Magnolia Pub & Brewery

Went there for lunch after spending the morning in Golden Gate Park cause it was recommended to me. The food was very disappointing and expensive for what it was. They don’t have any special dish and the food quality is average at best. $ 15 for that burger was not worth it. We also got fish and chips and a horrible soup. Service and bathrooms were the worst part. Our waitress was MIA the whole time and the bathrooms were gross. Only good thing was the beer!

The food was pretty good — great fries and steak sandwich (not on menu). Beer was good too. But it’s not friendly for large groups.
We had a casual get-​together for a friend’s birthday, and the staff made us feel like schoolchildren being in places we didn’t belong. They would only let us move outside as our group got bigger if we made sure to order dinner, which we were going to, but it didn’t feel good being reprimanded. (And they didn’t even have two things off their menu — spicy lamb sausage and pastrami sandwich)
We weren’t rowdy or anything, but the service was slow so we had to keep going inside to order drinks from the bar after the food was served. We were obviously not wanted.
Not recommended for large groups.

We stopped in here after a lot of walking for some food and brews. Service was s little bit fragmented, and they didn’t notice what menu we were ordering off of, which was apparently the dinner menu, but they were only serving lunch/​brunch, so we had to change our order, but other than that we had a great experience!
We decided to split their French fries, and French toast, along with two of their beers. Their stout off the strong beer menu was fantastic, and actually a good breakfast beer, since it has that strong coffee flavor!
The French fries were fresh, hot, and addicting. They have the skins still on them and are clearly made to order. We ate them all up! The apple French toast was also delectable. you get two fat pieces of bread, cut in half, with little apple chunks, whipped cream and syrup on them. Just delicious! Again, we left nothing of this as well.
All the food that went by also looked great. I would definitely be back here if I lived in the area!

Don’t go here we walked out. they have like 5 items on the menu and they were out of 2. including the Pastrami sandwich wasted 20 minutes waiting for a table only to find out they have no food.

I stopped in for a late lunch and a beer. First off, the place smelled weird — in a bad way. I almost walked out because of the smell but then I thought I’d give them a try anyway. The waitress was nice and attentive.
I ordered a Winter Warmer beer. It was darker — creamy and kind of sweet. Very good. I also ordered the «special», which was a breaded pork sandwich. The sandwich was not very good in my opinion. Dry and not much flavor. They cut my sandwich in half without asking first — a serious breach in etiquette! The fries were soggy.
I would stop in again for a beer if they figure out how to rid the place of the smell. I would not go there again to eat.

Still waiting for them to bring back Banana Montana — in the meantime I’ll keep enjoying terrific beer, surprisingly good eats and a friendly vibe.

One of the best of my life.
The Devils on horseback are insane. The best Brussels sprouts I’ve ever had.
The burger was perfect.
The proving ground ipa was delicious.
What more can I ask for?

Good beer and decent food.
When you walk by in the mornings you can often smell them brewing and see the steam coming out, so you know the brews are fresh and made on site.
Often crowded, but it is worth it.
Nice to go here on a date or just to hang out with friends.

How can you not notice this place on Haight Street? This place burned a hole in my consciousness, but I don’t come here. I went here last night with my friend Simon. We had the fish and chips and Caesar salad. It was a good late night snack to share. Service was nice. It was open till 1 AM on a Saturday night. Nice ambience and cool menus.

Love this place! Excellent beers, excellent food and great service. Took my dad — a beer afficionado for his 87^th birthday. He got a six-​flight sampler of the house beers– all great. Also tried the pastrami french onion dip sandwich that was fantastic. Our server was so helpful and friendly — we both had a great time and his birthday was extra special. Thank you Magnolia!

Food great.
Service great.
Beer menu great.
Really want this place to succeed however,
Last night, ¹⁄₂₇ my wife and I ate there for dinner, within 12 hours of our visit, my credit card had over $ 500 of charges that benefited one of their employees. Not good.
Update:
To be fair, the credit card company provided details about the charges made and they were of such a specific nature (body building materials), that when I finally was able to reach someone at the restaurant, that information might help them identify the perp so this does not happen to any other clients. Good luck guys!

