Tommy Toy's - San Francisco
  • Cuisines: Asian, Chinese
    • User Rating  
  • NileGuide Expert Says:

    This refined spot will impress business colleagues as well as a date.


  • Description:

    • If you want romantic, extravagant Chinese, come to Tommy's. Fashioned after the 19th-century quarters of the Empress Dowager's sitting room and replete with mood-lit candelabras and antique paintings, it's perhaps the only Chinese restaurant in the city where dressing up is apropos. Most evenings, the dining room is filled mostly with tourists and traveling business types, while locals are more likely to come for the fixed-price lunches (the multi-course "Executive Luncheon" is a bargain at $23). Not much changes on the expensive, French-influenced Chinese menu, but that's fine with the loyalists who return year after year for such beautifully presented dishes as minced squab in leaves of lettuce; sautéed lobster with mushrooms, chives, and angel-hair crystal noodles; and puff-pastry-topped creamy lobster bisque. During my visits, the food has varied from fine to very good, but the portions are always substantial and the decor is definitely memorable.

    • © Frommer's 2012

    User Reviews for Tommy Toy's

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      Tommy Toy's Is Exceptional

    • This place has been around a long time. The pictures of the celebs in the lobby confirm it's longevity as a first class Asian restaurant in a city brimming over with similar choices....

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      The Original Still Has It

    • Over the top, but I love it. Tommy Toy's was doing these elaborate presentations for fine dining way before other restaurants caught on to the trend. My wife and I went there...

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      Swank Don Drapper Atmosphere & Good Food

    • Rich Chinese Interior - top-end 1950's-60's sophisticated Asian decor. Went for Chinese New Year and place was packed with fun crowd. Service is great. Good cocktail and...

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    Awards:

    Frommer's
    Frommer's
    •  Recommended 2010
    • Details
      • Contact:

      • visit website
      • tel: 415/397-4888
      • fax: +1 415 397 0469
      • send email
      • Address:

      • 655 Montgomery St
      • At Clay and Washington sts
      • San Francisco, CA 94111
      • Neighborhood:

      • Civic Center/Downtown
      • Payments:

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      • Hours:

      • Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm; daily 5:30-9:30pm

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