Best restaurants near me in Sonoma, CA

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1. El Dorado Kitchen

4.7

Exceptional(5335)

Price: Moderate

• Californian • Sonoma

Booked 65 times today

El Dorado Kitchen serves award-winning cuisine crafted with local, seasonal ingredients from Executive Chef Armando Navarro. The restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and on Saturday and Sunday for brunch. Join us in the main dining room, front corner café, on the tree-lined outdoor patio, our cozy bar, or in our private dining room. Corkage Policy: $25 for the first two 750 ml bottles and $50 for each additional 750 ml bottles.

2. Cafe La Haye

4.8

Exceptional(3006)

Price: Expensive

• American • Sonoma

Booked 16 times today

Located just off Sonoma Plaza, Cafe La Haye offers an appealingly unfussy sophistication. The split-level dining room holds just a dozen or so tables, but its open kitchen, raftered ceiling and walls adorned with modern art create a vibrant energy that’s contagious.Convivial owner Saul Gropman and chef Jeffrey Lloyd make a formidable team. Lloyd, former executive chef of restaurant Michael Mina, offers a seasonal menu that’s discreet in its complexity, featuring the sort of dishes that seem to get better with each bite. Gropman’s wine list comprises a modest 100 bottles, but it’s a smart, well-focused selection - Wine Spectator

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3. LaSalette Restaurant

4.8

Exceptional(3940)

Price: Expensive

• Mediterranean • Sonoma

Booked 22 times today

At home amidst the historic buildings surrounding Sonoma's historic plaza, LaSalette Restaurant has earned its reputations as one of the Sonoma Valley's favorite restaurants since its inception in 1998. Chef Manuel Azevedo's signature Cozinha Nova Portuguesa "New Portuguese Cuisine" -celebrates the varied and complex flavors of his native Portuguese homeland while adapting them to the immense offerings of top-quality ingredients from his current home in California. The result is a unique cuisine characterized by familiar Southern European comfort ingredients, exotic seasonings picked from around the globe during hundreds of years of Portuguese expeditionary voyages, and fresh local and seasonal Californian produce. As the success of LaSalette attests, it’s a winning combination for lovers of traditional Portuguese fare and adventurous gourmets alike.

4. OSO

4.6

Exceptional(1166)

Price: Moderate

• Californian • Sonoma

Booked 5 times today

OSO Restaurant on the Historic Sonoma Plaza focuses on chef David Bush's Modern California Cuisine in a relaxed and rustic setting. OSO has table seating for reservations and offers an a la carte menu.. The menu highlights the chef's exciting, but never esoteric, cuisine which crosses all culinary borders. OSO also offers a full bar and specialty cocktails.Chef Bush is focused on his new world style of cuisine and presents a menu that appeals to the entire scope of one's palate. Items such as fresh raw oysters, farm to table California vegetables, local fish and meat. OSO looks forward to your visit.

A photo of Tasca Tasca Tapas Restaurant and Wine Bar restaurant

5. Tasca Tasca Tapas Restaurant and Wine Bar

4.5

Awesome(616)

Price: Moderate

• Portuguese • Sonoma

Booked 4 times today

Set amidst the historic buildings surrounding Sonoma's historic plaza, Tasca Tasca offers its guests a unique dining experience. Chef Manuel Azevedo and his kitchen team dish up unusual items rarely found on menus in addition to approachable favorites – from Pigs Trotter Terrine to Striped Bass Ceviche to Mac & Cheese. A caring hospitality team serves you in a rustic pub-like environment reminiscent of a “tasca” in Portugal. TT’s Portuguese-only wine list and 20 port/Madeira selections add to your memorable meal, as do its inventive cocktail offerings. See you at TT.

6. Sonoma Grille

4.4

Awesome(1747)

Price: Moderate

• Californian • Sonoma

Booked 14 times today

Sonoma Grille is a local restaurant just steps off of the Historic Sonoma Plaza. We specialize in California/Italian cuisine, with options of award winning Seafood & Steak. You can enjoy a delicious meal in the modern indoor dining space or the beautiful patio. This is a locals hub-spot with wide variety of menu choices. We pride ourselves on delicious food and warm hospitality. We are open 7 days a week for lunch, weekend brunch, dinner and Happy Hour. We look forward to serving you all. For additional details please visit our website www.sonomagrilleandbar.com

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7. Della Santina's Trattoria - Sonoma

4.5

Awesome(390)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Sonoma

Booked 30 times today

Della Santina's Trattoria in Sonoma, San Francisco is a traditional Italian restaruant serving recipes mostly from Lucca, Italy. It was founded by Quirico (Dan) and Shirley Della Sanitina. With the passing of Shirley Della Santina - Quirico, his son Robert and wife Nicole continue to carry on the family business and Tuscan traditions. Quirico is the chef behind the menu and has provided what's been described as Italian comfort food in a gorgeously authentic Italian setting. When you walk in the front entrance you'll be greeted by truly Italian decorations and design, as well as fresh flowers on every table. Della Santina's offers a variety of home made pastas, antipasti, soups and salads, juicy rotisserie cooked meats and fresh seafood. Local wines from Sonoma, as well as Italian wines and beers are all featured on the wine list. Della Santina's received the 2023 Sonoma Index-Tribune People's Choice Awards for Italian Cuisine and Romantic Meal.

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8. B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

4.5

Awesome(342)

Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Sonoma

Booked 2 times today

Award winning Chef Carlo Cavallo’s upscale gastropub concept, B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille is located in the Historic Sonoma Creamery building across the street from the Old Mission in the Sonoma Plaza. We are Sonoma Plaza's only brew pub, whiskey bar. B&V's menu format is wine country inspired with farm to table elements, Italian and French influences, and good old fashion steak house. Chef Carlo Cavallo has won best beef in America, and been on Food Networks Guy Fieri show.

9. Galatea Effect

4.4

Awesome(1)

Price: Expensive

• Wine Bar • Sonoma

A premium winery specializing in world-class Rhône style wines and Pinot Noir from exquisite vineyards across California. Our winery was founded in 2011 with the specific purpose of crafting the Genception of Giants California Super Syrah, a no-expense-spared, uber cuvée of Syrah that uniquely incorporates stellar fruit from five highly regarded vineyards. Our wines are rich, layered and three dimensional with the winemaking style emphasizing patience in the vineyard -allowing mother nature to deliver complex, robust fruit; and patience in the cellar -where wines are artfully paired with an impressive cadre of French oak for 19-28 months.We pride ourselves on providing a first-rate, memorable tasting room experience. A selection of decadent wines are poured on a daily basis by our friendly and knowledgeable team, in our contemporary and artistically appointed tasting room. Six wines are included with each tasting session and it’s not uncommon for a “bonus pour” or two to be flowing.

10. The Plaza Bistro

4.6

Exceptional(576)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Sonoma

Booked 3 times today

The Plaza Bistro an eatery in a historic building on the Square in downtown Sonoma. Open Everyday, Appetizers, Daily Chef Specials, Entrees, Full Bar, Salads, Select Boutique Wines.We provide the perfect blend of service, food and Italian bistro atmosphere for a relaxed meal in the heart of California wine country.