Sur La Table

Jeffrey at this store is very rude to his colleagues where it makes it quite uncomfortable to shop and buy things. Otherwise the store is like any other!

over this place. returns are not as quick as I thought. Every Sur La Table I’ve been to is so crowded and congested (product wise). Some kid yesterday broke a ton of stuff lol.

Jay explained to us in detail about the difference between two different automatic espresso machines. He is professional and passionate about the machines he has. He uses only illy coffee bean for tasting. You can really taste the difference. We definitely will head back to get the machine.

Lame. Lame. Lame…
This location of Sur La Table posted online that they’d be open till 9pm PST on Monday, a few days before Christmas. I had decided to do a significant amount of Christmas shopping, ready to drop some major coinage on expensive cookware. After braving an hour of traffic, I arrived to find that they had «closed early, due to little foot traffic.»
Really? A few days before Christmas? You post business hours that you don’t maintain?
That is simply unacceptable. I’ve spent thousands of dollars at this location over the years, but after this experience, I refuse to ever shop at Sur La Table ever again. EVER.
I question the judgement of the manager of this location.

You have to have serious self control to not buy everything in sight here. Especially when there’s a sale and it’s the holiday season.
I came here during their thanksgiving weekend sale for baking supplies and boy was I impressed. There’s almost everything you can imagine and I picked up all the supplies I needed for baking and decorating cupcakes. Plus some holiday presents. Plus some other too cute to pass up kitchen supplies.
And if the store isn’t beautiful enough, there’s a gorgeous view of the bay bridge just outside.

I came to Sur la Table looking to learn about quality kitchen gadgets because my cheap pans started falling apart. I spoke with Carla who was very generous with her thoughts and time. Carla told me what to look for in good cooking pans and an all-​purpose knife. She didn’t push the most expensive items on me and instead encouraged me to try everything in my hand to see what felt the most comfortable. I left with an All-​Clad sauté pan that I’m super happy with and excited to use for many years to come. I will be back to purchase some knives we tried out and hope to see Carla again!

Good store with great selection of kitchen items, awful service. I walked around this store for fifteen minutes looking for an employee because I needed to ask about shipping an item. I saw one clerk attending to the line of customers checking out but I saw no one else. As I was about to leave, someone finally asked if I was finding everything okay. By that time, it was too late as I had set my product back down and decided I would find it elsewhere back at home.

A stunningly good place for kitchen and cooking equipment, gadgets and supplies. A large assortment of top quality gear in a large, well lit, clean shop. There is all manner of gear here and I’d think that it’s pretty close to impossible to not find something suitable here.
The staff is excellent, they always are professional, helpful and polite, putting a lot of effort into helping you in any way possible.
I often enjoy rummaging though their discount rack because they only carry great gear and there is nothing better than getting great gear at a discount price.
The only reason I didn’t rate them five stars is for the high prices, it’s hard to not walk out of here without spending a lot and there must be a way for them to buy in bulk and pass the savings down to us, otherwise I really like this place.

I love Sur La Table. With Williams Sonoma vacating Embarcadero Center, this is the only cooking supply store within the vicinity of FiDi/​Embarcadero. Store is packed with merchandise but it’s not so packed that you have a hard time walking. Discounts are scattered throughout the store so this forces you to actually tour the whole place before buying. I picked up a stainless steel american made tong and a 3.5″ biscuit cutter. Regular price but there were stuff discounted 40−50% off.
Staff leaves you alone.

I do not recommend this store for shipping items. I purchased an item & as it was shipped ground, it did not go out for 6 days. when I asked for the tracking #, the shipping «manager» gave me a 9 digit fed ex #, when we all know fed ex tracking #s are 12 digits. I’ve had items shipped from NYC numerous times & never had a problem. I am not a happy customer.

