Opinions LIMÓN San Francisco

Food is good, but a little overpriced. The restaurant is pretty loud,so you're almost yelling across the table. It's great to have a place to get Peruvian food.

Food is well prepared every time. Service is better than most. I have not had one thing on the menu that I have not thoroughly enjoyed. My favorite is the ceviche and the Lomo saltado and the pork belly ????

Excelente

Service is not good to slow

A cozy setting to enjoy delicious Peruvian food with family and friends.

Always fun and delicious. I love their chicharrones and empanadas, but everything is good there, including the cocktails!

Service is really slow, but maybe it was just the Sunday and maybe understaffed.

Ceviche is incredible!!! So delicious and cocktails are generous.

Amazing

I can't tell you how delighted my family and I are to have found Limón on lively Valencia Street in San Francisco. We were able to get a reservation during Geezer Hour (5-6:00pm) when the upstairs had few people. This is relevant to the sound levels which, by the time we left, found quite loud. The excellent service and inspired dishes compensated for the difficulty we had in speaking over the music and voices of other patrons toward the end of the meal. We look forward to eating at Limón again!
March 2024: Discovered Pisco Sours by the pitcher, tasty cauliflower and other delights.

Ordered the rotisserie and it still had feathers!!!! ????

Food is amazing, price is ok. Good price/quality balance. Worth to visit

I've been a client for years in a row. Starting November 2023 I started noticing a sharp decline in management and also experience.

Every time there was an awesome experience before. Not after a new manager named Ramirez. Extra rude & loud to the employees.

The main issue is that he screams to the top of his lungs when he feels like it.

It wasn't directed to clients, it was though to my best waitress and most helpful worker at this place, Maria de los angeles.

You're a trooper for putting up with that abuse from someone that's breaking every labor law in CA.

I'll notify the Federal Trade Commission and the CA B P Best business practices.

Really bad service. Rude waitress. Brought me food with allergens after I told her I had a severe wheat/gluten allergy. Awful timing bringing dishes out. Very expensive and small portions.

Before I ordered I told our server I was allergic to gluten and she arrogantly told me gluten could not be in a sauce, that 'gluten is a food'. After I politely insisted she check with the chef anyway whether or not the soy sauce was gluten free, she begrudgingly talked to him, only to come back and tell me what I already knew- that gluten can in fact be in sauces and the thing she just told me was gluten free actually did have gluten in it. I could not believe how rude she was about it. Gluten free soy sauce is indeed a thing. And I shouldn't have to beg a server to check on a common allergen like that.

After all of that she let me order a food item that said "crispy" in the description. I'm not sure how it is my fault that "crispy" did not translate to "battered and deep fried". And after having a very uncomfortable back/forth with her about my allergies she let me order it without mentioning it had wheat in it and was deep fried. I've never had a waiter fail to connect the dots and warn me about something with allergens in it after bringing it up.

She acted like it was my fault for ordering it after I specifically told her I was allergic to wheat and gluten and rudely shoved a menu in my face to prove her point. At no point was I rude to her so I have no idea where she got off acting like that.

Service was bad, all of this aside. They brought our appetizers out quickly, then almost immediately brought my partners entree out, which was beef. I ordered ceviche. It was almost comical watching the staff try to cram so many dishes on our small table when we hadn't even finished our salad. They did not give us enough time to make space at the table and it was nearly impossible to eat without bumping something.

My *first* ceviche came out about 15 minutes after my partner's beef entree so my partner sat there letting her food get cold because she didn't want to be rude and eat without me. I've never eaten anywhere that served entrées so far apart. She had time to completely finish hers before mine came out. I insisted she do because I didn't want it to get cold.

After sending the first ceviche back it took another 15-20 minutes to get the next one. So before I had a single bite of my entree, my partner had been done eating for 30~ minutes.

Not to mention our server ignored us the entire night except when my partner had to flag her down as she raced past our table. She came to replace our cocktails once but made very little effort otherwise. She left the empty glasses on our table and a few minutes later a random busboy came and took them.

She didn't even bring us the dessert menu and this was on my partner's birthday. We wanted to get cake but at that point we were both feeling like the server was either being homophobic or just otherwise rude to us so we paid and left.

I only tipped because I didn't want to make a scene but for a $190 dinner they could do a LOT better. I would not go back after this experience. It's a shame because the food tasted good and I love the Walnut Creek location which is a completely different experience.

Mauricio was our server and he was EXTREMELY attentive ! The food was amazing and the service was just as good ! We went to celebrate my brothers birthday and they sang happy birthday to him and made him feel so special ! Will definitely be returning again

Came with a large group from work. Ordered a large assortment of appetizers and entrees. All of them were really good! They came out quickly, had lots of flavour and good portion sizes. Cocktails were stronger than expected but tasted great! Would definitely go back again

Great Peruvian restaurant in the Mission. You can't go wrong with any of the ceviches, and the lomo saltado is delicious. In the cocktail section, I recommend the maracuyá sour!

Muy buenos y serviciales sobre todos Jasmin Todo delicioso

Only had the ceviche but it was excellent. I will say though I disagree with the Economic Recovery Tax that they charge. Seems to be I am a contributer to your economic recovery by dining there. Hope that's enough for your establishment.

They engage in DRIP pricing and add a hidden fee (4% “economic recovery fee”) to their bill. They also start the tip machine at 20% and watch you like a hawk as you enter the amount on the terminal at the table.

Terrible business practices, won’t be back.

I'm not sure why mac & cheese is on the menu, but please don't get that, disgusting , DRY , worst item they could ever put on the menu

Food was pretty good, ambience is really loud - but feeling robbed. They charged a 4% “economic recovery fee” in 2024.. No one else is doing that anymore and 4% is high on top of already quite high prices. I don’t believe sales tax was properly calculated either. Not good business practices… grand total was more than $100 over the subtotal ????????‍♀️

Too loud and everything is fried.

The food was delicious. The "Ceviche Limón" was outstanding.
They went above and beyond supporting customers and creating a positive environment!

This is one of my favorites Peruvian restaurants in SF

Great service, varied Peruvian menu with something for everyone (even if you don’t like cilantro). Especially good seafood dishes. Restaurant is a bit loud but still able to carry on a conversation.

Chouette adresse péruvienne à San Francisco. Leur cuisine m'a particulièrement plu. Super originale.