I've been here a few times, with friends and on dates, and it's cute. It's a good place to sit and enjoy a drink of a coffee and chat! I really like the open-air feel of it, too.


I had a really good cheese plate once, and they've got a lot of other things I'd like to try. I wish I couldn't remember the exact cheeses we got, but I liked them a lot. Cheese makes me happy.


The staff has always been very nice every time I've been here, too!

I love this cafe. Me and upper Fillmore, we're not always pals. However the Grove is worth weathering the nouveau riche and the yuppies for the great atmosphere, super nice staff and tasty food.


Nice rich wood walls. Well priced red wines. A chicken pot pie that is to die for. Cafe sized tables good to sit and write at, leather couches near a fireplace, and free wifi. I usually go here at night to write and enjoy the candlelit woodsy feel and work on writing with either a great coffee drink or a glass of wine.

This place rocks as much as it's cousin on Chestnut. Truthfully, I'm not sure which one came first...

The Grove is a San Francisco institution. And the only place I think is equally adored by the singletons and their married/coupled friends.


I love Saturday mornings at The Grove for the mix of people languishing on it's mismatched seats. Toddlers, kids, golden oldies, hippies and yippies prop themselves on ski lift benches, rocking chairs, wobbly knotted tables and stained sofas. The fireplaces are a magnet during the cooler seasons - just about every month in SF barring September! Most tables are occupied by squatters and their laptops, but other tables open up fast enough. But it's just as good on a weeknight.


I love peoplewatching and Fillmore Street is as richly, fertile as any other SF location.


I have an ongoing love affair with Dave's Downfall: an english muffin, with two poached eggs, bacon, avo and parmesian cheese sauce on the side. They just discontinued this in it's concentrated form, and have incorporated spinach and tomato, via some other theme, but I can guess it'd be just as good.


The fresh OJ is exactly that: fresh, and oversized. They make it as you order it. The salads, soups, mac 'n cheese using four different types of cheese, chile con carne, jumbo creamy chai tea...it's all good.


The staff are friendly, and helpful, and if you're lucky, you can get a table in the sun, to admire the passing poodles and their pets. Service is self-help at the counter for odreding, and collecting drinks, although they'll bring your plate to you when it's ready. Great for a weekend laze-fest.