Look inside the stylish new RH Lounge restaurant now open at San Francisco Historic Pier 70

It’s finally here: RH San Francisco, the massive five-story gallery and restaurant occupying more than 80,000 square feet of space at Pier 70, opens Thursday, May 12. Full name of “Restoration Hardware” in 2019) fans can enjoy the company’s luxury home furnishings, but it also includes a Palm Court restaurant and two wine bars, each pouring nearly 40 wines by the glass including “Napa Limited Production Offerings” Valley’s famous little muffler,” according to a press release.

Palm Court Restaurant is located on the first floor of the historic steel building of Bethlehem, which the company has spent years restoring. Designed by San Francisco architect Frederick H. Mayer (also responsible for Bill Graham Civic Hall), the building was constructed in 1917 and has now been reimagined by RH President and CEO Gary Friedman. To reach the restaurant, diners will pass through handcrafted iron doors and into the octagonal building lobby, past the original pink marble floors and cast stone walls. Much of the main floor is devoted to exhibition space; The former executive offices of Bethlehem Steel have been converted into a series of rooms displaying RH Contemporary, a new collection due to launch later this year.

The exterior of the new RH Fair in San Francisco, with windows lit at night.

The Palm Court Restaurant occupies the center of the two wings on both floors, under an arched atrium that floods the space with natural light. Decorated in golden Calacatta marble, the restaurant offers a live food menu inspired by Friedman’s world travels – think, wood-roasted avocado and artichoke, whole roasted branzino, and charcoal-roasted sweet potatoes (full lists below). Diners will be able to have lunch or dinner while sitting under the structural steelwork inspired by the historic shipyard and next to a central fountain surrounded by Medjool palm trees. Chandeliers surround the centerpiece: a cooking stove flanked by two Moltene rotisserie from France. A pair of wine bars, found opposite each of the restaurant’s two entrances, will pour dozens of sparkling and sparkling wines.

For those not in the gallery for food and drink, the other four floors—and the rooftop garden—will house showrooms for each of RH’s collections: on Level 2, RH Interiors; at level 3 RH Modern; and on level 4, RH Outdoors, along with a roof garden complete with retractable glass walls. The lower level will house the company and Atelier Design on the right, including presentation rooms for the client. The gallery and restaurant will be open from 10 am to 9 pm daily. Reservations can be made on OpenTable.