I appreciate that the store is organized in a way that you can intuitively wander to the sections to find things. I spend so much time cooking at my moms house, i came in to pick up a second set of utensils and my all time fav. Micro Planer. I don’t think I’ve ever bought a utensil from Sur La Tab that I still don’t have. The wooden utensils and basting brushes I already have are probably over 10 years old. I spent so much time trolling for gadgets I could hide from my husband, I forgot to pick up a pasta drying rack I already got permission for. The reps are so helpful, they helped me narrow down a reasonable stand mixer. I’ve killed 2 standards already. See you again soon SLT!

Sur la Table is a great place to go and get lost looking for amazing kitchen supplies. But wow what a horrible service this location has. I went looking for some cups for my espresso machine which I had a hard time finding. When I asked for help I got frigid and uninterested responses from the staff. Ugh. Walked out of the store not buying anything and regretting even going there in the first place.

I may not be in the same league as any of the celebrity chefs from the Food Network. But in the kitchen, I can hold my own on the stove. «BAM!»
But out of all the stores that sell kitchenware, I like the selections at Sur La Table much better than the others including William Sonoma, Bed Bath, Crate and Barrel and other corporate and independent competitors.
The store sells everything here to pimp your kitchen and crib. Christmas and Hanukkah are currently the hottest gadgets to get this time in December. And this shop has plenty of them.
I was just here to look at the higher-​end coffee machine. When it comes making coffee in the morning, I want the best and fun, but with not many difficult features. Despite being quality, coffee machines from here are not cheap.
If you are a kitchen personnel from a fine restaurant or starting a family in a victorian home, Sur La Table has them all.

Good store with a wide range of kitchen items; great place to browse!
Prices here can be a bit higher than other stores, so be sure to print a 20% off coupon and bring it to the store for a discount.
I printed a coupon (always print coupons in gray scale in draft mode to avoid using too much printer ink) and my 20% discount was honored without a problem when I bought an OXO Good Grips can opener today.
My new OXO can opener works very smoothly compared with the dull, rusty thing (not an OXO) it replaced.
It’s a happy day when cans open easily, right?

Umm. Yup, I should have known better
Sur la Table is a chain of cookware shops. There’s a branch at the Ferry Building
I popped in here with the girlfriend to look for cupcake holders
Somehow, I started chatting to Anna at the knife counter. My eye was caught by several Wusthof knives on sale. Somehow, I ended up with them in my hand
Nice balance. Good curve. Nice chop of the carrot on the board
Anna then offered me a further 15% discount for signing up to mailing list. No fair as my Chinese thrift gene kicked in
And that’s how I ended walking out of here with some Wusthof knives

I love sur la table, especially during their clearance season. Usually their prices are higher but you can find some great bargains during the sale season. One of my fav location is of course in portland without the sales tax and a huge cooking kitchen.
The ferry building location is also great, very busy though.
If you love to cook and addicted to kitchen gadgets this is the place to check out… They don’t have as much choices here especially on coffee accessories.
Value ³⁄₆
Atmosphere ⁴⁄₅
Service 3.5÷5
Quality ⁴⁄₅
14.5÷20

I’ve never been disappointed in anything that I have gotten from Sur La Table. I find that they have everything you could possibly need for your home needs.
The staff are friendly & knowledgeable with the products they have in store. The one thing that I find refreshing is that if one person doesn’t know the answer to your questions, they find someone in the store that does. Their motto «is they want every customer to always leave happy.» At this location they sharpen your home knives for small fee and will have it back to you within 24 hours.
Sur La Table can be a bit pricey but compared to most other high-​end home furnishing retailers, it’s a pretty competitive. Plus when you combine it with their lifetime guarantee, with certain items of course, you’re really are getting a good value for your buck.
One of the drawbacks to this location is the isles can be extremely tight, especially on the weekends. It requires some pretty good maneuvering in order not to knock anything over.
But with the beautiful location, being in the ferry building and close to the waterfront you’ll find tons to do in the area. So do some shopping or grab a bite to eat, whatever you decide to do Sur La Table will definitely be able to help you to find every knick knack you could possibly need for your home.

