# Waterbar Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews

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

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## In short

Waterbar Restaurant is a seafood restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Seafood restaurant |
| Address | 399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (415) 284-9922 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 4,548 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 | 399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Stylish seafood spot with oysters, a horseshoe-shaped bar, and patio with up-close views of Bay Bridge. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Waterbar Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 284-9922 | 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 | 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Give back | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Nye | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Oyster bar | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Oysterfest | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Patio dining | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Private dining | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Seafood dining | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/waterbarsf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/waterbarsf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://www.waterbarsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 5 services Waterbar offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Give back |  |  |  | From their website |
| Oysterfest |  |  |  | From their website |
| Private dining |  |  |  | From their website |
| Menus |  |  |  | From their website |
| Nye |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Waterbar

Address: 399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Phone: (415) 284-9922. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Stylish seafood spot with oysters, a horseshoe-shaped bar, and patio with up-close views of Bay Bridge."


### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Embarcadero & Folsom St | Tram stop | 1 min walk |
| EPIC Steak | Steak house | 1 min walk |
| Fireboat House | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk |
| The Embarcadero & Harrison St | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| The Embarcadero & Folsom St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| The Embarcadero & Folsom St | Transit station | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 4,548 reviews: Google 4,548. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Waterbar is known for its stunning views and seafood dishes, but customer service and food quality can be hit or miss. (AI guess, from 4,548 reviews.)


### What people like

- Eggplant katsu
- Daily and Humboldt oysters
- Grilled swordfish
- Complimentary desserts


### What people do not like

- Long waits for seating despite reservations
- Rude or unhelpful host staff
- Inconsistent food quality
- Overcooked or undercooked dishes
- Poor handling of dietary restrictions


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### address for Waterbar, anyone have it?


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


### pricey here, or about normal?


### best seafood restaurant in San Francisco


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


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


### Somewhere to park near Waterbar?


### what else is on The Embarcadero around Waterbar?


### points or member pricing at Waterbar, worth signing up?


### the good stuff about this place, what is it?


### Waterbar, any chance to get a table this week?


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


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### anything new from Waterbar lately?


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


### torn between Waterbar and Sotto Mare?


### people keep recommending Waterbar, what for?


## The AI Score: 47 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco seafood restaurants run 23 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Waterbar scores 47, above the San Francisco average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Waterbar |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 83 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 91 | 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 | 60 | 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 | 25 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 79 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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

How AI decides what to say about a seafood 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 Waterbar |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waterbar Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.waterbarsf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Waterbar 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 seafood restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best seafood restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/seafood-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:ChIJgXkuGnCAhYARbVYisXVfO68 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/give-back/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/menus/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/nye/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/oysterfest/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/private-dining/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] waterbarsf.com, https://www.waterbarsf.com/ (accessed Oct 26, 2026)