If you are a smaller party you can ask the bartender to get on the list for the bar, where the full menu is available. The bar is first come first serve, and I personally enjoy eating at the bar. I guess you do miss the show of the spinning salad being prepared, which you get at a table. There’s a waiting area in the hallway behind the bar where you can have a drink while waiting. It’s a SF classic. They do one thing and they do it very well.
Some impressions here: [San Francisco, Nob Hill] House of Prime Rib
