The Buoy

My first visit and I really loved this place. Decided to get both of the sandwiches, along with the black sesame latte. Really enjoyed both sandos, but the egg sando is a yummy scrambled egg filling with sriracha mayo, and not like an egg salad filling. Was still great but worth mentioning! I preferred the ribeye/galbi bc the meat was so tender and flavorful. I’ll definitely be back to try some of the rice bowls and desserts.

Wow! What a find! The food was excellent, the atmosphere really fun and the service highly attentive. We got the beef tartar which was fresh, flavorful and creative with the nori chips. The kimchee was really creative, an excellent mix of freshness, fermentation and spice. We got the steak which was very tender abd paired with a house version of chimichury which was better its traditional cousin in terms of flavor. Finally, we finished with the tofu and brisket stew with the seafood addition and this was my favorite dish. It had a sous vide octopus, clams, AND abalone, along with Brisket and silken tofu - a flavor and protein paradise. We also ordered the white and the black tiger, with were good, but I preferred the white tiger for the flavor and cream inside.

Amazing service, food, and atmosphere. My girlfriend and I had buratta salad, soondubu soup, and galbijjim. All were great but the galbijjim was exceptionally to my taste! It was buttery, soft, but firm enough to cut through like steak. The marinate was beautifully seasoned and glazed. Cocktails were great as well. 10/10!!

I’ve been wanting to try this place for months and finally made it in last Friday with my cousin and sister. We ordered the honey butter potatoes, beef tartare, clams, soondubu with the seafood add-on, fried Wagyu beef, cucumber salad, and the salt bread churros. Overall, the food was decent, but most of the dishes didn’t quite meet our expectations. That said, the drinks were a standout, phenomenal and easily the highlight of the experience.

Food is great. Atmosphere definitely very welcoming for date night or girls night out. BUT, service is very bad. 1. When we walked in, nobody was at the host stand for at least 5-10 min. By the time he checked in my name, our table is not ready. 2. First time visiting,but no one walk through the menu nor any recommendation for food portion because their menu was meant for sharing. 3. Wait a long time to be able to put in our order. 4. Half way through I asked for bread, not until I almost yelled at “can you please bring my bread”, bread was not coming, and I almost finished a stew dish that supposed to go well with bread. 5. One of the servers did come to mention that they are short staffed today and thanks for our patience. However, I would have rated very differently had this was mentioned in the beginning. 20% surcharge of course, let me no room to adjust tips but put in here. I think for the expensive and competitive San Francisco dining experience, you def have better options.