Alessi

San Francisco, United States

4.1

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 415-434-0403
Website:
www.alessi.com
Address:
424 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA, 94108
at Stockton St
Union Square
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
650 ftBig Bus Tours Stop 17, China Town
700 ftBig Bus Tours Stop 16, Union Square North
780 ftBig Bus Tours Stop 5, Union Square South
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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Wheelchair Accessible
Yes

Today

Today 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (San Francisco) 21:43 Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday –

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20 reviews of Alessi

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Place rating: 5
Berkeley, CA
I am so pleased with my experience today, I just happened upon the store-​I didn’t know there was an Alessi store in SF! More people should know, or it should be advertised more. Both gentleman working were helpful, patient and informative. They helped me and my husband so much, we felt like kids in a candy store. Alessi is timeless and so fun! Will come by again
Place rating: 5
Denver, CO
My Alessi watch purchased in Italy broke after many years and working with Kevin at this store was a delight. He was so accommodating and generous in discounting a new watch. In this day and age, it is refreshing to find a manager who is responsive and takes the time to be customer friendly.
I look forward to visiting the store next time I am in SF, in the meantime working with him by mail and phone was wonderful. We all know Alessi has great products and obviously great staff.
Place rating: 5
Signal Hill, CA
great selection
Place rating: 1
San Francisco, CA
How can you get over the racist Chin Family whimsical items? So what that is was a National Museum of Taiwan collaborated effort. Ignorance is no excuse. The Taiwanese are clueless. It’s embellishment of a stereotype. Slanted eyes? Rice paddy hat?
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
über cute gifts.
free gift wrapping!
Place rating: 2
San Jose, CA
I like the products being an architect myself. However, I am disappointed in an Alessi Arc watch I purchased. The rubber watchband is cracking all over the place ! Hopefully it can be replaced and won’t cost an arm and a leg.
Place rating: 1
San Francisco, CA
Terrible experience here trying to return a kitchen timer. Clerk first claimed I wasn’t using it correctly (it operates by turning the knob like every other kitchen timer out there). Then when we tested in the store and it didn’t go off, he claimed I tampered with the timer during the test. And I was trying to exchange it for store credit so I could buy something 3x as expensive. It was a surreal to say the least.
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
A nice selection of the Alessi line and, perhaps more importantly, being a flagship store the staff knows the line regardless of what they have in-​stock. The prices are definitely Alessi, but you are paying for great design and impeccable quality. I always ending up buying something whenever I can stop in. I wish they had longer hours, but it’s a great excuse to get out of the office a little early.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
I love Alessi and super happy to see that they opened a store here in SF a few years ago.
My collection is mainly Family Follows Fiction. My favorite is Mr. Suicide.
People complaining about the Chinese characters need to get a life. There are sooo many other things in life to get all upset about and be offended by. I’m Jewish and wish they made a characters with kippahs :)
Alessi has fun items and it is expensive but this stuff will probably be collectors items.
Place rating: 4
Brooklyn, NY
Overall, I appreciate the retail category that Alessi fits into: functional and thoughtful objects for people who believe that the unexamined life is not worth living.
I’m not convinced by all of the characters they put on everything, which often seem random. Some are more appropriate than others. For example, the corkscrews where you twist the little people are so special. Because you’re getting TWISTED, right? And their outfits seems to resonate with the formality of a special occasion that demands wine but without being boring. However, I respect the whole colorful character thing as some way that the company is trying to consciously acknowledge a «post-​modern» point of view about design.
I also like the Michael Graves tea kettles.
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Expensive? Yes. Cute? Yes. Useful? Yes!
You can find smart useful items in sleek or fun designs. Our first experience of Alessi was yearS ago when we got married and got a set of condiment holders that everyone complimented on…
It’s dangerous to know this place exists… we almost bought the metal container/​stool w/​the wooden top today to store rice at $ 495! Lucky for our pockets, my hubby was sensible enough to stop me…
Place rating: 5
Sacramento, CA
I heart Alessi with its functional, yet fun and whimsical designs. You can find something for everyone on your gift list here! Be sure to bring your plastic though. Cool design does not come cheap!
