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    Golden Island Cafe

    3.5 (1.1k reviews)
    Closed • 1:00 pm - 11:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    GOLDEN ISLAND CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Lychee sago
    Erik V.

    Cute and tasty Asian dessert spot! I've had the lychee, mango, and strawberry sago desserts and they were all incredible. I really enjoy how light and refreshing the desserts are here. Staff are all friendly and the restaurant had a ton of seating!

    Mixed Fruit with Grass Jelly
    Annie L.

    After hot pot, decided to have some dessert but did take out because we were too stuffed! Golden Island is a great spot with tons of Chinese desserts. I ordered the Sesame Paste with Dumplings and a Mixed fruit with Grass Jelly to go. The Sesame was piping hot, still warm when I got home. It was a perfect, nostalgic way to end the night. Pretty packed for 7PM at night. Take out was 15 mins. I would come back for a sit down service.

    Adrian L.

    An Instagram foodie pointed out that Golden Island Cafe had a Black Sesame dessert. This dish is nostalgic for me because was it was one of my mother's favorites that she would make. This item did not disappoint. It was about $7 but well worth it for me to go down memory lane. The folks working there were friendly and the service was good.

    Yummy Mango
    Amity H.

    This place feels very nostalgic to me since it was the go to spot in high school and I used to come all the time. Desserts hit the spot and is affordable compared to all the other dessert places now. They also open late until 11pm/12am. My go to is the mango sago or yummy mango. All the mango ones! Friendly service and never a wait for a table. No complaints! Try this place out!

    Lychee Sago black Sesame Pastesesame
    Amber G.

    A casual sit down dessert spot with a huge menu and tons of options. We tried one hot dessert, cold sago, and there are other snack options like popcorn chicken, toast, etc. We enjoyed the black sesame hot dessert which was not too sweet and great texture. The lychee sago was on the sweet and creamy side but also good. I'd definitely come here with the intention of sharing!

    Green Tea Delight, Dun Dan Hot.  Pitiful portion sizes for $20.
    Matthew W.

    As a SF native, I grew up with Golden Island and went there frequently, since I live only a few blocks away. Nowadays, it's hard for me to justify going there. It's expensive and they really skimp on the portions. It's also very difficult to find a table there as it's often crowded (mainly because there isn't anything too similar nearby). And they do take a while to make the food. On the plus side, it's tasty and they've got a ton of menu options. My complaints are mainly that it's incredibly overpriced for not much food. Guess it's due to inflation or something, but it's still disappointing. Overall, I'd say it's worth a trip to the Richmond to check out Kowloon Tong instead, which is superior.

    Wendi K.

    Minimal service. The food is meh quality but for sure tasty, and affordable :) We got an assortment of snacks and sweets to fuel our evening pickleball session. The interior is casual.

    Hot Desserts Sampler
    Jeff S.

    Very friendly staff, cozy environment, easy to kick back and relax here. The menu has a wide variety of selections, all of which were delicious! Cold or hot Desserts available for different weather, moods and pallets! Definitely coming back

    Mango Deluxe
    Megan W.

    A classic HK cafe staple in the Sunset for both savory bites and dessert. You'll see all kinds of people here, from teenagers to elderly folks to families. My mom and I ordered the Mango Deluxe and the Popcorn Chicken. I've seen a lot of reviews saying the desserts are bland or not sweet enough but if you're familiar with Hong Kong style desserts, they're typically meant to be lighter and less sweet than your average dessert. A great hangout spot nonetheless and opens pretty late if you're ever craving something past 9pm.

    Stanley L.

    The review is specific to the black sesame paste with glutinous balls. A little sweet for my taste but otherwise delicious. Service excellent. A lot of teenagers come here so it's a bit too loud for my tastes but I won't count that against the dessert place. Recommend with my utmost respectful regards.

    Sesame Paste
    Bethany W.

    This is a cute dessert spot and has your typical HK dessert menu. Service was rushed and not the friendliest. Also they wanted to really pack the place so everyone had to wait to be seated and there was only one server on the floor... The black sesame soup (they call it paste...) has good flavor but not as smooth and creamy as I like. The PB condensed milk toast is solid (can't go wrong). The mango & black rice is ok, thicker than I was expecting and needed more mango! Overall, it has nostalgic HK classics but not sure it's worth coming again for...

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    Rose P.

    Soooo refreshing. Lots of seating for a chill time with friends. The fruit was tasty and the hot tea they give you once you're seated is an amazing touch to this establishment. The vibes were great and the service was good too.

    Tina L.

    Learned about this place from TikTok. Decided to stop by and give it a try. My family and I got the Grapefruit with Mango and Sago. I didn't know there were 2 different options of sizes, bowl and cup. Since we were taking it to go we went with the cup size. All in all it wasn't bad, it was alright, really felt like it was missing the wow factor. I mean maybe it could have been the fact that it was our first time here that we really didn't know what to order. Maybe someone can help make a suggestion on what to order. I really want to give this place a try again. They seem to have so many options which is great. Place was kept decent, maybe just the day I went, but some chairs and tables were a bit dirty and could have used a bit of a wipe down. It was still decently clean. I'd give them a try again if I am ever in the area other than that I'd stick to something closer by my home.

