Vanessa's Bistro

Name: Vanessa's Bistro
Address: 1715 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States, 94707
Telephone: (510) 525-8300
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.4

4.4 (205)

$31 to $50

Asian

1715 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707

About this restaurant

Innovative
Neighborhood gem
Great for happy hour

Enjoy my mother’s talents of over 34 years in the kitchen. Our food is a cross between Vietnamese/French and Asian fusion. Small plates with lots of flavor! Full bar, beer and wine. We’re open 7 days a week. Happy hour everyday from 4:00-6:00pm. Featuring $4 Mojitos Mondays, $9 Taco Tuesdays, 50% off Wine Wednesdays, and $7 Thirsty Thursdays.

Very honored to be Zagat rated 5 years in a row, and Michelin rated 7 years straight.

Welcome to our family!

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Asian, French
Hours of operation
Dinner daily: 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Phone number
(510) 525-8300
Website
http://vanessasbistro.com/
Payment options
Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Vanessa Dang
Catering
We can cater any size party, all we need to know is your budget.
Private party facilities
For lunch parties of 15-32 guests we offer use of the restaurant without a buyout fee, from 12:00 – 3:00pm. Family style dining with a prix fixe menu.

Location
1715 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707
Neighborhood
Berkeley
Cross street
Tulare Ave
Parking details
Plenty of street parking, meters run until 6:00pm.
Additional
Bar Dining, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Roasted beet & organic green salad$8.00
with feta cheese & mango vinaigrette
D'Anjou Pear$8.00
with organic spring mix, candied pecans, blue cheese & balsamic vinaigrette
Spicy Vietnamese green papaya salad$9.00
with poached prawns, roasted peanuts, Asian mint
Saigon style noodle salad$10.00
vermicelli noodles, bean sprouts, lettuce, cucumber, pickles & peanuts With choice of grilled Filet Mignon, Sauteed Chicken Breast, Sautéed Prawns or Sautéed Tofu
Shaking filet mignon salad in garlic brandy butter sauce$11.00

Starters

Salt & pepper fried tender calamari$8.00
spicy lime dipping sauce
Salt & pepper fried prawns$8.00
spicy lime dipping sauce
Crispy Salt & pepper tofu$8.00
with sauteed scallions, bell peppers
Tuna & salmon poke$9.00
with ginger, avocado, mango, English cucumber & tomato salsa
Five spices honey marinated crispy quail$7.00
peppercorn dipping sauce
Maple Leaf Duck confit lettuce wrap$9.00
with fresh basil and roasted peanuts, chipotle & black bean sauce
Shredded Maple Leaf Duck Strudel$11.00
with wild mushrooms, basil risotto, mozzarella cheese & Maui Pineapple, Gewurtztraminer beurre blanc
Black Peppercorn Cured Filet Carpaccio$8.00
with roasted peanuts, fried shallots & Asian Mint
Ahi Tuna carpaccio$8.00
with tomato salsa & ginger soy vinaigrette
Crispy Saigon chicken rolls$8.00
lettuce, mint, pickles, spicy lime dipping sauce
Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls$8.00
with chipotle & black bean sauce
Oven Baked Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers$8.00
with Ponzu Dipping Sauce

Entrée

Seafood

Lemongrass calamari (steak) & prawns$12.00
with roasted peanuts
Sautéed Jumbo Prawns & Scallops$17.00
with vegetables in Thai basil, coconut curry
Grilled Jumbo Prawns$16.00
with Garlic Butter Egg Noodles topped with spicy mango salsa
Atlantic Salmon stewed in a claypot$12.00
with peppercorn and tomato concasse, shallots & cilantro
Miso Glazed Atlantic Salmon$18.00
with vegetable pad thai & Thai Basil

