Jou Jou Review, San Francisco

Reviewer: Foodnut.com Jou Jou 65 Division Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Jou Jou Website

JouJou is a classic French restaurant from the folks behind Lazy Bear. We like Chef David Barzelay and his 2* spot and gave them a month to get dialed in before we dined. Rated 4.1 on Yelp, 4.3 on Google. Beautiful restaurant with multiple dining areas and large bar.

We came on a busy Tuesday, when an AI conference was in town. Most of the food was not up to standards we’d expected, nor was the service. At over $100 per person, it was not a great experience. We hope they dial in their cooking. We went to Arquet 1 month after it opened and it was superb. For good French try Chapeau or Routier.

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Food Review:
Roseraie NA Cocktail ($18) is the same price as regular ones. Nicely done, not overly sweet. 8.5/10

THE FANCY ($185) Seafood tower with 1 dz oysters, 2 spot prawns, 4 crab legs, 1/2 uni, 6 gulf shrimp, 1/2 maine lobster is not cheap but everything served was fresh and spot on. Not cheap but best thing of the night. 9/10

BUTTER LETTUCE ($17) fines herbes, meyer lemon vinaigrette was overdressed and a bit sour. 7.5/10

PRIME RIB OF BERKSHIRE PORK apple-horseradish ($53) chantilly, calvados au jus is served a la carte and is a nice thick portion. It was overcooked and dry. Try the one at Arquet! 7/10

BLACK COD À L’ANANAS ($43) brûlée with pineapple, tokyo turnips, scallion was a ridiculously tiny portion size plus it was also over cooked. 7/10

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST ($43) pan sauce à la minute with fines herbes was average, also slightly overcooked. 7.5/10

POMMES FRITES green garlic mayo ($15) took forever to arrive and came after we finished entrees. Also overcooked. It was comp’d. 7.5/10

CREAMED KALE coconut cream, crispy shallot ($13) was probably the best dish of the night. Inventive. 9/10

HARICOT VERTS ($15) dry-fried, with anchoïade, crispy olive were just average and a bit soggy. 7.5/10

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