Hidden Spot - South San Francisco

Stumbled across this place in a short layover at SFO. It's in millbrae across from airport - 5 minute Uber. Anyone ends up here, you got to check it out!  Fried chicken sandos and burgers off the charts!

Very solid spot to get wings. Got the honey garlic and the MVP wings. Comparison to San Tung are a bit exaggerated IMO but I've been eating San tung wings for a few decades so I'm probably a little biased. Taste wise the wings are fried well. Have a nice crisp and have a good crunch when you bite into them even though they were takeout and didn't get eaten until maybe 20 mins after pickup. Sauce is probably a 3/5 when compared to San tung exact flavor but the MvP wings are solid. Good sweetness with a little spice. Not very spicy for me but it has a little. The honey garlic are good for the non spicy eaters and have a nice salty sweet taste.

Service wise I ordered online and came in to pick up. Food was ready when I got there so no issues with the staff. They were taking a few orders and they were friendly and giving recommendations to people who haven't been before.

Location wise it is inside hometown heroes bar and at the end of the bar. It's a bar so pretty low light inside for the bar vibe but they had a few bar tops to eat at or you could eat at the bar as well. Didn't visit the bar spot but probably a good place to take in a game, grab a drink and get a bite.

Food was cooked well and tasted good. Would be back when craving wings. While not exactly the same as San tung a much easier trek and parking to subside the wing cravings.

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Rudy chicken sandwich
Was okay, seemed like they just topped shredded chicken with buffalo sauce. i thought it would be a creamer sauce

Sheriff
Delicious burger,cooked beautifully and the size was perfect for the price!

Parmesan wings
Seemed like it was fried and topped with parmesan cheese. Was expecting something alittle more seasoning.
Left a puddle of grease on our counter.

Tater tots and french fries had the perfect amount of crunch. Seasoning was perfect on these also!

The hidden spot is a hidden gem within downtown South City. It's the perfect for a quick but filling meal and is great if you're looking for a casual place to dine.

The hottie totties were really good. The tater tots were crispy and warm and the mayo and sriracha added a great flavor. The Ruby could have used more buffalo sauce but it was still great! The mild spiciness was not enough for me so I will be getting a the hotter sauce next time. The Empire was definitely a spicy sandwich from the habanero. The chicken was good and the Dutch crunch was crunchy.

There's also a bar and pool table and plenty of seating as a smaller location. I've been here a couple times and it's never too crowded or empty.

I was a bit skeptical about a $20 sandwich, but wow it was delicious. I ordered Strength, which is the only vegetarian sandwich. It comes with artichoke, mushrooms and then I added lettuce, tomato, and pickles. The sandwich is big enough to fill 2 people. The mystery sauce was delicious but also made the sandwich a bit soggy.
Highly recommend this "hidden spot" to others

You know, this place is located at one of the most randomest spots in South San Francisco. A burger place inside a bar?? Who would of thought. You would actually miss it if you didn't look through the door and it will literally say Hidden Spot.

When you get your table, you will go up to one of the waiters to take your order. We ended up getting 3 burgers, 2 wings, and an order of tater tots. We first got the Lemon Pepper Wings (10/10) so good. Some of the lemoniest wings I have tasted so far and the wings were delicious and tender. The second wings were the honey garlic butter wings (8.5/10). I'm not particularly a sweets person when it comes to something savory for fried wings, but I thought overall flavor was good! My friends loved this one. And the tater tots tasted like good tater tots which I appreciated.

For the main showstoppers, we order 3 burgers: The Sherriff, The BM, and The Medic. I ended up getting the Sherriff and it was good! Lemme just say that the burger is wildly big. With a 1/2 pound of beef wagyu, cheese, beer battered wings, and grilled onions, I thought this was a hell of a good burger and I loved it. The BM is like a banh mi burger and the medic is a burger with mushrooms added on top as well.

I'd definitely come back again. Who would of thought South SF had a place like this still.

