The Bite is a neighborhood Mediterranean restaurant in SoMa built on a simple menu structure: appetizers, soups, salads, wraps, and rice bowls, all served in takeout containers whether you're eating in or taking food home. Appetizers include several styles of hummus, dolma, and a lentil soup, while salads range from the house Bite Salad with feta and olives to the Mighty Kale with beets and dried apricots.
The rice bowls are the heart of the menu, built on house-marinated beef and chicken kebab, organic beef kebab, and falafel, each served with a trio of sauces — orange, yogurt, and hot — alongside rice and house salad. Portions run large across the board: falafel wraps arrive stuffed with oversized crispy spheres, and the rice bowls carry enough shaved meat to make leftovers inevitable. The meats lean mild on their own, which is where the sauces do their work, while the falafel holds up as the more consistently flavorful option.
The rice bowls are the heart of the menu, built on house-marinated beef and chicken kebab, organic beef kebab, and falafel, each served with a trio of sauces — orange, yogurt, and hot — alongside rice and house salad. Portions run large across the board: falafel wraps arrive stuffed with oversized crispy spheres, and the rice bowls carry enough shaved meat to make leftovers inevitable. The meats lean mild on their own, which is where the sauces do their work, while the falafel holds up as the more consistently flavorful option.