Magnolia has changed a bit recently. The food is good but isn’t as good as it used to be.
The burger is now a 2 patty burger. It’s tasty but I prefer the previous burger. The new one is a touch greasier and isn’t quite as juicy.
They’ve changed the fries as well and I prefer the previous ones. They are thicker and not as crispy.
The burger plate now comes with a few pickle slices and no longer comes with a pickle slice… bummer.
I heard that the fish and chips weren’t as good also.
Perhaps the changes all came with the recent news about the business, a new chef and a mostly new staff.
I love the beer but paying $ 8 for one is a bit steep.

I’m rarely disappointed by breakfast items — but I was not very impressed with the Magnolia’s brunch fare that I tried this past weekend.
Magnolia is a decent brunch option in the Haight if you’re trying to avoid a wait — but you also have to contend with a limited menu and in my experience — lackluster food.
I ordered the side of sausage, a side of hashbrowns, and the staff here were also kind enough to accommodate a side of portobello mushroom too. The sausage was small and grainy and not very appetizing. The hashbrowns were potato wedges. There was a hearty serving of them — but they were barely seasoned, so they were repeatedly dipped into salt, ketchup and hot sauce. The mushroom was also fairly bland tasting.
I enjoyed the company I was with, and the staff here were attentive, but I would not return to Magnolia’s for breakfast or brunch. There are far too many quality eateries in the area with more extensive menus, cheaper prices, and with more flavorful food.
Trust.

Hey Magnolia. If you still served real steak and eggs for brunch I’d be there with my family right now. Please come back. The neighborhood misses what you used to be.

This place is a microbrew with a limited menu. Beer is excellent! Been here a few times and the bartender never disappoints with his recommendation. The fries were a bit soggy. Burger look good based on what i see people order.

We were exploring/​walking in the area trying to find a place to eat because we were so hungry. We liked how the place looked from the outside and there was a good number of people inside enjoying drinks and food so we decided to go inside.
The cool thing about this place is that they brew all of their beers. We asked for something light and was suggested the Kalifornia Kolsch — it was $ 4 and the cheapest on the board. It came in a pretty small glass but it was definitely enough (and delicious too!). I’d love love love to come back and try some of their other beers.
As for food, I got the Smoked Pastrami Sandwich w/​Onion Soup ($ 15) — it was awesome but super greasy in a good way, and my hands were basically coated and glimmering with oil. It was basically the ultimate cheat treat. My mum ordered the Magnolia Burger ($ 15) — medium rare and was really good, but it wasn’t my most memorable burger. My sister got the Roasted Portobello Burger ($ 17) which I didn’t like because she got it with blue cheese (which I can’t stand), but she was really impressed.
Service was good with friendly people. The toilet was gender-​neutral which may be surprising at first for some people but it was alright. Our check came around to $ 60 for all three of us. I’d love to come back for drinks when I’m in the area again.

First class Microbrewery offering a wide selection of great handcrafted beer and ale. Always also a selection of 5 on cask. I particularly am happy when they have their Proving Ground IPA on cask. Really nice food selection also. Great ambience and background music fitting of the Haight Ashbury. You’ll probably be treated to more than one play of The Grateful Dead.
Oh! And Tuesday’s imperial pints on most offerings are $ 4!

Good beer — love their bluebell bitter and IPA.
Sausages and burgers are pretty good — ambience is casual but fun. Its a bit cramped by the bar whilst waiting for a table, but nothing more than a good british boozer.
Bathrooms are clean! Odd to mention, but they are worth calling out.
Try it out — fish and chips are pretty good. It’s a little expensive, but only enough to knock a single star off.

Have been meaning to check out Magnolia for the longest time, both because I always walk by it and I’ve heard good things about their brews. I think I was always put off by the crowds, as they never seem to be not busy. But recently, my girlfriend and I ventured in one cold winter night. While the non-​dinner area was full (they separate out the dining tables from the straight-​up drinking area), people seem to come and go quickly and we grabbed some seats at a communal table.
I was super excited to try the Proving Ground IPA, as I love me some hoppy beers and it was recommended on Untapped. This beer did not disappoint — certainly a winner if you are into IPAs. My girlfriend tried the Big Cypress Brown, at a more modest 3.7% ABV. While neither of us consider ourselves Brown Ale connoisseurs, it still went down well.
As for the pub itself, I was really into the feel of it. Felt like a cross between a bar in PDX and London, style-​wise. Of course, I always hope and wish for solid vegan pub food options, but that’s just not a common occurrence in SF. Maybe one day.
Anyway, I’m excited to take a walk back up to Magnolia in the near future and try some more.

