Diners' Choice: Best Food restaurants in East Bay

OpenTable

Updated July 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best overall cuisine in East Bay? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Pasta Primavera Walnut Creek

4.8

4.8 (345)

$30 and under

Italian

Walnut Creek

About the restaurant

Pasta Primavera Walnut Creek offers excellent food and courteous service in a casual, contemporary setting ambiance, and also offers a fine dining bar which serves great draft beers, spirit selections, beautiful and delightful wines, all while broadcasting the latest televised sporting events.
We have been in this business since 1988 and since then we have been consistently utilizing the freshest ingredients to prepare our zesty dishes. Our attitude of "going with the flow" has kept us in business for almost three decades.
Today, Pasta Primavera Walnut Creek is an independent restaurant and has no affiliation with any other Pasta Primaveras.
Pasta Primavera Walnut Creek is currently owned by Amir Tehrani (the founder of the original Pasta Primavera) and managed by Allen Pourkhomami.

Top review

Jacqueline

Dined on Jun 14, 2025

The food and service are always excellent. This is a favorite spot.

Sun Moon Studio

5.0

5 (68)

$50 and over

Californian

Oakland

About the restaurant

Sun Moon Studio is a farmer and producer-driven restaurant in West Oakland by Chefs Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper.

We offer a multi-course tasting menu for $180 per person in our intimate, 4-table dining room. An optional beverage pairing is available for $100 per person. The focus of our menu is to highlight the bounty of local producers and farmers through the lens of our life experiences.

We are able to adjust our menu to accommodate many but not all dietary restrictions and require advanced notice to do so. Please let us of your party's dietaries when making a reservation so we may plan for your arrival.

Reservations are released on a rolling basis, 6 weeks in advance at 12 noon.

We are looking forward to cooking for you!

Alan and Sarah

Top review

JanetVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Impeccable and intimate dining experience.

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Sun Moon Studio Tasting Menu

Kakui Sushi

4.9

4.9 (24)

$31 to $50

Sushi

Oakland

About the restaurant

The four seasons influence every aspect of Japanese art and culture. At Kakui, we maintain this tradition by creating unique dishes using the freshest local ingredients. As the seasons change so does our menu, taking advantage of the local abundance. In this way, we are creating a contemporary cuisine that combines Japanese traditions with the best the Bay Area has to offer.

Kakui Features:

A sushi bar stocked with the freshest fish, serving traditional favorites as well as our own creations

An open kitchen serving a complete menu of Japanese dishes

A full selection of sake, carefully selected to accompany our menu items

We look forward to having you join us as our guest!

Top review

StephanieVIP

Dined on Jun 5, 2025

Kakui is an absolute favorite. Service excellent sushi great!

Commis Bar

4.9

4.9 (57)

$50 and over

Californian

Oakland

About the restaurant

With only 10 bar height chairs at the cocktail bar, the COMMIS BAR experience offers a fixed 4-course menu highlighting some the best seasonal Northern California ingredients through modern and classic cooking techniques.

Diners at the bar are invited for 1.5 to 2 hours over the entire course of the meal with the shorter fixed menu compared to our full length DINING ROOM menu experience.

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Pete

Dined on Jul 4, 2025

Ate the bar course, which is a reduced number of courses. Still perfect for us, and we left very satisfied. Amazing courses, amazing bread, and as expected amazing ingredients.

Lucuma Kitchen & Bar

4.8

4.8 (38)

$30 and under

Peruvian

Oakland

About the restaurant

Step into a world of authentic Peruvian cuisine with a twist. Our menu features distinctive dishes, setting us apart from the ordinary. Beyond the plate, you'll find a beautifully designed restaurant, a team dedicated to providing outstanding customer service, and a vibrant bar offering creative Peruvian-inspired cocktails. Join us for a truly special taste of Peru.

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Christina

Dined 3 days ago

Such a wonderful experience for my birthday!! Excellent service, food and ambience.

Commis Dining Room

4.9

4.9 (1233)

$50 and over

Californian

Oakland

About the restaurant

Commis in Oakland is a Two-Star Michelin rated fine dining restaurant by James Beard Foundation Nominated Chef James Syhabout that serves a multi-course Tasting Menu.

