Franciscano Restaurant Reviews

Came here for lunch on a Sunday and did not enjoy our food at all.

We had the calamari, crab soup and clam chowder for appetizers. The calamari was dry and tasteless, felt like we were eating rubber rings. The crab soup was too salty, could not taste the crabmeat in it, what a waste! The clam chowder is something you could get from Costco, nothing special.

Then we had the sizzling plate with clam and shrimp. At least the shrimp was fresh. The biggest thing that bugged us was how tasteless their clams were! They must have been kept frozen for a long time....so were their squids for the calamari. Absolutely horrible and is for certain a tourist trap.

The food was good and the view was good. Our waiter was attentive and has great customer service. Next time we are in San Francisco we will be sure to eat here again.

Wonderful lunch overlooking bay. Food was good, view difficult to beat.

We had clam chowder which was ok ( not one of the best)
The crab was horrible. It was oily, over cooked and hard to eat it was so greasy. Waiter brought our food and we never saw him for half an hour. That is how long I waited to get melted butter. $45 crab that sucked. Big mistake. We are there around 2:30 pm. Maybe the regular chef wasn t there yet but I wouldn t take the chance.

Great food, great view and great service.
I had a wonderful time here although I only had half order crab.
Definitely will come again.

The best crab on Pier 39. Excellent service. Very varied letter.

Let's set the scene:

Thursday afternoon and I've got a hunger for soft shell crab, but whatever can I do to feed the need for delights of the sea...

In walks the Franciscan to save the day, but my Fiance is not a fan of the sea dwelling delicacy, so thank god the drink menu saved me from a life of crab-less days.

Order soft-shell crab to split with a friend and I plus some small plates for the table to be shared , add in a few too many Kettle one tonics, and I was on the path to a wonderful afternoon.

Go, eat and be merry.

Best part of my recent trip. Delightful room, lovely crab, gorgeous view, great service

The food was really great, fresh and tasty.
The service was brilliant too!!
Enjoyed very much.

It was pricey but the clam chowder, calamari and crab were on pointe! Large servings and my daughter and I split the entire meal

It's an amazing experience the food is super I loved it

Whole crab for 46 dollars, highly recommended. great experience with beautiful view of the bay. Airy decor and high ceilings, had a great relaxed lunch. Have had better oysters elsewhere. Chowder was delicious. Service is reasonably fast.

The view of San Francisco Bay was great and the Dungeness crab was awesome. We ordered one a split it, wish we would of ordered two.

Beautiful restaurant with amazing food and views! They are a little on the pricey side but the experience makes it all worth it.

It's in San Francisco Pier 39! There are some prices! Tastes good! Lots of tourists!

Nice location, but views of Alcatraz and the Bay obscured by aging, dirty windows. The food was good, but not exceptional. Slightly overpriced, in my opinion. Salmon in Cioppino sauce was good, while the house salad was boring and the Dungeness cocktail was undersized. Service was questionable and confused (multiple servers attempting to take orders, etc.), but always courteous.

I found it expensive for what it offers. I did not like the
Very crab sandwich
Spicy and the rest only fry

San Francisco is very beautiful to come to know its stories and thank God for giving me this life opportunity to know part of the United States

The food and view were absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend.

Really nice restaurant with a 50's feel. Good views of the bay including Alcatraz. Service is very professional. I had the Prix Fixe menu, clam chowder (in a bowl), crab legs in garlic and small batch vanilla ice cream - all good. It is smack bang in tourist central, but I think this is a safe bet in the Fisherman's Wharf area

We have our lunch in Franciscan restaurant, it s very close to the pier. You can see The Rock and the battleship through its windows. Crab is fresh and meaty. We order 3.5 lb crabs for 2 to share. It s volume is more than our expectation. Sauce is a secret receipt of the restaurant, and it tastes good! Service is great, the staffs provide everything we need for eating the crabs, order the crabs, they will take care of the rest. LOL.

Omg!Food and view so amazing and the nostalgic pics hanging everywhere are so cool

Great view, excellent staff, good food, great place for lunch!

Place is overrated. The see bass and the crabs were over cooked

The food was average at best and the prices were through the roof. Service was pretty good and you could tell they had a pretty organized operation going for them.

Had the Crab Alfredo, great look and taste, nice sized portion and not too creamy.
Hit the spot! The bread came out cold with was great and let me wipe up the remenants of the dish.. Nom!

Awesome service! Amazing food! A must if you're in the Bay Area!

Fabulous clam chowder with great views of the bay including Alcatraz.

This place has some of the best seafood in the area but you will pay for it. Bit more costly compared to the street venders and other seafood places in the area(Pier 39) but still the best option in my opinion. If you want great seafood with a great view, this is the place to go on fisherman's Wharf, you can walk down to Pier 39 after as it's close and loose some of the calories you gobbled down while here.

Stay away from Franciscan Crab Restaurant. They denied our OpenTable reservation today and were very rude about it. Spend your $ elsewhere.

They give you tartar sauce with the fish and chips. The fish was so succulent and seasoned so perfectly it didn't need it.

