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'All I Knead' is a helpful waitress.
4 stars for the yum yum breakfast food- minus 1 for the Vegan hipster waitress who when asked what she'd recommend off the menu responded, "Umm- ha- you're asking the wrong girl. I'm Vegan."
Umm... herro? If you work at a restaurant- I don't care whether or not you're vegan and have tasted each dish. Which dishes leave your customers happy? Which dishes leave people asking for more? Which dishes line your hipster secondhand looking- but actually not pants with the hard cash tips?
Pfff.. I'm vegan. P-lease. You're gonna be an unemployed vegan right quick if you don't change that attitude.
Other than that- everything was great. My shot in the dark order of Eggs Blackstone was quite tasty (eggs poached just right with hollandaise over thick bacon and fresh flavorful tomato atop an English muffin). The taters were great too... probably the best I've had in SF. I think next time I'll try the eggs dutch.
'All I Knead' now is a waitress who's passionate about the food she's serving.. or can at least point a first timer in the right direction.
Ok. Yelp, you just went off the deep end. I know you were at a loss for clever pun named restaurants to put in your weekly emails, however you should never under any circumstances recommend this place to anyone. It is flat out awful. It has really taken a nose dive into total crap of late. However it was never more than mediocre to begin with.
Far superior breakfast options across the street (pork store), down the street (squat and gobble), down the street and around the corner (reverie, zazie). The only other thing that you might go there for, ie. a burger, is again blown out of the water by nearby Magnolia or Burger Meister a few blocks away.
I am shocked this place is still in business to be honest. Just don't pay money for this poor level of food. You could pick food out of the trash that is fresher and more nicely presented. Seriously. I would give it 0 stars if I could.
And in response to Adam X and Morgan M who think their french onion soup is good: processed american cheese has no business anywhere in the vicinity of french onion soup. Bleah!
The service was friendly and helpful, and I enjoyed my meal.
I love BLT sandwiches, and every time I eat in a diner I have to fight off the urge to order one. As a result I've eaten a lot of BLTs in my time. Well, I succumbed at All You Knead, and the sandwich was great, probably the second-best I've ever had in a restaurant. The bacon was high-quality and cooked to perfection. I also had a bowl of the French onion soup, which was very satisfying.
Great classic diner food!
Yelp is a great resource for individuals looking to know and experience their community better. I have been grateful for it in the past, but I never felt the need to write a review.
I have been to All You Knead several times, and everything that I have experienced was underwhelming. Generally that just means "time to move on" and find a place I like better. People have different tastes, so there are definitely people in San Francisco looking for what this establishment has to offer.
I finally decided to write something when I saw All You Knead in flavorpill's weekly email. I think it does the area a disservice to promote All You Knead, when there are far superior restaurants in the area serving better food, and not receiving coverage.
From its flesh colored walls, old furniture, and dinning area that seems to enhance the sounds from other tables, this establishment is in desperate knead of a make over. The area reminded me of an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, and if there isn't already someone on staff petitioning for Gordon Ramsey to come in and beat some life into the place, I would highly recommend it.
When eating, the first indication of a something gone wrong is the overly large menu. For a restaurant of that size to be offering so many different selections, they are either hemorrhaging money to maintain fresh, clean products, or there is a lot of preserved food action going on in the kitchen.
My desire for the reader would be to exclude any review that has "hangover", "drunk", or "high" from making a decision to go to this establishment.
Service was slow and the waitstaff generally appears to be apathetic. The first time I went, there seemed to be one waiter and one cook, both of which were conspiring to make me spend an entire night inside the restaurant for two poached eggs and toast. When I received the order, the poached eggs were fine, and the toast was cold. My next trips garnered me a forgettable grilled cheese sandwich and a slightly-worse-than-frozen-premade pizza.
I am a firm believer that no one wants to own or work in a bad eatery. I can't imagine there is a proprietor whose desire is to own one of the poorest performing restaurants in the neighborhood.