Highlights
— I’m really glad that this location exists in addition to the one in the Westfield SF Center location, so if one doesn’t have something I have another back-​up place to check out if needed.
— This location is situated at one end of the Ferry Building which makes it a nice spot to check out or peruse during lunch time or after work.
— I’ve always enjoyed Sur La Table and the variety of cookware and food items that they offer. There are things that they sell that you would probably never think of, but come in handy with your every day cooking needs and probably will not find anywhere else (various corn shellers, lettuce knives, macaron tray to help you get the perfect shells, etc)
Improvements
— Smaller shop, so everything is pretty cramped and aisles are a bit small so it’s harder to maneuver around without bumping into something. I’m staying away form the plates and fragile items when I have my shopping bags with me.
Tip
— Staff is very friendly and willing to help you if you are looking for something specific.

Well, I missed the 6:25 P.M. ferry boat to Alameda, and I have to wait for the next one to arrive at 7:25 P.M. Do I sit and brood on the bench for about an hour or so, or do I browse/​shop at Sur La Table? Okay, I’m not gonna stress… retail therapy… get into Sur La Table and spend money (in my case, put it on my plastic… lol).
I needed an acrylic water/​juice pitcher (a 2-​liter one) — Takeya brand — since the one we had broke while we were at the A’s game and all our strawberry agua fresca leaked out. I asked the sales associate, Rebecca, if they carry such an item. Nope, they only carried glass water pitchers.
However, that did not stop me from looking at their inventory of kitchen/​housewares. No matter how pricey, I still love to look at items for the kitchen — be it pots and pans, dishes, bakewares, glasswares, gadgets, etc. — and boy, I sure could use one of those OXO can openers that was on display.
Even though there was no acrylic water pitcher, I did find an item that I can use as a water/​juice pitcher. They don’t have the item, then adapt and improvise. Who says I can’t use a 142 ounce cereal container as a beverage container? 142 ounces is about 6.8 ounces more than 8 liters and 14 ounces more than 8 quarts. Cost: $ 12. Other items that I bought: 2 packs of Orange Hot Chocolate — $ 1.95 each and a 13-​ounce jar of Hayley Jayne’s Peaches & Cream Candies — $ 12.95. (Thank goodness I did not pick up a jar of sour candy for being a sourpuss before I came into Sur La Table.)
Okay, I feel better with a little retail therapy and the store was closing in five minutes… no brooding, no sulking, no bottom lip sticking out because I missed the ferry boat. AAMOF, I felt quite «peachy keen» with the jar of candy. Total on my plastic: $ 29.90.

I never thought that I would be reviewing a place like Sur La Table.
I never thought that I would be at a point in my life where I would be actively interested and passionate about cooking and making my own food.
But it’s been a good two years now — of grocery shopping, vegetable chopping, stirring concoctions on the stove and more. I’m on my way to slowly becoming more domestic. And it truly feels good. It feels right.
Sur La Table is one of my favorite places to step into when I’m looking to buy something to further enhance my cooking adventures. I usually stop into the location in the Westfield Mall — but after a brief visit here this past weekend with my mom — I think I much prefer this location. It’s bigger and the staff are incredible helpful and professional.
Tim is particularly on point here. I had questions in regards to juicers and the Vitamix and Tim was wonderful in breaking down the benefits of each and even did a demonstration of the Vitamix so I could get a better sense of it’s capabilities. I really appreciated how he didn’t try to oversell me either product and even encouraged me to do outside research on both.
I will definitely be returning to this Sur La Table to stock up on more exceptional kitchen supplies and I am even more excited to learn additional cooking tips and suggestions from Tim and the other personable staff here.
Trust.

La verdad es que entré en este establecimiento porque estaba lloviendo y no me apetecía seguir mojándome.
La tienda, aunque carísima, me pareció fabulosa. Cualquier chisme que necesites encontrar para tu cocina lo puedes encontrar allí, desde moldes para las magdalenas a «aparatos para quitarles las hojas verdes a las fresas» (esto me pareció surrealista).
Al final piqué y me compré una curiosa bola para hacer té.