Typically wharf tourist restaurant. Okay overpriced food. Not bad.

Crabs, Oysters, Shrimp and much more, a definite eatery restaurant for the local sea food.

Fast food,not so hygienic.
But it did work out.

This place is located right on fisherman's wharf overlooking the San Francisco Bay. They provided binoculars at the bay side window tables for viewing the area. We had the delicious bread and the prosciutto as an appetizer, then I had a seafood linguine and my lady had crab cakes as our main course. Also enjoyed a drink(minty lemon whiskey thing) and I had my standard tangi and tonic. Great service, good atmosphere. Would go there again

Been there twice recent..trendy fesaude..service was great..excellent seafood..the crab cakes and sea siren drink was epic.. up front foggy day views of jail island..great place to have a date with yur best friend..
Reservation required place fills up fast..made our rez at 10 am for a 6 PM dinner..any time I visit the city I gotta eat here..

A perfect place for any occasion. Everything was excellent from views to food to service and everything beyond. Will definitely go back and I highly recommend this place.

My wife and I really loved it, great views wonderful food.

My wife and I went for dinner here last night. Our server Jay was brilliant and the food was delicious, I had crab enchiladas and my wife had a large clam chowder both were good sized portions. The only thing that let it down for me was there was quite a lot of mess on the floor. I appreciate that during service it gets busy and food and crumbs get dropped on the floor but it just looked as if the hole place needed a run round with a vacuum cleaner.

Food was awesome nice restaurant live the view when u by the water

A little catches tourist but frankly the crab is worth it!

i try to visit san francisco at least once a year just as a get away.
on my very first visit years ago, a friend and i happened into the Franciscan for a drink and a small meal. it's now a tradition What an awesome place!
the view cant be beat, the food and service is great and the prices are lower than you would expect. last year i took my younger brother on his first trip to experience san francisco. first stop? cocktails and clam chowder on the balcony of the Franciscan! has to be done! no trip to San Francisco is complete without a visit to the Franciscan!

Everything is great! Great food, great service and great view! Had a crab chowder and a shrimp Alfredo, both amazing!

Delicious food (crab enchiladas were excellent) and unbeatable view of the bay. Reservations recommended.

Standards have dropped since I visited a year ago. Oysters are small, bread is served cold, food is OK.

All the food was great except for mother. But the food was great and our waiter. Would come back.

Great Clam Chowder! Great views of the harbor/ Alcatraz. Fresh crab, plenty on the menu, deserts were the best along with good service. Must try this place

Food was decent. Portions are small. $50 for a crab is unreasonably expensive. Google evaluates this restaurant at two $. It is far more expensive than that. Expect to pay over $50 per person.

There's a crowd here, be prepared and book or be prepared to wait... at the bar. You get a sort of pager when checking in, which goes when your table is ready... but that's in a while.

After a few drinks and supporting a star making a discreet exit, your dongle pager blinks like mad and you make your way to your table, which in our case, faced San Francisco bay with night falling over Alcatraz. Kinda special.

The fried crab provides fun and unhealthy sustenance, but tastes good, and there's a wine list.

We enjoyed the location, the food and the service.

OMG! BEST CRAB. Crab served steaming hot. Great flavor. Serves couldn't have been better.

Very good restaurant where you can eat excellent fish !! Among the specialties: crab, crab sandwich and San Francisco soup !!

It's a decent seafood place with great views....for the price point I was expecting something a little something more refined. They have a 30 pg menu so if you are indecisive this might not be for you. I would come back for the views ....food wise it was not bad.

It is a place specialized in crab, the variety of dishes and flavors make it a pleasant place to enjoy sea food. The view highlights the landscape of San Francisco and its decoration recalls the restaurants of the sea of the 50s. Its only weak point is the price vs. the benefit, the portions are small but if you have the resources they are still delicious. Another strong point was the service and the recommendation in the wine

Great food, clamb chowder was excellent and nice area seat

I have never been here, but I have created a good aura. Hopefully, I can come here sometime. My biggest dream in the world is to go to USA. Greetings from Azerbaijan .

I simply like seafood, and these especially because they prepare them fresh like on the beaches of my country El Salvador.

I am Salvadoran and in my country one of the favorite dishes served in hotels or ranches on the shores of the beaches is seafood, that is why I love seafood.

Excellent food and service. Seasoning is on point! Extremely busy resturant but the chefs keep the quality of the food excellent. Seating staff also keep the ocean of people coming in controlled well.

Visited this place many times & had a great time. Loved to enjoy eat there and this is beautiful and mesmerizing place. Love my time here too romantic.

Only two stars from me. Average restourant with dirty floor, spoted tables and dirty walls....
Only view is a plus...

Took too long to get food and service. It's really not worth the price. View is beautiful though.

So good. Probably in my top 5 restaurant's in this country. If you love freash seafood you will love this place. Has an awesome history as well.

It's hard to rate seafood restaurants but this place made it easy the moment i walked in. Walking up the stairs you almost forgot the timeline you in. Beautifully decorated inside with incredible view and when you order you get one top 3 seafood experiences I personally had in the past few years. I highly recommend this place if you in San Francisco