# Toy Soldier, San Francisco CA: Reviews

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

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## In short

Toy Soldier is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 52 Belden Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (415) 875-9514 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 1,872 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Saturday |
| 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 | 52 Belden Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Highbrow lounge & local comfort food kitchen with house beers, cocktails & a patio. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 5:00 to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Toy Soldier | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 875-9514 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | American cuisine | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Cocktails | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | House beers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Local comfort food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lounge area | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Outdoor patio dining | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://www.toysoldiersf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


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## Visiting Toy Soldier

Address: 52 Belden Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA. Phone: (415) 875-9514. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 5 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Highbrow lounge & local comfort food kitchen with house beers, cocktails & a patio."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belden Express | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Buena Vida Cantina on Belden | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Ristorante Tiramisu | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Leleka Ukrainian Comfort Food (San Francisco) | Ukrainian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| 350 Bush St. Garage - Valet | Parking | 1 min walk |
| SAJJ Mediterranean (SF FiDi) | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 1,872 reviews: Google 1,872. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Toy Soldier stands out for its $1 oysters and standout dishes like the pork chop, but struggles with service consistency during peak times. (AI guess, from 1,872 reviews.)


### What people like

- $1 oysters on certain conditions
- Pork chop described as the best ever
- Heirloom burrata recommended


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food and service
- Inconsistent food quality
- Misleading pricing on the menu


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### pricey at Toy Soldier, or about normal?


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### do I need to book Toy Soldier in San Francisco or can I just turn up?


### people keep recommending Toy Soldier, what for?


### best american restaurant in San Francisco


### which one, Toy Soldier or Wayfare Tavern?


### Why do people rate Toy Soldier?


### What american restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### anyone been on a Sunday, were they trading


### anywhere on Belden to sit while I wait


### how much is a first visit around here


### Toy Soldier, any chance to get a table this week?


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### last update from here was when?


### Booking a first visit at Toy Soldier, what happens?


### cheaper than Toy Soldier in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


## The AI Score: 24 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco american restaurants run 24 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Toy Soldier scores 24, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Toy Soldier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 97 | 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 | 55 | 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 | 43 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 15 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

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

How AI decides what to say about an 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 Toy Soldier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toy Soldier | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.toysoldiersf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Toy Soldier 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 american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best american restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/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:ChIJtT_kKIqAhYAR8kotss7-lA8 (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)