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Betelnut

Excellent pan-Asian food like crunchy anchovies with peanuts and chiles and Cecilia's minced chicken. -- Michael Bauer

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2030 Union St. (near Buchanan)
San Francisco
Tel. (415) 929-8855

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    Cuisines
  • Asian

    Features
  • Credit Cards: Accepted
  • Delivery/Take out
  • Full Bar
  • Open Late
  • Parking: Difficult
  • Parking: Street
Hours: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., until midnight Fri.-Sat.

Restaurant review history
Date Status Details
11/15/2004  
 
Revisited   It's in its 10th year in business, but nabbing a table at Betelnut is as difficult as the month after it opened. Yet there's a reason - while the treatement at the door is as disorganized as ever, the food and the prices have remained consistent. One of the best new dishes on the menu is an appetizer of poached skate wing in a soy-cilantro broth. Of course, there's the old favorites: Shangahi steamed dumplings, lettuce wraps and tapioca pudding for dessert.  -- Michael Bauer
 
04/04/2004  
 
Revisited   Top 100 Restaurants 2004  -- Michael Bauer
 
04/13/2003  
 
Revisited   Top 100 Restaurants 2003  -- Michael Bauer
 
09/06/2002  
 
Updated   Change no enemy to busy Betelnut
 
02/03/2002  
 
Revisited   Top 100 Restaurants 2002  -- Michael Bauer
 
02/04/2001  
 
Revisited   Top 100 Restaurants 2001  -- Michael Bauer
 
06/23/2000  
 
Updated   Betelnut Deserves Better First Impression / Food often delicious, but hospitality lacking
 
08/22/1997  
 
Reviewed   Betelnut Food Great, But Service Is Scary