Foreigner

60 E 3rd Ave Ste 108, San Mateo - 94401
325 reviews
New American Wine Bar
(650) 620-1888

Came here for Sunday brunch and the food was great.The portions were a bit small for the price. And the only thing we didn't love were the breakfast potatoes because they were soggy and we prefer them crispy. But other than that, we enjoyed our meal.Also got a matcha lattee which was delicious!

Very delicious food every time! The service is superb as well

Stopped in for lunch with a friend. We ordered smoked salmon toast, morning breakfast croissant, ube puff, black mango ice tea, and passion fruit iced tea. We found ourselves a table and put the order tag on the table. The iced teas were disappointing, neither tasted like anything, more like colored water. I think I'll skip the ice teas next time. However the food was great. I thoroughly enjoyed my crossiant sandwich, first time I've had a crossiant toasted, cause they melted the cheese. My friend really enjoyed the smoked salmon toast. We both agreed the food was great and would be back for the food. The ube puff, think large cream puff, that was delicious. I thought about ordering a second one.

Reaaally popular brunch place. I ordered for pickup which was honestly the best move on a weekend during brunch. Even just picking up, there was such a long line out the door that I had difficulty getting in and had to ask a server who was helping tables outside in order to get my food from the counter where they take orders. But aside from how busy it was I highly recommend! The food we got was so nicely prepared even though it was takeout (I find pickup at other places is often roughly thrown together) and was SO tasty! I'm excited to go back to try more things on their menu. We tried the banana bread french toast and the smoked salmon egg benedict.

The food was fabulous, the service was excellent. This was a gem on 3rd Avenue!

I’ve been regularly coming here for brunch, tried dinner recently and it was pure class. Hats off to chef nick and all the staff at the Foreigner. Truly an exceptional experience

Made a reservation for 7 and was promptly seated. The dinner menu is fairly simple, with only four entrees and two pastas to choose from. The server was kind to pour us a small sample of two glasses of wine so that we could pick which bottle we preferred. The lemon shrimp pasta was very tasty with the pasta cooked just right. However the large shrimp were slightly over cooked. The halibut dish was just ok, the fish was over cooked and I’m not sure why they cut up the vegetables into tiny pieces instead of them being whole.It was a nice quiet atmosphere with above average food and great service.

The polenta fry starter, along with the chicken and salmon entrees, were standouts. We all very much enjoyed the meal and will be back for a future visit.

- Owner is hands on and very welcoming - relaxing ambiance - coffee and dessert are good

Food was good, especially the "sexy French toast". Tables were not clean and overhead someone got a coffee with lipstick mark on the cup. May be give it a try some other day, brunch menu is limited.