La Société Bar & Café - San Francisco, California

Annie Lebeau

De bons plats, un beau restaurant, une ambiance agréable. Un peu cher mais ça valait le coup!

May Bresler Herzog

I can only speak of the dinner here, as I haven't tried the breakfast. The food I tried was all pretty mediocre, at best. The cod was incredibly fishy, and the flavor took over the entire dish (the beans were ok, could not really taste any tomato which is a shame since they're in season). I requested a medium rare steak, and got a medium with incredibly dry (even burnt) edges. The frites were good, as were the deviled ouefs (we tried one with caviar and one without). We also tried their zero proof cocktails and found them underwhelming as well. Can't say this place is worth the price for me.

Ray and Limai

We had some fantastic service from the host and the waiters. We are extremely huge fans of French bistro restaurants, and try to eat French every chance we get when we travel. We had an excellent steak tartare with baguette, and a rich French onion soup (just slightly on the salty side), two kinds of fries, which are amazing, especially the ones cooked in duck fat. Main courses were the roast chicken, which was perfectly cooked and even the white meat was super juicy, the duck was perfect and the lamb was great as well. The steak was just a bit mediocre. A whiskey cocktail was good and my local beer was excellent as well. For dessert we had the peach Melba and cheesecake and both were delicious. Overall, a very enjoyable meal.

Charles K

We came in at exactly 5PM when the restaurant opened. Our sever Roger gave us a very detailed description of the menu. We decided to order the the salad, steak with fries and dessert from the pre fixed menu. Additionally, we also ordered the Berkshire pork chop. Desserts came after the entree. The food was amazingly delicious and beautifully presented.

Guillaume Remy

I'm French, and I'm always looking for new French or French-adjacent restaurants... This is a good one!

Solid experience, great food, unpretentious wait staff. We ordered some classics to baseline the place: oysters were fresh and well shucked, tartare was just right, steak perfectly cooked with really spot-on pepper sauce. Duck fat fries to die for. Cod was amazingly tender. Cocktails, desserts all excellent.
House salad, however was a little basic and disappointing, and could really use some work on the dressing, and lose that weird dry ricotta on top. But it's just the side salad, so you can just ignore it as the rest of the meal was fantastic.

The only real caveat to this place is that it's inside the Hyatt Regency Downtown so if you don't know it's there, you won't really stumble upon it.

Finally, no junk fees or mandates of any kind, which is rare enough to be noted and appreciated.

Judy Huang

Food and service were incredible! I have tried almost every French bistro in SF as it is my favorite cuisine and almost everywhere has disappointed compared to French bistros I've tried elsewhere. I can barely get a decent cup of French Onion Soup in the city.

When La Societe opened I had to try it and I was not disappointed. Everything was flavorful and cooked to perfection. The French onion soup came with a bone marrow which was so unique (I love bone marrow!) And the meats were cooked to a juicy tender temperature.

The service was impeccable. Plates were taken away when empty. Water cups were filled when empty. But it never felt like they were hovering. Just very attentive.

Dalida Zoghaib

Went to breakfast this past week. A lovely buffet with lots of options and assortment. They were also kind enough to make fresh liège waffles without the strawberry coulis given that my colleague has an allergy. The inside staff (waiters and bus boys) were super kind and attentive .
Price is actually good for what is offered and the location.
The reason I am giving it 3 stars is because of the check in experience. We had made a reservation via Google which used the open table link. Received confirmation and had screen shot and received a reminder too. Upon check in the "maitre d" advised he couldn't find the reservation and even if we showed him said he couldn't find it. He then.very coldly said that he will try to accommodate us. It was 7h15 am! Restaurant was EMPTY and even upon leaving at 8h45 the restaurant was hardly full. His tone was simply unpleasant and left a sour note to the entire experience.

Trae Sebastian

Our experience was simply magnificent. The food was delicious and the service was on point. We got dinner (which was incredible), but the vibe inside with a piano, nice furniture, and cool art makes me want to come for drinks and baguette service as well. Thrilled this spot opened up so close to my office, and hoping to become a regular soon!