La Folie

Pros: Creatively delicious food, warm service and atmosphere
Cons: You'll have to take out a second mortgage to afford it!

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- La Folie is a gourmand’s paradise! If you’re a serious foodie, you’ll feel like a kid in a candy store. If you think of dinner as a perfect cooked cheeseburger and fries (which I highly recommend at Chow), you’ll be...

Pros: classic, great French food
Cons: Too rich and expensive to eat every night

A short word of context: I eat out a lot at pretty decent restaurants.

This restaurant is very high quality and I am pretty sure that even serious, fussy gourmets will like it a lot. I am yet to eat a foie gras anywhere that matches the one I...

Pros: Great service, wonderful food
Cons: Small, loud

Wow! I went to La Folie the other day with my mother, who was visiting me in San Francisco. We decided to try out La Folie, since I have heard so many people rave about it. And I must say, the people were right. It was 5 star service, 5 star food with a...

Pros: Food is so good, it makes me cry
Cons: Cost

We eat out quite a bit, and La Folie is consistently our favorite. We've suggested to many friends and the response is always terrific. We've never had a disappointing evening. The soups are to die for. We definitely prefer La Folie to Masa's, the other high end french in SF.

Service is impeccable and friendly. The dining room atmosphere is pleasant and less formal that Masa's. You can definitely break the bank here, but for special events, it's well worth it (e.g. $500 all in for 2, bottle of wine, tasting menu, tip)