I had gotten some $25 off certificates from Restaurant.com for only $3 each, and I had heard about the rotating restaurant at the top of the Hyatt in SF, so I figured for $25 off, even if the food wasn't that great, it's still a significant amount off.

Wrong.

I ordered something called a "Hanger Steak" which was really 4 or 5 small beef cubes on a bed of mac-n-cheese ($29). It didn't come with ANY vegetables, so I asked for some. I got a side of 3 steamed asparagus spears and 3 steamed carrots ($5). My girlfriend had some roasted beet salad with goat cheese, fairly good. ($10). 1 ICED TEA ($4.75?!). Dessert was a small warm brownie with vanilla ice cream on top ($9). On top of that they sneak in some service charge of $10 for I don't know what?! (I should've NOT tipped the guy, I guess.) Even AFTER the $25 off certificate, it was a huge rip-off off at $57.66 incl the waiter's $10 tip that I shouldn't have given (he was fair, at best).

The novelty of being in a rotating restaurant wears off pretty quickly when you realize that the view is only nice about 1/3rd of the time, and that you're paying a ridiculous premium for it.

Equinox Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency, SF

(I'm actually seeking a refund on the remaining 3 certificates because I'll never go back to Equinox. That said, if you *do* find a restaurant that you want to go to, check out Restaurant.com to see if they have a $25 off certificate. Most of the time they cost $10, but once in a while they run a promo and the $25 off certificate only costs $3, which is a pretty stellar deal... unless you're going to Equinox. mingster had posted a thread about these deals a while back)


(aside: Greens Restaurant is even MORE expensive and over-hyped. avoid both these places. jeez I seem to have a knack for finding the expensive rip-off restaurants of the Bay Area. )

 

heh, yup. I hate that place, terrible food, etc. they have somewhat ok drinks but they are about 5x more expensive than they should be.

 

thanks for the tip we were actually thinking about trying it out

 

Equinox is good for only one thing. The view. If you're going there, just get drinks.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jarod
Equinox is good for only one thing. The view.

 

Carnelian Room has a nice view and the food is decent.

 

Equinox is only good for the view, drinks and desserts.

 

I was just there last Friday night. I agree with you on the price issue, everything is overpriced up there.

However, my food was actually pretty good, and yes, it did come with vegetables, hehe.

I had the sea bass and my g/f had some kinda beef medallion plate. Both were decent, but not worth the price.......

I looked on my receipt, and I did not get charged a $10.00 service fee......that would bother me. I would inquire about that charge.

Sorry for your bad experience.....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by blue2k2s2k
I was just there last Friday night.

 

The view isn't even all that great. Most of the time you're just looking at the docks or some other building. But, it is a decent place to go for drinks I guess.