The best restaurants Côte Ouest Etats-Unis

The specialty of this chain also established in La Jolla and Encinitas: the Lobster Roll, this famous sandwich originating from the East Coast. In concrete terms, it is a brioche bun filled with lobster, to which grilled cheese can be added. Lobster West offers two other versions: crab and shrimp. He also serves delicious soups, with lobster bisque, New England clams, or Maryland crab. For dessert: Whoopie Pies. A good address, very affordable for seafood of this quality.

This charming Italian restaurant, located in Cow Hollow, offers a complete menu of watering antipasti and controlled dishes. In the programme: Ahi doughnuts, marinated octopus, fresh pasta stuffed handcrafted, asparagus ravioli and a wide selection of pizzas.

In 1924 Anton and Juliette Andersen opened the doors of what became a Santa Ynez valley institution. Originally Danish, Anton had worked at the opening of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles and wanted to change his frame. His wife Juliet, from eastern France, followed her in this project thanks to her cooking skills. She developed the recipe for the famous soup of broken peas… Today the owners of the place changed and the restaurant became more tourist. But Bad Soup Andersen's is a slice of the region's history. We appreciate the rustic interior, the mini museum and the artisanal bakery.

While most Asian restaurants often do in the decoration level cliché, Hoy-Ka is more in the modern and connected. But don't deceive yourself, you are in a Thai family restaurant whose authenticity of recipes cannot be disputed! The dishes are spicy, especially in the Hoy-Ka Dim, a secret recipe from the owners'village. An explosion of the flavours of the Orient at a very low price that you cannot deprive yourself of!

This somewhat isolated restaurant in Richmond's district is worth a visit, and if you explore the Golden Gate Park, you can easily go there. On the menu, dumplings made with talent and tradition including the few insiders who know the address! Vegetarians, pork or seafood are all recommended. Stuffed brioches are also delicious and perfectly accompanied by a steam ravioli base. Perfect to regain strength before returning to the park museums. 

When you pass the door to this restaurant, you are in Italy. We will not be surprised by the dishes offered, they are the great classics of the country such as pizzas, pasta and salads, but everything is done in the rules of art.

A typical and cheap table. At the entrance, a humorous sign greets visitors: " Hot Beer. ! Food. Bad Service» (Hot beer. Poor food. Poor service). In reality, beer is deliciously cool, food is simple but tasty, and the service perfectly correct. Special mention for breakfast and meat (fried chicken, ribs or the inevitable hamburger). Finally, the décor, although slightly aged, is worth a detour, with hundreds of frames paying tribute to the death. A truly authentic establishment!

The best restaurant in this small town of 2 000 inhabitants. Season's differentiates itself from its neighbours offering international and refined cuisine. Some tables have a nice view. Prices are certainly a little high for the region, but the service and presentation have nothing to do with the good San Francisco tables. Extremely tasty dishes, be it salmon, elk or traditional New York Strip Steak.

A local, no-frills address in the heart of Castro. Starbelly serves what Americans call comfort food: simple, tasty dishes. The wooden interior and herb-scented outdoor patio offer a unique setting for lunch or early evening. As for the cuisine, the menu changes according to the market and the chef's whims. The dishes are inventive and well-seasoned. We love the bacon-arugula (arugula) pizza, homemade pâté and flank steak. Good wine list at reasonable prices.

The preferred address of the premises. Warm and casual atmosphere to enjoy an American meal. Favourites are grilled meats (chicken or ribs) or the famous burger and its accompaniment to the choice: fries, coleslaw, red beans or mac & cheese.

Ideally placed on 3 rd Street, Berri's has been an institution for 17 years for its huge pizzas to share (try the lobster pizza!) and its card at the very sweet price, but also for its well-known lounge bar of the nocturnal. Eating a delicious pizza or a beef filet until 4 a. m. is not so common in this city! Don't miss his desserts.

This downtown address is very popular with the locals thanks to a delicious Thai card. The many dishes are shown in chalk on a long slate over the counter. After ordering, you choose to settle on the small terrace or in the large interior room. Here you can share a huge table with other guests under very nice pictures of Thailand, or on smaller tables more isolated, or even on waxed concrete counter… The atmosphere is cheerful, the prices are very affordable, the dishes are rich and tasty. So this chicken soup/coconut milk/Asian spinach absolutely divine. Very accessible prices are also a real plus.

If you're not lucky enough to be staying on the floors of the luxurious and historic Westin Saint Francis, you can take a shopping break in the luxury boutiques on the first floor and enjoy a gourmet meal at the Oak Room, an elegant and cozy restaurant with thick carpeting, heavy curtains, a wood-paneled ceiling and leather chairs. The American menu is based on products and recipes from the Californian region, with a refined version of course, and excellent macaroons. A break from the hustle and bustle of Union Square.

