Best Restaurants with a Tasting Menu in South San Francisco

Facebook Post: An Unforgettable Dining Experience at Nightbird ✨🍽️😋 Just had an absolutely outstanding dinner at Nightbird! 🌟 Every dish was a work of art, and the flavors were perfectly balanced. 🥂 The caviar tart was an explosion of oceanic flavors—the cream elevated the taste, making each bite even more indulgent. The chef also incorporated Asian elements like mochi (麻糬) and bamboo shoots (竹筍) into some dishes, creating unique and delicious combinations. 🐚 The sea scallop was perfectly seared and seasoned just right, while the butternut squash tart was savory, rich, and utterly satisfying. 🍰 To top it all off, the desserts were incredibly thoughtful—three Western-style desserts echoed the first three courses, beautifully paired with cognac 🥃. It was the perfect combination! It’s no surprise that Nightbird has earned its Michelin star—every bite was exceptional! If you’re looking for a refined and innovative dining experience, I highly recommend it! ❤️

For what it’s worth, the food was amazing, the service as well. This would be my first time going to a nice restaurant and the waitresses and waiters made it feel homey. They took their time explaining the menu and informed me that some of their items on the menu can be served half or full. Even for half I felt satisfied, I peeked over to the table adjacent to mine to see how big the portions were for the full plate, I was shocked to see a big plate of food. The ambiance was nice and felt very comforting.

Our ramen and wagyu beef were excellent and the service is always great.

The food was good. It was tasty. Portions were a little small. Appearance was good. We had to ask for refills on our drinks often.

Overall my husband and I had a great experience. The only thing was the hostess said she could not find our reservation. Then said in front of us that we probably booked it for the wrong day. This was a back and forth conversation for almost 5 minutes. Keep in mind, there was no one in the restaurant at this time so we could easily be accommodated. The weird thing too is the hostess literally called me confirming my reservation and their address change. This first interaction really through us off. During dinner service all staff was great and we loved our waiter. He was very attentive! We were also celebrating our anniversary, so he did things to make us feel special. At the end of the night, when we went to pick up our left overs at the hostess stand we again had another bad encounter. She handed us the wrong food bag BEFORE we handed her our ticket. As she was doing this I said that is not our bag. She proceeded to hang it to my husband before making the correction. She didn’t even look at our ticket or listen to us. Anyways, overall everything was pretty good. Minus the hostess who gave us weird/bad vibes at both our entrance and exit.