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Burger King
Category: Restaurants Fast Food Fast Food [Edit]
1200 Market St(between Hyde St & Grove St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
Neighborhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
(415) 255-1900
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
Stacy T. said: "I feel like such a fat bastard after eating here, but it was so delicious that I really don't care all together that much. In fact I care so little that I'd be willing to feel that way over and over again if it meant I could shove this…" read more »
26 reviews for Burger King
26 reviews in English
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Review from Chero Q.
San Francisco, CA
1/23/2012 1 Check-in Here
I don't usually eat breakfast, but sometimes I wake up famished and end up at this BK since it's on my way to work. It's always filled with interesting individuals from nearby and usually has a weird stench, if you catch my drift. Not only are the customers interesting, but so are the employees. Sometimes I'm about to be helped and then all of a sudden left alone staring at an empty register.. Huh? Where'd she go? I thought she just asked what I'd like to order...
I love my potatoes piping hot, but my hashbrowns/fries seem to always be lukewarm or cold. That's a no-no!. Their morning coffee is always good though. That's the only thing that keeps me coming back every so often -
Review from Salonje R.
Walnut Creek, CA
5/31/2011 1 Check-in Here
I came here to wait for a friend and did not appreciate the service. The cashier was entertaining some young boys totally unaware that they were playing "ask 100 questions" game with him. I had to wait a while just to ask for water. Strange thing is that the lady handed me a cup that was pre-made. I took my chances and drank from the cup, hopefully I will be ok. :-) jk...I am not that awkward about things like that. I was definitely different.
I sat across from the public library watching the pigeons on the street then I looked down on the floor next to me and saw two pigeons eating food off the ground. They hopped onto the tables and seats and everything. I was king of cute but crazy to think how comfortable these pigeons are just waltzing inside to doors. Hilarious! ;-) -
Review from Tadashi Y.
San Francisco, CA
5/31/2009
Wow this Burger King location is riddled w/ pluses & minuses.
On the minus side, are some of it's clientele (many mentally-addled street folks), a couple of employees who obviously unclear w/ BK's "Having It Your Way" mission statement, most of the time the upstairs is closed off, limiting seating, & a security guard that can be found either eating, socialising w/ his "buddies", or letting them use the restrooms (which are supposed to be for customers only).
For instance, depending on the Kids' meal promotion, I can go there several times a week, yet he would either refuse me entry to the restroom , question if I purchased anything, or claim it's out of order. Then one of his homeless-looking "connections" would walk out of the "out of order" restroom.
On the plus side, when I brought the aforementioned situation to their manager/owner, Kahn, it was immediately addressed. They also have a large upstairs dining area, employees who actually collect (or at least familiarise themselves w/) the toys, & are conveniently located in front of the Man SF Library.
And they let you purchase the toys separately. Yay!
On a lighter note, they have a manager that looks like an ethnic Eugene Levy. Seriously.
Santa's Yelper sez: "Convenient location, decent service, cool toys, & lousy security guard!" -
Review from graceypoo m.
Boston, MA
4/4/2008
Make sure you have your "receipt" when you go to the restroom, because god forbid if you throw your receipt with your trash.... the security guard requires a "Proof of Purchase" before you are allowed in the restroom. The security guard is the keyholder of the portals to the restroom. He'll scrutinize you whether you are telling the truth about eating there and really throwing the receipt in the trash. I stared him down and said I really threw it in the trash (at this point, my bladder was about to explode). He told me "people in this city don't tell the truth" and I just gave him a serious-pleading look and silence. He finally turned the key and let me in the restroom. I thanked him, finished my business, and thanked him again when I left.
I rarely lie, but I am afraid to admit that I lied about "throwing away my receipt." It was that or my pee all over the Burger King floors. Sorry, bathroom guard!
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Review from Katrina D.
San Francisco, CA
2/11/2009
I usually consume fast food only on road trips, but for some reason I'm really into this Burger King that's across from the main library. I guess it's because whenever I go there, I work for long hours with no food and little drink, and when we all get kicked out at closing time, the bright BK lights offer the closest safe haven, glowing with the promise of warm salty goodness.
