Dalida is a Modern Mediterranean Restaurant in San Francisco’s Presidio. Dalida gets its name from a few places. In Polish-Yiddish it means dahlia, the official flower of San Francisco, but its also chef’s mother’s name. The food is a little Turkish, a little Greek, Armenian, Jewish, Arabic and Persian. The couple also runs the Mexican Restaurant Maria Isabel.  The chef Sayat Oyzilmaz worked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and joined the Le Bernardin. He’s probably best known around SF in working at Noosh and leaving. (Yes we ate there when they were cooking) The food is geared towards eating family style. Dalida is divided into 2 areas, dining room and bar on one side. Open kitchen with counter and communal seating on the other. They tried to put us in the communal area even with a reservation on our first visit. The 2nd visit we ate in the dining room in 2026. Lunch on a Tuesday was pretty full. Food is exciting, not the usual fare you are used to seeing. Good place to eat with a larger party so you can sample more dishes. Service was fair. Waiter was not that up on the food and could not […]

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   Why did we dine here? – Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen has become our goto place when looking for this type of food. They have expanded to four locations including Palo Alto, San Francisco and Mountain View. Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen is owned by Onur Alkanoglu and Yasar Bulutoglu, who are immigrants from Turkey that wanted to further Turkish cuisine into the Bay Area with the original San Mateo location. In 2020, Amir Hosseini joined the Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen team as a partner and helped open the Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Francisco locations. Surprisingly decent Mediterranean food from a this restaurant. Far better than the other places in the vicinity. The folks are friendly and swear they have nothing to do with Sinbads that used to be here. Their fresh pita bread is a great change from some premade stuff. The menu is pretty wide ranging from hummus, typical appetizers, plates, wraps, and salads. They also have pastry and flatbreads: Lahmacun, Pide and more. Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen is now serving Turkish Breakfast at all locations on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. The brunch menu includes popular Turkish dishes such as Little Chefs Menemen, The Breakfast Board […]

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