Bansang

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   Brian

   San Francisco

   13 reviews

   4.0

   13 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   For tapas their food portion was generous. Flavor is well balanced Service was good Wished there was table cloth or pedestal for utensils Seeing stacks of pre toasted bread made me hold from ordering uni toast
   

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   Jennifer

   VIP

   San Francisco

   92 reviews

   5.0

   92 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First time at Bansang - we'll be back! The tapas style menu is good for a group as you can order a lot of dishes to share (we were 5). Started with the small tapas - note that the food comes out fast- had we known, we would have asked our server to slow the service. We had the mulhwe noodle - a cold raw fish and noodle dish- was excellent! It was large enough to share amongst us 5. Light & refreshing- a must order. The uni scallop toast was amazing - one order can be shared for two people. Its a bit pricey - but you can tell the ingredients are super fresh. The charred broccoli was so good - perfectly cooked and the slight bitterness from the char balanced with the back bean paste aioli. We had one order - and everyone got to have a taste. The jjimdak bao was amazing. We ordered one bao for each of us (we should have shared instead) - the braised chicken was so tender and juicy and the bao was light and pillowy. The soy glazed potato was a revelation. Soft and tender fingerling potatoes and the soy glaze was an umami bomb of goodness. Sunchoke & truffle was delicious - pricey (truffles) but worth it. Rice cake & chorizo was surprising in that the flavors mimicked a pepperoni pizza? It was really good - we ordered two of these. You'd think we had enough - but we had to try the large tapas - 1 order of the gochujang black cod was enough for each of us to have a small bite. Had we not filled up on small tapas, we would have ordered 2 of these. The galbi rib eye was tender and tasty. If we had to skip one dish - it would be this. It was really good, but not surprising like the other menu items. Radish kimchi fried rice - addictively good - would have ordered 2 of these too. For desserts - we ordered 1 of each of the 3 offerings. The date cake was the best of the 3, pear sorbet needed more pear flavor and the banana ice cream was good but not memorable. With two bottles of wine and a cocktail, bill was $570 (w/o tip). Pricey but worth it!
   

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   Stefan

   Greater Boston

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 10, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Top tier food. Deserves a Michelin star. Warm and attentive service
   

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   Nicole

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 9, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Food wasn’t that good. Broccoli was bad, but the best part was the dessert.
   

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   Alexander

   VIP

   San Francisco

   10 reviews

   4.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on January 1, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Must order is the Uni Scallop Toast, that was a great bite. Overall very good food and service, I do wish the ribeye had come with more on the side, the three small piles on the plate were not enough, maybe should come with a more traditional full tray of pickles, kimchi, etc.
   

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   Eddie

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on December 30, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Service was fantastic. Very polite and attentive staff. Ambience was acceptable. Food was good with 3 of very nice dishes such as the sea urchin toast, steak tartare, and black cod. Nice to try, but not going to be memorable after few weeks.
   

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   Rebecca

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on December 29, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Pasta and small tapas were delicious but the other large tapas dishes that we ordered (pork, cod) were average in flavor (pretty in presentation.) we (4 people) ordered 3 large tapas, 4 small tapas, a dessert, and 2 glasses of wine—> $230 before tip, and I was starving afterwards. I considered ordering another large tapas for the table but the flavors of the ones we’d gotten didn’t make it seem worth it. Service was average- one of those times where there wasn’t anything wrong that the server did but still we seemed judged (or she was just unenthused.)
   

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   Heather

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 28, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   This was the best meal I have had in a while! Inventive dishes with great flavor, yet very accessible and well priced for the quality. It was fun to have smaller tapas plates to share and be able to try more delicious dishes!
   

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   Tina

   Tahoe

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 23, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We went for my daughter’s birthday and had an excellent dinner. The food was exceptional and the service was top notch. Looking forward to coming back.
   

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    Bianca

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on December 15, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2

    Overpriced. Also the restaurant temperature was cold.
    

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