiccups. Food:The food was more filling than I expected. We first got a plate of finger sandwiches of varying flavors. The sandwiches were followed by a tower of sweets. By the end, I was stuffed and could not finish some of the sweets. Overall, the atmosphere was great and it was wonderful birthday meal.

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BRUNCH REVIEW!Came here with a group of friends for a Sunday brunch and the food was good but the service made this place even more memorable! Make sure to make a reservation in advance.I can only speak on the waffles and the proper breakfast. The waffles were sweet and filling - it came topped with butter and some apples and a side of syrup. I got my proper breakfast with sunny side up eggs; it came with toast, potatoes, a side of salad, a sausage and a piece of bacon. I personally liked the salad but everything together was a great combo. My friend got the Japanese breakfast which had ALOT of food. They only have a limited amount and can run out since it's a popular item. So get it while you can! If you are feeling in the mood for drinks, you have to try their version Bloody Mary!! I had it with a tequila base and PHEW it was strong. But honestly I really enjoyed it because it also had a kick to it (a little spicy). The bartender saw me chowing down on olives and came over and brought me a small glass of olives which I thought was super attentive and thoughtful. I'd come here for brunch again 100%!

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food was very well presented and was very good, however the way they use their dining space is very strange. There is so much space in the waiting room where they could easily put more tables, however everyone is cramped in a tiny space. our table was very small and my chair was in the way of the waiters walkway, so it was very uncomfortable and they often accidentally bumped into me throughout the brunch.

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This was quite the experience me and my partner of 10 years being in the City had. We have had a numerous of fine dining experiences where I believe we are warranted of some credit. Ranging from when we were 18 and getting judged and still eating at these places to over a decade of fine dining experiences, this place is literally the up there where I got the top 3 worst experiences I've ever had. 2 of these experiences accounting for when we were young and the servers were actually teaching us etiquette in the midst of dinner. And this place is 3rd...so put that into perspective. Josh was the one helping us on 2/14/22. We sat outdoors. It was nice, had a heater. One thing I don't mind at all but just to state, it was windy so the clear plastic covering for the outside kept hitting our table, so I just placed my foot constantly there to prevent so. I honestly don't give a damn, that was just something we had to deal with so if you're that sensitive I guess take that into consideration. There was also nice running through the outdoor dining, but I mean cmon y'all. The dining area is placed where usually the homeless sleep and you're on the street. Please keep in mind, my star rating has not been affected by these conditions at all. What really kicks it off is that our reservation is at 7pm. We didn't get our first course and wine pairing until 7:55pm. We politely inquired about it to Josh at 7:50pm and his initial response quite literally, "yeah yeah it's coming." That was literally the nail in the coffin for me. Almost every other place with some decent amount of experience EVEN during a holiday would apologize about the 50min wait with no food, wine or water. Got none whatsoever from Josh. Once we notified the manager, she was incredibly apologetic and it was fine. We were literally contemplating of leaving. We became incredibly close to leaving but the manager came by with the actual entrees of the first course so we said screw it, let's stay. We for sure would have left because at that point, the negligence of us for a $175 per person dinner was absolutely disrespectful. Josh didn't even have us taste the wine nor provide any context to the pairing between the dish. It was like he just poured and gtfo of there. The manager was able to take care of us about half the time and she accommodated us with a few splashes of pairings of her favorites. That was incredibly nice, but the food.........ima be real fucking honest. We've had better food at other restaurants even if they were to have no service at all and we were to pick it up at a buffet line. The food quality literally tastes like if you were to vacation to somewhere else and you stay at a hotel that has this restaurant, and you want to go fine dining but not too far from where you're staying so you settle with this even though it's not that well. Literally at the top of my head, The Richmond, Jardinere, these places have incredible quality that I can forgive bad service. But this place didn't do it, hence we tried to give it a chance. If it had good quality food, we would have rated it 3 stars. Each dish did not she a richness taste nor did it have the uniqueness to it. The was like a sio pao-esqué dish which was literally just sio pap with egg in it with caviar on top. You can literally go to Daly City and feed a whole family of that shit with the same cost and it would taste better. There was like a shrimp wonton dish that literally had not taste or wine pairing with it. Not sure if it was just the pairing or dish but it was so bland. I don't consider myself to be a snobby person either. Let's keep that in mind. Like I've been to places where people bitch about the service and have gotten above and beyond service with quality food. And here we got none of that until we waited almost an hour to complain for a dinner of $175 per person with a $75 wine pairing. I understand the price is a bit pricing but if y'all gona fucking tell me "yeah yeah it's coming after an hour?? Then screw you. Idc if it's busy. I know this industry. Who tf are you to tell me that WITHOUT apologizing. So yeah 2 stars is justified. Save yall money else where. Oh and also, other dates around was were getting the same service too and we all just looked at each other laughing at ourselves. Yeah it's busy but pretty sure we've been to restaurants of the same traffic and still get quality service and food. But whatever. The wine pairing wasn't all that. Only one of the whites was good and the red for the duck. For SF, this price is steep and for what we and the surrounding couples got was definitely not worth it. Honestly should have took our business elsewhere as soon the red flags hit. We decided to give the food a chance but... damn. Guess that's why we write these reviews to warn y'all.

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