The Vista Room is a fully functional restaurant and teaching and learning laboratory that provides safe and realistic food-service work experience for students.
We serve contemporary California cuisine with a focus on responsibly-sourced ingredients and a sustainability ethos. Restaurant Manager, Ryan Smith, leads the service vision and execution of hospitality in the dining room. Chef Instructor, Tim Shaw, leads the culinary vision, food preparation and culinary instruction.
Lunch is offered à la carte, or as a three-course $21.00 + tax pre-fixe meal, which includes non-alcoholic beverages. We encourage you to make a reservation to guarantee seating, though a limited number of walk-in seats are available. The dining room opens at 11:45 a.m. and seats until 12:30 p.m. The Vista Room closes at 1:50 p.m.
For reservations, please contact us via email at vista@sfsu.edu or by phone at (415) 338-1023.
We hope you enjoy your visit with us!
Reservations
Join us for lunch in the main dining room on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. First seating is at 11:45 a.m. and last seating is at 12:30 p.m.
The easiest method to book 10 guests or fewer is through Yelp. If you have eleven or more guests, please contact us by email at vista@sfsu.edu.
Walk in guests are welcome! Call us to check for availability of same-day walk-in seats, or stop by The Vista Room during our seating hours of 11:45 a.m to 12:30p.m. Parties of 11 or larger should call to confirm availability. Parties larger than 10 will be offered a limited selection menu.
The Vista Room telephone is only answered/checked during business hours (415) 338-1023.
If you plan on charging the dining experience to your house account, please reference the account number when you make your reservation.
We are also available for private events for up to 75 guests for dinner.
Gratuities are not expected or required, however, if you wish to compliment on the service with a gratuity, all funds go to the HTM Scholarship fund. For gratuities, we can only accept cash.
Lunch Reservation Cancellations
Please contact us as soon as possible via phone or email to cancel or otherwise modify your commitment.
Catering, Banquet & Private Dining Cancellations
Please refer to your original Banquet Event Order form for the terms of cancellation if you are cancelling a catering, banquet or private dining order.
Payment Methods
For general guests, payment may be made by credit card only. The following payment methods are house accounts for SFSU departments.
Follow the steps to complete payment through trust funds:
- Complete a Transfer Payment Request Form (pdf)
- Complete the Invoice, Paying Department, and Hospitality Sections
- For 25 or under attendees, please complete the Lists of Attendees Form.
- Submit originals to: Fiscal Affairs Accounts Receivable, ADM 358
- Scanned copies should be submitted: vista@sfsu.edu.
Follow the steps to complete payment from a U-Corp Fund:
- Email us at vista@sfsu.edu with the invoice number, and state that you would like to pay via U-Corp, and we will request a University Corporation Invoice. Once a University Corporation Invoice has been sent:
- Complete a University Corporation Hospitality Form (pdf)
- For 25 or under attendees, please complete the Lists of Attendees on the bottom page of hospitality request form.
- Submit originals to: University Corporation, ADM 361
- Scanned copies should be submitted: vista@sfsu.edu.
- Note these forms are also found on DocuSign.
Our Instructors
Timothy Shaw
Chef Instructor
Contact
The Vista Room is located on the 4th floor of Burk Hall on San Francisco State University's main campus.
If you are already on campus:
Enter Burk Hall through the main (East) entrance. Walk through the atrium and to the elevator bank. Take the elevator to the fourth floor. The Vista Room is on the right as you exit the elevator.
Parking
We recommend that you park in the main parking garage located off State Drive. Once parked, exit from the top floor on the southeast corner of the garage. Walk uphill, and up a set of stairs through the campus Bee Garden. As you exit the Bee Garden, the Ethnic Studies & Psychology building will be on your left, and Burk Hall will be on your right.
Public Transportation
San Franicisco State University is easily accessible on the SFMTA Muni M line as well as the 28, 29 and 57 bus lines.
Development & Donations
Sukhie Bal, Senior Director of Development
