I wanted to knock eating at a Michelin Starred Restaurant off my bucket list. While visiting San Francisco I ate at Gary Danko’s. Customer service amazing, most food delicious but plating meh. I will say the “beef medallions” were just very plain…. I’m not sure what they were missing but I’m a huge steak person and was unimpressed.
The cheeses provided were gross. He didnt tell me anything about them so I just had to figure out which 4 cheeses I wanted based off apperance only.
by miss-knows-nothing
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I’m glad the food was good but they should have put more effort into plating! How much was the meal?
That beef dish looks like it has no soul lol
The fourth and fifth pictures in particular hurt my soul on a very fundamental level. They look like something you’d be served in business class on an international flight.
That’s dog shit. Post this on google and yelp. Nobody should be paying for that
Some of these should not have left the expo station.
The 3td photo looks like a copycat of Oysters and Pearls from the French laundry
That beef dish looks like they’re using frozen broccoli. Really uninspiring.
We went for lunch and had a great time. Loved the location.
I’m just going to toss some broccoli on the plate and let them fall where they may. It’s a statement on the plight of the migrant worker.
I know Gary Danko is old school, and some of it could be chalked up to really poor lighting, but this still looks awful. Especially the beef dish; that is straight up criminal.
Sorry you had this experience.
What the heck happened to this place? It was not like this 20 years ago when I lived there and my gf worked there.
Dated , tired
Old school and looks tired. This is how once-great restaurants sometimes end, not with a bang but with a whimper.
Yikes. That broccoli looks like it was microwaved
Lol poor kid in the back doing all the plating is probably working for free
I live in the bay and was not impressed by gary danko like 10 years ago. Never went back. There’s just too many great options to consider it.
That’s what it looked like 15 years ago lol!
Is that 3rd one an Oysters and Pearls ripoff?
Danko has been off their game for a while now, they just have a very loyal local following with the older rich pac heights crowd that keeps them afloat.
My HelloFresh meal kit broccoli looks happier than that broccoli.
this makes me sad to see. used to be a great place
I got to pic 4 and was like “what in the cafeteria F”, then pic 5…on the upside, next time I have a dinner party and my plating is crap I’ll say “I learned this from Gary Danko…”.
Fourth and fifth look like what you’d get out of a mid management team building cooking class.
That looks quite sad really.
Man, I swear this is the third or fourth time this place has appeared on here with thoroughly underwhelming reviews and consistent themes, food tastes okay, but poor service, plating, and overall experience.
It just looks sloppy (I do fancy some of those cheeses though).
The plating is so meh