Best Open Kitchen Restaurants in Pleasant Hills

This place is fantastic! Everything from the small plates (risotto), to main courses (mushroom pasta & rack of lamb) were excellent. The server steered us in just the right direction for wines that paired perfectly with our dinners. I also noticed that every meal that came out of the kitchen was closely inspected but the manager to make sure they were on the mark (and they were). This was an anniversary dinner for my wife and me, and we could not have chosen better! Highly recommend it!

Service was extraordinaire, a special touch when celebrating a birthday a special menu printed wishing you a “Happy Birthday” The food was incredible and each course timed perfectly. I highly recommend.

My high school best friends came in to visit & enjoyed the whole experience. Particularly Martial, their server in a busy bar area during college football Saturday.

We ate at Otaru for the first time this evening, and I'm happy to say it was an incredible experience. I previewed the menu prior to our reservation, and it certainly did look daunting. However, our server Garrett and another server Angela made incredible recommendations and helped us create a memorable dinner. We opted for an appetizer of pork and shrimp buns and the portion size was great - in fact we could have split them. For our main course we were spoiled with delicious selections from both the Otaru Course and the Otaru Experience. I'm sure that we could have split one or the other, but having an individual portion of the amazing cold fish selections was great. We most definitely left with very, very full and happy bellies! Thanks for a great birthday meal, Otaru!

Great food & service as always! I left my banana bread pudding behind and when I called they had saved it for me and we were able to pick it up. Just the best service! Thank you!