Octavia

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   Elizabeth

   London

   15 reviews

   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Delicious, friendly, informed but not intrusive staff. Can't wait to go back!
   

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   ChrisH

   Los Angeles

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The idea of stellar product handled with skill and cares a great equation. The simplicity of design is translated into the dishes and the wine list is solidly complete including some very fun wines not seen on a lot of wine lists.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall2food2service2ambience2

   They charge 6% surcharge in the bill when presented. This should have been informed to their customers by servers when the bill is presented before they sign the check. My case wasn’t.
   

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   hachi

   San Francisco

   22 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   overall4food4service5ambience4

   Quail was a bit dry. Soft shell crab and risi e bisi excellent. Desserts excellent as always.
   

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   yannickl

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 20, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Great food for a couple from Montréal! Great moments at the Octavia with my love
   

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   mkr68

   Chicago

   94 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   94 reviews

   Dined on May 20, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Went for my birthday. We had 7 dishes (4 people) and they were all delicious. The weakest was the cod as it was slightly fishy tasting. Service was great. Would definitely return.
   

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   Foodie2

   Palm Springs

   31 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   31 reviews

   Dined on May 20, 2023

   overall4food4service5ambience5

   Lovely dinner. Thoughtful, creative, savory, present focused. We loved it. Love the family style service.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on May 20, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   A+ food was incredible, fresh and interesting, great flavor. Love your restaurant food philosophy- farm to table. Server was very attentive and generous. All the staff attentive and friendly. We were so happy to spend our 12 year anny here and will be back!
   

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   Saketh

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 18, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The bread crust was really chewy but everything else was just amazing! The dessert was a good portion and my second favorite part of the menu.
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    It was a perfect meal. Wonderful food, great attentive service, beautiful ambience. We came for a family celebration and we celebrated in style.
    

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    NoraM

    New York Area

    15 reviews

    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Amazing food and service. Very seasonal and wine list was great. One guest had a dairy allergy and they really made her feel comfortable and she had a lot of options!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and service. The tasting menu was fantastic, as well as the wine pairing.
    

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    KarenW

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The tasting menu was outstanding. Great service. Lovely setting.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    First time here. Won’t be my last. Loved it. Super good food. Great service. Casual and not rushed. Both of us think Octavia was a real winner.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 5, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Very good food, although the menu is very short. Good wine list. Situated in interesting old building. Difficult parking.
    

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    JeffS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Amazing meal for my wife's birthday. We love this place!
    

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    mike

    Miami

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    A lovely place to have a great meal. Everyone was so responsive and helpful. We started with the fresh bread, asparagus and salad. All were great. Main courses; ravioli and Cod. Both were excellent. Our waitress could not have been nicer and so helpful at guiding us through the meal. It is an expensive place, but worth it. Enjoy!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Wonderful atmosphere. Great food with delicate unexpected flavors. Excellent service and advice on food and wine choices. Truly fantastic experience.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall5food5service3ambience4

    Great food but service could be better. They were nice but weren’t around often
    

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    Sergio

    San Diego

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The place is beautiful. Service was courteous, friendly, and down to earth. The food was spectacular. The home made bread is extremely tasty, and the wine selection is fantastic. We ended up ordering a wine from Priorat that was extremely good, balanced, and great for our food selection. My only comment is that we wanted to be seated in the dining room. When we got there the restaurant had just opened and they were empty. The maitre told us there was no space in the dining room for us, so they gave us a table is the street covered patio. I was disappointed about that. Other than that initial incident, our dinner was flawlessly executed. Congratulations to the team.
    

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    JimF

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The food was outstanding. The service was attentive and friendly.
    

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    DonaldS

    Los Angeles

    67 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    67 reviews

    Dined on April 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We love this restaurant..,the most tasty items with a new and fresh presentation. The gnudi both spinach and ricotta were pillows of pasta heaven. The service is so attentive and helpful. Alway a wonderful evening of culinary perfection.
    

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23. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    New England

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on April 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Impeccable food, delicious preparation and serving. Creative menu featuring local influenced ingredients. Very knowledgeable servers and excellent service. A real pleasure.
    

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    KareemF

    San Francisco

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 27, 2023

    overall2food2service4ambience4

    Very much a letdown in terms of the food. We had the tasting menu and wine pairing, and the wine was good but the food left much to be desired. We'd heard great things about Octavia but our meal was well below average, alas.
    

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    BrendaH

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Amazing dinner and lovely restaurant. Service was excellent. Will be back!
    

