Chez Panisse

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Cuisine: California Price: Expensive

  • Hours: Restaurant seatings Monday through Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 6 p.m. to 6:30pm and 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • Public Transit and Parking: BART - Richmond train to the downtown Berkeley station Street parking - Hopstop
  • Reservations: Required
  • Payment Options: Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
  • Dress: Stylish Casual
  • Noise: Moderate
  • Seats: 50
  • Key People: Executive Chef - Alice Waters; Owners - Alice Waters
  • Year Opened: 1971

Critic Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle star star star star  

One fixed-price menu each night featuring the best products available. Short but reasonable wine list; servers are very knowledgeable and unpretentious. - Michael Bauer

Michelin Red Guide 2009 San Francisco star 10/07/08

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Andy F.
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Food Rating star star star
Service Rating star star star star Posted on 07/19/08
I dined at the upstairs cafe because I did not want to capitulate my chance at menu selection to the kitchen on my first visit. I enjoyed great service and a good, but not great, three course meal. My first two courses - a corn and zucchini soup with herb butter and chicken breast with fava beans and stuffed tomatoes - did not disappoint. My dessert, however, was unimpressive; the boysenberry tart was burned and the accompanying scoop of ice cream lacked the smoothness one expects from a Michelin star eatery. I plan to dine at Chez Panisse again, hoping to experience a more august meal.