Jim’s Restaurant

One of my favorite mom n pop dives in the Mission. Been going for years and they’ve always had the same staff (definitely not because they’re blood relatives), speaks volumes. Fast service, pleny of food and always a bottomless cup of coffee!

Jim’s has been around since before I was born (I’m 35). I recently came here to have breakfast and loved the service. Our waitress was super friendly and fast, she was the only one waitressing. We ordered our food and it came out in less than 10 minutes. Super fast for hungry people. Our food was fresh, hot and delicious.
We came back again recently and had the same wonderful experience.
I hope this hidden gem will not be closed down, burned down or taken over by the hippie movement in the mission.

ate her a few time good value but not open 24 hours that would be great san francisico needs more 24 hour restraunts

Great value for the food that I got. Pancakes are decent and the scrambles are great. Plus the coffee just keeps coming and coming =)

Me and my boyfriend decided to stop at this place he ordered the combination seafood (horrible choice) it looked like it came straight from the freezer only one shrimp and vegetables looked out of the can! Best suggestion go to Denny’s it’s not worth what you pay for the food you get!

Come on guys. This is exactly why I try to stick to my rule of 4 Unilocal stars and up. This place was not good man. I feel kind of bad leaving a low review since the Asian (or light skinned Hispanic) lady seemed really sweet however.
Ordered the country scramble
Eggs– buttery and pretty good
Pancakes– really spongey and dense.
Bacon-​so I never send food back but this was just bad. tasted like old meat? Trust me I eat bacon everyday so I know what bacon is supposed to taste like.
Denny’s and ihop are better. Just sayin

Good breakfast love the hours and location nice services and the host are just amazing.

Anytime you need a regular breakfast, no frills, just local people from the hood, this is it. Bacon and eggs always cooked and served correctly. The Big Scramble is like a Joe special, just add Spinach for $ 1.20. They still poach eggs. I had to tell the staff to stop refilling my coffee. They are like. old school, if you can’t respect that, it’s on you.

Great Breakfast, fresh, large portions, quick, and nice service. Nice atmosphere. Only con was the restroom was upstairs and my 70 year old father couldn’t manage the steps.

Horrible Pancakes HORRIBLE Service. The servers were so rude !! Now I know why the restaurant was so empty! I will never go there again! Plus my bill was 18.00 for a meal that tasted like it came out of a microwave– I have served before and I tip good but believe me, my tip to them is to get into a different line of work!

Not bad, came in for a quick bite to eat and that’s exactly what it was. Good burger and fries for a very decent price.

It’s one of those «it is what it is» places. Had the ground beef scramble with hash browns and wheat toast.

Coming here for brunch one day was like briefly departing SF for a more homely feel. Being inside of this diner restaurant felt both strange and relaxing, because it is no longer the type of place I’m «used to» eating at up here, and yet, it’s smack dab in the hot spot on Mission Street. Was a nice, almost secret getaway for us.
For my meal, I ordered the Country Breakfast, with the French Toast Substitute, Eggs Sunny Side Up and Bacon. Beverage was an Iced Café Mocha. The entire meal was decent diner flair. I enjoyed it, added Tobasco to my bacon and eggs, syrup to my French Toast, and the gobbles came not from the turkey. It was all it needed to be.
Very inexpensive, too. Kind of like a mini Inland Empire spot within The City. Why can’t more meals in SF be priced like this? I intend to be back.

VALUE.
Service.
Soul.
Killer green salsa!
Real people.
Real San Francisco!
Nuff Said.

As a Texas expatriate, I am always on the lookout for a decent chicken fried steak. This is the best I’ve found in the city. why is it so difficult for everybody else? Proper fried steak, proper cream gravy with sausage chunks. Yes.
Really nice staff and the same faces every time I am here. Well prepared American diner food. Go here if you are in the Mission and hungover.

Jim’s is a complete and utter dive. Torn upholstery in the booths, dim lighting, chipped glasses, comic sans on the menus, the whole nine yards.
However, the food isn’t half bad. I mean, it’s not Mission-​trendy, but it knows what it is. The jumbo scramble is quite big and not runny, and the hash browns aren’t too crispy. If you know what you’re getting into, then you’re gonna have a good time.

The food is delicious and they serve you generous quantities! Sure, the décor is old but the service is prompt and friendly. I really enjoyed my experience here. They played throwbacks on the radio and it was a quiet and calm environment. Definitely worth a try if you are in the neighborhood and don’t want to break the bank for some good comfort food.
Note: I came here on a Tuesday afternoon and ordered breakfast.

Good breakfast, really good prices and convenient location.
The interior however was more than disturbing. Carts with dirty dishes everywhere, moldy smell and the waitress sitting down at a table to eat while she was working.
I was warned not to use the restrooms, so I can’t say how bad it really was.

Keep in mind «greasy spoon»… But if you need delicate dining where your food looks like a van Gogh and everything comes with a side of air, go to a five star brunchery.
Food is good and the price is right.

I’ve been curious about this place for ages since I’m hardly ever in the Mission when this place is open. I’ve passed by it many times, but they close at 3:30PM every day even though they sell Dinner Specials. Who eats Baby Beef Liver with Grilled Onions? Night watchmen just off their graveyard shift? Insomniac prostitutes after a slow night? Bulimic hipsters on a binge? I was just looking for some breakfast last Saturday after taking the car out to go to the post office. I’m amazed at the paucity of options in my immediate neighborhood, so I found myself in the Mission and got giddily excited to find a parking space at 20^th and Mission.
I was surprised to see how bustling it was at 10AM since I’m so used to seeing it deserted and dark from the outside. It looks and feels like any Roadside Diner, U.S.A., a place you are more likely to find off a highway in the Central Valley than in the heart of hipsterville. But I assume that’s part of its lure, the anachronistic presence of a formica-​heavy diner with no mention of a burrito, pupusa or organic sushi on the menu. What I did find intriguing is that they offer a Hangtown Fry and other seafood dishes you don’t really expect here. The booths were filled with boisterous families, so I secured an empty seat at the far counter without any fuss. The waitresses were buzzing by with purpose.
I ordered the $ 6.75 Big Scramble because I was in the mood for a Joe’s Special-​type of breakfast. It was serviceable — a solid portion of ground beef mixed with scrambled eggs and bits of sauteed onions and green peppers, accompanied by hashed browns that gratefully looked like they didn’t come out of a package (see photo) and of course, two slices of already buttered toast which came with lots of those little berry and mixed fruit jam packages. There was definitely a lot of butter and vegetable oil in everything they make, but that’s what you expect anyway. But then again, I found it more digestible than anything I’ve ordered at Sparky’s or Golden Coffee Shop. Staff is friendly but not in a kiss-​mah-​grits kind of way.
FOOD — 3 stars… greasy diner fare satisfies if you’re in the mood
AMBIANCE — 3 stars… roadside formica in the middle of the Mission
SERVICE — 3 stars… friendly but not too much
TOTAL — 3 stars… not bad for what it is