Meats

Spicy lemongrass chicken Saigon style (white meat)$10.00
with roasted peanuts
Vietnamese chicken (white meat) coconut curry$10.00
with carrots, potatoes & mushrooms
Claypot rice$10.00
with chicken & prawns, fresh shiitake mushrooms, baby bok choy
Cumin Peppercorn marinated pork loin$15.00
with roasted fingerling potatoes & cinnamon apple chutney
Five spices Maple Leaf Duck confit$17.00
with garlic bok choy & duck beurre rouge

Tofu and Vegetables

Sautéed tofu & vegetables in coconut curry & Thai basil$8.00
Young tofu stewed in a claypot$9.00
with peppercorn and tomato concasse, shallots and cilantro
Lemongrass tofu sautéed in curry beurre blanc$8.00
with roasted peanuts
Wok fried garlic green beans & tofu$8.00
Wok fried garlic eggplant$8.00
Wok fried garlic bok choy$8.00

Side Dishes

Sticky rice & wild mushrooms$7.00
Shrimp fried rice$7.00
Jasmine rice$2.00
Garlic butter egg noodles$7.00
Vegetable pad thai$8.00
Please let us know of any specific food allergies

What 205 people are saying

Vanessa's Bistro reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.4

4.4 based on all time ratings

4.5Food
4.3Service
3.9Ambience
4.3Value

Noise • Moderate

205 Reviews

RT
RuthT
San Francisco Bay Area4 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 15, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Dining at Vanessa's is always a pleasure. Each dish is carefully prepared and brings a lively combination of flavors. The ingredients are reliably fresh and present an upscale twist to Vietnamese food. There is an excellent choice of tapas/small plates and more substantial dishes. If you are gluten free or vegetarian you will still find plenty of tempting choices. It's a great place to dine with friends and share plates. Save room for dessert if possible; the choices are outstanding.
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CLuckyDay
San Francisco Bay Area6 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 6, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
The food is superb! The quality of the meats, spices and flavors compares to 5 star dining. My favorite dish is the oven baked Patrale Sole stuffed with Dungenes Crab, mozzarella, tomato salsa with potato. My new favorite salad is the Shaking filet mignon in brandy garlic butter. This a great place to go for date night or just out with friends, and make sure before leaving to stop by the kichen and say hello to Vanessa, owner and cook.
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HardToPlease
San Francisco Bay Area10 reviews
5.0
Dined on September 30, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Always delicious, super friendly, fair prices, fantastic happy hour! It can get crowded, and darn, people are discovering our neighborhood 'secret'. I haven't ordered anything that wasn't super yummy. And the cocktails, mmmm.
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EastbayFoodie
San Francisco Bay Area3 reviews
5.0
Dined on September 9, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Food was mouth watering!
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Barbara VIP
New York City19 reviews
4.0
Dined on September 6, 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Food very inventive and delish! Great eclectic menu
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OT
OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area17 reviews
4.0
Dined on September 1, 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Up to Cal Berkeley for a football game (they won-wee) & after got together with our daughter for an early dinner before driving home. One of them wanted Italian food (our "usual" place) the other Mexican. I had checked out OpenTable the day prior for some ideas that fit our time frame. I wanted to try something different....Vanessa's Bistro in Berkeley had good reviews & it sounded interesting so I made a reservation. We were pleasantly pleased, hubby & I haven't really done tapas or Vietnamese food before. It was happy hour so drinks were reduced & so were some of the tapas. Here's what we had: Ahi Tuna carpaccio with tomato salsa & ginger soy vinaigrette Slow Oven Roasted Pork with spicy chipotle sauce & crispy tortillas Miso Glazed Atlantic Salmon with vegetable pad thai Black Peppercorn Cured Filet Carpaccio with roasted peanuts, fried shallots & Asian Mint Spicy Vietnamese chicken coconut curry with bell peppers, carrots, potatoes & mushrooms All were delicious, my favorite was the Spicy Chicken Curry, daughter's was the Miso Salmon & my husband's was the Roasted Pork. He would have gotten 2 or 3 orders of that alone & called it a night :) Wait staff was attentive but not annoying, kept water glasses filled. Food came out at a nice pace & they replaced plates as needed.
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Maribel
San Francisco Bay Area18 reviews
5.0
Dined on August 27, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Excellent food, with great flavors. Restaurant was busy but staff was prompt and cheery. Would recommmend to foodies,
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CatherineP
San Francisco Bay Area2 reviews
5.0
Dined on August 23, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We were on the tiny terrace because we wanted quiet and wew very happy!
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PattiH
Orange County12 reviews
5.0
Dined on August 18, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Visiting friends in Berkeley...their idea...great choice !!! Happy hour menu was wonderful and ordered entree to share. Great fusion flavors, a little Thai, a little Chinese...all good !! Drinks were excellent also. Definitely would go back
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claudial VIP
San Francisco Bay Area4 reviews
4.0
Dined on August 14, 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
food is excellent -would give another 1/2 star if i could service consistently is poor
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FAQs