It's the chic Sofitel Restaurant of the Bay. French service and gastronomy according to group standards. On the ground floor, just steps from the pool, comfortable spaces await you to enjoy the cuisine of Chef Alejandro Abad. On that day, a cute filet with small high-flying vegetables regaled us… Very attentive service with a touch of humour that adds to well-being.

Queenstown inevitably draws your eyes when you go ahead. It is a former Victorian house that has preserved its charm with a terrace. The restaurant bears the name of a city in southern New Zealand and the food is inspired by New Zealand, including a burger to the lamb, the star of the card. Lambs are also found on a lawn on the ceiling of a room, delirious decoration. The other burgers on the map are also very good and even better with sweet potato fries.

The Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is Masa's specialty. This pizza was invented in Chicago and inspired by the technique of Neapolitan pizza, to the difference that it is about 6 cm thick! You will notice that, unlike the usual pizzas, the tomato is on top while the mozarella is on the bottom. It is difficult to eat more than two parts, so a small pizza should amplement for two to three people. Among the five specialties of the house are the Lots of meat ("lots of meat"). If you prefer to compose your own pizza, no problem, you can choose from more than 35 ingredients. For dessert, bread pudding is a great classic not to miss, if you still have room!

Here, chickens are not chicken-based, but crispy vegetables. And for the reason, Sage is a fully vegan restaurant, which means that there will be no animal products. Even homemade ice is made without milk. Lawn, burgers and wraps are surprising. We discover that it is not so complicated to get meat to make a good meal…

The house is red, both outside and inside. Since 1959, the reception has been excellent in this paradise of waffles (waffles) to all perfumes. Omelettes baked omelettes and sandwiches. We eat at the counter or around the tables, in a happy hubbub.

The favourite address of local customers seduced by the huge pizzas and pasta just right.

This worthy representative of the farm-to-fork movement offers a nice map whose dishes are very oriented around meat. The beef, pork and lamb ribs are made perfectly. Some fish proposals for those who prefer sea options. Evenings are regularly organised, and the Mojo's bar serves very good cocktails. One of the best addresses of Woodland.

This Chinese restaurant is one of the favorite spots of Balboa residents for decades; It serves an Americanized cuisine, but tasty and generous.

The entrance of this restaurant proudly announces the colour: The world's best burger! Here the star is the emblem of American gastronomy. It is found in all the sauces and accompanied by various and varied cheeses. The burgers are rich, tasty and very juicy! Inside the interior surfers with surfing boards to the ceiling and plates of all American states on the walls. Get ready to queue a good time by day and day.

Excellent Italian restaurant offering fine cuisine and classic classics. The presentation of the plates is very careful, the frame rather nice, the whole is certainly worth its price. In short, a very good address.

Ideal for dinner. French bistro cuisine is completely in the "bobo" atmosphere of the places. We love the lovely patio hidden behind Sunset Junction. For dessert, do not hesitate to cross the street to serve you at Pazzo Gelato, which creates excellent ice cream.

Very popular, this small restaurant serves dishes from El Salvador (the chef's country of origin) in a warm, family atmosphere. You can spot it by the queue outside at dinnertime. Of course, it serves the famous Salvadoran pupusas. These are thick cornmeal or rice cakes, the equivalent of Colombian or Venezuelan arepas. They are stuffed with cheese, chicharrón (pork), squash or refried beans, and escorted by a spicy coleslaw called curtido and a tomato sauce.

Only Italian cuisine restaurant prepared with organic products.

Restaurant renowned for its vegetarian-rienne cuisine.

The great interest of this restaurant is that you eat at the top of a downtown skyscraper.

Restaurant open 24 hours a day offering in a very careful setting, Korean cuisine absolutely delicious; each dish is accompanied by 7 small bowls containing vegetables and other things not identifiées in a kind of vinegar. A truly original culinary discovery that will be appreciated in the middle of the night.

Panoramic view.

In addition to the incredible view on the Strip, you can listen to blues and jazz.

Facing the Bellagio fountains and the animation of the Strip.

Restaurant renowned for its delicious vegetarian-tarienne cuisine.

One of the most beautiful views of the Strip.

Restaurant and trendy lounge bar.

This high-ceilinged pub has earned a special place in the Main Street Station hotel: a vast parqueted area with about thirty tables and not a single slot machine! A dozen or so fans slowly turn on the ceiling. You can sit down at the very long bar to taste one of the many hamburgers on the menu. Those with grilled mushrooms are particularly good. At the back of the pub are large vats in which the different beers are brewed. This pub has received many awards for its craft beers.

You can spot it from a distance at the far end of the casino, thanks to its sign vaguely reminiscent of the Chicago Theatre seen earlier... this little brasserie in the shape of a canteen. The beer is fresh and the restaurant offers a variety of pitcher options. Although the choice is limited, the beers are very varied. As for the food, the restaurant offers some fine pizzas, including the Magnificent Mile Meat Lover with its four meats. Pizzas are preferable to burgers and sandwiches. In the lounge area, matches are shown on the big screen.