If people are critiquing your establishment, don't try to be cute about it by making light of the fact that people think your place could be a lot better. We all live in this community together, and I don't see why all the eateries can't have good quality food, prompt waitstaff, and at least a neutral ambiance.
It isn't like there's a legion of "foodies" running around trying to destroy the restaurants of the Haight, you can simply look at the reviews of your competition to see that. And don't think that the population is suddenly going to change and realize that poor quality is acceptable. You have a good location, and, if yelp is any indication, a substantial quantity of die-hard fans that will eat anything pushed out of the kitchen.
Also, it would be nice if the menu mentioned if you do or do not follow vegetarian cooking practices. I would feel bad if all those enjoying the tofu scramble were also getting a taste of mammal in their food pyramid.
Basic diner style food with basic taste and basic service at not so basic prices. Not cheap, not very tasty.
The service by both waitresses was friendly and professional, but the food left a bit to be desired. The larger chunks of fried potatoes were raw, and the cafe's health-department rating is only 82, due to problems with cleanliness. Their cheese blintzes were nice, but they would have been better without the fried potatoes. My companions enjoyed their Eggs Benedict and marveled at how the egg whites were fully cooked while the yolks were still runny.
Whenever I can make it up to the city, I stop here for at least one meal. I've had breakfast, lunch and dinner at All You Knead, and not once have I ever been disappointed! Their menu is eclectic and fresh. I like to get the Plain Quesadilla or the Baked Veggie sandwich.
Even though the two waitresses that were working were definitely hustling, service seemed to be a bit slow on my most recent visit. Still, I'll keep making this one of my regular stops in San Francisco.
I love that SFers are total food snobs and are giving this place bad reviews without merit. It'll free up a spot for me when I come back into town!
Our waiter may have been "hipster", but he was also really chill. nice nice
I had the banana cinnamon walnut crepe. It was all very good, minus being doused in way too much cinnamon-sugar sauce. a bit overwhelming
My brother had the pancakes with bananas, blueberries, and chocolate chips. He asked to have all three baked in the pancakes, but they weren't. Oh well.
Hmm.. not a fan.
- Dirty, flies everywhere
- Equal - to -Denny's subpar food. My ravioli was average, nothing special
- Weird policies - no Split Checks, 20% gratuity for parties of 5 or more. WTF?
-Terrible death-metal music.
-My hangover got twice as bad while eating here.
-First and last time I will eat here. Will stick to Squat and Gobble and Pork Store.
Every time I come here, I always get some form of eggs benedict and every time I leave satisfied. Service is...serviceable and I've never had a problem here. Prices are great and food is prompt. The place could use some touch ups and a paint job, but then again, I've eaten in worse-looking places.
I was meeting up with my childhood friend a while back and she suggested All You Knead for great diner/brunch food. It's in the heart of the Haight-Ashbury district and isn't the play on words clever? It wasn't hustling and bustling like any other diner that I've been to but then again, I didn't get there until well past 1pm. The waitress was prompt to greet me and take my order which is always a plus.
I ordered a spinach, mushroom, and cheddar crepe...it came with homefries and a side of fruit too. (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
Let's just say that the crepe was HUGE! It was just hot enough on the inside with loads of filling and I scarfed that thing down. The home fries were also very tasty and well seasoned. Yum! The fruit was perfect for refreshing my palate and providing me with something sweet at the end of the meal. I even had leftovers afterwards!
I also had their version of the mimosa called the Pink Panther...I believe it was made with cranberry juice (or punch?) and lemonade. That was quite thirst-quenching too! Great place to try in this area and I'm curious to try something new on their vast menu next time.
A-OK. After a long night of playing Taboo, drinking wine, and crashing out to the movie "The saddest music in the world", eating nearby was a must.
I ordered the hearty French Toast which came with roasted potatoes, a cup of coffee along a big glass of OJ. It was definitely worth $15 including tip. The portions were ideal for the semi-awake and hungry. Don't expect too much in the Haight b/c people were there for the food, the ambiance was ok, but the feeling seemed cafeteria-like to me, the service was attentive and fast. Great Service!
