# Pinecrest Diner, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/pinecrest-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/pinecrest-diner-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Pinecrest 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 | 401 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Wed 7 AM to 11 PM · Thu 7 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat Open 24 hours · Sun 12 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (415) 885-6407 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 4,926 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 | 401 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Old-school, 24-hour eatery slinging generous portions of diner classics to a lively crowd. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Thu 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Fri to Sat Open 24 hours · Sun 12:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Pinecrest Diner | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 885-6407 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 12:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | 24-hour service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Breakfast | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Diner classics | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dinner | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lunch | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/pinecrestdiner | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/pinecrestdiner | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://pinecrestdiner.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Pinecrest Diner offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Menus |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Pinecrest Diner

Address: 401 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. Phone: (415) 885-6407. Hours: Mon to Wed 7 AM to 11 PM · Thu 7 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat Open 24 hours · Sun 12 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Old-school, 24-hour eatery slinging generous portions of diner classics to a lively crowd."


### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack in the Box | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Biscuits And Blues | Bar | 1 min walk |
| The ThongLor SF - Thai Restaurant | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk |
| La China Poblana | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Katana Ya | Ramen restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Tonton Restaurant | Ramen restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 4,926 reviews: Google 4,926. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While Pinecrest Diner has its fans for classic diner fare, many reviews highlight serious concerns about cleanliness and service. (AI guess, from 4,926 reviews.)


### What people like

- Juicy hamburgers
- Excellent breakfast
- Great fries
- Decent portions


### What people do not like

- Unsanitary food handling
- Rude staff interactions
- Long wait times for service
- Inconsistent food quality


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### rough idea what Pinecrest Diner costs?


### cheaper than this place in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### points or member pricing at Pinecrest Diner, worth signing up?


### when is this place actually dead?


### killing time on Geary, any ideas


### address for Pinecrest Diner, anyone have it?


### Worth the hype here?


### opening hours at Pinecrest Diner in San Francisco, what are they these days?


### best diner in San Francisco


### anyone actually happy with this place?


### which one for 24-hour dining in Union Square, Pinecrest Diner or Lori's Diner?


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


### anything new here lately?


### bad experiences at Pinecrest Diner, anyone?


### are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### first visit at Pinecrest Diner, what do I need to bring?


## 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. Pinecrest 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 | Pinecrest 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 | 45 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | 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 | 57 | 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 | 57 | 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 Pinecrest Diner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pinecrest Diner | LocalBusiness | #business | https://pinecrestdiner.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Pinecrest 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:ChIJK7t6_46AhYARGY_suv0QrkQ (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] pinecrestdiner.com, https://pinecrestdiner.com/menus (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 30, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] pinecrestdiner.com, https://pinecrestdiner.com/ (accessed Sep 30, 2026)