One of the best bars in Haight neighborhood.
— Excellent beer selection, cask beers and from their own brewery
— Good food. Must Try– their awesome burger, sausage and scotch egg
— Ambience is dimly lit with booths and great vibe
— They have outdoor seating too to enjoy warm weather
— Located in the great neighborhood Haight

Friendly people and the beer was really good. We enjoyed our time here while in SF. Take a nice walk through the neighborhood

Great ambience and great staff! Visiting SF and didn’t know where to go but stopped here and was pleased! I was greeted upon entrance and spoken to about the different beers and was given suggestions by servers while I waited for the bartender to be available. It’s nice being acknowledged while waiting patiently for my turn to be served! Big smiles and happy faces from staff and very clean! I’ll definitely come back when I visit again!

This place had some of the best food.
We were on Unilocal looking for a fun place to go for dinner, and we saw this. We made our way over there, and it’s in a very unique place.
They brew their own delicious beers and have incredible food, their burgers were incredible.
The beer I had was definitely awesome and I can’t wait to come here again!

This is probably my favorite brewery of all time. I don’t go to the city too often but most of my trips include a stop to Magnolia for a couple pints of their killer beers and a bite to eat.
The name Magnolia is a Grateful Dead reference so the music they play is usually very much dead or of similar influence. Most of the beers names have a dead influence as well. New Speedway Bitter, High Time Harvest… Seems appropriate as they are located in the Haight Ashbury district of the city.
The beers are not only awesome but they serve them in 20oz. imperial pints! Beers are served cellar temperature and they always have a few cask conditioned offerings as well. My last visit I enjoyed the High Time Harvest Ale with fresh hops added to the beer within 24 hours of harvest, They had 2 versions, one with Citra hops, and the other with Mosaic. This is an awesome way to learn to identify what hop are in your beer by trying the exact beer brewed the same way but with a different single hop in each.
For food you are sure to find something you love here. They pride themselves on sustainable and fresh local ingredients including humanly raised meets. They have an chef that has a very unique style. I would describe the place as a Gastropub. They usually have a couple house made sausage offerings, and a killer burger. I had their version of a pastrami dip that was served with french onion soup as the dip, so good!
When I’m in the city I go to Magnolia, you should too!

Magnolia makes excellent beer and the food is very good. It also has zero TVs, so if you don’t care about sports, the best time to go is during a big game of some sort. (Yay Sports!) Table service is very good, bar service is pretty average.
Biggest issue is the price. Holy nonsense, the food is pricey for what it is. 2 people can easily spend over $ 100 here without batting an eye. I know this is SF and restaurant prices are some next level ****, but come one, nearly every single entrée is approaching the $ 30 price mark. Add on some $ 9 beers, an appetizer if you are brave and boom $ 100+. That is one 27^th of my rent! Hook us locals up with a local discount?! #tears

Love:
–Great selection of beer
–They brew their own beer
–Cask Beer selection
–Food available
–Central Location in Haight/​Ashbury neighborhood
–Outdoor Seating
Don’t love:
–How crowded it gets
–Lack of seating during most times
–Not a huge variety of food (especially for vegetarians/​vegans)
–Beer is good, but it doesn’t always impress me. Plenty of other bars with other varieties nearby.
A good choice to stop in and have 1, maybe 2, and move on. Solid spot, good vibes, 4 stars.

I had the veggie sandwich which is made of goat cheese and pickled vegetables. Mix that with a vinaigrette salad and a pickle, my lunch was super salty/​sour. I’d recommend balancing this plate (get the fries?). The burgers were decent but slightly overcooked. Came on a Sunday afternoon and was able to be seated immediately. Service was good, grapefruit mimosa was strong and came in a big glass and not a champagne flute. Parking is a bitch.

