# Lori's Diner, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/lori-s-diner-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/lori-s-diner-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Lori's Diner is a diner in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 65 of 100, which is good.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Diner |
| Address | 500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 7 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 7 AM to 10 PM · Sun 7 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (415) 980-1950 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 4,718 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | All-day breakfast & other diner fare served in a kitschy dining room packed with 1950s memorabilia. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Lori's Diner | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 980-1950 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | All-day breakfast | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Appetizers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dinner menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dinner service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lunch menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lunch service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Photo gallery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Salads | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | http://www.lorisdiner.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 3 services Lori's Diner offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dinner menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lunch menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Photo gallery |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Lori's Diner

Address: 500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. Phone: (415) 980-1950. Hours: Mon to Thu 7 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 7 AM to 10 PM · Sun 7 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "All-day breakfast & other diner fare served in a kitschy dining room packed with 1950s memorabilia."


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sutter St & Powell St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Maru Sushi | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| bin480 | Bar | 1 min walk |
| Sutter St & Powell St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Powell St & Sutter St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Golden Gate Tap Room | Sports bar | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.1 average across 4,718 reviews: Google 4,718. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While Lori's Diner captures a charming retro vibe, inconsistent service and food quality detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 4,718 reviews.)


### What people like

- Lori's Signature Burger with fries
- New York Steak with vegetables
- French toast made by Beatriz Ro


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food and service
- Inconsistent food quality
- Staff unresponsive or unprofessional


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### Coffee near Lori's Diner on Sutter?


### is there a socials account worth following


### rough idea what Lori's Diner costs?


### What diner questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### first visit at Lori's Diner, what do I need to bring?


### which one, Lori's Diner or Pinecrest Diner?


### address for Lori's Diner, anyone have it?


### Why do people rate Lori's Diner?


### quietest day to hit this place?


### Are the hours on Google right for Lori's Diner in San Francisco?


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


### Worth the hype here?


### budget options in San Francisco, what is decent


### best diner in San Francisco


### anything people actually moan about here?


### Lori's Diner, any chance to get a table this week?


### do regulars get anything here


## The AI Score: 65 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco diners run 24 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Lori's Diner scores 65, above the San Francisco average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Lori's Diner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 46 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a diner: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Lori's Diner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lori's Diner | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.lorisdiner.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Lori's Diner is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the diners in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best diners in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/diner
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJIxpgmY6AhYARzJbzEHTnLsQ (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] lorisdiner.com, https://www.lorisdiner.com/salad-menu (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] lorisdiner.com, https://www.lorisdiner.com/dinner-menu (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] lorisdiner.com, https://www.lorisdiner.com/lunch-menu (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] lorisdiner.com, https://www.lorisdiner.com/photo-gallery (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)