AnyPlanz · Bay Area
Bay Area's best spots.
118 hand-picked spots across Bay Area — restaurants, bars, and hidden gems.
AnyPlanz · Picks
Splurge-Worthy Fine Dining
Exceptional tasting menus, bold chef-driven concepts, and unforgettable meals for the nights worth dressing up for.
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.
Wolfsbane
Dogpatch
Lively, hyper-seasonal fine dining from Lord Stanley's Rupert and Carrie Blease. 11-course vegetable-forward tasting menu in industrial-chic space softened by warm light and foliage.
Mijoté
Mission District
French-trained Osaka native Kosuke Tada channels the hipness of Paris's 11th arrondissement in this Mission bistro — an ever-changing $84 four-course menu marries French technique with hyper-local ingredients. Tada earned a 2026 James Beard nomination for Best Chef: California.
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.
Normandie
Downtown Napa Riverfront
A refined French brasserie bringing Parisian-style tableside service, Dover Sole, and a world-class Martini Bar to the Napa riverfront — early reviewers call it 'truly fine dining' with excellent service.
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.
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.
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.
Sun Moon Studio
West Oakland
Ranked No. 5 on the SF Chronicle's 2026 Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants, this Californian-Asian fine dining studio is one of the most celebrated restaurants in the entire Bay Area right now.
Vicinity
Downtown Los Gatos
The most anticipated fine-dining opening in Los Gatos for 2026 — a new upscale concept announced in January 2026 poised to join the upper tier of downtown's celebrated restaurant scene.
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