Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Japantown

This place is great - would definitely come back here. My boyfriend and I got the chicken for two, shoestring fries and squash soup. Fries were so delicious and was perfect to snack on with the various dips they sent as we drank our wine. Soup was delightful with really fresh ingredients but of course, the star of the show was the chicken. Loved the chicken and want to make it at home for myself. Service was excellent - friendly, attentive and hospitable. We stayed for a while and are excited to go back. Didn’t get dessert because we were so stuffed!

As previously dining at the Kokkari was a great experience. Both the "Mezethes" and the entres were well prepared. The grilled whole fish (lavraki) was delicious. If i were to find one shortcoming it would be that the sauce should be more lemony. Also the ravili Greek style were very good with delicious broth. Service attentive and prompt. Great place for lunch or dinner.

Clearly one of the best restaurants in the Bay Area. We had the 9-course tasting menu, chef Claude’s signature. Usually for such menus there’s always one or two less interesting. Not here, no miss, everything was exquisite. Very polite and knowledgeable service staff. Quiet. Really a fantastic experience.

One Market was a great place to go for dinner. The first thing you encounter are the staff and the ambience. Both felt extremely welcoming. The decor of the restaurant has a couple of features that make it outstanding without drawing attention to themselves. First is the layout and high ceiling; this allows for a festive overall feel while still allowing normal conversation. Second is it's location where Market turns the corner onto Steuart. Something about dining while watching buses and streetcars round the corner makes it feel a quintessential San Francisco experience. Food: The chicory salad was great. Bordering on minimalist it nevertheless held a great variety of flavors in choice of ingredients. We had a couple of non-alco drinks. I had a "faux groni" bitter drink. On its own, not so fun. But a great prime rib counterpoint. The prime rib. Admittedly SF has set a high bar with HOPR half a city away. So with the inevitable comparisons: Nice crusted cap surrounding the main body of meat. A little stringier than I like overall. The spinach was sauteed with the garlic a little overcooked for my liking. A small amount of mashed potatoes and the biggest popover I've seen on the side. An odd citrus-y butter presumably for the popover. Not horseradish so dont slather it on your meat. Overall, a very credible prime rib dinner. Dessert was very nice. I had the lemon cheesecake, my dining partner had the butterscotch pudding. The latter was pretty rich so warning there if you think it's tiny or if you conversely want something light. The cheesecake? As nice as it was it demonstrated the idea of seasonality. A square slab of cheesecake topped w/ a small scoop of raspberry sorbet was surrounded by summer berries. Some of which tasted exactly how you'd expect summer berries to taste in Dec. In closing, a place we'd revisit. Comfortable with a rewarding menu.

We visited this restaurant for a special occasion, and it exceeded our expectations in every way. The servers were incredibly friendly and polite, making us feel welcome from the moment we arrived. The restaurant was also very accommodating of our food preferences, and every dish we tried was delicious and beautiful! The main dishes were filing and satisfying. To make our celebration even more special, they surprised us with personalized cards, a small gift, and a delicious cake! We can’t recommend this place highly enough!