Monsieur Benjamin
About
- 4.3 ( 31 reviews)
Monsieur Benjamin is a modern restaurant and bar in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley that is inspired by the great Parisian bistro culture and traditions of French cooking.
Day of the Week | Opening Hours |
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Monday | 17:00 - 22:30 |
Tuesday | 17:00 - 22:30 |
Wednesday | 17:00 - 22:30 |
Thursday | 17:00 - 22:30 |
Friday | 17:00 - 0:00 |
Saturday | 11:00 - 14:30 |
Sunday | 11:00 - 14:30 |
Cuisines
- 🥖 European
- 🥐 French
Dining Options
- 💺 Seating
- ♿ Wheelchair Accessible
- 🍽️ Table service
- 📅 Reservations
- 🍷 Serves Alcohol
- 🍸 Full Bar
- 🍱 Lunch
- 🍽️ Dinner
Recommended Reviews
4.3
Sayantan Mukhopadhyay
This is our favorite french place in city. The food, wine and staff are amazing. The food is fresh, simple yet very appealing. Thank you for everything you do for us everyday.
William Gassett
This spot constantly delivers. They have awesome food for fair prices, there are no long waits even when the place is full.
Paul Govaerts
Food was great. Try the frog legs, the escargots and steak frites. Nice atmosphere.
Collin Dong
5 stars except the lobster bisque was more of a shot size vs a cup of soup.
Doris Hui
Ran into this place because Rich XXX was full - very impressed with the food and service. We ordered a salad to share as a starter and the chicken and quail. Everything was perfect. The Asian (Chinese) lady who served us was excellent - very helpful, hard working, attentive and smart (one of the younger boys in the white lab coat didn’t understand when I asked for bread, pity the 20% gratuity included needs to be shared amongst other staff). Great time here. Cocktails are also great. For the price, service and quality of food - simplify top notch. It’s a bit dark in the restaurant so the pix don’t do the food any justice.
John Costello
What a great find. Went with a group and had a wonderful night with excellent service and stellar food. It's a huge restaurant over two floors and a strong wine list. The food is artfully presented but not too posh. The portion size is very reasonable and works well for sharing. It's a bit loud and a bit dark.
Alexandra Fedorova
Based on quality of service, ambiance, quality of food and overall impression this place is more of a casual occasion restaurant. However the prices are high. I don’t think the value is there. Seems more of a tourist place / business dinner spot
Dustin Toshiyuki
The food, service, wine, atmosphere, were all perfect. This meal was a real game changer for me. Seriously. I can’t think of higher praise.
Ken Chew
Great service and excellent food, although it was pretty pricey.Every dish was at least very good, but the gulf flounder gratinee was absolutely great. Super tender, fleshy fillet wrapping well-seasoned, lightly lemon zested spinach. And the shrimp cream it sits on was light and yet super flavorful, like lobster bisque foam. Delicious.The banana rum and raisin crepe was also super delightful. Good texture from crumble, well balanced flavors with the rum cutting through, good hot crepe paired with nice cold ice cream.Would recommend this place for a special occasion for sure.
Anastasia Blashkova
European style cuisine. Serve so beautiful and taste is great!
Simone Luciani
Onion soup amazing. Hamburger a bit less, especially for the price. The meat was excellent quality, but the onions were overwhelming and making the bun too wet. French fries were good. To be honest, for the price I would have expect a bit more.
Yevgen Sysoyev
The restaurant is Michelin guide 2019, hence expected a bit more. Rib eye steak was good, but limited options for green / veggies and wine by glass (hence 4* and not 5*). Overall recommend check out this place. A bit pricey
Michelle Behr
Had lunch on a rainy day, really great bistro atmosphere and people watching as the dining room is surrounded by windows. Delicious butter lettuce salad and beautiful french onion soup. Service on point, menu a little pricey but expected for the neighborhood.
Braden B
Was a nice restaurant... The chicken liver was delicious but the hamburger was rather plain
Monika Gurcinaite
We had Amazing dinner. Staff is accommodating. I love my caviar and caviar was amazing, champagne, cocktails, wine was really good. Frog legs, salmon and rabbit leg! It’s worth a try, the place itself looks and feels very much New York. Great time:)
Scott E
Monsieur Benjamin is my husband's favorite restaurant, and we had our wedding rehearsal dinner here last year, so there was no doubt I would choose to return for his surprise birthday party. I had no problems making the reservation, but a few days afterwards, two of our invitees that had declined were suddenly able to join us. Although I wasn't able to change the reservation here on OpenTable, I contacted the restaurant directly and they were terrific, accommodating the late change without any issues.The food was delicious, and the service absolutely top notch. Yes, it is expensive; however, this is one of those "you-get-what-you-pay-for" establishments, and it is definitely worth the price. One thing I would like to see is a second vegetarian option, but since the one I had was so delicious, I'm not really complaining. Highly recommended!
