First Crush Restaurant Wine Bar & Lounge, San Francisco

I thoroughly enjoyed the food, the ambiance, the wine. Absolute PERFECTION! I recommend it highly.

as soon as you walk in, you know you're in for something different. There's nothing but good vibs and great service at First Crush Restaurant Wine Bar and Lounge. But word of advice, this is the kind of place you take you're girlfriend or wife to, not first date. Because it was a little ehhhhh, taking someone I just meet there, a little to stong of a message on my part

The food was incredible!!!! First Crush is a great place to go with that special someone or even just a group of friends.

The wine and food was excellent!!! I recommend this place to everyone I know.

Had a 20 people party in here on a Saturday night and we were tucked into the back of the restaurant, with even a black curtain to seperate us into our crazy world. The food at the restaurant was OK. For appertizers, we had baked scallop which is very yummy and creamy, slightly seared tuna which went well with roasted pepper and tomato, scallop with butter sauce that was a bit overdone and crab cake that was gracefully spiced up with pepper at the bottom (but over $10 bucks for a big one? Ouch on the wallet! ) For entrees, we mainly ordered peppercorn duck and rib eye. The duck was delicious, cooked with heavily marinated skin with black pepper. The meat was cooked medium rare and tasted juicy, smooth and soft. For the first time, I finished every pieces including the skin! The dish also came with vegetable and pash potato. The vegetable was just boiled under hot water, but went well with the duck sauce. The mash potato was nothing special. The rib eye came disappointed with not much flavor from the meat or the oven. I also tried some wild mushroom tortellini and it was delicious both in aroma and palate! Overall, it was a good place to hang out, and kudo to the solo-waiter who took care of all our crazy demanding massive needs.

Food and service were superb. Great menu and wine list.

We like everything

Whenever you make a reservation to a restaurant you expect them to save you a table for the time you asked for, right?? well at First Crush they dont work that way. yes, you can make a reservation but once you arrive (on time I should say) you still probably going to wait for another 30 minutes. not such a good beginning. during dinner - and that is only after the really noisy table next to us left- and that is with no intervention from the manager on duty, the service was pretty slow, we've being constantly asking for more wine and waited for 20 minutes. the final disaster was when the entries were served - COLD & UNDER COOKED!!! shame that a $30 dish served this way. we were very unhappy at this point, and to add on it when we left the 2 waiters that served us (we were 10) together with the manager on duty talked badly about us. very rude! I will never go back there and will never recommend this place. spare your time money and appetite and choose a better place

Great atmosphere and wonderful food. It's also great for large groups. Wine list is impressive.

excellent wine list, the flights are really nice, I felt like I got a lot more wine than I would have in one glass... The corn and shrimp fritters are to die for, like posh little hush puppies... the duck and halibut were also wonderful... Desserts did not dissappoint... the service wasn't *great* but it wasn't terrible either, I'll excuse it as he as busy... Very cozy and romantic too...