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Star Anise

3.9
3.9
100 Reviews
$30 and under
Thai
2470 First St, #108, Livermore, CA 94550

About this restaurant

Star Anise is a take-out and delivery restaurant in the San Francisco Livermore neighborhood. It specializes in fast and casual Thai cuisine that guests can order and take home or have the tasty cuisine delivered right to their door. Star Anise has all the standbys that people come to expect from a great Thai restaurant, but there are also some options that are unique to the menu. Enjoy a spicy prawn dish with Asian eggplants sauteéd with carrot, onion, chili and basil in a wine sauce. Another favorite is the pumpkin salmon curry with baby bokchoy, carrots, peanut curry sauce and basil oil.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Thai
  • Hours of operation
    Monday - Sunday 11:00am - 3:00pm and 5:00pm - 9:30pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Sofi Sorroche
  • Neighborhood
    Livermore
  • Cross street
    Railroad Ave
  • Parking details
    There is parking on the street directly in front of the restaurant. If none available there is a public parking lot free of charge on the opposite side of the complex.
  • Additional
    Beer, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 100 people are saying

Star Anise reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

3.9
3.9 based on all time ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 3.5Service
  • 3.7Ambience
  • 0.6Value

NoiseModerate

100 Reviews
  1. Joel

    San Francisco21 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on November 22, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2
    As tech money grows in Livermore, restaurants will follow. Star Anise is a gem, fairly small with very high quality food. The menu is small, they serve a dinner menu on weekends and the service can be spotty but the food takes the cake and is interesting and well prepared.

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    Phoenix386 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on November 19, 2015

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    The food here is good but not great, and I'm surprised at the price points. $10 isn't a lot of money, but for fried rice at lunch with just a few bits of veg and 4 very pieces of tough duck, it is over-priced, even by California standards. My curry duck dinner was tasty but not one piece of duck was chewable, much less edible. It's a cute restaurant, and I like to patronize local owners, and my husband and his co-workers like it, so I'll continue to go, but I'll have to find something worth eating or I'm taking it off my rotation.

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  3. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco1 review

    4.0

    Dined on September 27, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    they need at least one more server, the are always short staffed.

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  4. indigo25

    San Francisco2 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on September 27, 2015

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Beautiful setting, and at last a restaurant where you can have a conversation without shouting. The service was very good, the food was excellent. Would definitely go back again.

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  5. JazzyJoan

    Cleveland21 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on September 17, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    I appreciated the gluten-free option of rice paper wrapped Spring rolls and loved the pad Thai. There was a generous amount of food.

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  6. Jeanne

    San Francisco24 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on August 23, 2015

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    This is a great place to have a wonderful dinner before a movie or a performance at the Bankhead theater. The service is quick and the food is excellent. It is a small, intimate place for a wonderful dinner.

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  7. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco4 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on August 10, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    We enjoy the Star Anise Salad with lettuce, grilled asparagus, and grilled shrimp...great to split before an entrée or for a main dish at lunch. We always enjoy the curry dishes. The salmon curry is supposed to be delicious but we haven't tried that yet. The mango sticky rice is wonderful and we always get that even if we are too full after dinner...just can't pass it up.

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  8. Meddy VIP

    San Francisco38 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on July 17, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Authentic cuisine, great service . Glad to see the menu is getting rotated with new chef's specials. Music playing in the background could stand to be turned down a bit in order to enjoy table conversation. Hoping the menu continues to be creative and well executed.

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  9. Sali

    San Francisco7 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on June 21, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5
    All the food came out with a nice presentation. Some dishes were quite too rich and heavy for my taste but overall a nice find.

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  10. tasty

    San Francisco43 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on May 17, 2015

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    We love this place! The service can be a little slow but the food and Thomas Coyne Viongner is always worth the wait! There was a rice dish that came out in a pineapple the looked amazing which we will be having next time.

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FAQs

Star Anise offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (925) 454-9888.

Star Anise is rated 3.9 stars by 100 OpenTable diners.

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Google Map for Star Anise

2470 First St, #108, Livermore, CA 94550

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Railroad Ave
  • Neighborhood
    Livermore
  • Hours of operation
    Monday - Sunday 11:00am - 3:00pm and 5:00pm - 9:30pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Thai
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    There is parking on the street directly in front of the restaurant. If none available there is a public parking lot free of charge on the opposite side of the complex.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Sofi Sorroche
  • Additional
    Beer, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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