Their cat bowl set rocks. I saw one in light blue and one in black, a plastic cat with a tall tail sits inbetween two chrome (stainless steel?) bowls. I believe the price range was around $ 85, which is great if you have the money to spend on it.
Very cute sushi sets too — stackable porcelain plates with a cloud theme and cute animal shoyu pourers. I didn’t bother checking the price because in my household it would be chipped in less than a week.
Makes me want to join the corporate world again so I can buy buy buy!
Place rating: 5
Torrance, CA
The SF Alessi store is awesome. They have pretty much the entire Alessi line in that space. I also saw a couple of new watches in their display.
Some of the stuff is super expensive but a lot of things are affordable. The A di Alessi line is for people like me who like the Alessi design and want a great deal. They always have a few pieces on sale (sometimes over 50% off) on display in the back.
When I visited this weekend, they had a card where you can sign up for their newsletters and then they give you a coupon for 10% off your next visit (within 1 year). This store rules. Now if only they could build an espresso bar like the one in NYC…
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
I *amore* Alessi. Love Love Love. Their designs are so cutting edge, cute, and very Italian. Being that I lived in Italy, I came to know Alessi well. Their wine openers, wine cappers, salt and pepper shakers are just tooo tooo tooo cute.
I stopped by today since I happened to be next door. They are having a sale of some of their steel products. 20% off till July. I happened to choose three items that weren’t on sale. I picked up their napkin holder, sugar holder and toast holder — which I plan to use for my mail. Love it! I already took them outta the box and they are being put to good use.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Aaaaaaah!!! I want to buy everything in this store! Especially every model of caffetiera available!!!
hint: if you tell the occasionally just-​a-​tad-​bit-​aloof staff that you are getting married and considering doing a registry here, they will magically become really super obsequiously nice and helpful :)!
Place rating: 5
Berlin, Germany
Ok. So this store makes me crazy. Crazy like I want to spend every last dollar I have, every last dollar Eugy has. Hey! You gotta a dollar? I’ll spend your last dollar too just to have all the pretty things this store has to offer.
Oh so pretty. The design is futuristic in some ways. Amazing. Beautiful. Simple. Complex. but most of all — EXPENSIVE! Worth it? Totally.
So yesterday I was in the mood to shop for items for me and Eugy’s apartment. Came into alessi and noticed a really pretty pasta pot. I thought to myself, no matter how much it cost, I would buy it. Subconsciously I had decided that I would buy it no matter how much it cost, as long as it cost under $ 200. haha… It was $ 500.
I didn’t buy it. :(
Place rating: 5
Oakland, CA
If you are an Alessi fan, then this is the place. Pricey? Yes but there are less expensive things too. If you have not gone in because you thought it was just kitchen/​barware «stuff,» you should check it out. There are some fun things (tabletop, office and watches) that might surprise you. Plus, if you appreciate product design, these stores are a feast for the eyes.
It is next to another favorite, Kar’ikter, and best parking is Stockton Sutter.
Place rating: 5
London, United Kingdom
I am so disappointed with little minded people who are taking offense from the Mr Chin family serie. If you had made just a little research about it, you would have known that the museum actually commissioned Alessi with the project, not the way around.
I am my self a Alessi retailer in the East bay, and I am so glad that overall the reviews about Alessi are so good. Alessi rocks… and their designers are among the top in the world today. None of their items is useless, and it is the fusion of style and practicability that makes Alessi such an «over the top brands» with classic as mandarin, Cico, Parrot, the wisthle kettle ! Keep the good work there.
only down point with the SF store it self: I agree that their crew is not the most amiable, but it happens a lot in the Union square district. Not an excuse though.
Place rating: 1
San Jose, CA
Ahhh Sooooo! Apparently, Alessi is collaborating with the National Palace Museum of Taiwan with this DUMBASS racist overpriced timer and other products to «encourage greater awareness of Chinese history and culture in the West.» Are they effing kidding??? When I walked into this overpriced piece of crap store last week, I couldn’t believe my Asian eyes. I had to ask my partner if it WAS indeed the 21st Century. And the store clerks couldn’t be bothered with even asking either of us for help. Snot– city. Hello — -your store has too many expensive useless, dumbshit items for the ‘tude. Maybe they saw the anger and disbelief in my face while gazing at their dumb slant eyed products.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
I waste money on useless cute crap but the stuff here are useful cute gadgets so it absolutely justifies spending the extra cash.
Yesterday, I got a fly swatter and the swatter part, if you hold it against the light, you can see a human face. ahahahaha. I can now swat a fly with a human face.