Its pleasure season again in San Francisco … that once-a-year chance to revel without restraint in the culinary chemistry for which this City is renowned: award-winning chefs, unparalleled cuisine, delightful ambience, unbelievably low prices. If you like dining out, San Francisco is the place. The difficulty is making a choice between so many great options. Chinatown and the Richmond District are filled with an array of Asian restaurants. You will discover Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian and Indian, along with traditional Chinese specialties. North Beach has Italian and California Cuisine, and the Mission District--Central and South American. If you like dining out, San Francisco is the place. The difficulty is making a choice between so many great options.
World-renowned for its exceptional restaurants, San Francisco offers all manner of dining choices. From high-end fine dining to casual eateries to favorites of locals and visitors alike: If you are a French longing for some truly French food, then you must visit Masa's , one of San Francisco's most honored restaurants at 648 Bush Street nearby Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco ; one of the most popular eatery joints to the business travelers. Most certainly the best French restaurant in the Bay Area, Masa's is a destination in itself and reasons enough to make a trip to San Francisco . The specialty lies in serving of contemporary French cuisines in an ambience that seat 65 guests and private counters for up to 12 guests adjacent to its wine cellar. Another place apart of Masa , for excellent French muckamuck, head-on to the Elegant and upscale French-Asian luncheonette Watergate at 1152 Valencia St. , only a few miles from Boutique Hotels . Gorgeous lobster martinis and a giddy fondness for truffles makes the Franco-Chinese restaurant a standout in the often-anemic Mission-dining scene. The voice of Frank Sinatra croons in the background. Polished, dark wood tables perfectly match the butternut-yellow walls. The atmosphere is elegant. Among the Mission taquerias and dime stores this restaurant is slightly out of place. However, as Mission residents will attest, the restaurant is a welcome alternative, being one of the few upscale restaurants in the area. The inventive French-Asian cuisine results in some spicy and tasty dishes. Roasted Portabella with Herb Polenta, and Grilled Swordfish with Sun-dried Shrimp are a few of the innovative menu items. Dessert options are more traditionally French, including an apple tart and chocolate mousse. A modest selection of California wines is offered ($6-10/glass). Fleur de Lys at 777 Sutter Street is one of the city's best-known French restaurants for the food connoisseurs that set the environment and the tone romantic, with garden tent set in French countryside.
On the other hand, if you wish to head for a dining extravaganza within a tight budget, the option will be glide through the streets if Fifth Floor at 12 Fourth Street. Elegant, sophisticated, incredible restaurant both visually for the decor and the food! This highly acclaimed, plush new restaurant at the Palomar Hotel epitomizes urban chic with Modern cuisine featuring the finest ingredients and only one of its kind presentations. The restaurant seats 75 guests in the dining room, including 23 seats in the bar area. The whole restaurant is available for private luncheons. Ponzu at 401 Taylor Street is the theater district's hottest new restaurant and bar featuring a contemporary Asian menu and cool cocktails in a sleek and sexy dining room. A free-flowing dining room and cocktail lounge experience that surrounds its guests in a fantasy environment where light effects are part of the décor. The crucial point is a vast curvy bar backed by three large tanks of tropical fish. Elevated dining areas are intimate; yet provide view of central bar area and the menu includes Modern Asian with a selection of small and large plates based on tastes and techniques drawn from Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese and Chinese traditions scooped in contemporary California style. The exotic and extravagant menu list combines authentic Asian as well as the best of local seafood's, meats, and produce cool, colorful cocktails amidst hip lounge music make this bar a place to see and be seen.
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