The Stinking Rose

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The Stinking Rose is a Italian, Steak, and Smoothies restaurant where most Menuism users came for a romantic date, paid between $25 and $50, and tipped between 15% to 18%.

The Extras: The Stinking Rose has an entire catalog of retail products, including garlic salsa and "The Stinking Cookbook."

Save Money: Three-course prix-fixe menus are available.

This kitschy Italianate restaurant has managed to turn garlic into a theme, and is popular with tourists, kids and rowdy private parties. The fun food begins with bagna calda, garlic cloves cooked in olive oil and butter that you smear on French bread. The menu offers such specials as 40-clove garlic chicken or garlic-encrusted baby back ribs, but you might want to stick with the pizzas and...

In Short
Fragrant and flagrantly crowd-pleasing, this popular North Beach attraction is a temple to garlic. The multiple dining rooms are festooned with objects d'art, murals and the...

Billing itself "A Garlic Restaurant", this North Beach favorite is one of the locals' guilty pleasures. Although the Rose primarily caters to curious tourists, most San Francisco residents have popped inside for a dose of garlic-infused food at one time or another. The 40-Clove Garlic Half-Chicken is a favorite, as is the Roasted Rabbit with Pancetta and Veggies. Lots of classic garlic dishes...

Garlic rules at this world famous North Beach restaurant where dining is an experience for all the senses. Charming private dining areas with unique decor: hanging Chianti bottles, glowing candles, cozy booths and chandeliers. Tureens and sizzling skillets of seafood tantalize and thrill...follow your nose to The Stinking Rose!