Heaven's Dog
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1148 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863-6008 GO TO WEBSITE |SEE MENU
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- HOURS:
- Sunday 4:30pm - 9:00pm
Monday-Sautrday 5:30pm - 1:00am
Late night menu available from 9pm until 1am
- PRICE RANGE: $$
- CREDIT CARDS: Yes
- ALCOHOL: Full Bar
- OTHER FEATURES:
- Reservations Accepted
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Charles Phan’s newest addition a combination of Noodle Shop and Restaurant/Lounge in the SoMa grand.
The Soma Grand Parking Garage offers parking,$1 for the first hour and $4 for up to 4 hours.
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Event Facilities: Private Dining Room can accommodate from 8-14 guests, and Lounge can be booked for cocktail parties of up to 30 guests.
quick reviews (3 Reviews)
»Heaven's Dog - UGH
I love last-minute restaurant jaunts with my buddy, Lisa. We have such similar palates and usually are always hungry for the same type of food. It is especially more fun when it is a last-minute decision and no reservations are made and we just figure out what is in the neighborhood. Today, for example, I was working at the library when she texted and we decided to find a place to eat. Both of us...+READ
I love last-minute restaurant jaunts with my buddy, Lisa. We have such similar palates and usually are always hungry for the same type of food. It is especially more fun when it is a last-minute decision and no reservations are made and we just figure out what is in the neighborhood. Today, for example, I was working at the library when she texted and we decided to find a place to eat. Both of us had been curious about Charles Pham’s Heaven’s Dog and were very surprised, when we arrived at 6:15, to find the place practically empty. Except for two people at the bar, we literally had our choice of seats in the restaurant. Stylistically, it is a pretty establishment, but I have to admit that I find the dog paintings slightly ominous, distracting, and unpleasant.
We decided to start light and order more as our hunger dictated. Both of us loving egg-white cocktails, we wanted to start with their two choices; the Gin Fizz Tropical with Plymouth gin, Small Hand Foods pineapple gum, orgeat, lime, egg white, mint, and soda and the Bumble Bee Cocktail with Appeltons V/X rum, Smith and Cross rum, lime, honey, and egg white. Food-wise, only a few dishes were to start the meal; Marinated Eggplant with soy, toasted garlic and pine nuts, Braised Pork Belly in clam shell bun, and Blue Crab Meat with sweet corn and scallions.
The eggplant arrived first and was decent enough — tender and made that much more interesting because of the pine nuts. We were more than three-quarters the way finished with the eggplant when the pork belly buns arrived. Frankly, after the superlatively tender pork belly bun I experienced in Austin from a trailer just a few weeks ago, what I was eating this evening was sadly disappointing. Here the bun was gummy and overwhelming in size to the pork belly, which was sadly lacking in enough sauce to do the composition justice.
While we were lamenting the mediocrity of our first two dishes, the cocktails arrived. Yep – what should have come out first didn’t arrive at our table until we were more than half-way done with our meal. But to their credit, the cocktails were outstanding and would be worthy of a trip, regardless of the food.
The main entrée arrived, described as Blue Crab Meat, sweet corn, and scallions. We debated a bit with the waitress about an accompaniment and she suggested brown rice. Much to our chagrin, we again had our hopes dashed. For starters, the brown rice was incredibly mushy. Lisa commented if we both hadn’t already served half of what was brought out and topped it with the entrée, she would have returned it. We did mention it to the waitress who offered a replacement, but we were too far gone with the dish anyway. Of that accord, the Blue Crab Meat dish was sorely lacking enough crab to be noticeable and what was there was too muddled and similar to the sweetness of the way-too-ample corn. There simply was not enough contrasting flavors with sweet crab and sweet corn and scallions which seemed more of a garnish than a flavor component.
Debating a dessert, we opted to head to Thermidor instead and was terribly sorry we didn’t eat our entire meal over there.
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»Excellent food and inventive drinks
I've been here twice, and I love it. I've never had a problem with service -- the servers are always attentive. Every time I go I choose the "Freedom From Choice" bar option to have the bar staff make a cocktail for me based on flavors I like. They never disappoint, I have had delicious combinations I would never have tried had I ordered from the menu. The dishes are delicious, and the meat and...+READ I've been here twice, and I love it. I've never had a problem with service -- the servers are always attentive. Every time I go I choose the "Freedom From Choice" bar option to have the bar staff make a cocktail for me based on flavors I like. They never disappoint, I have had delicious combinations I would never have tried had I ordered from the menu. The dishes are delicious, and the meat and vegetarian pork belly buns are very good. I highly recommend going with a group so you can try several dishes at once.-COLLAPSE
»Wonderful small plates, extraordinary cocktails, middling to poor service
There's so much to like about this place: the room is small and feels alive; the cocktails are superb but not wacky -- their version of a Manhattan has a touch of absinthe; almost every dish (except the dumplings) is very good. I still dream about the vegetarian pork belly in a bun. (Really. It's fantastic -- better than the real pork belly one.) And yet....after every time I've been there (3) I...+READ There's so much to like about this place: the room is small and feels alive; the cocktails are superb but not wacky -- their version of a Manhattan has a touch of absinthe; almost every dish (except the dumplings) is very good. I still dream about the vegetarian pork belly in a bun. (Really. It's fantastic -- better than the real pork belly one.) And yet....after every time I've been there (3) I feel like I might not go back. Why? The service -- it's been slow and snotty every time.-COLLAPSE