In a soothing setting at the Bellagio, Michael Mina Restaurant (named after the eponymous chef) offers sophisticated, high-level seafood cuisine: hamachi provençal, ahi tuna tartare (a tropical species), grilled seafood... The establishment is also known for some of its specialties such as Hudson Valley foie gras or smoked branzino. And for dessert, we hesitate between the coconut soufflé, the declension of different dark chocolates or the apple of love and its cider jelly.

In a sober and contemporary setting, the Las Vegas version of the famous Parisian restaurant lives up to the standards of its parent company. Everything from the service to the preparation of the dishes is done with the utmost care. For starters, you can enjoy caviar, artichoke soup with black truffles, foie gras. For the main courses, the restaurant offers lobster, wagyu beef with braised cheek, veal or quail stuffed with foie gras. Don't forget to save room for the wide choice of desserts.

Located 150 meters above sea level in the Eiffel Tower of Las Vegas, this restaurant serves excellent traditional French cuisine - obviously. On the menu: foie gras served with smoked duck breast and fig compote, scallops with leeks, smoked and braised pork belly à la Lyonnaise, old-fashioned snails, sole, salmon steak, rack of lamb, or filet of beef Rossini. The menu also offers a nice choice of wines. In addition, the establishment serves a hearty brunch every weekend.

To accompany its fine cuisine (tuna and octopus carpaccio as a starter, wagyu beef, chicken breast, lobster risotto, scallops as a main course), the Aureole offered an unusual sight until recently. Thanks to a harness, the waitresses were hoisted to the top of the tower-shaped cellar in the middle of the restaurant. Today, under the direction of American chef Charlie Palmer, the acrobatic waitresses are no longer promised, but still an excellent meal in a modern and sober setting in the heart of Mandalay Bay.

House of Blues is both a restaurant and a music hall. It is on the casino level, in the shade of a big baobab tree and in a very exotic decor that you can taste the tropical cuisine of the place: Cajun Popcorn Shrimp, smoked ribs with Sriracha slaw... The establishment offers many burgers, including the famous Everything Legendary Burger. Of course, the place can seem a bit noisy when concerts are scheduled in the basement room. On this subject, the programming is very eclectic with rap, rock, jazz and country.

Imported from New York, this friendly brasserie-like restaurant serves prime steaks of all weights. Another specialty is lobster, which is served whole and in many forms, from gnocchi to soup. The walls are lined with caricatures of local and national celebrities, as in the restaurant on 2nd Avenue in New York, now closed. A tradition that dates back to the 1930s, when founders Pio Bozzi and John Ganzi offered food to local newspaper cartoonists in exchange for their work.

Voted best chef in the U.S. by Times magazine, California chef Thomas Keller has opened this superb restaurant at the Venetian, with a Lyon-style bouchon theme. On the menu: mussels with saffron, gnocchi à la Parisienne, boudin blanc, trout amandine and croque-madame. To complete the change of scenery, the waiters wear the bistro outfit with bow tie. More affordable than the dinner menu, the brunch menu is a good alternative for tighter budgets wishing to taste French gastronomy revisited in the American style.

This steakhouse in the Golden Nugget offers a subdued, elegant setting for devouring a quality cut of meat. Frequently voted best restaurant in the city by the Open Table website, it was last awarded in 2022. On the menu, to whet your appetite: oysters, filet mignon tartar, lobster soup... For the main course, in addition to the good meat dishes, you can opt for bucatini, roasted salmon, or halibut.

As its name suggests, Eggslut has made eggs the core of its concept. After proving itself in New York and Los Angeles, this good address has set up shop in Las Vegas, on the Strip. We particularly recommend it for lunch, as its sandwiches are perfect for a quick meal before heading back to the casinos. The short menu is nonetheless tempting, with classics such as the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. The specialty: the Slut, an egg mixed with homemade mashed potatoes in a small glass jar.

Opened in 2014 by chef Kerry Simon, Carson Kitchen is a very good Downtown eatery off Fremont Street. It offers inventive and refined gourmet cuisine at low prices in a modern, elegant setting with a relaxed atmosphere. Small but carefully thought out, the menu offers a nice selection of plates to share, some delicious burgers, several meat and fish dishes, as well as vegetarian options. For dessert, there are only three choices: banoffee pie, donut and brownie. A favorite!

Born in Madrid, the talented chef Julian Serrano offers a delicious Spanish cuisine. Chicken croquettes, tortillas, Iberian ham, chorizo, mushroom risotto, asparagus a la plancha ... Whether it's tapas, cold cuts or paella, everything is served with taste in this restaurant with a very modern design. The place is often crowded: think of booking. A nice address adapted to groups of friends and families, to share as many plates as possible to taste a wide range of flavors.