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Saffron 685 685 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 |
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Saffron 685 is a Middle Eastern restaurant in the SOMA/Potrero Area Added on January 29, 2008 and last updated 2 years ago
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Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Price: $ out of $$$$
Payment accepted:    
Hours: 11 am to 9 pm
Phone: (415) 863-2285
Fax: (415) 863-2249
Website: Click here to visit website
Email: No email available
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| | | | The owners of this restaurant are Muslim and have confirmed its halal status.
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 | | Novato, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ It is a winner of SF gate for 2010 best of the bay mediterranean cuisine, i love the grilled Salmon & the almond saffron pudding, it is no milk or cream pudding but amazing in addition it is HALAL. thank god. |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ Top notch food, beside the savory dishes, the Konafa , Brazec & the house made pistachio or walnut baklave are just divine. So I advise you to order some and you will be glad that you did. |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ Great food and very cool ambiance, you can go wrong with anything as the husband said as i found out being here once or twice a month for the last 3 years, all the prosper inshallah. |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ Absolutely delicious food, I had a chance to talk to the owners who were there at dinner time, great place for parties, I hope they add Mansuf to the menu, as we were talking about (cooked yogurt w/lamb over rice or bulgar), we will be frequent more often & for sure. God bless. |
| | | Alameda, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ Great place on all fronts, we are lucky in to have such place serving A VERY TASTY Halal food in San Francisco, all the best brothers, I usually come all the way from the Marina just to enjoy the dinner here with a bunch of friends. |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ We were invited to this place last week for an engagement dinner party, all I could say that it was great food and the staff was very accommodating.
Thanks especially to Yulia & Mohamad for doing everything to make the party wonderful |
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| | ★★★★★ We invited a friends from the mideast to this place as we live a few blocks from it and we come here regularly.
I'd like to give my compliment to the chef, hands down, and thanks for the server who made the event a delightful experience.
Otherwise, it was pretty favorable food, amazing kebab and if you want a fresh homemade baklava this is the place, they have pistachio or walnut beside the fresh mozzarella w/ricotta Konafa. |
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| | ★ I thought I would get some takeout food from here this evening and walked into the place at 8.45pm. (It closes at 9.00pm). There were a couple of customers eating at one of the tables but no one at the counter serving. After standing there for approx 4 minutes, I heard noises from the kitchen area and called out with no response. I then literally popped my head around to the kitchen area to ask if I could order some food. I assume it was the owner who then rudely snapped back that that the place was closed and that I shouldn't be back there. Complete lack of class and won't be going back! |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ I had a friends coming from next door state Colorado, my wife and I took them around Ashoora, I'd like to say thank you, thanks a bunch to Sami for all the efforts he and the staff they did for making us feel like being back home. I highly recommend the place for 1- the quality and 2- the use of Halal meat (ritually approved by Islamic law). |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ Great food and top it with excellent service, just moved to San Francisco, my husband from Syria he got me hooked on it, it get pretty busy at lunch, no surprise, tasty and fresh, I personally prefer to go at dinner more, personal touch, not crowded and we able to see the owners and talk to. Give it a try and you know what I mean. |
| | | Berkeley, CA |
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| | ★ we got take out from this restaurant couple of times,and tonight after we closed down our shop near by the restaurant we went there to eat dinner, with my husband and my 4 year old.when we got in we said hello to the guy,he didn't even responded.then we sat down at the table, my daughter went to sit on the couch.The guy told my husband that |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | ★★★★★ One of the best Mediterranean in san Francisco, the server was very nice to my husband and I, the lamb we had was amazing, spare space to the konafa, it was out of this world, go check for yourself and you know what I mean. We'll back inshallah, hooked |
| | | San Francisco, CA |
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| | NR In response to the previous review, I'd like to assure you that the meat is Halal not all the staff know where we get the meat, the owner is Muslim and the is Kimberly not Kim as you said, again the staff don't know everything, if you google the place you'll find that the name of the owner is Muslim and his nationality is Syrian, everything on line in this day and age, I hope that answer your questions |
| | | Mill Valley, CA |
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| | ★ I ate at this place last week, and in retrospect, I wish I had not. The food was absolutely delicious, but after speaking with the manager, I have some serious doubts about the authencity of the halal-ness of this place.
When we walked into the place, there was a sign saying all meat is halal and even the menu went out of its way to say all meat is halal. The manager/cook also looked Middle-Eastern, and although there was alcohol being served, I still did not doubt this place was halal. We ordered, ate, and went to pay at the register. In an attempt to avoid awkwardness, me and my friend started to make conversation with the manager. We asked him where he got his meat from and after stumbling for a few seconds he said "we have our own distributor"...as if getting meat was a big secret or something. We asked him who the owners were and again he seemed reluctant to answer. Finally, he responded and said the owner was a white lady named Kim. At this point me and my friend started to get suspicious. So we asked if the owner was Muslim and he responded "I didn't ask".
After considering all the facts, one would have to be skeptical to whether or not Saffron is legitimatlly halal or not. They serve alcohol, the owner is a white lady named Kim, and the manager does not care to discuss where he gets his "halal" meat from. Now, I'm not saying this place is not halal for sure, but I'm saying personally, I have some serious doubts. Unless someone I trust can validate that this place is halal for sure, I will not eat there again and I would not recommend anyone that eats halal only to eat their either. |
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