Matthew Lamoureux
Tried this place in the past with my friend and I am addicted ever since. I liked the fantastic vibes and delicious food and drinks. 5 stars.
Bay Walker
Excellent food for 4 of us ~ $83 pp. This is more of a dining experience (small expensive and tasty dishes with great service) rather than a bite before a show so recommend going 2.5 hours before curtain.
Muchen Wu
Impressive decorations. Food is alright, the chicken liver is great, but the rest was just okay. Price is moderate for French cuisine and expensive among all cuisines (80 per person for my table of three). Will not necessarily want to come back.
Nate s
The food was really tasty and the service was good - however I thought the portion size was really terrible for the price. The 38 dollar fish was maybe only 5 bites. For a similar price I could go to another Michellin star restaurant and leave full instead of hungry. I was also not a fan of the mandatory service charge.
Agnes Chan
Good food, but my husband and I were not blown away for how much it costed.
Shirley Lau
Well lit restaurant with amazing brunch food. Our favorites are the duck confit and the French toast. Menu changes occasionally.
Richard Cantzler
We shared the onion soup (incredibly amazing and delicious) and the andive salad to start. The salad was generous with the blue cheese and walnuts, but comically skimpy on the green apple. The green apple really ties the salad together so we asked for more and they gave us a little bit more (but honestly not enough). We shared the flounder which was perfectly cooked and the cream sauce was absolutely delicious. I would give 5 stars but something about the salad and entree ultimately didn't deliver the omg-i-didnt-know-tastes-like-this-existed for the $$$$
Evan W. Xu
Back to this place many times. (For their seafood) Never disappointing. The food is rich and it’s worth the price. On a less busy late weekend afternoon, you may just walk in and get a table. Good wine selection.
Patrick Au-Yeung
Amazing food. Very high quality French fusion style cuisine. Love the atmosphere here. It's casual but very smart. Great place for a date night. Cocktails are fantastic.
d d
This place was really good, I withhold the 5 star because I did not enjoy some of the flavors with the abalone and razor clams. the crab paste and crackers were so good though. and the oysters were very clean and shocked well. The fresh horseradish was an amazing touch as well. The other dishes we got were the cheeseburger and the chicken liver paté. The burger was cooked perfectly and was very well balanced. Very simple and easy to eat unlike some places that overdo a burger to be "fancy" The chicken liver paté was nice with the bread and jam that they served but I could only eat so much because I don't really enjoy paté. But it was very tasty I ate more than I thought I would. 9 out of 10
Mark McDonald
Food 4.5 Service 3.5 Value 4.0. Highly recommend the terrine and brioche. Mashed potatoes...a little disappointing. More butter butter butter. Having just visited Michelin starred french restaurant in London, this staple was a huge difference. It tasted like the mashed potatoes we make at home, just prettier presentation. We found the service a little slow and felt could have been more attentive. Just our opinion. When the 20% tip is automatically added to the bill, I think they could do better to justify. On saying that we enjoyed the night and would recommend.
Catherine Vasquez
Very nice and trendy restaurant. The food and the service were great. We had a flounder stuffed with shrimp and spinach and some version of a chicken cordon bleu. The chicken liver terrine was incredible too.
Rico Li
tasty and well cooked food, decent presentation, good service and relaxing and welcoming environment
Cassio Lima
I've been to other places from chef Corey Lee and this place is everything that I expected from him. They took very traditional French recipes in this unique way, and it was simply delicious. The wine selection was superb and the service was just outstanding. I'll be back there very soon!! :)
Jenny Xu
Came here with 3 friends as a birthday surprise for one of our friends! Food: We got the Tartare and were quite happy with it! It was uniquely flavored and everyone wanted more since portions were small. I got the flounder and didn’t find it too impressive and it was quite bland. I found the individual founder a bit bland but the shrimp and spinach flavorful. Service: Pretty quick for a fine dining experience, we likely waited 30 minutes in total.Ambiance: This place is more fancy so dress up! It is in the Michelin guide for a reason. Overall, wouldn’t come again since it’d break the bank but the tartare was amazing!