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The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse

“4.6 across 247 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and The Infatuation.”

★ Michelin
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The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse

steakhouse · San Francisco

casualneighborhood
★ MichelinInfatuation

4.6 across 247 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and The Infatuation.

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Worth ItWorth-It Score, 0–100. Whether the bill is fair for what lands on the table. High means good value; low means you're paying for the postcode.
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Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.6 ★247 reviews
Yelp4.7 ★115 reviews
Tripadvisor3.8 ★26 reviews

Signal confidence

81%Strong · 3 sources

The star

Harry's own 1 H Star. Scored 90, clearing the 1★ bar (score ≥ 88).

Held since 9 July 2026.

Is The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse worth it?

Smart Spend. Harry scores The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse 90/100 for quality and 75/100 on the Worth It scale for San Francisco. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.

A Michelin star (via the Niku Steakhouse operation) and a top-20 Infatuation slot put real critical weight behind this butcher shop, and Google and Yelp back that up with strong, well-sampled scores in the 4.6-4.7 range. The outlier is Tripadvisor, sitting at 3.8 off just 26 reviews — a small enough sample from a more tourist-skewed audience that it shouldn't move the needle much against 360-plus combined ratings elsewhere. Read this as a place that's landed with critics and locals alike; the Tripadvisor number looks like noise, not signal.

Portionsfair
Consistencyreliable
Servicegood
Ambiencefine

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