Atelier Crenn - San Andreas

This was a poor, convoluted, overworked and under-cooked meal. The service was glacial, as was the dining room. I hated every minute of it. This, after thirty years of making my way through dozens of three-star Michelin restaurants. It just was excruciating, bizarre and unsavory. The bitter, sour taste of cold, grainy, tasteless food has remained more than a year on. This restaurant gets three thumbs down.

A Challenge Menu. A perfect service. A very costly wine pairing. A not so good desert offering.

We've done Daniels, Bill Hill, Inn at Little Washington, the now closed la Belle Vie, Robuchon, and Aubergine etc. but on a trip to San Francisco decided to visit the only female chef with a two star Michelin rating. So glad we did! Modernist cuisine is wonderfully interpreted in her hands! Of course, the exciting Kir Breton to start, followed by ocean and (a few) land interpretations of sea urchin and spiny lobster and beef. All marvelous against the backdrop of her poetry and the moss, fern and shell presentations. Expensive, but so worth it! Enjoy, my friend, enjoy.

Food was great and presentation was definitely an experience itself. Service was friendly and generally really good, although there seemed to be a bit of a lag at the beginning of our reservation, we had 8pm reservations the first course didn't come out until after 8:30. I highly recommend the wine pairings, we got the regular pairings and they were delicious. They changed to a service included model and now the set menu is $295 with 17 courses and the regular wine pairing is $175.

The food was fantastic!! Some of the dishes were so out there in terms or creativity and innovation! I love it when a place like this does not play it safe with meat and potatoes dishes. The only downside(not the restaurant 's fault) is the type of clientele this attracts. Being a little more trendy than it is classy a lot of younger and annoying patrons will be seen here.