Estiatorio Ornos San Francisco

Estiatorio Ornos had an undeniably chic atmosphere. The bright, airy space, high ceilings, white walls with huge wall mirrors and and the velvet cushioned seating felt very modern and inviting.My friends and I went there on a Friday night and the place was quite busy except the bar area. Soon after we got seated, we had a server walk us through their 2 different menus (their regular menu their tasting menu) and a sommelier who was very knowledgeable. We gave the sommelier our wine preference, and based on that, he recommended us a wine that was really good.Note: Their tasting menu is family style, so everyone at the table has to participate. The cost of their tasting menu is $95 pp. I don 't know if I 'd call it family style because for most dishes, they gave us 3 pieces of each item as there were 3 of us (though I 'm not sure if that 's how it comes and we just happen to have the right number of people). Also, on Fridays, you get half off on wine if you buy the bottle (not a glass).My friends and I opted for their tasting menu, and it included the following dishes :First course-1. TRIO OF SPREADS (substitution allowed)tzatzikl, tirokafteri, melitzanosalata, toasted pita2. DUNGENESS CRAB ENDIVEmizithra, 'granch ' dressing3.AHI TUNA CRUDOfalafel crouton, tahina, salata baladiSecond course -1. TRIO MEZZEsalmon croquettes, zucchini fritters, kefalograviera2. GRILLED OCTOPUSsantorini capers, white beans, red onionThird course -1. OAK-GRILLED DAY BOAT CATCHsantorini capers, oregano, lemon2. LAMB CHOPS 'PAIDAKIA 'yemista stuffed squash, roasted peppers3. CHARRED BROCCOLINItoasted garlic, preserved lemon, chili flakeFourth course -1. THE LEMONcandied citrus peel, vanilla bean crumble2. YIA YIA 'S RICE PUDDINGcalrose rice, cinnamon crispThe trio of spreads (hummus, tirokafteri, melitzanosalata) with toasted pita was decent. The hummus was underwhelming, and it had no flavor at all, but the other two spreads were good. Overall, the spreads were fresh.The Dungeness Crab Endive with mizithra cheese was a bit of a letdown. The capers were a nice touch, but the endive was overpowering, so the crab flavor didn 't stand out as much as we expected.The Ahi Tuna Crudo was the star of the first course. The falafel crouton added a nice textural contrast, and the tahina and salata baladi dressing brought a cool, refreshing flavor.The trio mezze was a mixed bag. Their menu mentioned salmon croquettes as one of the items in the trio mezze, but when our order came out, it was replaced with beef croquettes. They didn 't bother to clarify that, so we had to explicitly ask and confirm. The beef croquettes were a bit dry and hard, but the zucchini fritters were light and crispy. The kefalograviera cheese was a good addition as well.The grilled octopus was cooked well, but it felt like an afterthought because the white beans and red onions were in abundance compared to the octopus.The oak-grilled day boat catch was by far the worst dish of the night. Our server had mentioned that the fish is served boneless, but we kept finding bones in our fish. When we informed the staff about it, they told us that they 'll let the chef know, but they didn 't offer to replace our dish with a new one (in the hindsight, we should have asked for a replacement).The lamb chops paidakia were cooked perfectly. It was very juicy, but the yemista (stuffed squash) was a bit underseasoned. The charred broccolini with toasted garlic was a nice side dish.The lemon dessert was an interesting concept. It was very well presented, but the citrus flavor was a bit too overpowering. It needed something to balance out the sourness.Yia Yia 's rice pudding was comforting and familiar, a nice way to end the meal.After we were done eating, we asked our server to pack the rest of the fish for us to take home, but they somehow threw it away. The chef was willing to prepare another one for us, but we asked them to take it off our bill instead, and they were very nice about it.Overall, Estiatorio Ornos had

Very good food and very welcoming place. Not to be missed

I have to say that the hummus is one of the main dishes. There is a dish that offers three different types of hummus in one of them is artichoke, and I have to say is one of the most delicious how much I’ve ever tried in my life.As you would expect this restaurant has great ingredients they are working with one of the finest ingredients in town.You can throw I wasn’t blown away by any dish. I have to say that every dish was spot on.I have highlighted the cooking on the lamb was very good so it shows how this restaurant is not only working with grading gradient, but they also have very experience and talented chefs in the back cooking very delicious dishes.I wish they could go a little bit out of their comfort zone and innovate, a little bit more.take that to the next level in a more, I believe adding their own twist to things would push them from where they are to where I believe they wanna go as a profesional restaurant in this industry.

As new parents w a toddler we often struggle to find nicer places we want to go eat, that can accommodate children. Michael Mina's team was so welcoming, friendly, and accommodating, they even had a high chair and kids menu! Every dish we ordered was delicious. We will be back!

The name is big, but both food and service are suboptimal… $18 zucchini chips were sticky and soggy, $21 yellowtail crudo has 4 slices of tasteless fish; $26 dungeness crab dish was like a dream, the salt crusted sea bream was a saving grace, but there are better and less expensive ones out there… other than our waiter the rest of the staff are not friendly, but our waiter seems new, took over 20 minutes for him to pour the bottle of RM champagne I brought, and also waited for 15 minutes for him to fill my empty glass after I called a bus boy… it is not worth from any stands…