We have a nearly 4 hour layover at SFO coming up. Seems there are a lot of restaurant choices, could some of you SFO regulars weigh in on what is good for an early dinner? The Mrs doesn't want to leave the airport and, unfortunately, won't eat sushi. TIA.

Too bad you cant convince the Mrs to jump in a cab. Kincaid's is located on the approach end of the airport in Burlingame and is about a $10/10 minute cab ride. Nice seafood, chops, etc. Love the crab dip there...I can eat that as a meal alone. The dining room has a great view of the approach end of runway 28R/L.

Not a whole lot of options in the aiprot for a good "real" meal.

My regular stops when traversing SFO.

Gordon Biersch - Terminal 3 near gate 74
Boudin's Bakery - Terminal 3 food court
Lori's Diner - Terminal 3 food court
San Francisco Soup Company - Terminal 3 food court
Andale Mexican Restaurant - 3 locations throughout SFO

Welcome to Flyertalk, 2Bornot22B. I believe you will be better served if I move this over to the SFO Forum (Travel & Dining>United States>San Francisco).
Obscure2k
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I'm not a fan..



Haven't been but Term 2 is supposed to have some good eats...

http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/atsfo...e/dine/t2.html

I've been to burger joint in sf proper, pretty good.

Firewood isn't bad if you are airside in that part of the international terminal (A, I believe).

Andale Taqueria is now so into airport food that it neglected at least one of its few non-airport locations. The Palo Alto branch is gone, replaced by a Mediterranean restaurant. Only Los Gatos is left. This would not be a positive development for quality at Andale in my book.

What terminal are you arriving and departing? That makes a bit of a difference. Just hopefully not T1 - that terminal is by far the worst of the 4. If you are leaving to/from T1, I'd recommend just going to the International Terminal and eating. Restaurants in the center public area are better than T1. Plus there are art displays to pass the time. Do you have lounge access?

Arriving on Delta into T1. We have Skyclub access, so the pre-dinner drinks are covered. Is it a long trek to the International terminal?

The IT is not a long walk - maybe 10 minutes at a normal pace. You can also take the Airtrain, but I usually don't.

There is not much in T1. the SkyClub is before security, so you can have a drink up there and then move to the IT.

You can either walk or take AirTrain. The walk is inside and isn't that long; however, you can also take the AirTrain that connects all the terminals. The station entrance is above the departures level, just make sure you board the trains going in the right direction.

There is a Delta Sky Club in the International Terminal Pier A after security. However, one Delta webpage says it closes at 3:30PM and another says 4:30PM.

I read that SFO isn't very picky about restricting access to terminals if your flight isn't leaving from there, but I have never tried.

There is free wifi at SFO now too and here is the link to the exhibits showing in the terminals. Some are after security though, but Int'l Terminal has ones before security on both sides. http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/sfo_museum/exhibitions/

Here's the dining options in Int'l Terminal: http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/atsfo...e/dine/it.html

Check out Yelp - all the restaurants are reviewed, if you put in location SFO.

I agree with CApreppie -- T1 is the worst for food. It's really the worst all around. There are good dining options in all of the others.

I like the idea of going to Delta's landside club in T1 (3rd floor, above the check-in area) for drinks, then walking over to the landside dining options in the International Terminal. There are two very good restaurant clusters there, just across from security of A (north) and G (south). The A side is where you'll come in when you walk over from T1. Also, there is an interesting aviation museum landside on the A side.

10 minutes max. T1 is horrible, both the B and C piers. The Airtrain elapsed travel time will take longer than the walk to the close side of the IT. (I've never been on the Airtrain.)

The Skyclub drinks before eating is a great idea. (I've done similar, but with the old landside PC before it closed). I'd then mosey over and look at both landside int'l food courts and decide where you want to eat.

Firewood had a landside location, I don't know if it is still there. They used to have decent salads. It has been awhile since I've been.

It is still there - it's landside in the International Terminal. I had the misfortune to eat there a week or so ago. Dried out burger and horrible fries. Not recommended, which is a shame as at least it's like a restaurant unlike all the food court offerings. However, if you don't mind food courts and like Japanese, then Ebisu, also landside in the International Terminal, is probably your best bet if you want to be landside or in T1.

The ones listed above in Terminal 3 are all airside. Also, none of these are really fantastic by any stretch of the imagination. (For a table service meal, I think Yankee Pier is not bad, but that is also airside in Terminal 3.)

My suggestion would be to go to the SFO website at

http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/index.jsp#

Then click under Airport Maps -- take a look at both the Interactive Maps and the Printable Maps. Under each terminal, and each section of each terminal, you can peruse the dining options. There are a number of landside options shown. That way, you will have a better idea of what all the options are.