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3324 Steiner San Francisco CA 94123

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  • French, Small Plates, Tapas
    Sun-Thu 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm
    $$$$ $$$, $$$$
  • MasterCard, Visa
    Family Style, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party
    Dinner
  • Beer/Wine
    Accepted, Online Reservations Available
    Street
Description

Tiny, chic Marina District bistro provides seasonal, often flawless French tapas. Impeccable potato-leek soup with truffle oil; baked goat cheese with tomato, pine nuts, and basil; and stunning seafood dishes might be a few of the mostly excellent selections. Small, affordable wine list; desserts that range from good to breathtaking. Limited reservations; walk-ins encouraged.








  • 2006 | Best Small Plates

    The ongoing tapas-mezes-zakuski-antojitos craze achieves its highest pinnacle at Isa, where star chef Luke Sung serves intricately designed, gustatorially satisfying small plates out of the French tradition. The menu varies with the season, but among the seafood specialties you might find potato-draped sea bass drizzled with brown butter; Dungeness crab salad with mango, celery, and Fuji apple; or a peppery tuna tartare cushioned with pear, pine nuts, and crushed avocado. Meatier dishes... More »

  • 2002 | Best Small Plates

    This award would have been a tie, except for one factor: Chez Nous (Mediterranean small plates on Fillmore) is hella freaking loud. Thus, let's travel to the Marina District's Isa, a narrow slip of a restaurant that opens onto a quiet, spacious, heated outdoor patio. Having made his bones at some of the city's top restaurants, chef/owner Luke Sung puts a refined, California/classic French spin on the trendy small plate: goat cheese with pine nuts, tomato, and basil; potato-leek soup with... More »

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  • French Fly

    French Fly

    A few months back, while perusing Jeffrey Steingarten's incomparable The Man Who Ate Everything, I had a personal revelation as I read an essay that mentioned the difference between hunger and appetite. Though the dichotomy is nothing new... More »

Main Menu
Main
$12.00
Tomales Bay Pt Reyes Oysters (6)
on the half shell with spicy orange mignonette
$13.00
Organic Loch Duart Calmon Carpaccio
with lemon, crème fraiche, cucumber, egg, capers & crostini
$14.00
Dungeness Crab Salad
with avocado, apple, grapefruit & tarragon
$14.00
Yellowfin Tuna
with spicy sriracha, toasted sesame, seaweed, avocado, nori & low sodium soy
$9.00
Butter Lettuce Salad
with bartlett pears, candied walnuts, watercress & point reyes blue cheese
$11.00
Arugula Salad
with fuji apples, mandarin oranges, fennel, lemon vinaigrette and reggiano
$9.00
For 2 $14.00
Maine Lobster Broth
with tiger prawns, tomato, celery & tarragon
$7.50
For 2 $10.00
Smooth Asparagus Soup
with parsley, chives & cream
$12.00
Baked Laura Chenel Goat Cheese
with basil pesto, tomato concassée & pinenuts
$12.00
Grilled Local Calamari
with honey spice, flageolet beans, lemon zest & arugula
$14.00
Simply Sauteed Sea Of Cortez Wild Prawns
with parsley, garlic & lemon
$13.00
Steamed Prince Edward Island Mussels
with garlic, white wine, parsley & grilled bread
$22.00
Hudson Valley Grade A Foie Gras
with with poached pears, huckleberrys & custard brioche
$21.00
Seared Scallops
with sautéed asparagus, garlic & truffle sauce
$21.00
Seasonal Fish
with artichokes, tomato confit, olives, basil & zucchini
$22.00
Potato Wrapped Seabass
with capers, fresno pprs, parsley, tomato confit, brown butter & lemon juice
$18.00
Spaghetti
with himalayan truffles, tomatoes, basil & parmesan cheese
$19.00
Truffle Risotto
with baby shiitake, hon shimiji mushroom & reggiano
$20.00
Pan Roasted Rocky Jr. Range Chicken
with fresh herbs, creamy mashed potatoes & jus de poulet
$24.00
Roasted Rack Of Lamb
with sautèed eggplant, zucchini, red peppers, nicoise olives & lamb jus
$22.00
Dutch Valley Veal Sweetbreads & Mushroom Fricassee
with mirepoix, white wine, mash potato & potato rosti
$22.00
Maple Leaf Farm Duck Breast
with red beet, arugula, goat cheese, & huckleberry sauce
$21.00
Grilled Golden Gate Natural Angus Flat Iron Steak
with haricot verts, fingerling potatoes, moutarde verte & bordelaise sauce
$5.00
Hericots Verts
with garlic, lemon juice & extra virgin olive oil
$8.00
Grilled Asparagus
lemon oil, tapenade & reggiano
$8.00
Local Mushrooms
with garlic, jus de veau & parsley
$5.00
Zucchini
with basil, extra virgin olive oil & garlic
$4.00
Potato Puree
Cheese
$6.50
Buche Au Luit De Chevre- Aged Goat / France
with star-anise honey & walnuts
$6.50
Point Reyes
with fruits & currants
Desserts
$6.00
Grapefruit Granite
$5.00
Farmer’s Market Fruit
$6.00
Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
$7.00
Flourless Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Bean Gelato
$6.00
Semifreddo All’ Amaretto
$5.00
With Espresso $6.00
Vanilla Bean Gelato
with biscotti
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