Whenever I eat here, hunched forlornly yet contentedly over a bag of crispy, inside-soft fries, I think of the scene in Adventures in Babysitting when the friend who's stuck in the bus station wakes up to find her glasses stolen and gets all schmoopy with a giant rat she thinks is a cat. Everyone around is kind of disgruntled and half-deranged, but it always feels like we're all on the edge of jumping up and doing a blues number together that ends in a giant group hug. That's such a good movie, by the way.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the moment when a baseball-capped man walked in and said to the cashier in a loud theatrical voice, "I'll have TWO whopper juniors. And PLEASE tell the CHEF, I'd like it JUST like the picture! Ha ha!" -
Review from Liz G.
Cambridge, MA
6/3/2006
I figured out why the Civic Center bart area has such a pervasive odor: Burger King has a policy of no bathroom use without buying something. As a frequent patron of public restrooms, I've learned that most places don't actually enforce that policy. But this Burger King actually hired a BOUNCER -- yes, a big dude in a leather jacket -- to keep non-customers out of the bathroom. Last time I desperately had to use the restroom before getting on bart, I bought the dude in line behind me his dinner. But maybe next time I'll just go in the street like everyone else.
Oh, and if you need a review to tell you whether to eat at Burger King: No.Listed in: Places that Don't Need to Be…, Vitriol
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Review from Carolyn H.
Long Beach, CA
10/21/2006
Please don't ever try to use the bathroom here.
In fact, please don't go here...walk out the door, down those stairs, get on BART, and go some place else. -
Review from Cassio P.
San Francisco, CA
4/22/2006
Oh for fuck's sake. I'm reviewing a Burger King. I'm giving them all this crap too, despite the fact that they're right across the street from my crackhouse and are therefore accountable for a shameful fraction of my "meals."
It's a huge space used to about 25% of its capacity, makes me think that this part of market street used to be a thriving, well-to-do neighborhood before some mysterious economic malaise swept through it and dried everything up.
I'm waking up the night after a bender, and I haven't shaved or combed my hair, so I think I'll go over there now because I'll blend right in. -
Review from Noel M.
12/7/2009
No, not all BK's are created equally.
I had the the slowest, most difficult time to order I've ever experienced at any establishment, let alone a BK. An older gentleman couldn't handle it any longer and just took the next burger to come up and ran. A lady was begging for ice water. She pleaded she would even pay but they couldn't get the concept of ice!
When our order did finally come up it was with cold fries. The wait was mildly entertaining but I was starving. We picked fast food for a reason, we were willing to forgo flavor for speed, unfortunately, we didn't end up with either. -
Review from Alma R.
San Francisco, CA
4/4/2009
Usually my philosophy is respect for all religions, but it's now been limited... All the faiths are fine with me up until it comes to Hindus selling beef products... I think that maybe to redeem themselves for selling the sacred cow, they consider every bacterium sacred or something, hence the leftover burger from the lunch rush... I returned it and asked for a freshly-cooked one and I would swear in court that the woman took it back to the kitchen, rewrapped it, and brought out the very same burger... The same dried-out beef patty with the same re-heated shriveled cheese. Having a strong stomach that has survived some fast-food meals that would have killed an ordinary person, I ate it anyway and wasn't the least surprised at the rancid taste of the mayo...
I sincerely wish the operators of the Civic Center Burger King would pursue their path to nirvana in some way that would be less of a health hazard to unsuspecting customers. The owners of this restaurant have no respect for meat-eaters. The Beef Council and their district supervisor should be advised of the fact. -
Review from Iain T.
Berkeley, CA
8/22/2009
OK, I hate fast food joints. They are for when you're hungry and/or drunk and there's nothing else open.
This BK outlet really is a place of last resort. I've even there a couple of times and found the staff surly, the customers slightly mad and the food poor to middling. By all means at there if there are absolutely no other choices but only then. -
Review from Christian G.
San Francisco, CA
12/14/2010
Just alright. Not too slow or fast service and food was great.
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Review from Maria D.
