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Reservations are strongly recommended and are taken up to 60 days in advance, online through OpenTable or by phone at (415) 552-2522. The phones are answered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm. For parties of seven or more, call the restaurant for information. Walk-ins can try the copper bar downstairs for oysters and a drink.

About 75 minutes. The chicken for two is roasted to order in the wood-fired brick oven and cannot be ordered in advance, so order it the minute you sit down and eat oysters, olives or the Caesar while you wait. It is priced at $75 and comfortably feeds two. $1 from every chicken sold is donated to a local nonprofit.

Zuni Café is closed Mondays. Lunch is served Friday and Saturday and brunch on Sunday, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Dinner is served Tuesday through Sunday, 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Oysters and dessert are available all day. Announced 2026 holiday closures: January 1, July 4 and 5, November 26, December 24 and 25, and December 31.

Yes. A 20% Fair Wage gratuity is added to every bill and distributed among all employees in the chain of service, plus a 5% surcharge that supports San Francisco employee benefit mandates. Corkage is $40 per 750ml bottle. Zuni accepts American Express, Mastercard and Visa.

Zuni Café is at 1658 Market Street, on the north side between Franklin and Gough, in the Hayes Valley / Civic Center corridor of San Francisco. Parking is on the street, so allow time to circle the block. The closest BART station is Civic Center and the closest underground MUNI station is Van Ness. It is walking distance from the SFJAZZ Center, the War Memorial Opera House, Davies Symphony Hall, the Orpheum Theatre and City Hall.

Yes. The menu is written fresh every day and normally includes several vegetable-forward dishes: a bowl of polenta with mascarpone or Parmigiano-Reggiano, Little Gem and seasonal salads, ricotta gnocchi, a vegetarian pizza from the brick oven, and vegetables cooked a la plancha or in the wood oven. Because the menu changes daily, call ahead for specific dietary needs — note that the Caesar contains raw egg and anchovy, and all oysters and clams are served raw.

No. The Stemple Creek Ranch grass-fed hamburger on rosemary focaccia appears on the lunch and brunch menus — Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm — not at dinner. The same is true of the paella de mariscos.

There is sidewalk seating on Market Street, and the triangular dining rooms inside have floor-to-ceiling windows, a copper bar, rotating artwork and a piano. Zuni is a long-standing choice for anniversaries, birthdays and pre-theater dinners; it won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant in 2003 and Outstanding Service in 2018. Private dining is not offered.