Dalida Restaurant - San Francisco (CA)

5 /5 Chandra Prasad: Great place to get a breakfast or brunch and walk around the presidio. We had the first appointments and it was great to see the staff lined up to open the restaurant and escort each group to their table. The menu is fresh and is changed often. The Turkish and Mediterranean inspired cuisine was fabulous and the views are great! We enjoyed our time there and will be back again.

4 /5 Katy: We had a couple hiccups during our visit here with our order, but I’ve worked in retail and food before and I understand how things can get confusing and mistakes can be made despite your best efforts. That being said, I’d confirm just to make sure they got it right when ordering. Dalida has a great atmosphere and the location is bar none. The Presidio backdrop is honestly fantastic. The inside is gorgeous and the vibe is amazing as well. The food is solidly good. It’s not the best I’ve ever had, but it’s a 3.75-4 star for me. The fries however are a 5 and we did enjoy the lamb dumplings. The Aleppo Chicken was okay—36$ I was expecting my mind to be blown—but I feel like I could have cooked it at home too. The Kalispera drink was a 10/10 for me. The Ottoman Coffee was fun as well. It was a good experience overall. Not sure if I’d go out of my way to go back, but not a waste of a dinner either. 3.75/5.

4 /5 Tijmen de Haan: Great ambiance, friendly service. The food is imaginative and visually striking, but some of the flavors were divisive. The octopus dish (see pic) looked super cool, but it was sliced so thin that the octopus texture was lost. The pork flavor was so strong that there was no octopus flavor either. The phylo/potato/mushroom dish also got mixed reviews from us. I thought the truffle flavor was too strong. The "breaking bread" dish was super tasty: pillowy warm bread and delicious, balanced dips. The manti were incredible: savory meaty filling in a cute al dente package topped with acidic tomato and yoghurt sauces. I would recommend coming here with a few people so you can share many dishes.

5 /5 turev acar: Turkish cuisine but varied/mixed with different spices and flavors. Highly recommending breaking bread, artichoke, kayseri manti, cop sis skewer for appetizers. The meat choices are really good; especially slowly cooked lamb shoulder (keshkek is fantastic). Really good ambience, good service and good drink options. Price/performance is also great. Some notes: the borek (wish they had more cheese flavor), manti (got a little bit too much of the tomato paste taste in the sauce) and artichoke (would reduce the orange flavor a little bit). Highly recommended place!