From The Fairmont San Francisco Best Nearby Lunch (Restaurants) (10 Overall Closest) Metro: San Francisco, CA Fournou's Ovens (Restaurants - Lunch) 905 California St, San Francisco  CA  94108 • 415-989-1910 Distance: ~829 ft User Rating: 8.5 / 10         Description: NOB HILL. This popular hotel restaurant is best known for the large rustic ovens that are its signature. In them are prepared a variety of meats, which vary with the seasonal menu and delight diners year-round. Tender rack of lamb is an especial favorite. Other choices include pastas, risottos, and a decadent baked lobster strudel. An extensive wine list is available to pair with any of the dishes. Sanraku (Restaurants - Lunch) 704 Sutter St Japan Center, San Francisco  CA  94109 • 415-771-0803 Distance: ~1304 ft User Rating: 9.5 / 10         Description: JAPANTOWN. Cuisine leaps to the forefront of this restaurant's appeal, thanks to raw and cooked options that, without exception, deliver on flavor, presentation, and preparation. Diners can choose from teriyaki, donburi, and tempura dishes and then pair them with a selection from the extensive list of sakes. Maki is a specialty, and resident chefs share their time with the Four Seasons next door. Sanraku also boasts a kaiseki menu, a rarity among Bay Area restaurants. Vegetarian items are available. Scala's Bistro (Restaurants - Lunch) 432 Powell St Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-395-8555 Distance: ~0.26 mi User Rating: 10 / 10         Description: UNION SQUARE. Awash in burnished tones and murals, this warm restaurant creates incredible dishes in an open kitchen and also offers a see-and-be-seen atmosphere. Cozy seating makes chatting easy, and the menu is full of affordable options, like grilled octopus, braised lamb shank, pan-roasted monkfish, and steak frites. You'll also find pastas and a few pizzas. Desserts, created by the pastry chef, include pies, sorbets, and a melange of chocolate temptations. Pacific (Restaurants - Lunch) 500 Post St JW Marriott Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-929-2087 Distance: ~0.27 mi User Rating: 9.1666 / 10         Description: UNION SQUARE. This hotel restaurant specializes in European-Asian fusion cuisine. During the week, a wonderful breakfast menu takes care of travelers, and at dinner, dishes include roasted long-bone veal chop, hoisin-glazed Muscovy duck breast, and dayboat scallops and prawns. A chef's tasting menu, with or without wine pairings, is also available. Service is professional, and the hotel offers free valet service (up to four hours) for diners. Campton Place Restaurant (Restaurants - Lunch) 340 Stockton St Campton Place Hotel, San Francisco  CA  94108 • 415-955-5555 Distance: ~0.29 mi         Description: UNION SQUARE. Peaceful, romantic Campton Place sits within a European-style luxury hotel, a fact not unnoticed in the restaurant's Continental cuisine. Swiss-born chef Daniel Humm places a premium on simple, high-quality ingredients, and his affinity for Provençal dishes is evident in glazed Barberie duck with lavender honey and herb-roasted squab with spring onion tarte tatin. Seafood is also a treat in Humm's confident hands, whether it be butter-poached Maine lobster or salt-crusted Mediterannean branzino with Meyer lemon confit. Great service ramps up the desirability, and the experience is more than worth the expense. Postrio (Restaurants - Lunch) 545 Post St, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-776-7825 Distance: ~0.31 mi         Description: UNION SQUARE. This downtown restaurant, the brainchild of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, specializes in wonderfully flavorful cuisine. The experienced kitchen dazzles with innovative Californian creations, and famous folks provide a bit of eye candy along the way. And if the food's not spectacular enough (and it is), a lovely stairway and an open kitchen provide additional focal points. The extended cafe-bar menu offers lunchtime diners an array of options. It's served upstairs in the bar until 11:30pm. Anjou (Restaurants - Lunch) 44 Campton Pl, San Francisco  CA  94108 • 415-392-5373 Distance: ~0.32 mi         Description: UNION SQUARE. A small, old-fashioned French bistro, Anjou is tucked away from the chaos of Union Square, a cozy respite for passers-by. Selections range from Gallic foods to pastas and dishes with Californian flair. Chef Pierre Morin's specialty desserts are wonderful, especially Anjou pears in warm sabayon. Just one taste of the delicacy will transport you to the Loire Valley's Anjou, Morin's homeplace and the inspiration for his cuisine. Grand Café (Restaurants - Lunch) 501 Geary St Hotel Monaco, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-292-0101 Distance: ~0.37 mi         Description: UNION SQUARE. Atmosphere, the highlight of Grand Café, is established by classical columns, elegant chandeliers, and gracious service. Chef Mauro Pando's menu features pan-roasted salmon, beef, and white beans in red wine sauce, and spinach salad with pears, walnuts, feta, and raspberry vinaigrette. Be sure to save room for dessert – the banana creme pie has established quite a following. Great Eastern (Restaurants - Lunch) 649 Jackson St, San Francisco  CA  94133 • 415-986-2500 Distance: ~0.37 mi User Rating: 7.75 / 10         Description: CHINATOWN. Great Eastern is so appreciated for its authenticity that you're likely to find a large clientele of native Chinese folks enjoying the cuisine. Seafood is always top-rated, as you'll see with lobster sashimi and prawns prepared a number of ways. Other dishes feature everything from duck and quail to abalone and pork. Dishes offer good value, and reservations are accepted for large groups. Cheesecake Factory (Restaurants - Lunch) 251 Geary St Macy's Bldg, 8th fl, San Francisco  CA  94102 • 415-391-4444 Distance: ~0.39 mi User Rating: 9.5 / 10         Description: UNION SQUARE. Set high above Union Square, this location of the national chain pulls in lots of shoppers and sightseers who relish the idea of a sweet pick-me-up or a tasty meal. Although the large menu tempts diners with its incredible variety of foods, dessert fare really breaks down wills. The cheesecake menu alone offers three dozen options, and that doesn't even include such devilish delights as black-out cake, tiramisu and warm apple dumplings. If you're trying to be good, opt for a goblet of fresh strawberries, or convince yourself that carrot cake is a vegetable. Any way you spin it, don't leave without trying one of their specialties. Heated patio dining offers views of Union Square. Copyright ©2001 10Best Inc. All rights reserved.