Garden House Cafe

The lady working here is very nice, I've been here a few times in the past. The issue is she needs help during the morning when it tends to be a little bit more busy. It took 30 mins to make my egg/cheese/spinach bagel! 30 MINS from ordering to pick up. It took 40 mins for my tuna sandwich and Chai tea latte! Luckily, I had my laptop out and I was not in a hurry otherwise who can wait 40 mins for their order???Secondly, the chairs needs to be replaced here. Almost every single chair is cracked badly, has holes and you can see the stuffing come out from them. It's soooooo gross and makes you not want to sit here at all. I do like the classical music playing, the library and the Parisian cafe meets San Francisco charm. Minimum, this place needs new chairs, desperately!PS: cash or Zelle only.

Food (skimped on the meat in sandwich) service (workers are very very slow, it took 25 mins to get a bagel sandwich and coffee) & ambience (dusty, dirty) could all use major improvements. To top it off, they only take cash or Zelle! Tax evasion much?

My boyfriend and I wanted to go on a Black Friday hike nearby and this was one of the few places opened and I'm so glad we chose this spot.You walk in and you get greeted by two sweet women, they seem like a mother and daughter. They're both incredibly friendly and patient. Eventually I get my two sandwiches, two medium Roma sandwiches on a French roll, and I leave. When my boyfriend and I finally ate our sandwiches in the middle of our hike, we were pleasantly surprised. The sandwiches had so much flavor and suddenly I realized all the other sandwiches I've ever tried don't taste quite like these. I got a mild ground pepper flavor throughout and I LOVED the flakiness of the French roll. My only regret is that I didn't get two large sandwiches instead to enjoy more of it.

Great sandwiches and coffee drinks. Love the wilderness like back patio on hot days. Jeannette is very friendly.

I love this place- if you're a bougie critic go somewhere else anyway. This little family business reminds meOf a Parisian cafe but with that old school San Francisco charm. I just had the best sub sandwich on a French roll the way they made it was just right and the French roll was light and crispy. Perfect experience after my derailer broke riding down the hill and needed a place to land and wait for my friend. Free WiFi with a purchase too which these days a lot of cafes don't even have service.

This cafe has the best ambiance of any cafe in San Francisco, seriously. There's a park across the street, awesome outdoor patio in the back, and the indoor seating is like sitting in someone's apartment, with books and plants and a piano. Really recommend if you care about the space you drink your coffee/tea in

Coffee and bagel tastes awful. Never again! Just go to Art Bistro (a block away), sooo much better than this cafe!

First of all they are a cash and Zelle only cafe. So we had to leave and find an atm, their atm was out of cash.We finally got cash, ordered our sandwiches and waited almost a half an hour! Seriously, the place was not busy, I can't understand why it took so long to make two sandwiches. I took a bite of my sandwich and had to open to see if they forgot the meat, all I could taste was lettuce. There was one thin layer of meat hiding next to the mayonnaise.Ambiance? Dated, dirty but with a cute back patio.

Cash only. This cafe has a decent ambiance but is only for people who don't mind filth. There are many plants, a piano, and an outdoor area to bring your dog. The food was mediocre. The trash cans are so disgusting I couldn't touch them to sort my trash. There is dust everywhere, and some dead plants.

I came here for this first time when I was craving a sandwich and it definitely delivered! I didn't realize they didn't take card so the Zelle transfer took me awhile but the worker was very patient with me. The place was pretty empty when I went so my sandwich came out in ten minutes or so. I took it to go but there's a seating area if you want to sit and stay!