Educated Palate

Loved this place! The food was fantastic. The atmosphere quiet and quaint. As others mentioned, the staff is in training and will stumble through your order, but they are earnest in their quest to learn and desire to serve. We all start somewhere. Be patient with the little foibles and have a fabulous meal at a great price. Highly recommend!

high quality food for a good price.

Nice!

First visit was delightful! Their fall buffet reception costs $30 (tax included) and was worth far more. All of the dishes were absolutely delicious, and the presentation was perfect. The highlight of lunch was the dessert room. I can only describe it as dessert heaven! Dozens of different miniature bite sized pastries and parfaits and baked goods. I wish I had a separate stomach for dessert so that I could have tried everything.

As part of San Francisco City College's culinary training, students obtain first-hand experience in participating in a restaurant business by working in this facility. I feel as though we have received 5-star quality food, service and ambiance for very reasonable prices, whenever we have come here. I recently had a perfectly cooked poached salmon entree followed by a scrumptious pumpkin mousse. All I could say is - "YUM!". The staff is attentive to your needs and make you feel very special. We plan to come back soon!

Hidden gem.

This place was awkwardly adorable & amazing! The students serving were all first semester, and trying very hard to make it super fancy, but still working on figuring it out (forgot a spoon, grabbed my hand instead of my water glass, server got trapped by desert cart while carrying all of our plates, etc.) But, overall, that just makes it funner & a great vibe. And, I have to say the food was AMAZING. Seriously, SO GOOD and like 1/3 to 1/2 the cost at a similar level of service & quality (white table-cloth service with ~$10 entrees). Note that they aren't fast, so if you want a quick eat, not the place. Takes !60-90 minutes to get in, order, eat, pay, & get out. Also, I recommend making a reservation through OpenTable, so no wait coming in! (Although they weren't full when I got there at 11:45 or throughout our lunch)

Great menu, great service from the SF City College Culinary School students. Ate here three days this week and the quality of food and service was consistently excellent. One of the days I did try the Chocolate Mousse desert and it was amazing. The menu has a reasonable amount of variety, but was the same during the entire week. I highly recommend Educated Palate if you're looking for something a but different, relaxed, and very conveniently located at 4th and Mission.

The students are super cute (serious and nervous) and pay a lot of attention to the guest. Food was great, but it took some time for it to come out, so, not the best place if you are in a big rush.

Really good food, and service that tries very hard to make you happy. I will definitely go here again. It's genuine fine dining at half the price (or less). No alcohol on the menu, and there may be mistakes, but you will feel like kindly tolerating anything that happens.

No better bang for your buck in SF. Great location and while this is a student run restaurant, you wouldn't know it. Try it!

What is going on here. Illusion 100

Good idea but really disorganized even for student run place

Food and service was amazing. Cheap and delicious. My favorite restaurant.

Great food. Very tasty and different from the common food standards, while stile in the reasonable price range. The pan-seared salmon was just right, and the chocolate mousse dessert was perfect.

Beautiful and educational

Very educated 😁