Tosto Coffee (San Francisco)

This is a "last straw" review of our dining experience at this specific restaurant location. We've only visited the San Francisco restaurant, so not generalizing across their other locations. Hopefully, the issues are only isolated in one place. Visited Palm Sunday, after a longer church service, so we were all very hungry and looking forward to a good late breakfast. Arrived at 12:38pm, secured a table for 3 (the restaurant was crowded inside and out), didn't take long for us to submit our order. Our order - son went for his usual French Toast with Eggs & Bacon, wife order the Waffle All In & I ordered the Bananaberry Pancakes with a side of eggs and bacon, specifically requested it to be "suave", as I really don't like crispy bacon. Here's where things went off the rails and unfortunately, it happens regularly. They never seem to have enough staff to support busy days/times - like this day which was the last Sunday of Burger Week - so wait times get extended, which is typical for them. But this time, it was ridiculous. After waiting for 35 mins, the server tells us that they ran out of strawberries, an ingredient in both my son & I's order. They sent someone to go to the supermarket to get more. We weren't offered the opportunity to change our order, since doing so would significantly delay things. Clearly, they have no kitchen management capability to identify that they were running low beforehand, work on acquiring more, while communicating to the wait staff to not take more orders until they remedied the situation. They could also have offered alternatives, like - you can get blueberries instead of strawberries for example. Point being, they allowed the situation to get to the absolute worst state before taking action. The end result - after waiting over an hour, my wife received her order, which wasn't complicated at all, followed by my son and my side order of eggs and VERY CRISPY bacon (once again), then I had to wait another 15mins before getting my pancakes. In the end, we walked out of there at 2:35pm not happy customers. We gone through some variation of these types of issues there in the past, we'll take a break, go back, have one decent experience, return then have a similar issue and so it goes. However, this was the last straw. We're done and officially taking it out our rotation. I've managed restaurants for a number of years in the past - this should not be a regular occurrence for what would be considered a nice family restaurant as Tosto seems it is trying to be. Just really disappointing.

Searching for a new post church, Sunday breakfast/brunch spot with quality food, service and setting, we decided to check out this local coffee shop that we've driven past multiple times in the Plaza 75 strip mall. With proximity being a benefit (located in a central San Fran location), we easily found parking there (valet is on offer as well) and entered to a quaint, comfortably decorated dining area. We were greeted quickly, seated right away and reviewed their comprehensive menu - they offer all day breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Our intent was fully focused on breakfast, so we ordered the following: Blueberry Pancakes (3 stack) w/Scrambled eggs and Bacon (soft) - the pancakes were stuffed with blueberries and topped with a blueberry sauce. Loved the pancake mix and how fluffy they came out, making it a perfect pairing with the blueberries. Eggs were scrambled from real eggs, which is always my preference and the bacon were almost country style, which means there were more robust that the standard fare you pick up in the supermarket. Great choice! Our 9yr old had the French Toast (La Francesita) - covered with dulce de leche, chantilly sauce, whipped cream and fresh strawberries, he devoured everything on the plate in nothing flat, said he loved every bite - another winner. The wife had Hojaldre Special - An hojaldre (fried flour dough) covered with tender sliced beef and eggs - another dish that went over very well, with great taste and portions. For drinks, I had a large cappuccino (made with a good, mild coffee) and the wife and son had natural pineapple juice - all were well prepared and fitting matches to our meals. Overall, the service is excellent as we felt well attended to and everyone had very pleasant demeanor throughout our visit. This is another gem that is worth discovering, which we will be visiting more regularly for sure.

esta cafeteria es ideal para salir y compartir con amigos. el cafe es muy rico y los platos son sencillos pero buenos y con ingredientes frescos. el único problema es el parking en la plaza, en especial en horas de la moche .

Este restaurante es bastante bueno, pero esta vez los voy a calificar por el Burger Week, a pesar de tener su hamburguesa un buen pan y una excelente carne, la salsa no los ayudó, la hamburguesa estaba algo salada y la salsa como si fuese de Buffalo Wings pero sin picante por lo cual chorreaba, honestamente no me agradó mucho, le faltó algo dulce que contrarrestara lo salado.

Pedí la hamburguesa Berrak y estuvo buena, mi esposa el pollo club y para mi gusto lo sentí algo insípido, sin embargo el pan estaba bueno, recomiendo los camotes fritos como acompañamiento de los emparedados, tenían una oferta del segundo emparedado a 0.99 centavos y de cervezas a 2x1. El lugar es agradable y los postres se veían bien pero la hamburguesa me dejo satisfecho.