RT Bistro, San Francisco

Reviewer: Foodnut.com RT Bistro 205 Oak St San Francisco, CA 94102 RT Bistro Website

RT Bistro is the less formal bistro restaurant from the folks at Rich Table. Chef De cuisine Bill Wang. It is located Next door to Rich Table and is the less fine dining brother. This is a hard reservation right now, we show up 10 minutes before they opened (on a Friday) and walked in. This is a small restaurant with about a dozen tables hence the difficulty in getting a rez. The place is loud and filled with folks in the 30-50’s range. High 4.5 rating on Yelp and Google.

Food is very good as is the service. We still like Rich Table next door more. Prices are about the same here.

Narrow menu for those with dietary requirements so take a look at it. Vegetarians beware.

Safety Pluses – Online menu.

Food Review:
Bee’s Teas ($17) Yuzu-Cinnamon verus, Robos Chai himon is an expensive non alcohol cocktail. How about $12? Nice honey flavor. 8/10

Bread & Butter ($7) House made RT Sourdough wild fennel with house cultured butter was fantastic. Grilled up bread with a big dolup of butter. Yum. They sell loaves of bread to go for $9. 10/10

Shiko Pear ($15) chevre House made pancetta, lemon thyme sounds simple but works well. Sweet, savory action along with perfect fruit. 10/10

Bistro Salad ($23) Sherry Vinaigrette, carrots, herbs is beautifully arranged and piled high. Lots of radicchio. Too much sour dressing though. 8/10

Mt Lassen Trout ($35) Pomegranate tartar sauce, little gems, dijon Vinaigrette was cooked just right and a solid portion size. The pomegranate sauce was a bit hit or miss. 8.5/10

SF Duck L’orange ($49) mandarin Sweet n Sour cherry orange honey, luna rice was the best entree that night. Several medium rare pieces of duck in a nice sauce. Koshihikari rice topped with cooked radicchio comes in a separate claypot. Frankly there was too much radicchio in the salad already! 9/10

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