Will be back after another night of taboo.
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It's something you eat early in the day, not lunch, not dinner but....
Pizza has made a big improvement !
And its one of the few places you can get a decent grill cheese.
Staff has always been very nice. Now that they don't hire drugs addicts anymore.
Good pizza,and cheep too.
My fave is artichokes,black olives & mushrooms.
Not as good as Escape from…
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There is a sign near the bathroom which reads, in part,
"Paying one dollar [the bathroom fee for non-customers] or eating here does not entitle you to write on our walls, shoot up, or take a nap in our bathroom."
Overall, though, I think this place feels more welcoming than that sign might suggest.
One of the waitresses tried to be chatty (/flirty??), but it came off as kind of rude. The exchange:
Her: Want some more coffee, young man? [odd, because she was my age]
Me: No, I'm ok.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Yeah; I'm coffee-d out.
Her: No, I don't mean the coffee. I mean, are you sure you're ok?
Other waitress: She's like this all the time. Just ignore her.
Isn't that a little odd?
The food was fine (I had the vegan tofu scramble). Better than mediocre, but not great. A lot of the melon in my fruit cup was white and rind-y, so I felt a little cheated there. The booths are big, but old. Ours was bleeding foam. The bathroom was ok, but covered with graffiti (hence the sign, I guess).
Meh...
I can cook better food than this on an off day. It doesn't help that the guy has a habit of harassing me about place of employment when I pick up my orders. Why am I responsible for others who don't tip???
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All you knead to do is walk across the street to Pork Store. I didn't mind All You Knead in the past. It's big (not claustrophobic) and there are lots of booths. The food is straightforward. It's good if you are hungover and don't want to wait in line or deal with a scene. But I came here a little while back, and jesus christ, do not order the tuna melt. Maybe it was my fault for ordering a tuna melt in the first place, but this shit was sick.
So if you come back here, stick to the omelets or the veggie sandwich and keep the hell away from the tuna.
Note: Is it me, or does 75% of the clientele seem stoned ? The servers being the stoniest of them all.
Great for breakfast, ambiance, well, ambiance is what it has always been since I first walked in the door in 1979. Food is good and prices are cheap.
I love this place, from the crazy murals all over the walls, to the fishes swimming in their little tank, to the punk rock waitresses who sometimes forget to refill your coffee. It's all good, and it's on Haight street, so close to my house.
Ben and I have been going here semi-regularly and we've enjoyed it everytime. Last weekend we stopped in at 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday and got a booth within minutes. Booths are key here-- as in any diner, the cool kids sit in the booths.
I ordered the tofu scramble and a blueberry-banana pancake to share with B. He got Eggs Benedict (except it was called Eggs Scandinavian because it had lox on it) and bacon. We both got coffee.
Breakfast was sooo good, and I'm glad I tried something different. The last few times we've been here I got my usual tuna salad on rye toast and french fries and was pleased. This time, I wanted to switch it up. Everyone does their tofu scramble differently. The scramble at All You Knead is like a Chinese tofu dish-- chunks of soft tofu stir-fried up in a rich brown soy sauce with mushrooms, peppers, carrots, squash, and other vegetables, served up with toast and fruit. So delicious. I used the toast to soak up the rest of the sauce and cleaned my plate. I rarely do this. Ben liked his eggs, and the pancake was good except I forgot to request for the fruit to be cooked inside the pancake, so instead the pancake came with the blueberries and banana just sitting on top.
You'll probably spot me here next weekend getting my brunch on.
In the brunch hierarchy, Pork Store across the street is, and feels, superior. The ingredients taste fresher and the food is more interesting.
When the line is long, I'm always always tempted to slum it a little bit down at AYK, where the food is OK and it amounts to a decent enough greasy spoon.