7/25/2006
Like all fast food, the breakfast is nothing but greasy fun. If you are a meat eater who doesn't mind getting dirty in Grade F meat land once in a while, I strongly urge you to purchase a Croissan'wich in the morning. With sausage, not bacon. Holy shit. I am so easy to impress (so you can probably stop reading my reviews right about...now). There is just something about fake eggs, american cheese & sausage on a croissant that makes me go crazy. Don't get anything else on the menu, especially not the tater tots or the french toast sticks. Stick to the croissan'wich. That's it. I'll stop now before embarrasing myself further.
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Review from jaqui s.
CA
11/13/2007
i had to barf really badly on my way home from work one evening, and this was the first place i hit up to try and use their restroom. BIG, big mistake. i spent 15 minutes just trying to get the attention of the five cashiers who were standing at the front when there were NO customers, then another half hour walking in circles around the "restaurant" trying to find the fucking bathroom, then about three hours pleading with the bathroom guard (yes, BATHROOM GUARD) to let me in. after signing a contract bequeathing my soul to burger king, inc, the guard finally agreed to let me in, but not with my backpack. so i left, because i was totally lying about the barfing thing, i was really just looking for a place to smoke PCP.
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Review from Cynthia B.
San Francisco, CA
11/15/2008
One thing you can rely on is that this location is nasty, not only for the filth and stench, but also for the food which is total crap. For total crap food the prices are too high as well.
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Review from Michelle C.
Belmont, CA
2/21/2009
This was my I need to fill my tummy while I'm waiting to watch "Wicked" at the Orpheum theater. Since it is located in the Tenderloin, you do have your crack heads walking in buying a cheap burger with their panhandled money. I'd rather them buy a burger then crack, so I don't care that they are there. Upstairs is a eating area, but not helpful if you are handicap. The tables downstairs are limited and seem to be packed. Overall my veggie burger wasn't bad. But I wouldn't eat her a lot if I had to.
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Review from Anita L.
8/30/2005
Burger King is Burger King. However, if you want to people watch a total mish-mesh of people, then here is where you'll find them: weird people, homeless people, tourists etc. The staff are mainly Filipina and the clientele .... ranges from oblivious to often frightening.
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Review from kim w.
San Francisco, CA
8/11/2009
Bad service, stinky sauces.
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Review from roland a.
San Francisco, CA
12/1/2006
Two stars for people watching. Not impressed with the food, tried a Double Stacker. Should have stayed with the Chicken.
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Review from Terri H.
West Sacramento, CA
1/11/2008
YUKKY. It is a scary place full of scary bums.
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Review from Rocco B.
San Francisco, CA
7/23/2006
the other night i was watching the ad with the midgets with cranes. they were dropping burgers on eachother and were expiring upon the might of these delicious piles of grease
me being the fine citizen that I am, I decided to go ahead and give that burger the ol' RB taste test.
let me tell you something very important. the midget to meat ratio was quite good on that burger and I would highly recommend it to anyone who visits the bay area -
Review from CAPT i.
San Francisco, CA
2/27/2010
I waited about 15 minutes for about 5 dollars worth of food that I paid around $9 for. Then, to slap me in the face, they gave it to me in the bag advertising the $1 menu. Note how I paid $9 for $5 worth. Then I get home to find out they messed up my order. F these fatherless SOB's in the A.
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Review from Kai'ckul M.
San Francisco, CA
3/25/2009
if you have to eat here, i would seriously not dine in, get it to go, unless you like watching panhandling bum life reality. as for the food? it's BK, have it your way! :|
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Review from Alycia M.
San Francisco, CA
5/18/2008
Be wary of this location. I was sitting at one of the two seater tables near the register. The employee had forgotten to give me a zesty cheese sauce with my onion rings. By the time I went to the counter and asked for it, turned around my whopper, onion rings, and BK Joe had magically disappeared.
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Review from Victor N.
San Francisco, CA
9/6/2007
I haven't been there for quite a long time (since 1999), but I was pleased with it. Being a poor student at that time I was glad to find a restaurant I could afford. Since I didn't have to go to the doctor's afterwards my calculation was right!
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Review from Mike G.
San Francisco, CA
10/30/2009
prices here are higher then most burger kings, kinda decent if you need food to eat but I wouldnt come here if i had options