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    I'm so impressed with Palmetto Superfoods especially now that I've seen the set up…read more The freshness of the fruits and other ingredients like coconut, açaí, crunchy granola, chia seeds and peanut butter. You can choose from many ingredients and each bowl is assembled fresh to order. You order on an iPad which takes a minute to choose from all the possible ingredients, the size of the bowl or choose from a preset combination, pay and then wait for your bowl (or smoothie) to be assembled. My best advice is to order in advance because two people hustled with pick up orders, walk ins and online orders. I waited about 25 minutes after adding two custom bowls to the TGTG order that sent me in. Every surface of the small store was immaculate. I looked around and wondered how intense the set up each morning would be, dicing and slicing strawberries, kiwi, mango etc. Palmetto Superfoods is a complex operation and the bowls were (chef's kiss) delicious.

    This location used to be my favorite but it is going down hill…read more Our orders have been wrong several times (ingredients switched between bowls), they have the side room where you used to be able to sit entirely blocked off and no more benches in front due to construction. They are also often out of certain ingredients (today the coconut milk syrup, previously GF oatmeal, blueberries, etc). Today there was only one poor person working trying to keep up with a long string of orders. I have never seen the same person here twice, so I imagine there is a lot of turn over. The workers are always very nice but seem frazzled. There is no ambience, it's two chipped benches that used to be white, a do not enter sign and basically nowhere to sit and eat.

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    every major metropolitan city must have a mango dedicated dessert shop, I don't make the rules…read more mango mochi hit the exact craving I was having, popcorn chicken was solid. I wish I was in high school again so I could re live the experience of coming to a shop like this after school and getting a sweet before going home. v excited to try some of the sundaes when I come back

    San Francisco is a full of places to grab desserts. Most of dessert places in SF are usually open…read moreduring the day .There is a place where the party people can grab desserts when the sun goes down and the night falls. It's open until midnight on a Saturday night. This place sells lots things mango like mango juice and mango sago. It's located on Geary Boulevard and it's called Sweet Mango. On a Summer stroll I had a sweet tooth so Ianded at Sweet Mango. Inside not all they sell is sweet. They also have savory food like chicken wings and Spaghetti with Angel Hair and Home Made Meat Sauce. I tried their popcorn chicken which originated in Taiwan. I then had to try their Mango and Sago and it was tasty and not too sweet. I then got the Mango pudding. The mango was so juicy and the pudding was flavorful. It's my new favorite dessert. A good place to grab dessert day or night. Go to a place where there is lots of flavor ready to "untangle" it's like the flavors do a dance in your mouth like the "tango"it does in every palate "angle"and the place is called "Sweet Mango" The flavors are "strong"grab almost any dessert and you can't go "wrong "they have desserts the style of "Hong Kong"and they also serve spaghetti with angel hair pasta when doing a noodle pull stretches "long"

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    3.4(2.7k reviews)
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    Stopped by Purple P for a quick drink and it definitely hit the spot. The drink was creamy,…read morerefreshing, and not overly sweet, which I really appreciated. You can tell they use good ingredients, and the texture was super smooth--perfect for a warm day. Service was friendly and pretty efficient, even though it looked a bit busy. The overall vibe feels casual and comfortable, a nice place to just grab something and go or chill for a bit. Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is I wish the flavor had a little more depth or customization options, but overall still a solid choice. I'd definitely come back to try more from the menu.

    It's been over a decade since I had purple kow and I wish I had let the past memory be a good…read morememory vs having my husband pick some Up for us to go form this spot as the drinks are not god. The D3; Carmel pudding with boba is way too sweet even though we had gotten 50% sugar, less Carmel and less jelly; still I could only have the initial sip and ended up throwing it away One of the staff members were coughing so much while making drinks that was also horrible My husband got their peppermint tea with chocolate pudding and he liked it; though it was too sweet for him as well Too bad at how this place had changed a decade later

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    Purple Kow - Nice indoor area to relax and drink your tea and eat snacks. Too bad I'm always in a hurry or got my pup with us so I never stay inside.

    Nice indoor area to relax and drink your tea and eat snacks. Too bad I'm always in a hurry or got my pup with us so I never stay inside.

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    3.9(1.3k reviews)
    1.8 mi•Outer Sunset
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    Great coffee super tasty BLT cozy ocean side cafe. Piece of advice when you order do it on the…read moremachine rather than in person that way you can see all of the customization options and whether they cost extra money. So for my cappuccino, I could have three shots or four shots no price difference I could have whipped cream on top no added charge. And for my BLT they're about four kinds of bread. I really was so excited to get the Dutch crust it was delicious. It's super cozy when it's so cold out at Ocean Beach. This is such a nice place to stop in. They have ice cream cones too. I highly recommend this as a nice stop near Ocean Beach.

    I got ice cream with butterscotch cream and was very disappointed. Over $8.00 is kinda crazy for a…read moresmall cup. Staff forgot to put butterscotch on my ice cream, and while my ice cream was melting, I had to wait an extra 5 minutes to have them put it on. Once I took the first bite, it just wasn't good because of how overly sweet the butterscotch was. The vanilla ice cream was ehhh, kinda grainy. Honestly I'm disappointed. I don't recommend grabbing ice cream here, not worth the effort or time. Better off going to one of the shops on Noriega. I'll try something else on the menu to give this place a second chance because the pastries look great and sandwiches too but won't be going out of my way any time soon.

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