Em 1° lugar, gostaria estar escrevendo essa crítica sob uma perspectiva diferente.
A um tempo atras minha irmã viajou à San Francisco e conheceu este lugar, voltou e me falou que iria gostar muito, pois gosto de cerveja e boa comida. Apos 2 anos de espera até que fim tive a oportunidade de viajar à San Francisco. Estava muito ansioso para conhecer este lugar. Estava em um grupo de 15 pessoas. Entendo que o lugar é pequeno, mas houve tanta ma vontade de nos receber e esperamos tanto que desistimos de ficar neste dia. Não contente e acreditando que foi um caso à parte decidi ir no dia seguinte para conhecer este lugar no qual ouvi tanto falar. Infelizmente não tem outra palavra que descreva a situação que passei. PRECONCEITO! No dia seguinte fui com 6 pessoas, mesmo assim não tinha lugar para nós. Haviam duas mesas de quatro e dois lugares, queríamos sentar mas eles não deixaram alegando que nao poderiam separar o grupo, dois senhores ao lado percebeu nossa situação, perguntou o que estava havendo, explicamos e eles se dispuseram a mudar de mesa para nos ajudar. Os dois atendentes perceberam na mesma hora colocaram um grupo que havia chegado após nosso grupo, eu contestei na hora e ele me informou que nossa mesa ja estava separada mas não tinha tempo pois não sabia quando ia sair, então pedi que me desse uma previsão ele não pode me dar, pedi que a próxima mesa fosse minha, ele disse que a mesa do grupo já havia sido escolhida e tinha que ser aquela. Enfim… Fiz todo o possível para conhecer o lugar. Estava com 2 crianças e entendo que em alguns lugares isso seja um inconveniente, mas já havia criança no local e continuava a chegar. Então não me resta desculpas, tudo mostra que houve PRECONCEITO conosco, uma sensação horrível, o grupo em que estava ficou muito chateado comigo pois teria sido minha sugestão. Nunca me senti tão constrangido.
Resumindo, não conseguimos!!!
Não tenho mais nenhum interesse em voltar a este lugar.
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This place is a 3 minute walk from my cousins house on Waller. My cousins and I were getting hungry so we decided to grab a bite to eat. There was 7 of us and there was no wait on a Sunday night.
As we got seated the waitress was already rushing us. We felt that vibe by the tone of her voice.
I ordered the bacon burger on a toasted sesame bun. It came with a side of fries. However, the fries looked like people grabbed a few and ate it before sending it out.
My husband had a type of sausage with rice. He didn’t enjoy it. He said it was way too greasy. He even threw up on the side of the street after dinner. He said it was just too awful.
We didn’t have drinks because all of us had work the next morning.
I can not see myself coming back to this place. Service was rushed and food was not up to par. We went up the street to get dessert.

I’ll have a good time anywhere you take me, but the beer lover always loves the beer. Serendipitously strolling through the streets of San Fran, Magnolia caught my eye sheerly because «Oh whoa a brewery just happens to be across the street. What is my life??!». Came in, grabbed a pint, and kept on moving, but definitely worth a visit.
The Venue
Dimly lit and filed with booths, they lean heavily on drawing crowds in for dinner service. I am fine with this and bet the food was great, but man does it sure steal the elbow room away from late-​night patrons trying to wiggle their way to the bar. If you come here and get a meal/​table you will probably have a better time than getting squished against your buddy at the slice of the place dedicated for bar service.
Pro Tip: they have bathrooms. They are not labeled and they are in the back so it kind of feels like you are walking into an employee only area
The Vibe
The energy here was great and they had a solid crowd Friday night. The servers are hustling their way through the crowd so you will be more comfy when you have find a place to post up. Getting a drink was pretty easy, thank goodness, and the bar keep was swift and sweet when I closed out.
The Suds
Did not want to stick around too long so only tried my beer and my buds:
Cask-​conditioned Cole Porter: Under-​carbonated for sure, even giving them leeway for the cask. Watery and pretty standard porter.
Dry-​hopped Spud Boys IPA: this was great! Had a light fruity, melon flavor that reminded me of summer. Totally wanted to drain my bud’s beer but manners I guess…
Final Thoughts
Option 1: Go for dinner, get a meal, and enjoy yourself and your cozy space with a great vibe.
Option 2: Go only for drinks, wade through everyone doing option 1, feel compelled to go for a «one and done» visit.

Sympa. Un bon endroit pour faire une pause dans le quartier. Par contre un peu chère pour ce que c’est.

Un sitio muy agradable donde poder tomarse unas cervezas (algunas de producción propia) y comer algo. Ubicada en pleno barrio hippie, muy cerca del mitico cruce de calles Haight-​Ashbury. Los camareros/​as del local son muy amables y pueden recomendarte tanto la bebida como la comida. Una visita que no debe faltar al recorrer este barrio.