PrintRomantic Veggie Restaurant in San Francisco?
We're heading to San Fran for our 25th Wedding Anniversary, and looking for non-oriental Veggie romantic restaurant, any suggestions? Thanks
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10 Comments:
gaylord's india? not sure if indian falls under oriental. the term oriental is kind of outdated...what is the "orient" anyway?
stumbler02 at 6:13PM on 10/13/07
sorry, for this purpose I meant to exclude Chinese, Thai, Japanese etc. Indian would be great.
GrizDave at 6:18PM on 10/13/07
greens restaurant right in fort mason, on the water. make sure your request a seat next to the enormous windows so you get the whole view of the bay, the sailboats, and the bridge. the food is fantastic, you won't be disappointed. the waitstaff is lovely and those in the kitchen are even lovelier. while they usually have one (and maybe an appetizer) asian-inspired entree, i would describe the menu as california/mediterranean/whatever is is season and delicious. happy food. also, if you don't get a chance to go there for dinner, make sure you go for sunday brunch.
numnums at 8:40AM on 10/14/07
I second Greens (http://www.greensrestaurant.com/), which is not only an incredibly beautiful restaurant, but is also absolutely delicious! My other suggestion is Millennium (http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/), another fantastic non-asian vegetarian restaurant, on Geary St. in San Francisco.
ChristineB at 9:26AM on 10/14/07
See if Chez Panisse is offering a vegetarian menu...
emily20008 at 3:39PM on 10/14/07
i third greens. it's one of my favorite places to eat in san francisco.
cybercita at 3:48PM on 10/14/07
Greens is quite nice, but the atmosphere is more military hanger than romantic (it is an old military base, after all). The view is first class and the area around Fort Mason can be a nice place to stroll after dinner (it also can be cold, foggy and windy).
If you want to drop some big $, check into Fleur de Lys, which offers a multi-course vegetarian tasting menu. The space is old world romantic, the food magnificent. And I hear that if you tell them it's a special occasion they give extra special treatment. At least that's what I hear -- I haven't actually been. I'm still waiting for the right occasion.
Another big $ place that offers vegetarian tasting menus is Masa's, which consistently gets the top rating from the SF Chronicle reviewers.
I imagine that many top tier restaurants (e.g. Gary Danko, Michael Mina, Farallon) will offer special vegetarian meals on request, but I'd ask some hard questions before making a reservation, like "how do I know you're not going to serve me a $42 pasta primavera?"
Marc at 7:14PM on 10/14/07
Thanks all, this will give us a great starting point when we get there!
Dave
GrizDave at 11:34PM on 10/15/07
Just about any nice restaurant in SF will cater to veggies (although we had a really, really bad experience with Amé, so scratch that one) but for a purely veg place that's got great atmosphere, Millenium is hard to top. I think the setting is much more romantic than Green's.
emptyage at 3:04PM on 10/17/07
emptyage's recommendation of Millenium is a great one, can't believe that it wasn't mentioned before or that I forgot about it. The chef is far more daring than Greens, more willing to experiment.
Marc at 2:21PM on 10/21/07