Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in East Bay

OpenTable

Updated September 05, 2024

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Pucquio

4.8

4.8 (674)

$31 to $50

Peruvian

Oakland

About the restaurant

Now offering takeout!
Pucquio serves elegant, high-end Peruvian cuisine out of a small Oakland kitchen. We focus on Peruvian classics based on California's generosity . Our restaurant in focus on craft every single dish from the scratch and with all the passion and respect you deserve. Please allow yourself a leisure night. Please notify us otherwise. We also do cooking classes, corporate events and different fun, amazing themed dinners and wine maker events. Please visit our site for more details !!!! . We recommend call Carlos (415) 6903052, fol large parties enquirers and if you have any furthere questions or special requests.

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OpenTable Dinervip

Dined 3 days ago

Best Peruvian restaurant in the Bay Area! We absolutely love every single dish they have!

Rosenblum Cellars

4.9

4.9 (692)

$30 and under

Winery

Oakland

About the restaurant

Since 1978, Rosenblum has become one of the most-awarded and highly-rated California Zinfandel portfolios. Having more than 50 Zinfandels with 90+ points from Wine Spectator, it’s a record for Zinfandel lovers, but for us it’s just business as usual.

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Stevevip

Dined 5 days ago

We were there wine tasting and only snack we had was olive oil and some bread. They were very good

Juanita & Maude

4.9

4.9 (1699)

$50 and over

American

Albany

About the restaurant

An intimate neighborhood restaurant, Juanita & Maude features Chef Scott Eastman's personal take on American Cuisine. The daily changing menu highlights classic dishes including Michelin Guide's top 5 hamburger in California. His refined comfort food is matched with seasonal craft cocktails and an international wine list.

Juanita & Maude's lively dining room or serene outdoor patio is the perfect spot for a night out, celebration or special occasion. Conveniently located near the corner of Solano and San Pablo Avenues.

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Kimberley

Dined 4 days ago

We had a fantastic meal. The cheddar\corn soup was delicious. It had a bit of bacon which added a nice touch. I also had the pork chop. It was cooked to perfection. It was tender, juicy, and had just the right searing. It was at the top of all pork chops I have ever eaten in a restaurant. The dessert was fantastic as well. We shared the key lime ice cream sandwiches. Perfection again! Beautifully appointed with slightly burnt marshmallow on top, the key lime ice cream had a wonderfully subtle lime flavor. A lot to times key lime is overpowering, but not here. The cookie part was a delicious chewy gram cracker like crust on both sides. All in all, just a delightful meal!

Shadowbrook Winery

4.9

4.9 (528)

$50 and over

Winery

Walnut Creek

About the restaurant

Shadowbrook Winery has become the East Bay’s most decorated winery in San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition with over 69 medals. Shadowbrook is a small production family-owned winery located in the foothills of Mt. Diablo. We produce and offer a wide range of exceptional red wines and some white wine offerings as well.

We are by reservation only. Please plan accordingly.

From seasonal salads and charcuterie to a small selection of entrees, Shadowbrook Winery’s Menu is perfectly paired with selections of our finest vintages.

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Patricia

Dined 2 days ago

This is a must. You should take your girlfriends and visit this winery. Tim, the owner, is very helpful, and my wine glass was always full. We only had the cheese charcuterie and we did some wine tasting. I loved the Merlot.

Bardo Lounge & Supper Club

4.9

4.9 (458)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Oakland

About the restaurant

Recommended in the MICHELIN Guide for California 2021-2023. Located in Oakland’s historic Grand Lake District, Bardo is a neighborhood lounge and restaurant inspired by the comfort and camaraderie of a mid-century dinner party. Drawing on the celebration and elegance of old school entertaining, we envisioned a space for friends and neighbors to enjoy amazing food, cocktails, conversation and great music.

