Marlin's Family Restaurant

My first experience was in Christmas Eve, we were staying in SF in a hotel and this was the only place open. I called for take out and the person in the phone was very nice. 10-15 minute later, food was ready and I picked it up from a super nice staff. They were very friendly. Pricing was also great. We ordered an appetizer platter, 2 meals and a dessert and the total was $38. It was plenty of food for myself and 3 children as a late dinner. So when we needed lunch on Christmas day before our big family dinner. We returned. It was busy so there was about a 20 minute wait, but the food was well worth it and the staff, again were very pleasant! I can see why they were busy. We ordered from the menu, but they also had a buffet that seemed very popular. It was an excellent family friendly atmosphere.
8 years ago (25-12-2017)

We stopped for breakfast and ordered the Lucky 13 breakfast. It appeared to be a wonderful meal, until we began to eat it....at which point we discovered a large piece of plastic in the hash browns. We brought it to the managers attention, whose response, "oh, it's only a piece of the bag, would you like a new order?", was very unimpressive. Of course we don't want a new order, we just found plastic in the first order....do you really think we want to dig through a second order to insure it is clean before we start to eat?
7 years ago (09-03-2018)

Had to wait 15 minutes to be seated. Waitress refused to seat us by the fire station so 10 yr old could view fire trucks. She brought meal with no barbecue sauce on it and had to go get the sauce. She picked a hair off the food and said she was going to take it so we didn't claim it was hers! She never asked if we wanted desert. Brought ticket and expected us to pay for it before we were half thru our meal. Then didn't give correct change back. Bill was $15.13. She gave me back a $5. I guess she wanted the whole $5 as a tip? Said she didn't have proper change. Needless to say she got no tip as $5 was all I had on me and that is not 15% of $15.13.
7 years ago (25-02-2018)

While the wait staff wasn't the best, the food was absolutely amazing! If you go there, try the Mexican omelette! The ground beef was seasoned perfectly! Every aspect of my meal was perfect, all ingredients were fresh and well prepared!
7 years ago (14-02-2018)

We had the Friday night buffet. Ribs and chicken went well with potato and macaroni salads. Fruit and cherry cobbler for dessert. A little less breading would be beneficial. Chili is a bit too thick. Overall, pretty good chow for $10.99. Beverages served in Mason jars!
7 years ago (19-01-2018)