Diners at Commis are invited to linger for 2.5 to 3 hours over an multi-course meal in a warm, comfortable and relaxing dining room appointed by glowing glass light pendants, dark furniture, bare walnut tables, dim lit candles and floral arrangements.

Delivered by the attentive service staff and sommeliers, the cuisine of Commis showcases some of the best Northern California ingredients that are in season through modern and classic cooking techniques. The cuisine aims to bridge the flavors, textures and temperatures of the East and West with every course with the intention to excite and satisfy.

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Struan

Dined on Jul 19, 2025

Came here for an anniversary meal and it did not disappoint! Staff were attentive and the food was amazing.

Baxters Restaurant & Bar

4.9

4.9 (87)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Benicia

About the restaurant

Baxters is a casual fine dining experience located on First Street in the waterside town of Benicia. We are known for our Beef Wellington and succulent Scallops.

Top review

JoanVIP

Dined 2 days ago

This is our favorite restaurant in our beautiful home town of Benicia CA. Food, cocktails, service are always outstanding. Best to make reservations as this is a smaller intimate restaurant. Great for date nights and special occasions for both small and larger groups. Just contact the restaurant and they will walk you threw all of their offerings. Highly recommend!

Oken

4.8

4.8 (22)

$50 and over

Contemporary Asian

Oakland

About the restaurant

OKEN = NEKO backwards (NEKO = CAT in Japanese)
OKEN is a contemporary Asian American Restaurant with a strong focus in Korean and Japanese cuisine.
For parties 6 or larger please email us at hi@okenoakland.com

Our goal is to highlight the Asian American food experience in a casual yet elegant environment. Where dishes are never authentic or traditional. Oakland diversity and cohesion has given us an even greater sense of pride and a unique perspective when creating our dishes. Nothing is quite Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asian, or American. Quite simply, Asian American.

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Garrett

Dined 1 day ago

First off, the food was incredible. But the service was extremely kind and even comped us 2 glasses of sparkling wine for our anniversary. We can’t wait to come back to try other dishes!

Uncle Yu's at the Vineyard

4.8

4.8 (2008)

$30 and under

Pan-Asian

Livermore

About the restaurant

Currently, our back parking lot is under construction due to the development of Stockman's Park. Parking is limited, but the parking lot is still accessible from L Street, or Railroad Avenue. We also have a few designated parking spaces near our rear entrance, but if all of those spaces are full, there is also a parking garage on Railroad Avenue. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience!

Winner of Diablo's Best of the East Bay Award, Uncle Yu's delivers Asian cuisine with a twist.

Innovative Asian cuisine enhanced with quality ingredients, paired with a Wine Spectator Award winning wine list, striking atmosphere and engaging service create the perfect dining experience.

Whether you desire a quick bite, a fantastic glass of wine, a meal with the family or a sommelier's wine paired dinner, Uncle Yu's delivers!

In addition to our dining room, we have a lively lounge and bar, a beautiful outdoor patio and a private room for special occasions and holiday parties.

Top review

Lakita

Dined 2 days ago

I had a fantastic experience and every dish was delicious!

Top Hatters Kitchen & Bar

4.7

4.7 (690)

$31 to $50

Global, International

San Leandro

About the restaurant

Top Hatters Kitchen and Bar is a modern neighborhood restaurant, that has secured a place on the SF Chronicle's top 100 list and has been honored with a Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition. We serve an eclectic mix of rustic made-from-scratch dishes, celebrating the wonderful textures that make up our neighborhoods. We offer a mingling of small and large plates, meant to be shared, always nuanced and inspired by what we harvest from our neighboring small farms. Our food is approachable, eschewing complicated names, and bohemian in spirit as we are nonconforming and unconventional—sophisticated only in the way we can weave different ethnic influences and ingredients together.

Top review

Nicole

Dined 5 days ago

Lovely dining experience as always! We enjoyed the shishito peppers, tissue bread, vermicelli, and savory ricotta donuts.

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