Breakfast in San Francisco?
 

My husband and I will be visiting San Francisco in a week. YEA!!!!

We would like some recommendations for breakfast. We like basic breakfast food (omelettes, pancakes, crepes, etc). We would like something not too expensive. We are staying at the JW Marriott and the Westin St. Francis. We will not have a car most of the time.

Thanks for your help!

Right up the street from the St. Francis is Sears. Sears is known for their pancakes. http://www.searsfinefood.com/

Campton Place Hotel has a wonderful breakfast near Union Square. It is expensive, but well worth it.

If you're a little adventurous, and don't mind being at the edge of the tenderloin, I highly recommend:
DOTTIE'S TRUE BLUE CAFE
522 JONES ST.

It's a tiny place, and there is a line to get in, but we loved it so much on our trip to SF last fall that we ate there 3 times in a week. In addition to great food, we loved watching the small staff work in an even smaller space-it was fascinating.

~Liz

I'm just curious why you're staying at both the JW Marriott and the Westin St. Francis (which are about half a block apart)?

Do you just want a good breakfast or an adventure? Both Dottie's True Blue and Sears (especially on a weekend) will have you standing in line to get in.

There are a couple of "Lori's Diners", one only a block and a half from the JW, but I find their cutsie 50's atmosphere offputting.

The Chancellor Hotel, almost next door to Sears, has a small restaurant off the lobby, called...ummm "LaLiques"? FI think obody except guests know about it (until now).

The food is just what you asked for and the staff of this hotel is excellent. Great service and very friendly and efficient.

dmlove- Good question! We will be spending 3 nights in San Francisco. Then, we will be driving to Yosemite for 3 more nights. Finally, we will be coming back to the city for 3 more nights. Another part of the story is that we were trying to get rid of our Westin points and it fit in perfectly!

Thanks for the suggestions! I will look into all of them.

Any other ideas?

Hello jtrandolph, I may be wrong but doesn't the company that owns the Lori's Diners now own Sears?

Anyway, I won't stand in line to get into any cafe/restaurant Kerry but that is just me. Personally I am interested in jtrandolph's suggestion regarding the breakfast at the Chancellor Hotel. I say that as I know she and I have similar opinions.

Across the street from the St. Francis and up a half of block on Powell is Scala's Bistro. I have always enjoyed their cornbeef and eggs breakfast. Wishing you a wonderful time in California and San Francisco.

We ate breakfast during our honeymoon at the Home Plate on Lombard St. Kind of a small cramped space, but we loved the food. It was a recommendation from the hotel concierge. Would definitely go back there for breakfast if ever in SF again.

I'm sure Home Plate is good, but it's nowhere near the OP's hotel.

Make sure to have breakfast at the Ahwanee while you are in Yosemite. Cathedral picnic ground is wonderful for picnic in the Valley, driving up the Glacier Point Road hiking the 1 mile trail to TAft Point will give you a beautiful uncrowded view of the Valley below

When your at the St. Francis I would recommend not even showing your face in their dining room for breakfast. The most ridiculously overpriced breakfast ever. There is a restaurant just down the block in the Hotel Monaco. It is a french restaurant and I can't remember the name but you enter from the street not through the lobby. There are a lot of wonderful french items and all your usual American fare. Beautiful restaurant, wonderful food and service and not to pricey for Union Square.

If you are stopping in Union Square, try the Emporio Rulli coffee shop. It gets mixed reviews but its location is unbeatable. It's right smack dab in the middle of Union Square at the top of the stairs.

Get a coffee and a roll and sit indoors (mornings it's too cold to sit outdoors) and just people watch.

David's Deli on Geary serves a good breakfast. I like sitting at the counter, and don't expect warm and fuzzy waiters. :-)

cmstraf - you just made my day. We're staying at Campton Place in October and we got a terrific rate that includes breakfast. Can't wait to go!

LoveItaly, you are correct about the owners of Lori's purchasing Sears. We hadn't been to San Francisco for a number of years and we stopped for breakfast at Sears like we usually do. My wife and I both thought the food was not nearly as good as before. It was later we learned about the ownership change.

The food wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't waste a vacation breakfast there. I think Dottie's or Mama's on Washington Square (a short taxi ride) would be a better choice.

dmlove - OP didn't say that they only wanted recommendations within walking distance. Since they said they wouldn't have a car "most" of the time - I threw my suggestion in there. We didn't drive the whole time we were there either. But when we did, we added Home Plate to the day's plans. If that's all the OP wanted, then maybe re-wording it in the first post would help.

Max's on Geary is another good choice for breakfast. Large portions so order accordingly http://www.maxsworld.com/maxs/locations.php?Id=16

The restaurant located at the Hotel Monaco is the Grand Cafe.

Thanks curiusgeo..I thought someone in SF had told me that about Sears. And I have heard several times it is not as good since they reopened under new management but I can't say personally.

I had breakfast at Sears in January and again in May of this year--had the Swedish pancakes they are known for both times and really enjoyed them.