I used to order from Poshmates all the time in LA, the food delivery service formed in 2011by Bastian Lehman, Sean Plaice and Sam Street, three San Francisco locals was personal and innovative, employing local friendly drivers and serving a network of really great food establishments.

When I was back in San Francisco this week for work I found myself bedded down in a hotel with no restaurant, long story so had to order in.

I picked the Magnin Street Cafe and Bistro close by, never eaten there before, a shot in the dark, 138 Cyril Magnin Street, less than 5 minutes away, hoping the food would arrive quick and in pretty good shape considering the distance. To be fair I could have easily have walked to pick it up but the streets around Tenderloin are not what they once were after dark.

I ordered deep fried olives and blue cheese dressing, never heard of them before never had them before and they were incredible. OMG the kind of thing that would make you want to return to the restaurant, something innovative and absolutely delicious, my only wish there were more of them. The linguine with marinara sauce with mushrooms, would have been equally delicious but arrived cold, not sure how with only a 5 minute journey, the accompanying salad arrived with no dressing and the pita bread to accompany the hummus was cold and hard too. Nothing wrong with the food, but the door to door delivery was clearly to blame. I waited 45 minutes for the food which was probably ready in 15. Should have picked it up myself. The 75 bucks wasn't worth it. Won't be using Poshmates or uber eats again.

That said the deep fried olives were so good I went for breakfast in person the next day to Magnin Street Cafe and Bistro. The restaurant is open every day from 7am to 3pm for breakfast and lunch and 5pm to 10pm for dinner.

It's a friendly family run place and only a few tables free when I arrived, always a good sign. I was told Cindy, front of house wasn't there, she'd been called away urgently to care for her mother so things weren't running quite as smoothly as usual, I thought it was a great welcome, personal and warm.

The atmosphere as great, the service a little haphazard, my guest didn't get what he ordered and that had to go back but my Huevos Rancheros where truly delicious, loaded down with japepenos, I had to remove a layer of clothing while eating, spicy and definitely worth returning for.

The scrambled egg sandwich is obviously a signature dish, perhaps why my friend got two, the first with bacon, the second without, when he ordered two rounds of scrambled eggs on wholewheat toast. It was two much energy to send the second plate back. I guess it's not the kind of place you can order off piste.

All in all the food at Magnin Street Cafe and Bistro was really good. The hot chocolate was piping hot and sweet and the coffee was worth recommending too. The bill for breakfast $56 for two so considerably cheaper than my dinner for one from Poshmates uber eats at $75

I will going back to Magnin Street Cafe and Bistro with one intention, for two orders of the deep fried olives and blue cheese dressing. I was assured they are very easy to make so we might even be having a go ourselves. They were really that good, exceptional as they were ingenious.