And every single time, I find myself surprised that food costs just as much. It's an OK diner with the prices of the better brunch places that give SF it's good name.
Brunch here hit the spot Saturday morning. 3 egg omelet with fresh salsa, avocado, bacon, cheese and home fries seasoned with peppers and spices. We were seated immediately and had breakfast on the table before we could down our first mimosa. Nice alt. to S & G.
GREAT PLACE FOR PIZZA IF YOU HAVE PATIENCE TO WAIT. THEY MAKE IT FRESH!"
Just visiting the SF area and a buddy of mine took us to Haight-Ashbury district to browse the number of independent stores/restaurants in the area. I made a mention that I was in the mood for some pizza and we stumbled across a homemade sign in front of this restaurant saying,
"For the best pizza in town, this place is All You Knead."
The sign gave us a little chuckle but managed to entice us enough to give this place a shot. Love the character of the place. Now we only had the pizza and beer so this review is focused on that.
Now there's no supreme pizza or Hawaiian pizza or anything specialty like that when you view the menu. You basically, pick the size you want and what toppings. And there's lots to choose from. Make it any way you want. We ended up picking 5 items on their largest size which turned out to be plenty.
It does take about 30 min to make but it didn't seem that long while drinking a couple beers with friends. However, there was only 2 other tables full so it really wasn't crowded. I could see this taking much longer with a full house. Our waiter though, was friendly and really good about checking on us to see if we needed anything.
When the pizza came we were surprised at how generous the toppings were and and how fresh it tasted. It really kicked the pants off the Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, or chain stores we've tried. Really good stuff and wasn't all greasy and oily. The food was well worth the wait and a great end to a long weekend vacation in SF. Highly recommend this place if you are in the area and in the mood for some fresh tastin pizza!
This is a must whenever I come to the city. It is perfect for a late brunch on the weekend. There isn't much to the atmosphere except for the fact that it is on Haight, but the breakfasts are so good I keep going back. I have to say they brew a decent cup of coffee and mimosa are a must as well. I have never eaten another meal here but the omelets and tofu scrambles come highly recommended! Don't forget the breakfast potatoes with sour cream!!!!
Does anyone actually eat here if they are not hung over/still drunk?
Being a Saturday this was indeed the case for me. (shocking, I know)
Looking around the diner I noticed many women rocking the bed head and dress from last night which made me feel at home. Unfortunately the food is sub par. The chicken sandwich i ordered was bland and there was SO much bread on the bun that I just removed the top piece completely causing me to get ketchup all over my fingers. Not good.
An extra star because my mimosa had a an acceptable champagne to orange juice ratio, and the service was fast and friendly. But I have decided that even drunk-over this place is not worth my money, and pretty much the only good that comes out of this establishment is giving your crappy leftovers to a street kid who will hopefully feed it to his dog.
Just wait the 20 minutes and eat at Pork Store across the street.
Also, speaking of pork, vote yes on Prop 2! http://www.yesonprop2.com/
Good Food, A nice selection of great American food for reasonable price.
The soup is all ways good.
the service can be better, due the stuff is very nice, it take a long time to get your food.
nice atmosphere.
yum yum. Came here once and on our one and only trip to SF a year and a half ago, and i still dream ot the freakin pumpkin pie i had there. fuck. it was the best pumpkin pie i've ever had, and ever will.
my only only bummer, was that i ordered split pea soup (yum yum yum!) which would've been so fucking out of this world good, especially since it didn't have nasty ham or bacon shit in there, except that, i don't know if it was intentional or accidental- but a bay leaf must've ended up in the blender when pureed. which is soup rule #1 ALWAYS ALWAYS take the bay leaf out! the soup!! unfortunately, it was too strong- rendering it inedible :( and i wasn't able to finish it.
enrique ordered a calzone. which came, and was totally massive. ha ha. he didn't know there was ricotta cheese in it and he wouldn't eat the second half. It ended up going to a homeless man down the street selling incense, who gladly took it.
ps- if anyone has beef with the bathroom fee- they obviously haven't worked in a food service establishment or a retail store that get fucked up by hobos and people who think that because they have fucking kids-they're entitled to use everyone's public restroom.