Our lounge is a swank living room, furnished with hand-picked finds from antique and vintage markets from Palm Springs to Portland. Our mezzanine dining room features a rotating menu of fresh, seasonal supper-fare with local and sustainably sourced meats, fish and produce. While we think the food, drinks and atmosphere are all great reasons to visit us, it’s the relationships with our friends, neighbors and guests that is the driving force behind Bardo.

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Sarah

Dined 3 days ago

Excellent meal! Attentive and timely service. Ambiance was wonderful. We had a very enjoyable time and will continue to be returning customers!

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Experience

Dinner Party Menu

Commis Dining Room

4.8

4.8 (1206)

$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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George

Dined on Sep 5, 2024

From start to finish, the experience was astonishing, almost overwhelming (in the very best way). Even the ingredients that I thought I "knew" were transformed. If you are a cook (even simply a home cook), when dining out you often ask yourself if you could make dishes at home. At Commis the answer for me was a resounding no. That answer — and the fact that the food is so delicious, so surprising, and yet (once experienced) seems almost inevitable — proved that making this reservation was absolutely the right choice. (I have always wanted to eat here, and it was a really good call.) I'll be thinking about these dishes every day until the next time I've saved up enough to return.

Via del Corso

4.9

4.9 (1175)

$30 and under

Italian

Berkeley

About the restaurant

a destination
… is really just a place you are going along your way. When you enter Via del Corso, you may feel as if you are in any trattoria in Florence, Rome, or any other place in Italy. In the heart of North Berkeley, we bring you a place to relax, restore, dine and have drinks with family and friends. Leave the outside world outside for a moment. It is our pleasure to welcome you to Via del Corso.

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Georgevip

Dined 5 days ago

I have been here 3 times and he food is always served hot, what a concept.

Reve

4.8

4.8 (2480)

$50 and over

French

Lafayette

About the restaurant

Indoor / Standard Table = dining room. Outdoor = Patio / garden beautifully designed with plants & art. As of October 24, 2023 seating will be in an enclosed heated garden tent. Fully outdoor garden is available by phone only 7 days in advance, weather permitting.

RÊVE is not that snooty, splurge-on-your-anniversary kind of French restaurant. Au contraire.
This is your classic, everyday neighborhood French bistro run by Chef Paul Magu-Lecugy & his wife, Laura. That kind of cozy little place you’d imagine in Saint Michel or Saint Germain. Not smack dab in the middle of the 'burbs. But lucky for you, that’s exactly where 5-star chef Paul Magu will be paying homage to the French comfort food that he fell in love with as a boy growing up in Paris. We’re talking authentic French onion soup. Steamed mussels. Steak frites. And don’t forget creme brulee… 2021 & 2022 Michelin recognized Open Table guest favorite 2017-2023

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Tomvip

Dined 2 days ago

We had an excellent dinner at Reve last night. Great genuine bistro experience with excellent service and lovely outdoor seating.

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Popular dish

Cup of French Onion Soup or Rêve Salad

Popular dish

Escargots

Experience

Dinner pairing the wines of PYCM & Caroline Morey

Commis Bar

4.8

4.8 (24)

$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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Kenneth

Dined on Aug 30, 2024

I learned of this establishment from the recent Open Table Michelin Star article. This was my first Michelin two star experience. The dishes were beyond fantastic and the service was great. I will definitely be back.

Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge

4.8

4.8 (406)

$30 and under

Cocktail Bar

Alameda

About the restaurant

About
Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge is a tropical vacation spot right in the middle of your hometown! Serving award-winning, world famous classic and exotic cocktails along with many original recipes, along with some tasty snacks, Forbidden Island is a retro-oasis in the desert of your busy modern day! Now open indoors (seated capacity only) as well as outdoors in our Tiki Garden/ Patio, 7 days a week.

* Please note that all reservations are limited to 90 minutes for groups of 1-3 and 2 hours for groups of 4-8.

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StephenASvip

Dined 3 days ago

Great ambiance, attentive bartender and decor staff. Strong but nuanced drinks.

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