# Son and Garden, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/son-and-garden-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/son-and-garden-san-francisco-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtugqa5707s3yeawmlrhb2u2%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtugqa5707s3yeawmlrhb2u2%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtugqa5707s3yeawmlrhb2u2%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtugqa5707s3yeawmlrhb2u2%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtugqa5707s3yeawmlrhb2u2%2F4.jpg) ## In short Son and Garden is a new american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | New american restaurant | | Address | 700 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA | | Hours | Mon to Wed 10 AM to 2 PM · Thu to Fri 10 AM to 2 PM and 5 AM to 9 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 3 PM and 5 AM to 9 PM | | Phone | (415) 913-7404 | | Rating | 4.5 across 1,358 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Tuesday | | 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 | 700 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Pastels, plants & flowery wallpaper outfit this cozy destination that serves New American dishes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM · Thu to Fri 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 5:00 to 9:00 PM · Sat to Sun 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, 5:00 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Son and Garden | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 913-7404 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Dine-in service | AI guess | | | Services | Service | New american cuisine | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://sonandgarden.com/san-francisco?utm_source=google | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Son and Garden Address: 700 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA. Phone: (415) 913-7404. Hours: Mon to Wed 10 AM to 2 PM · Thu to Fri 10 AM to 2 PM and 5 AM to 9 PM · Sat to Sun 9 AM to 3 PM and 5 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Pastels, plants & flowery wallpaper outfit this cozy destination that serves New American dishes." ### When to go Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Express | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Eddy St & Polk St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Eddy St & Polk St | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Kimbap Heaven | Korean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Question Mark Mushroom Supply | Snack bar | 1 min walk | | Eddy St & Polk St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 1,358 reviews: Google 1,358. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) While the food presentation is impressive, service inconsistencies and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 1,358 reviews.) ### What people like - Matcha mochi pancakes - Short rib Benedict - Ube cloud matcha - Galbi Benedict - Bibimbap ### What people do not like - Inconsistent service quality - Long waits for seating - Rude staff interactions - Dirty dishes and decor - Overpriced tea experience ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### anything I should sort out before a first visit here? ### walk ins, or is it booked solid ### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco? ### Booking at Son and Garden in San Francisco, how does it work? ### opening hours here, what are they these days? ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### points or member pricing at Son and Garden, worth signing up? ### Whereabouts is Son and Garden? ### what else is on Polk around Son and Garden? ### is there a socials account worth following ### Son and Garden or Lazy Bear? ### the good stuff about Son and Garden, what is it? ### Busiest day here, anyone know? ### people keep recommending Son and Garden, what for? ### best new american restaurant in San Francisco ### anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good? ## The AI Score: 34 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco new american restaurants run 25 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Son and Garden scores 34, below the San Francisco average of 35. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Son and Garden | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | 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 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 80 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 51 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a new american restaurant: 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 Son and Garden | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Son and Garden | LocalBusiness | #business | https://sonandgarden.com/san-francisco?utm_source=google | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City Son and Garden 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 new american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best new american restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/new-american-restaurant - 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:ChIJvzh7o6iBhYARlykOlY7KP3E (accessed Sep 9, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)