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# Wayfare Tavern, San Francisco CA: Reservation Reviews

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

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

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## In short

Wayfare Tavern is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 62 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 201 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (415) 772-9060 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 3,078 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Reservation |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| 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 | 201 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Popular upscale eatery serving Tyler Florence's American fare in a British pub-style setting. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Wayfare Tavern | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 772-9060 | 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 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | American cuisine | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Barbary room | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bar service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Cellar dining room | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dining reservations | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Juniper bar | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Juniper dining room | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private events | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Reservation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sequoia lounge | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/wayfaretavern | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/wayfaretavern | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.wayfaretavern.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 8 services Wayfare Tavern offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reservation |  |  |  | From their website |
| Barbary room |  |  |  | From their website |
| Menus |  |  |  | From their website |
| Juniper bar |  |  |  | From their website |
| Private events |  |  |  | From their website |
| Juniper dining room |  |  |  | From their website |
| Sequoia lounge |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cellar dining room |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Reservation: 40% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting Wayfare Tavern

Address: 201 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. Phone: (415) 772-9060. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Popular upscale eatery serving Tyler Florence's American fare in a British pub-style setting."


### When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pine St & Battery St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Battery St & Pine St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Pine St & Battery St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| 235 Pine Street Parking Garage Downtown San Francisco | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Locali Mediterranean | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 3,078 reviews: Google 3,078. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Wayfare Tavern is known for its upscale ambiance and inventive dishes, but inconsistent service and food quality can detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 3,078 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fried chicken with perfect thin coating
- Delicious popovers and Caesar salad
- Lamb and inventive cocktails
- Thoughtful gestures like complimentary bread


### What people do not like

- Long waits past reservation time
- Inconsistent food quality, including undercooked dishes
- Rude or inattentive service
- Poor management and organization
- High prices not matched by quality


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## Questions people ask


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### rough idea what Wayfare Tavern costs?


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


### how much is a first visit around here


### Booking a first visit at Wayfare Tavern, what happens?


### torn between Wayfare Tavern and Marlowe?


### Coffee near Wayfare Tavern on Pine?


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


### anything new from Wayfare Tavern lately?


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


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


### points or member pricing here, worth signing up?


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


### best american restaurant in San Francisco


### walk in at Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### Wayfare Tavern, any chance to get a table this week?


### people keep recommending Wayfare Tavern, what for?


### the good stuff about Wayfare Tavern, what is it?


## The AI Score: 62 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. Wayfare Tavern scores 62, above the San Francisco average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Wayfare Tavern |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | 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 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 80 | 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 | 69 | 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 | 49 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 80 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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 Wayfare Tavern |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wayfare Tavern | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.wayfaretavern.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Wayfare Tavern 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:ChIJE5T3YoqAhYARtxUohSbFVDc (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/sequoia-lounge (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/barbary-room (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/menu-1 (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/private-events (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/reservation (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/cellar-dining-room (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/juniper-bar (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [9] wayfaretavern.com, https://www.wayfaretavern.com/juniper-dining-room (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [10] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 12, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)