Vanessa's Bistro does offer delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. Vanessa's Bistro also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (510) 525-8300.

Vanessa's Bistro is rated 4.4 stars by 205 OpenTable diners.

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1715 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707

Additional information

Cross street
Tulare Ave
Neighborhood
Berkeley
Hours of operation
Dinner daily: 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Asian, French
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Plenty of street parking, meters run until 6:00pm.
Payment options
Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Vanessa Dang
Additional
Bar Dining, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://vanessasbistro.com/
Phone number
(510) 525-8300
Catering
We can cater any size party, all we need to know is your budget.
Private party facilities
For lunch parties of 15-32 guests we offer use of the restaurant without a buyout fee, from 12:00 – 3:00pm. Family style dining with a prix fixe menu.

Vanessa's Bistro

About this restaurant

Not available on OpenTable

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Additional information

Soup Du Jour

Sweet & sour prawns Saigon style soup$7.00

French Onion soup$7.00

Small Plates

Salads

Roasted beet & organic green salad$8.00

D'Anjou Pear$8.00

Spicy Vietnamese green papaya salad$9.00

Saigon style noodle salad$10.00

Shaking filet mignon salad in garlic brandy butter sauce$11.00

Starters

Salt & pepper fried tender calamari$8.00

Salt & pepper fried prawns$8.00

Crispy Salt & pepper tofu$8.00

Tuna & salmon poke$9.00

Five spices honey marinated crispy quail$7.00

Maple Leaf Duck confit lettuce wrap$9.00

Shredded Maple Leaf Duck Strudel$11.00

Black Peppercorn Cured Filet Carpaccio$8.00

Ahi Tuna carpaccio$8.00

Crispy Saigon chicken rolls$8.00

Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls$8.00

Oven Baked Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers$8.00

Entrée

Seafood

Lemongrass calamari (steak) & prawns$12.00

Sautéed Jumbo Prawns & Scallops$17.00

Grilled Jumbo Prawns$16.00

Atlantic Salmon stewed in a claypot$12.00

Miso Glazed Atlantic Salmon$18.00

Meats

Spicy lemongrass chicken Saigon style (white meat)$10.00

Vietnamese chicken (white meat) coconut curry$10.00

Claypot rice$10.00

Cumin Peppercorn marinated pork loin$15.00

Five spices Maple Leaf Duck confit$17.00

Tofu and Vegetables

Sautéed tofu & vegetables in coconut curry & Thai basil$8.00

Young tofu stewed in a claypot$9.00

Lemongrass tofu sautéed in curry beurre blanc$8.00

Wok fried garlic green beans & tofu$8.00

Wok fried garlic eggplant$8.00

Wok fried garlic bok choy$8.00

Side Dishes

Sticky rice & wild mushrooms$7.00

Shrimp fried rice$7.00

Jasmine rice$2.00

Garlic butter egg noodles$7.00

Vegetable pad thai$8.00

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