TaishoSF

FINALLY! That is my one-word summary coming across TaishoSF. Was there Friday night, and couldn't wait to write this review.- Service: 10/10The highlight of this review. Everyone there was exceptionally professional, nice, and most importantly went above and beyond to provide a fun, first time experience. It is hard to find a good place that doesn't feel "establishment", but everyone here gave the perfect small-business/local energy that SF lost many years ago and are easy to talk to and sociable. You come here, you feel like a regular, not just another customer. Very rare to find spots like this in SF.- Karaoke 9/10Hands down best spot for Karaoke in SF. We have been struggling to find spots with updated catalogs and a wide selection. Catalog has more than the basics and karaoke software is premium. Microphone was clear, speaker system was great, rooms were well designed and clean. Found all the songs I wanted to sing, so was not disappointed. Finally!- Food 8/10Listen, set your expectations and know this isn't a place for gourmet, high-end dining. The food was tasty, but yes it is on the heavier side and you'll probably have a better "foodie" experience going to a dedicated restaurant. But for what it is: It is tasty, presentable, very well seasoned, and had no regrets with our orders.- Drinks 8/10Only Sake and Beer. Margarita machine is supposed to come soon, can't wait! Selection of beer and sake is wide. House Sake was surprisingly good.- Pricing 8/10Pricing was fair. Didn't feel anything was excessive and for the experience as a whole I felt I got more than my moneys worth. Everything was transparent and upfront (though I wish their receipts were itemized by default).Absolutely worth to try once if you're looking for karaoke. Better than options around Japantown and Mason St. a thousand times over. I'll be back!

I was initially drawn to this place by its flashy lights and loud, fun music but I quickly realized that this place is an after hours/ bar-food place at best. If you're looking for a great culinary experience, maybe look elsewhere but this place serves a purpose for those late nights after one too many and you need some food in your stomach to soak up the excess booze. I appreciated the overall vibes of the place and the staff were very nice and welcoming.

If you walked by this place you wouldn't believe how massive it is inside! Wonderful service and the food was good. Wonderful hostThank you!

Such a cute spot! I had a concert at the Regency Ballroom and was looking for a place to eat. Stumbled upon this place and saw that they had happy hour (which I'm a sucker for...) Happy hour is from 5 - 7pm Tuesday - Thursday and Sunday.They have bar seating and some tables. There was a big screen TV right as you walk in (I was later told that they do open mic at 8pm on Thursday - not sure about the other days). Their happy hours offer a wide variety of food they offer but in small portions and karaoke rooms are significantly cheaper during this time as well. The staff was really accommodating and made sure to do a last call before happy hour ended. We got a pitcher of beer and some happy hour food which was no more than $6! Such a great deal and highly recommend coming to check this place out especially if you like to karaoke. We left feeling so full and happy. Kalua Pork Nacho - 8/10, the pork was so good. Most of the toppings were on the top so once you got closer to the bottom, it was just chips.Katsu Curry 8/10, I think this is well worth for the happy hour price. Katsu was crisp but didn't feel like there was much meat to it. Taisho Fries 8/10, it was a bit spicy but I like the toppings on this, since it was fries, I think the sauce dripped down to the lower levels of it which made almost all fries have some sort of seasoning. Jenny's Oxtail Porridge - 7/10, personally I'm not a big fan of oxtail but my girlfriend liked it. Excited to come back again soon to try more things on the menu.

We were looking for some fresh eats on Tuesday after an awesome Warriors game! Taisho was where we ended up..We were greeted by friendly people, sat at a nice clean table..The atmosphere was relaxed and friendly and the smells were wafting through the place..Wonderful aroma..We had some Tempura veggies to share, I had the teriyaki chicken and rice, really good.My guy had a the Katsu Curry dish, he loved it..We also shared some coleslaw..Everything was so good..We were offered some Dole Whip, but sadly it was all out..Next time..I'd definitely come back..Thanks for being open..Great place, excellent service.

My new obsession. Some friends and I stumbled across this place while looking for any restaurants open past 11pm on a Thursday. We were immediately greeted by karaoke singers and decided to join in on the fun! Super easy to join via QR code and queue a song. Open and free to all customers! Food was all so yummy and servers were super sweet! Will definitely be coming back for some more karaoke fun!

In a city where happy hour is increasingly expensive, Taisho offers an affordable happy hour with a good variety of food options! My friend and I went on a Tuesday evening and there were a few other groups but it didn't fill up, so it was nice to still be able to hold a conversation without shouting. We ordered the Taisho fries, kalua pork nachos, and katsu curry, along with a pint of Sapporo each. I do wish there were more drink options on the HH menu, but the food options made up for it. We were shocked that even the entrees only cost $6 at most, and the portions were decent too. While the food wasn't anything outstanding, it was definitely solid and I'm glad nothing was too salty (especially the fries and nachos). There was a good amount of pork in the nachos too, and for my fellow cilantro haters, take comfort in knowing the pico de gallo didn't have any - phew! I do wish the katsu curry had a bit more curry though, as the ratio to meat seemed a bit off, but I enjoyed how crispy the katsu was. Taisho fries were solid too, though it's hard to go wrong with potato! Our server checked on us pretty regularly, though honestly it would've been fine if she left us alone a tad more LOL introvert problems. The one thing was that the tables were super sticky - not sure if just ours or if they're all like that. Overall, this is a great affordable happy hour spot and I would def come back!

Had a great evening here with a bunch of friends. Very casual spot offering Hawaiian and JapaneseFoods. Extremely nice that we went during happy hour. Prices could not be beat for the generous portions of food that we ate. Owner and staff were very welcoming and accommodating to all our needs. The food was so ono delicious! We forgot to Even look at the regular menu since we were stuffed with the happy hour foods. Loved the spam fries and special dip. Very crunchy and not salty at all. The katsu curry is always my favorite. The curry flavor and texture is always on point. The Taisho fries remained crispy throughout the evening. Jenny's oxtail porridge was just the right consistency for jook with shreds of oxtail. Such a nice comfortFood on a cold evening. The Mac salad tasted homemade and the chicken wings were meaty and succulent with the two dipping sauces. All in all, it was a wonderful evening spent with good friends and food. Thank you Taisho - we will be back

My wife heard about the happy hour and karaoke and those were wonderful reasons to try Taisho. We anticipated a challenge with parking and took a Waymo to get there. We got the fries, edamame dip with chips, kalua pork burrito and sake from the Happy Hour menu. All were good but the dip wasn't flavorful. From the regular menu, my wife enjoyed the the vegetable tempura. I had the spam musabi which was a nice deal at $5. We had the sake hot and the bottle was piping hot so please be careful. We checked out the songs on karaoke and there were a lot of pop tunes to choose from. Looking forward to checking out more fun Happy Hour places :)

Loved their curry loco moco! Got the guy on tv staring. It must have made him hungry.