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Smile House Cafe
Chinese Restaurant, Café, and Asian Restaurant$$$$
Parkside, San Francisco
"Gotta try the champagne milk tea!"(3 Tips)
"Iced "champagne" milk tea, pretty good in SF standard: rich..."(2 Tips)
"Pretty good hainan chicken rice"(2 Tips)"Green Tea Red Bean Pudding: love it!"(5 Tips)
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- Iced "champagne" milk tea, pretty good in SF standard: rich flavor & smooth (but not too much better than average milk tea you can find in any cafe in Hong Kong).. Still grateful to have this here! 😋
- Slide fish noodle in shark bone soup: love the white broth (tasty)! But the Chinese Name is deceptive as there's no 魚片頭, it's fish filet instead... Pretty good anyways! 😋😁
Hector A ParayuelosJune 13, 2015Tan pan beef w/rice is amazing, it cooks ON the plate while you wait. The rice is sauced internally and the heat spreads the flavor through the rice.
- Can't believe I'm only trying this "Serradura" (“sawdust” in Portuguese) pudding (a Macau dessert) for the first time! The "sawdust" are layers of Marie biscuit crumbs between pudding. Only ok...
- Open late. Cash only. Service is slow and gets pretty busy with line/wait around dinner time. Pretty good hainan chicken rice and cute egg pudding in egg shells (may sell out early).
- The beef tendon is SO YUMMY I think I'm addicted! Ordered an add-on for my noodles for $2! 😋😍😘😚
- Smile House Living Combo: have 3 tiny desserts, good for sampling.
Joey TranDecember 23, 2013We came in, and was given a table. We sat then there for 5 mins waiting for the menu. -__- however, the upside is that the food is pretty good.- 2018/12 Just realized they raised their price on almost EVERYTHING! No word...
- 2018/12 The mango coconut noodles was NOT fresh at all, taste a bit funny (alcohol like so it probably had gone bad)! Hope I won't get sick after tasting this, ugh! Was ownership changed?
- Gotta try the champagne milk tea! It has a distinct taste!
Kat ChanNovember 10, 2013Very disappointed. Long line to be seated even when there were empty tables. Took 30-40 min to get our food. No one checked on our order until we said something. Food was mediocre & overly spiced.
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Eugene WangOctober 6, 2013Went on opening day - food was alright - service has many links to work out
- Fish ball noodle in shark bone soup: got a weird sour taste... Would not recommend it... 😥😣😒
Timmon LiNovember 22, 2013Good variety of food and quite tasty but service is terribly slow and horrible service
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Smile House Cafe
1030 Taraval St (btwn 20th & 21st Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94116
United States
San Francisco, CA 94116
United States
At Smile House Cafe we offer authentic Hong Kong style food and desserts! Best for quick lunch/afternoon tea, and also dinner. Reasonable price. We are a good place to chill out with friends.
The key to our success is simple: providing quality consistent food that taste great every single time...
Closed until 11:00 AM tomorrow (Show more)
- Mon–Sun
- 11:00 AM–3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
(415) 682-4006
View menu on https://www.smilehousecafe-sf.com
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