1601 Bar & Kitchen

1601 Bar & Kitchen is a restaurant and lounge highlighting seasonally driven modern French cuisine with subtle Sri Lankan Influences.

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103
ratings
  • Phone

    (415) 552-1601

  • Website

    1601sf.com

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  • Type

    Tapas Restaurant

Address

1601 Howard St (12th St) San Francisco , CA 94103 United States

Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Dinner
Drinks Wine, Cocktails

Comments / 34


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tablehopper

Steak lovers, opt for the bavette ($21), with a demi-glace made from the seeni (onion ) sambol, and pork belly fans, there’s a really tender-yet-crisp version ($15) here with chicharrones , bonus. Read more

JK

Try Egg hopper , coconut flour crepe , Jidori egg , sambals , and achaar, Ground lamb curry with chickpeas , cumin yogurt , and green strawberries & Banana Jaggery Cake

SFGate

Chef-owner Brian Fernando uses the flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine, which he grew up eating, alongside French and Spanish influences to create a successful menu that is both refined and rustic . Read more

Chefs Feed

"This is a tender poached octopus salad with spice heaven—you have got to try this dish. It also comes with a smoked lime gelée, iced heirloom tomato chutney , and amaranth." Chef Hiro Sone Read more

Renato Valdes Olmos

The egg hopper is ridiculously good, but so is everything else. Staff is wonderful. Decor could be better—to match the quality of the food.

Vinny Abeygunawardena

Friendly service staff . Great selection of beer/wine. The tapas style food is good, its a bit on the expensive side for the size of the portions. It's more asian fusion than authentic Sri Lankan food.

Ivan Resnikoff

Food and service are outstanding. Sri-lanka meets Spain and France.... Super tasty! Egg hopper is divine.

Jugoslav Petkovic

Great place to go with friends and share plates. It's tapas-style - a variety of small plates . The cuisine is Srilankan inspired, upgraded with French techniques. Nice fusion!

tablehopper

The egg hopper is totally unique, no one else makes it in the city . A must for egg lovers. And pro tip: you can eat it with your hands. Yay! Read more

Lily Wolfrum

The potatoes , the meatballs , the salmon ! All fantastic! Felt price was very reasonable for the high quality of the food. Great wine suggestions by our waitress .

Brendan Curran

Menu features lots of coconut , an extensive wine list , and inventive small plates . Also generally easy to get seated without a reservation .

tablehopper

When you want to enjoy a meal and sink into some unique dishes and flavors, here’s your spot. It's like knowing a juicy secret, but really, you should share this one. Read more

Vi Tran

This place is super delicious, portions are super small though. It's a fancyish place. I'm a big fan of the scallops , octopus is good too.

Peter Nachbaur

The tasting menu is really really fun and delicious!

ISC Chicago

Small but creative menu; come hungry for the tasting menu

San Francisco Magazine

Order chef Brian Fernando’s mulligatawny soup , rich with coconut milk , curry , a kick of heat, and a juicy roulade of chicken confit . Read more

Nitya Chandra

Love love love!!! Chef came out to say hello, so sweet. Make sure to try the hoppers

David Howland

Tried one of everything and it was all delicious. Okra and octopus in particular stood out.

ISC Chicago

Chilled Dungeness crab , spicy vinaigrette , tomato chutney ice

tablehopper

Don't pass on the mulligatawny soup . (How many of us first learned about that soup because of Seinfeld? [Raises hand.]) Damn tasty. Read more

ISC Chicago

Chicken curry , fresh English peas , Basmati rice

Anton Shuster

Try the kottu roti made, the black curry crusted bavette state , or the lobster fricasseel.

Katie Mui

The egg hopper is a must-have, but skip the wine pairings if you're doing the tasting menu . Lots of whites that didn't compliment the food at all.

Dick Hardt

Having a lovely Sosh tasting menu with Riesling pairings.

Jason Luk

I ordered just about the whole menu and loved: octopus , egg and the steak .

Vi Tran

The food is crazy good here, fancy small portions of course. Get the scallops .

Hanh Le

The egg hopper , lamb/beef meatballs , and desserts were amazing!!!!!!!!!

Daniel

Some of the dishes were quite flavorful and delicious. However, the wine list needs to be improved

Simon Tan

Salmon was melt-in-your mouth

diana chow

The egg hopper . You gotta

Nikhil Varty

Octopus ... Wow

Robert Pollak

Definitely try the Egg Hopper

C V

Mulligatawny soup — amazing.

Natasha W

Smallest plates, ever.

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