Pacific Catch
1200 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122-2307
(415) 504-6905
1200 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122-2307
(415) 504-6905
My family and I was visiting the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco one fine Saturday. We had planned on eating lunch there. However, an untimely fire alarm forced everyone to evacuate the building. Needless to say, our lunch time plans had to be change. Luckily for us, there is no shortage of restaurants in San Francisco, especially around 9th Ave in the Sunset District.
We just decided to go to the first restaurant that we saw. Pacific Catch is right at the exit of Golden Gate Park. I would say it is more of a fusion type of restaurant that borrows from Asian Flavors. We ordered some Fish Sticks and Chicken Strips for the kids. For myself, I ordered the Cabo Calamari, and Thai Skirt Steak Salad.
The chicken strips and fish sticks were okay. I didn't particularly like coating. It was neither crisp or thin. The inside tasted better. We did like the side sweet potato fries that came with the chicken strips. It was sweet and rather tasty.
The calamari was pretty good. They even included some deep friend lemon slices that were a first for me. The calamari were nicely deep fried with a light flaky crust. The sauce on the side was a nice creamy chipotle type of sauce that really accented the dishes nicely.
The Thai Skirt Steak salad was okay. The meat was sweet, it tasted sweet. The salad itself tasted more like a Vietnamese Salad. There was suppose to be a chili lemon dressing, but it seem to have gotten lost in translation. Either it was very light and not much of it. The vegetable parts of the salad screamed for more acidity. Without it, it tasted pretty bland.
Our service was adequate, though they did not expected the sudden rush of customer from the exiled Academy of Science crowd. We were checked up on a couple of times, but most of the time we were left to ourselves. Our drinks were not refilled for some time. But I could not complain much since it looked like other tables had it worse than ours.
Final thoughts: A nice twist on some traditional asian flavors, but some dishes needed to be worked on more.
Food: 3 1/2 stars
Service: 3 Stars
Price: Above Average
Overall: 3 1/4 stars
