AnyPlanz · Bay Area
Bay Area's best spots.
100 hand-picked spots across Bay Area — restaurants, bars, and hidden gems.
AnyPlanz · Picks
Splurge-Worthy Fine Dining
Exceptional tasting menus and destination restaurants that justify every penny.
Arquet
Embarcadero
Ingredient-driven California restaurant from the team behind Michelin-starred Sorrel, featuring wood-fired cooking, seasonal local produce, and Bay Bridge views in the iconic Ferry Building.
JouJou
Design District / SoMa
From Lazy Bear chef David Barzelay, this grand French brasserie in the Design District dazzles with a $125 caviar crêpe, steak frites, and spectacular seafood towers — all served à la carte in a 6,500-sq-ft marble-and-gold dining room.
The Big Four
Nob Hill
After a six-year renovation, this 50-year-old SF institution inside the Huntington Hotel is back — dark-paneled rooms, martinis, old-school dishes like charred shrimp Louie and chicken pot pie, and nightly live piano music.
Hashiri Bettei Kaiseki Aoki
Downtown Palo Alto
Japanese fine dining delivering 'kaiseki ryori,' condensing an infinite expanse into an extremely small space. Eight-seat counter service with chef personally attending diners, outstanding sake selection, intimate tea ceremony experience.
Navio at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
Miramontes Point / Coastal
The Ritz-Carlton's acclaimed fine-dining restaurant showcasing sustainable, provenance-driven coastal gastronomy — earned a Four-Star Award in 2026 and Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
Folia at Appellation Healdsburg
Healdsburg / Appellation Resort
Charlie Palmer's live-oak fire cooking concept at the Appellation resort — a deeply seasonal, farm-to-fire menu infusing oak-ember flavor into meats, seafood, and vegetables with partners including Hog Island Oyster Co. and Bellwether Farms.
Mane Kitchen & Cocktails
Downtown Santa Cruz
From the chef who helped earn Alderwood its Michelin listing, Mane Kitchen brings French-Italian technique and California coastal ingredients — fresh raw seafood, organic meats, farm produce — to a sophisticated Pacific Avenue dining room.
Sabio on Main
Downtown Pleasanton
Rated among the Bay Area's 50 Best Restaurants by the Mercury News, this downtown Pleasanton gem serves seasonal California cuisine using local, organic, and sustainably sourced ingredients under the direction of Michelin-recognized Executive Chef Francis X. Hogan.
Poppy & Claro
Downtown San Jose
All-day farm-fresh restaurant in downtown San Jose led by a former Eleven Madison Park chef de partie, featuring stone hearth-oven dishes, seasonal cocktails, and pastries from Manresa Bread.
Yeobo, Darling
Downtown Menlo Park
Korean-Taiwanese fine-dining restaurant by Michelin-starred married chefs Meichih and Michael Kim, added to the Michelin Guide in March 2026 — the only newly listed Peninsula restaurant.
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