I work a block away from this place and was on my lunch break and figured hey why not. Ordered a vegetarian hamburger and it wasn't authentically "hamburger" for the lack of a better word. I mean it wasn't much of a hamburger at all, actually. It was huge and oddly shaped so I asked the guy to cut it in half for me so I can pack the rest away, maybe pig out later on my next break and the guy says to me DO I LOOK LIKE YOUR DAD?
so i was like yeah, you do. and incidentally, i had the best sex of my life with my dad. and the guy was like, oh really........
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YAY I LOVE this place! We came here on New Years day after a rude experience at Orphan Andy's.
I lived in the Haight for about a year and a half. I frequently came here on Sunday mornings after a night out of partying with my friends. I can always rely on them to satisfy my morning stomach monster and my bacon cravings. The helpings are quite generous as is the staff.
The waitstaff has always been friendly, accomodating and down to earth.
The place is also quite large so it has the capacity to hold quite a few people. The earlier you get there the better chance of getting seated for breakfast. The place usually starts to get busy around Noon and by 2pm it's packed.
Thanks All You Knead! for being reliable and consistent!
i started thinking about my gems of the city and this one is in my top 5 breakfast spots over an 18 year period. Yes i have been eating here 18 years. I am pretty sure i am the only one on this list, still eating here with this amount of seniority...
So i recommend... if you're in the city, live here or just passing by the haight ashbury... All You Knead. This place reminds me of the Pantry in downtown LA, but the food is not served by x-cons. its served by locals who have been here forever. if you want an exceptional omelet, try the Ortega Chile or Avacado, bacon and cheddar. Wash it off your teeth with the worst / and to some degree best coffee in town (you've been warned). Oh, and don't forget to ask for a side of hollendase to pour over your taters. I rarely order hotcakes, but... the walnut banana stack is one of the richest set of flavors you will ever stick in your morning mouth.
Service is usually: Ultra Fast
BTW: Sandwiches are great for a split, Pizza is hand made (takes 30 minutes), and the french onion soup, also good. prefer my onions browned (which theirs aren't), but basically you can miss here.
They have nicest wait staff! I ordered the eggs benedict and they were perfectly cooked and the sauce was so good that I could of licked my plate clean!! And the bonus was home fries with a dollop of sourcream! Nothing like a low chlosterol diet to start your day!
Sunday hangover food for sure. I pretty much always end up here after a hard night. I love this place my gf always gets the veggie cheese burger, and i usually get a bacon cheeseburger or the chicken sandwhich. The fries are really good, the breakfast food is good, and the french onion soup is also really good. I wouldnt get pizza or pasta there because it doesnt look like a place like that. So yea go there get a burger or some breakfast food you wont be disappointed. Why wait in a long ass line at the Pork Store when right across the street, you have this place which is way better, and there is no line.
I was inspired to write a review for this place because today I saw their specials white board had "Now with 25% more snarky reviews on Yelp!"
When I was a little girl, my mom was a manager for a restaurant. She was divorced, so I spent a lot of time hanging out at her job after school. One day, I noticed one of the servers there was putting a flesh colored band-aid patch over his wrist to cover up a tattoo. I asked my mom why he was doing that, and she explained to me that it was in the restaurant's dress code to cover tattoos. I was like, "Whyyy?" and she said, "Because no matter how nice a tattoo is, when someone sees it on the arm of someone serving food, they get grossed out."
I think this is part of AYK's problem. People see the tat sleeves and they get kinda skeeved. Personally, I don't have a problem with tattoos, I think they're beautiful. It's society's problem, and I think that is why this place has a 3 star average instead of the solid 3 and 1/2 stars they deserve!