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    MaryW

    San Francisco

    102 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    102 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    We has a lovely evening in the parklette and enjoyed the tasting menu. The tasting menu included many items from the ala carte menu and the portions were perfectly sized. The parklette was comfortable and quiet. My husband enjoyed the wine pairings. And when we said we aren’t really dessert eaters, the waiter accommodated us with a fruit forward dessert and a loaf to bread to take home. Truly a special meal and lovely ambiance.
    

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    Carinomio

    San Francisco

    10 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on April 20, 2023

    overall2food2service4ambience4

    We have been coming here for years, we always some amazing meals, some of the best in SF! last night was very disappointing! The salad had a minuscule amount of lettuce, definitely no castelfranco, it had frisee and thin slices of fennel, and was heavily dressed . The beets were undercooked and had barely 2 pieces of beets and one orange segment! the pasta was absurdly small and had one mushroom cut up into small pieces tops, it tasted like cremini but could not tell, no flavor no spice, not good The Cod, had a few beans, and in no way resembled a " cioppino", and the Quail was good, small but tasted like a quail. The Cauliflower tamale was the only interesting thing we had but not worth the $30 price tag. Nothing tasted special. We sat by the kitchen and I watched a female cook put food in her mouth the whole time, it made me feel like not wanting to eat anything at all! $300+ bill was not worth spending it there.
    

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    JenAus

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We enjoyed the best food & service we’ve experienced in a long time. Delicious cooking. Excellent service. Loved everything about it.
    

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    dtraneats

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We were there for one of their special events (duck & wine pairing) and it was absolutely delicious. The meal was well paced. Service was friendly and attentive but not invasive. Would definitely be baxk for a normal meal or abother special event.
    

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    AGDetroit

    Chicago

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    What a wonderful dining experience. We were lucky enough to be a part of the duck and wine tasting special event, and it was excellent. The chef and wine purveyor put together an excellent menu and pairing, in an elegant but casual atmosphere. It was a fantastic way to spend our last evening in San Francisco.
    

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31. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Washington DC

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Excellent service and inventive food. We ate in their parklet and they provided blankets.
    

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    Oaklander

    San Francisco

    104 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    104 reviews

    Dined on April 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We had the tasting menu which was amazing. We began with at least 5 starters including fresh oysters and a heavenly deviled egg with caviar. We moved on to a refreshing salad and then two outstanding main dishes of black cod and quail. We ended the dinner with four desserts, each one better than the last. Service was perfect and the dishes well paced. Overall, a wonderful experience.
    

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    EmilyC

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    The Chef's Tasting Menu was excellent at highlighting seasonal, fresh ingredients in a creative manner and allowed a good sample of their menu and talents. Service was outstanding and overly gracious. Highly recommend overall!
    

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    MiltonS

    San Francisco

    15 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on April 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We opted for the tasting menu. A wonderful assortment of tastes that was creative, and satisfying.
    

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    ShivaM

    Chicago

    7 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience2

    We went with the chef’s tasting menu. Much of the food came out at the same time which was disappointing. The best item was a crab fettuccini but the rest of the items were average. There were 2 appetizers with beats-both okay but not very good. The radicchio salad with fennel was overdressed and extremely bitter. The wine pairing was also not the best. To the point that we sent one of the wines back and ordered a separate bottle for the dinner. Overall, I would not come back for the tasting menu.
    

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    Jbpicky

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 7, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience3

    Someone needs scrub the tables! the food was fabulous , the service delightful, but a sticky table very unappealing.
    

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    BarbaraD

    San Francisco

    13 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on April 5, 2023

    overall3food3service3ambience3

    Food usually wonderful. This time not so much. Very disappointing two dishes, beets that were disgustingly sweet and a terrible lamb sausage.dish. But Delicious oysters and fried artichoke.
    

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    PeterH

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 2, 2023

    overall4food5service5ambience4

    Chef’s tasting menu was amazingly good, delicious and made us very full and happy.
    

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    StaceyR

    Washington DC

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We were a little worried since a large party of 8 and relegated to outdoor. NOT TO WORRY! It was awesome! Outdoors was a pod that we had practically to ourselves! We ordered the chefs tasting menu with wine pairings. The food was amazing! Not too little and not too much! Excellent experience!
    

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    sanfranlover

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Excellent! Exceeded our expectations. Felt a bit rushed though because they do two seatings per evening. Worth it!
    

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