Wow! What a find! Friends have been talking about this place but never got around to trying it. Came her with my big sister and she went fried food crazy! I really wanted to try the MVP due to the comparison to san tung. Sis came before and had the tater tots and karage burger so she wanted me to try that too. Unfortunately our family is fried food crazy so she ordered onion rings and french fries too! Way too much food for the two of us but big sister always orders too much for the baby to take home. Thanks sis!

The Hidden Spot is a tiny bar and the "hidden spot" is the kitchen. We came for lunch and it was not divey and the woman who took our order was nice. Honestly I didn't look around too much but there were a couple of people at the bar having drinks. Here's the reason for the 5 stars:

MVP wings 5/5: As I said, I wanted to come here for the burgers but saw the review for the wings. MVP was truly the MVP. It tasted similar to san tung's in sf without the wait or the lines. I will definitely be making this my wing stop place to get wings (no pun intended). The wings were crisp and the flavors spot on. Just a little bit of heat without killing your mouth. The combination of sweet and spicy and crunch make it worth it! Not as crunchy at home in the air fryer so eat them all there.

Tater tots 5/5: They're just tater tots what's to say? They were crunchy on the outside and fluffy in the inside. Good solid tot and decent portion. Should have ordered the small!

Onion rings 5/5: Reminded me of jack in the box but better hahahahah. Great batter and the onions stay in the ring (you onion ring fans know what i'm talking about)! Just a tad bit salty with the sweet onion so yum!

Chicken kaarage burger 5/5: The burger was huge! Honesty we had so much other food I just took a bite. What amazes me about this place is how every fried thing is crunchy! Not soggy or oily! The kaarage was crunchy but the chicken was not dry. There's some kind of sauce on the burger that gives it a spicy kick what was too much for me so look out!

Fries 5/5: Nice crunch again and seasoning reminded me of 5 guys. Nice color on the fries too.

Great place to get your bar food and watch a game. I'm not sure what it's like in the evenings but lunch was great! Can't wait to go back again!

I decided to give this place another try because I wanted to know if my last experience was just an "off" day.

It was not.

I brought my brother, and he wanted to give it 2 stars.

Here's the thing: the environment is chill and the guy who does both the cashier and bar seemed hip, it's just that the food isn't up to par.

We both had the POW Waygu burger. Such a dissapointment with the meat not being seasoned and juts tasting, like, well, cooked plain burger meat. I think this is what dog's taste when they have ground beef with their kibble. The bacon was not crispy and just was a chewy mess. I just wasted $20 on a burger that I didn't like with a soggy untoasted brioche bun.

My brother ate his burger and said we could have saved money by going to ANY other burger place instead.

So that was $40 down the drain for 2 burgers, but waut it gets worse! $8 and $7 for the small fries and small onion rings. Again with crappy frozen freezer fries with no flavor and frozen crappy onion rings. Waste of around $16 and again lukewarm.

This place keeps on dissapointing, and now I know it's not just me because my brother isn't a picky eater, and yet he disliked this place.

This is the last time I'm giving Hidden Spot the benefit of a doubt. Bland burgers, lukewarm fries and onion rings with no flavor for around $70 with tax!

We were craving burgers for date night and ended up at Hidden Spot. We didn't realize it was in a bar, so the vibes were an unexpected surprise. We went on a weeknight, and it seemed like the pool table was crowded with folks from a work event, while the bar was filled with people watching a sports game. Luckily, they have a strip of tables reserved for those who are there just to eat.

We ordered fries to start, and they were incredibly fresh, which gave us high hopes for the burgers. Overall, we enjoyed the burgers. We split the classic and the hero. I enjoyed the classic more; hero tasted like the classic burger, just with sriracha. Overall, we had a good time at Hidden Spot.

The pow: Juicy and delicious. Just the right amount of mayo blending in with the juices from the burger. Nothing else to say other than a really good burger. Cooked medium(should've read menu) but still super juicy. Portion size was huge and I'm all for it!

Hottie totties: They were okay, sriracha mayo definitely sounded better than how it tastes on top of them tots.

On a side note, wall of "adapt" pictures were pretty cool. Some millennial nostalgia.