Ellie P.'s Profile

This spot has great tea and a great selection of food. It's a great spot to sit and enjoy the view of Yerba Buena gardens. Sit outside if the weather is nice and sit inside when the wind picks up in the afternoon. I love the haloumi cheese in the Moroccan salad.

This place gets five stars for pain au chocolat. They're going to be adding more food and wine in the evenings, so it'll make a great addition to the neighborhood.

I had a private party here and was very impressed with how it turned out. The staff were amazing, the food was fantastic and the prices were reasonable for a private event.

When dorks marry dorks, they make spreadsheets. We had a spreadsheet of more than 100 photographers. So I can tell you for a fact that these guys are oustanding. Yes, it says they're in Seattle, but they do weddings in the Bay Area, too. And they're not so expensive for the Bay Area wedding photgraphy scene.

We just got the photos back, and they are even better than I hoped.

When you're shopping around for a wedding photographer, make sure you ask to see a whole wedding album, not just the best photos. Anyone can take 5 amazing photos, especially if they are thoroughly photoshopped. It takes talent to take 500 amazing photos. John and Joseph are amazing.

This is place is a hit or miss. I have been going here since I was born, and I have had some great doctors and some completely useless ones. Sometimes I am able to get an appointment right away, and sometimes they tell me that I have to wait two months even when the issue is urgent.

It's great to have online access and it's convenient with everything under the same roof. They are generally considered "in-network" by a lot of insurance places. But sometimes you run into completely useless doctors and are unable to switch becaues there are no other open practices.

If you go here, get recommendations about which specific doctors to see.

The urgent care (open early mornings and evenings) is very convenient.

After a bad dentist experience a few years back, I took my mother's advice (?!?!?) and went to her dentist who she found through my childhood pediatrician. I was also able to join the practice through the family connection. If you have a family member who is already seeing Dr. Stephens, try him out. If you aren't so lucky, well, don't blame Dr. Stephens for being so popular. If he did take too many patients, then patients would not be able to get appointments when they need to.

I like Dr. Stephens because he is thorough and conservative in his treatments. He will tell you what your options are, what the likelihood is for success, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. He is not looking to sell you procedures you don't need even if they would make him money. I just got a filling from him, it didn't hurt (!), and it was done in thirty minutes.

About 6 months ago, one of his hygienists was able to scare me into flossing not sporadically but every single day since then. No hygienist has been able to do that before. Wow! This was quite the feat. A special thank-you goes to her.

I chose this florist because I found their first Yelp review which said they were cheap and good. The husband-wife pair who runs this shop are extremely friendly and easy to work with. Apparently they have just taken over the shop after the husband's mother ran it for many years. The shop is nondescript, but don't be thrown off by this! Be glad that the money you give them goes into the product, not into a fancy-looking shop.

I got their quote which was extremely inexpensive and crossed my fingers that I wouldn't hate the flowers and that Yelp was leading me down the right path.

Their wedding flowers were outstanding! They made the bouquet from a photo I brought in and it looked even more amazing than the photo did! They made fabulous, modern, lush bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres for our whole bridal party, and even pinned the flowers onto the guys right before the wedding.

This family-owned business is highly recommended!!!

I had the best lunch ever here a few weeks ago and it was a great deal. I ate a "pig salad" -- carnitas-like pork over mustard-dressed greens -- for only a little more than the usual sandwich or burrito choice. The park makes a great spot to walk through. Now that they have better weekend and evening hours, I'll be back.

I went here expecting this place to be serving all of the same food as the other new restaurants serving Cal-something cuisine, but Elizabeth Falkner has come up with a menu where nearly every dish is a flavor combination I'd never imagined or experienced before.

Orson serves small plates, which makes their pricing model different to compare to other places, but I walked out paying the same price as I would have at other similar restaurants. If you're worried about costs, try more "teasers."

The outstanding dishes are:

1. Curry and potato soup shot. Creamy, smooth, spicy. ($2 per person)

2. Duck fat fries. Um, wow! I've got to start cooking with this stuff! (

3. Parmesean mousse with cocoa nibs

3. Short ribs. 24 hours of cooking makes the meat amazing, and I don't know what they did to the greens, but it was amazing.

4. Pork buns. They taste kind of like what you get in a Chinese bakery but more fresh and flavorful.

5. Smoked fish with black rice.

6. "Invisible" dessert is subtle and creamy

7. Fleur de bleu was delicious and creative

I like that they are willing to try new combinations of flavors -- and on top of that, the combinations work incredibly well together. I walked out of here stuffed.

Wow, I never knew Heather had so many fans (besides me)! Gosh, now I don't think I have anything interesting to say. Like just about everyone else, I see Heather to deal with my curly hair and she does a great job for a reasonable price. I'd been visiting her for a couple of years at another salon and followed her here.

I also like that the salon is near BART so it's easy to get to. It also is cute-looking.