Anyways, on to the food. I really like their grilled cheese for when I'm hungry for a snack, but if I'm starving and I want a fattie meal, then I go for their California omelette or their cheeseburger. As another fellow yelper mentioned, they don't fuck around when you ask for avocado.
My roommate really enjoys their pizza, but I'm kinda blah about it. Especially since there are at least 2 other places within 3 blocks of this place that has better pizza.
Also, I like that they charge $1 for a non-customer bathroom visit. It keeps the hobos doing heroin out (which used to be a real problem there). Say what you will about how wrong it is or whatever, but it's better than them just not letting you use it at all, right?
ahhhh.... all you knead... simple good, cheap food. Not really complicated - but always good. Portions are more than reasonable, and always served with humor and attitude (the good kind)
go for breakfast - but don't forget dinner or lunch. I'm a huge fan of the veggie burger (being an omnivorian) and also some earnest homade dishes that taste like they are made with care.
All you knead to do is AVOID. Lets go through the list of suck.
You're a breakfast place and your coffee is weak? Ok -- that's rather disconcerting. Oh, and you're not on top of the refills either? That's another bad sign.
I sure do loves me some sticky table when I'm eating brunch. Sure, they're probably not all sticky, but after seeing the HOBO counting his cans on the table in front of me, I just have to wonder how this particular table got so icky.
You know what's nice? A happy little glass of water. Too bad my water at All You Knead the water tasted as though it were infused with plastic and sulfur.
The sign of a great restaurant is an enormous menu because it means they can do everything... or wait, from my experience, it means they've got a huge selection of food to make like crap.
And BY THE WAY you can't split the check because it's "highly inconvenient." And, that little note in the bottom of the 20 page menu stating as much gives the waitress quite a bit of moral authority over you and your evil check splitting ways. Then again, being a fattie and a hipster gives her quite a bit of moral authority anyway.
Total crap fest.
This place is the bomb-diggity. Not a tourist trap, in fact you get a discount if you work in the area. The deals they have are cheap, but the food is magnificent. Amazing specials daily, and great corn chowder.
If you knead to know more, go there and drop 10 bucks on a delicious meal.
Delicous and hearty food. If you are in the Haight, fill up here. Fresh pizza and generous portions make this place one of my favorite places to eat in the area. Friendly staff and warm atmosphere.
This place is great and has been around forever. It's where you go for breakfast when you have slept passed noon. I have a sour cream addiction and they serve it with there home fries, which is almost worth 5 stars in my book. They have comfy booths and the service is always friendly in a lade back way. The coffee was so good I had to ask the waitress if it was Peet's. Nope it was Montanos Brothers. Highly recommend this place if you are recovering from a late night.
Service was very disappointing when we ate here last sat night verses back in March...
The eggs wanda was delicious, toast could have used some butter though... Others at the table said their food was good as well.
This was the only place in the neighborhood I had yet to try. So today, we gave it a go.
And, I don't think we'll be going back. The servers were very nice and attentive. However, it doesn't matter how nice your service is if the kitchen can't back you up.
They do give you a lot of food, but it arrives looking like a giant trough set for a farm animal. Sloppy and wet looking.
My roommate ordered a fruit bowl, and even that was messy looking. The fruit was piled upon of a bed of lettuce (weird) and barely sprinkled with granola, while yogurt looked like it was barfed on top.
I had a scramble, and the eggs were quite runny, which sat awkwardly next to my dry potato hash.
I also heard the people sitting next to us send back some of their food because it was not cooked.
Understanding that they have been here for several years, they must have at once done something right. But for this consumer, it was a BIG miss.
The boyfriend and I came here for breakfast, and it was really good. They had everything I've ever asked from a breakfast menu (eggs benedict-5 different varieties!) and well as your basics. Our server was very nice, was cracking jokes with us and made sure my coffee mug was full.
The food itself isn't mind-blowing, but it is good, and I would recommend it. Another plus is that they weren't totally packed on a Saturday morning and we were able to seat ourselves immediately.
I will definitely be back.
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