Krystal W.'s Profile

This was a fun little place. We decided to eat here for one very simple reason, there was parking right down the street. But I was very happy to find that we had made a good choice!

The meal was delicious! I highly recommend the Spicy Basil Chicken! I couldn't stop eating it and I completely cleaned my plate. I also recommend the Jasmin tea. The tea was particularly good, come to find out they mix the Jasmin with some Thai Tea and it gives it a yummy almost vanilla flavor.  For appetizers I recommend the curry puffs and fresh spring rolls. For those of you who like vegetarian spring rolls, try these with  a small hint of mango! mmmm

I would definitely come here again.

I have to give City Lights Theatre's production of "Dead Man Walking" a standing ovation (aka 5 stars). This show was very well done; the staging and acting was superb. This was a hard topic to tackle, but they handled it with intelligence, respect and dignity.  

I want to say, that I'm very picky about my theater. If anything brings me out of the moment, it is hard for me to stay involved. And that being said, I usually tune out at the mere mention of God or Jesus. Somehow this show was able to bring religion into a serious topic without alienating half the audience.

We decided to go here on the recommendation from a friend. And I'm so glad we did. She apparently goes here almost every week and always orders the same thing, Chicken Tikka Masala gravy (she skips the chicken) and a bunch of nann. I had one bite of her masala on nann and had to come here.

We ordered quite a few things but my favorites were definitely the Chicken Curry Korma and The Goat Karahi and the Nann of course. :) And you can't beat the price. I think the majority of items on the menu are about $6.

It is a simple, serve yourself, kind of place. You order at the counter, they give you a number and they bring you the food when it is ready. They also have some free Chai (good for cutting the spiciness of the food) as well as a selection of veggies while you are waiting, including onions and cucumbers that you can season with spices and sauces. You pick up your plates, utensils, and water yourself, and they will clean up everything when you are done.

I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised about this place. I was looking to kill a few hours and grab some dinner and I wondered in here. It was warm and inviting on a rainy gloomy day, complete with a warm fire in the fireplace!

By now I have been here a few times and I can recommend anything and everything off of their menu. The Monster Slice is kind of a fun idea. Instead of making a pizza and selling each slice separately, they make a personal pizza the size and shape of a large pizza slice. This give you the option to get whatever you want on the slice and you can enjoy even more of the crust. Their burgers are also large juicy and delicious, and I would highly recommend the garlic potato wedges...yum!

Like a previous yelper wrote, this place is clean, with plenty of seating an the wait staff is friendly and helpful. There is so much extra room that I could sit and read my book at one side of the restaurant and not be bothered by the rowdy fans watching the football game upstairs or the open kitchen at the other end of room.

I'm a huge sucker for a good hat store. And this one is pretty darn good. It is hard to find a place that is willing to let you try on as many hats as you want (cause I want to try them all!). The thing that makes this place even better is their selection of classic men's hats. This is the only place I have run across that carries fidoras, newsies or cabby caps, and top hats, all in one location! The hat we bought here is the hat that convinced my boyfriend that he looks good in hats.
I hope they are here for a while, cause I will drive all the way to Santa Cruz just for this store.

As with many good restaurants in San Francisco, I would have walked right by this place without giving it a second look. But my friend brought me here and I was really impressed. The atmosphere is not what you would expect when you walk in the door. It has warm lighting, dark wood, bamboo and comfy chairs. The food is delicious and very reasonably priced. Their soup bowls could hold a basket ball! One bowl of soup here is good for two meals!

I was going to give this place four stars, but there were a few things that just didn't seem right to me. When you walk in they don't automatically sit you if your whole party is not already there. This would be fine if they had a decent place to wait, but you are stuck standing in the way of the front door. Also, non of the wait staff bothered to tell me there was a sign in chalk board that they seat you by. So even though I had been standing there for about 5 min (and no one bothered to even make eye contact with me) someone else walking in, signed in their name and was seated before me.

In all I would definitely return here for the food. I would just meet up with my group ahead of time and all come in together.

I am a fan of any place where the owner comes over and says hi during the meal. One night we decided to go here on a whim, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I have to say that there isn't anything particularly fantastic about the food, it is tasty, but not spectacular. What is spectacular is the service and overall atmosphere. Our waitress was delightful and very helpful, and as I previously mentioned, the owner came over to ask us how our meal was going.

After a very lovely meal we retired to the bar area for an Irish coffee. We ended up chatting with the bartender and whoever was at the bar until all hours of the morning. Everyone was so friendly. Sometimes talking to people at a bar can be awkward and uncomfortable, but everyone we chatted with here was easy going, friendly, and fun. Before we realized it, it was closing time and we had to head home.

In a sleepy town like Belmont, it is nice to have a place that is willing to relax and have some fun. This place may be a snazzy Italian restaurant during the day, but at night it turns into a small club. Start out with dinner, move on to some fun music, drinks and dancing and you got yourself a fun night out!

I have to also say thank you to this place for holding a very nice New Years Eve party. Some friends and I walked down here for dancing and the countdown and it was a perfect way to ring in the new year! (yummy champagne too!)

I have rented bikes for a day from two different bike shops around the park and Avenue Cyclery was by far the better experience. The rental bikes here were in good condition, easy to ride and best of all there were more mountain bikes rather than road bikes, which come in handy riding around GG Park. The price was reasonable, the bikes were in good condition, and the guy behind the counter was very helpful. I would definitely rent from them again.

Mmmmm... Shawirma....mmmm

I have to admit that I only ever order one thing here, the Chicken Shawirma! I'm not usually the kind of person to order the same thing every time, but it is so good. And honestly, there are some days where I just crave one of their flavorful shawirma wraps.  It is the perfect meal on the go, and on a nice day it is fantastic to sit on the corner, watch the world go by and enjoy some really yummy food.

I just wanted to add to my review that the proprietor and staff at Cafe du Soleil are fantastic! They were gracious and very accommodating when I had a large birthday group there. I want to sincerely thank them for everything they did for us.