Left Bank Larkspur

As good a Salade Nicoise as I have ever had. Pleasant atmosphere. Fairly expensive drinks.

Lovely day. Sat outside and enjoyed the good food and service.

A great neighborhood standby - always consistent, good food and great, cozy ambience.

Lovely local place with a wide and wonderful French menu. The entrees and cocktails were excellent, I was a little underwhelmed with dessert but had high expectations of a French restaurant. Everyone was very friendly and the ambiance was an authentic French bistro with plenty of local charm. Great spot.

LOVE this place! Tried their Side Car for the very first time! - It was AMAZING! Their French Onion soup is STELLAR! Happy hour is terrific and available in the bar AND on the lovely patio. (Heaters and blankets are available to keep you toasty!) - Wait, there's more!! They have Happy Hour part TWO later in the evening...BONUS! Staff is SO professional and bend over backwards to make their customers happy!

As always, food and service excellent, we always enjoy dining there!

Everything from seating to service to foo was outstanding. This is quite simply a well-run restaurant.

We had a lovely time!

Burger Americaine was very good and fries were crispy; onion soup was excellent. Happy hour IPA was tasty, as was gin martini. We had a nice time sitting outside, watching people go by and waiting until our movie was about to start at the Lark.

Seems to have gone downhill a bit. The service was slow, the upholstery worn and torn and the food was not up to the usual. Something has changed recently. Too bad.

Best place in Marin County.
Quality food, excellent service.
Great choice to sit inside or out.
Wonderful, long-time staff.

I've been eating there for decades and it's consistently good.

The food was fabulous. Left Bank has such a nice environment to dine in and the staff are very attentive. The restaurant was quite busy so a bit noisy, but in a good way. We loved the evening and the people who dined with me had never been there before. It is now on their list. A very enjoyable evening.

Thank you for a wonderful dinner and evening! We were celebrating our wedding anniversary and your restaurant and ambiance made it extra special. We don't have the opportunity to go out much so it was even more special!

MANY THANKS!!!

A wonderful place for dinner

Service was brusque and unrefined. Otherwise, a good experience.

The food and service were outstanding !

Love sitting outside!

Left Bank is a personal favorite and since they closed most of their Bay Area locations, it's difficult to just drop in as the nearest one is an hour away, so, always a treat for me. Love their mussels with wine and spinach. LB has a definite French flair including some very nice wines and hand crafted cocktails. I recommend it highly!

Service was not as good as usual
Food was good but lyonnaise salad was too much frisée this time
Overall nice dinner!

Great lunch as usual. Met with an old friend to catch up and had a lovely lunch.

Nice outdoor patio

Delightful environment -- really feels like a genuine Parisian bistro. Excellent food and excellent service

The best mussels in Marin in a lovely setting. Waitstaff is professional and attentive

Valentines Day

Going to Left Bank in Larkspur is a lot cheaper than airfare to Paris - the food is of exceptional quality and menu items are thoughtfully created to please the most discerning palate.

We went for Valentine’s Day for their Valentine pre fix. We’d never been before. Honestly...we found our server, a tall thin woman with glasses and blondish hair, very condescending. We were not the oldest people in the room nor the worst dressed by far, but we were spoken to like we’d never dined out before or were senile. The included glass of sparkling wine came in a 3/4 size flute which I’d never seen before. I will say it was one of the best tasting sparkling wines I’d ever had. However, imagine how we felt when we saw that the tables on either side of us received full size glasses with their prix fix. There’s no way I’d say anything as the extra 2 oz was not worth the condescending reply I knew I’d get. As it is, I had to send the crab bisque back as it was unpleasantly fishy. Crab is one of my favorite foods and at 64 years old I’ve had quite a bit. It’s not fishy but sweet. But of course, when I told the server id like to change it for the onion soup because it was fishy, her reply was “you do know it’s crab, right?”. Uh...yeah.
When we were told about the special, ( which I’d already studied online weeks ago when I made my reservation with the required credit card...yes...I’d decided then we’d come based on the menu) she didn’t mention they were already out of both scallops and the filet. The two things we were coming for. So we opted for the substitute rib eye after we were “schooled” about the difference. Really? And while the rib eye and sauce was delicious, it was a bit chewy and more fat content than I’d preferred to have consumed.
So...we might be back...but we noticed a number of cute looking restaurants in Larkspur which we may opt for instead.

The food here is prepared so well and served beautifully. Service is great and it's not as loud as some Bay Area restaurants (we don't go to those places!). We love the french atmosphere and dishes.

Love the Left Bank in Larkspur! Consistently great food and service and they make the best martinis ever!

My husband and I and my grandnephew and his wife all went to dinner for Valentine's dinner. We had a lovely time although since the place was packed, service was at first a little slow. But the food came hot and was very good; duck for two of us, steak and scallops for the two others. Nephew's wife was disappointed at the small scoop of ice cream with the chocolate cake and also that it was half-melted when it came, but, the plate was hot for the cake; hard to accomplish both. I think she may not have understood that it was also a gourmet ice cream but that was the only complaint other than that the music was too loud and we had to shout to hear each other.

Although I am a frequent Open Table member, I usually just provide my star ratings for each restaurant and I do not usually write a review. But after tonight, I am compelled to write a post on Open Table. The experience at Left Bank on Valentine's Day was mediocre. We have dined at Left Banks on countless occasions over the years (including Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve) but tonight was extremely underwhelming. The champagne with the prix fixe menu was acceptable but not good. We had to ask the busboy for bread as none was given to us. For my entree, the Yukon gold mashed potatoes were luke warm/almost cold but the filet was cooked perfectly medium rate (as requested). The molten chocolate cake was cold inside - not warm or hot - and the ice cream accompaniment was slightly melted (although the cake was cold inside). And, it was very cold in the restaurant with other diners wearing jackets, coats, etc. at the tables near us. If the temperature was more comfortable, it would have been more inviting and people would have stayed longer and ordered more drinks. Bottom line, the kitchen was obviously under stress for the big holiday and not able to fulfill the customers' needs. I am hesitant to return to Left Bank after all of these years based on the negative experience we had tonight.

We were not expecting a fixed price menu with very limited choices. The choices were not particularly appealing. My companion is a vegetarian and had a difficult time finding something to eat.

Service was excellent. Price was high.

Fantastic as always. Our favorite restaurant. Staff are wonderful and food is delicious.

Overall very memorable

Quickly seated on Valentine’s Day. Great server and the food was wonderful. First time visit, but will not be the last.

Consistently very good food and with great service and atmosphere

Valentine’s Day !
Absolutely perfect afternoon lunch !

We were situated in the back room, so the noise level was better than in the big room.

Fantastic staff, fantastic food, highly recommended.

We had a wonderful time at Happy Hour. Our service was very slow, though, and we had to wave down the water several times.