Le Central

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   Cindy

   VIP

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Best French Onion Soup in the city! Great place to meet up and sit at the bar for oysters and champagne.
   

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   Suzi

   VIP

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Even on a busy Valentine’s Day, we had the best experience for our first visit to Le Central!
   

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   Karen

   VIP

   San Francisco

   98 reviews

   5.0

   98 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Food and service were excellent. A little too much lighting in the dining room though.
   

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   Christine

   San Francisco

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   I would try something different on the menu if I go back. Over all it was good. My only complaint is the tables are too close together on the bar side. Take out a table or two. It would be more enjoyable to be less likely to hear the conversations at the tables on either side.
   

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   Nancy

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We took a friend there for a birthday lunch. The food was great. The service was perfect. We enjoyed it immensely!
   

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   Noele

   VIP

   Hawaii

   26 reviews

   5.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on 7 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Love the atmosphere, service was wonderful, food was delicious, had the cassoulet and bourguignon. Unfortunately the dinner ended sadly with the desserts. Got the apple and lemon tartes. I’m gonna say it wasn’t fresh. While the lemon flavor was nice and tart, the apples were all cinnamon, and the crusts on both were soggy and mushy.
   

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   Matt

   San Francisco

   16 reviews

   5.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on 6 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Always a solid choice for dining, business or pleasure
   

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   ethan

   VIP

   London

   73 reviews

   5.0

   73 reviews

   Dined on 4 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was delicious, especially the cauliflower soup of the day. The servers were attentive yet gave us time to make food decisions and were gracious as we closed out the place without any pressure to leave. Excellent advice on menu choices by several of the staff made for a wonderful evening.
   

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   Judi

   VIP

   San Francisco

   98 reviews

   2.0

   98 reviews

   Dined on 31 January 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   I would think an established French Bistro could conjure up the right pomme frittes to accompany the Mussels. The French fries were limp, cold and rather dreadful to look at let alone consume. It's obvious Le Central's good times have passed by as it used to be a lovely dining experience. And it would be nice for waiter to say "goodbye and thank you" instead of just staring.
   

   Le CentralResponded on 1 February 2025

   Judi, We are so sorry you had this experience, I wish you let the server know you were not happy we could have easily remade the fries which are usually very good. Regardless, thank you for letting us know so we can relay this message to the chef so this doesn't happen to someone else. Usually our staff is very good at greeting and thanking customers when they leave. we will look into who the server was and let them know this upset you. It goes without saying that guests should be acknowledged both when arriving and leaving.
   

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    Sandy

    VIP

    San Francisco

    68 reviews

    5.0

    68 reviews

    Dined on 27 January 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    As always I say- a sure bet you will be pleased. As a Native San Franciscan, many years of eating here.
    

    Le CentralResponded on 1 February 2025

    Sandy, hank you so much for the great review, we are so glad you enjoyed everything. We hope you dine with us again soon.
    

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