Paul Martin's American Grill

At Paul Martin’s American Grill, our passion is simple: elevating America’s classic cuisine by using only the highest quality, best tasting ingredients. Our mission begins with our sourcing practices, but it hardly ends there...

7 / 10
190
ratings
Address

101 Hillsdale Mall (El Camino Real) San Mateo , CA 94403 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 49


Keywords:

happy hour seafood short ribs cake trendy outdoor seating good for dates steak brick chicken good for groups comfortable TVs salads dark chocolate meats desserts bar brunch food soup homemade food
Kevin Railsback

Great (and strong) cocktails . Perfect place for happy hour on a Friday afternoon. Seafood combo appetizer is huge and a great shareable plate for two.

Mel Mendoza

Their 1st time serving lunch here! Outside seating is awesome! Odd Bread presentation, so far food menu selection is good & pretty tasty! However, ask for dressing on the side & portion's pretty big

Genie Gee

Went on Tuesday night which is fried chicken might. Excellent moist fried chicken . Also tried the salt and pepper shrimp appetizer , very good. Service good but front desk person needs some training

Karina M

Better-than-Most Calamari . Loved the Beet Salad . Fabulous NY Steak . And the Double Dark Chocolate Ganache Cake is incredibly lusciously divinely out of this world.

jensen

Greeeeeeeeeasy food. This is Brussels sprouts and cauliflower . Soaked in oil, both.

Maggie Donoghue

These guys have the perfect setup for crappy, rainy days. Great covered patio with heaters and awesome service. Love it here!!!

Kevin Railsback

Well prepared (and potent) cocktails . Steaks are great, and they have a good happy hour menu .

Jean Roselli

Amazing touch. Happy hour is great. Had a blast with Jiro serving up our cocktails and appetizers .

Ron Levi

Awesome food and great atmosphere. Chef Davis puts out a great spread! The butternut squash soup with sage pesto is killer!

Marc Tapiador

Love their creations. Want to go back and hang in their open air patio area after work one of the days.

Alan Morris

Great food, reasonable prices. Welcome addition to San Mateo. Make reservations . This place is very popular.

George Elefante

Nice atmosphere! Chase, our waiter , did a great job with service and helping get the Stanford-ASU game on the TV at the bar !

Eddy Chen

Still working out some kinks terms of service but the food is spot on. Highly recommend the calamari , short ribs and devil's food cake .

Emily Francona

An excellent place for happy hour near our comfortable airport hotel , Stone Villa Inn , in San Mateo.

Liz Hall

Wine and Dine on Monday Night. Get the skirt steak !

Marlon E

Thumbs up for their salt and pepper prawns with pesto aioli and the blackened ribeye .

Areej Ashour

This place is super awesome.. the Service is amazing and the food is great .

Karin McCullock

The spinach dip is more of a cheese dip that happens to have spinach than a spinach dip . Oh and it's extremely liquidy.

Nathalie Huitema

The home made Fries are great. You have to try the dark smoked grill!

Diane Sheardown

Delicious food, terrific ambiance, great service!

Martha M

Drinks. Fresh and seasonal menu . Prixe Fixe meals. Brunch .

Teri Seright

Go on Monday night where you get a free bottle of wine

Vikram

Order the braised short rib and the butter lettuce salad with blue cheese . Heavenly

Fayeza Mullamithawala

Salmon sandwich lunch was delicious!

Mike Nadelman

The tomato soup has a tortilla soup flavor

Carlos B

Great happy hour menu ! Try the slow cooked short ribs .

Diane Sheardown

Try the delicious heart friendly Grilled Prawns Salad .

Sarah Cozza

Best, freshest food around! Drinks are superb....strong!

Bryan

You can't lose with the Short Rib/Mashed Potatoes plate. PHENOMENAL

Matvey Kalachev

If you like American grill... This is amazing

PILAR PRENDES

French dip for lunch !!!

Angel Gutierrez

Came for lunch with high expectations, got disappointed. Tortilla soup (tex-mex flavor, small for the price) and Fish tacos ... Didn't get excited with the dessert menu

Steven Montez

Salmon tacos were damn tasty. Decent sized drinks.

Michael Andersen

Awesome platter

Jon Narong

Cedar plank salmon was impeccable!

Zak Santiago

Best price for quality happy hour .

Matvey Kalachev

Great brick chicken

Marc Tapiador

Always check the daily specials .

Christina Carey

Grilled Salmon fish tacos are amazing!

Dexter Carrington

Lately very disappointing with the quality of the food. The Hanger Steak was full of veins and I was told by the waitstaff this is med. rare. Won't go back

Jenn E

Brunch only on Sunday's!

George Folau

It was pricey ... The taste was good, but the portions were small. I would only recommend going for special occasions .

Idan Benaim

skirt steak is fantastic, small portion though...Short rib is only OK.... Also, slow service, a bit overpriced.

Shannon Z

The food quality was subpar, lacking in decent vegetarian options & overpriced. Hillstone is better!

Mary Gallagher

Fish Taco horrible. Soft taco shell tasted like a mouthful of flour. Yuk

Abood Abussaud

Food was average.. Maybe because it was served to us cold.. Nice atmosphere though

Carlos Manzanas

Evil cake is evil...

Amy Shilts Esensten

Hostess is rude. Food takes 40 minutes to arrive even when not busy. Not worth your time or money.

Jessica Taylor

Overpriced

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