Saratoga Restaurants
Featured Restaurants
 Sent Sovi
14583 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Tel; 1.408.867.3110
French countryside meets contemporary California cuisine. $$$$ One of the San Francisco Bay Area's finest restaurants is tucked away in a small Saratoga village house beneath the lush green foothills. It's where Bill Gates and the prime minister of Japan go when they're in town. But Sent Sovi is anything but pretentious. It's just an intimate, simple restaurant with stellar food.
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Café Marcella
368 Village Lane, Los Gatos, California
With roughly 4 miles between Saratoga and Los Gatos, Cafe Marcella is too close to pass up. Featuring top notch French Mediterranean cuisine, Cafe Marcella is one of Los Gatos's more approachable fine dining restaurants. Head south of Saratoga and experience comfort at Cafe Marcella.
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 Forbes Mill Steakhouse
206 North Santa Cruz Avenue, Los Gatos, Ca, 95030
Tel; 1.866.863.0479
Voted Best Steak in Silicon Valley, Forbes Mill is within minutes of Saratoga. For those planning to attend an event at Saratoga’s Mountain Winery or Villa Montalvo, this steakhouse is definitely an appropriate place to dine before hand. Prime and Kobe steaks, fresh seafoods, large wine selection and prompt service are some Forbes Mill standards that guest can rely on. Whether you’re searching for a romantic restaurant in the Saratoga area, or simply looking for a phenomenal steakhouse, Forbes Mill in Los Gatos will satisfy your needs. Dinner reservations are recommended
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Viaggio Ristorante photograph by Troy Bayless
Viaggio Ristorante Mediterraneo
14550 Big Basin Way, Saratoga CA
West Coast Mediterranean. A.J. Szenda's Saratoga Italian restaurant
can be enjoyed alfresco under vibrant blue umbrellas or inside amidst
Mediterranean splendor in downtown Saratoga. Open for lunch Tue.-Sun.
11:30am-2pm; Sun. brunch 11am-2:30pm; dinner nightly 5-10pm. 408.741.5300.
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The Basin
14572 Big Basin Way, Saratoga CA 95070
New American. Saratoga's progressive restaurant and watering hole combo serves comfort creations given luster by this proactive kitchen The Basin has some refreshingly high standards. Produce is organic, seafoods are fresh and the menu accentuates American ideas, enhanced by Asian spin and Mediterranean comfort. Closed Mon.
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Bangkok Palace
14515 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Thai cuisine. Located in charming downtown Saratoga, Bangkok Palace serves a fresh menu of Thai standards such as pa-nang beef, spicy "jungle curry" with red curry, coconut milk and bamboo shoots and honey pork. Open for lunch Tues.-Sun., 11am-3pm. Dinner daily 5-10pm. 408.872.1319.
Bella Saratoga
14503 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Rustic Italian cuisine. On a sunny afternoon, the fetching patio of Bella Saratoga is hard to resist. The menu of rustic Italian fare makes the downtown Saratoga restaurant a standout. House-made pasta, grilled petrale sole, steamed mussels, and desserts all shine.
Blue Rock Shoot
14523 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Coffeehouse. Looking and feeling like a combination tree house and cabin retreat, Blue Rock Shoot has become a Saratoga destination. The big, hillside coffeehouse offers rooms and patios on several levels. Downstairs there's even a bookstore. Coffee, beer, bagels, pizza, salads, and sandwiches make it hard to leave.
Florentine Restaurant
14510-B Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Italian cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner Sun. noon-9pm, Mon.-Wed. 11am-9pm, Thurs.-Fri. 11am-10pm, Sat. noon-10pm. 408.741.1784.
Gervais Restaurant Français
14560 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA
French cuisine. Open for lunch Tuesday-Saturday 11:30am-2pm, dinner Tuesday-Saturday 5:30-9pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. 408.867.7017.
Hong's Gourmet
14510 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Chinese cuisine. Open for lunch Monday through Friday 11am to 2:30pm, and for dinner Monday through Thursday, 5 to 9:30pm, Friday 5 to 10pm, Saturday 11am to 10pm, and Sunday 11am to 9:30pm. 408.867.2554.
The Iron Skillet
15662 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos.
The Iron Skillet serves basic American fare, appealing to a wide range of tastes, from pastas to South-of-the-Border. Open daily 7am-9pm. 408.356.0600.
La Fondue
14510 Big Basin Way, Saratoga.
Fondue. Open Mon.-Thurs. 4-9:30pm, Fri. 5-10:30pm, Sat. 4-10:30pm, Sun. 4-9:30pm. Call for reservations two weeks in advance. 408.867.3332.
La Hacienda Restaurant
18840 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road, Los Gatos.
Originally built as a Japanese tea house in 1901, La Hacienda seats some 350 diners inside and on the verandah and the patio. It caters to weddings and banquets and attracts a big dance crowd on weekends. The food appeals to all ages of people who relish Italian cuisine. La Hacienda offers variety from Chef Jesus Murguia's popular French onion and lobster bisque soups to the salads of Bay shrimp and tomatoes and hearts of romaine. Open for lunch Mon.-Sat. 11am-2pm, dinner 5-10pm Sunday champagne brunch 10am-1:30pm, dinner 3-8pm. Dancing Thurs.-Sat. 8pm-12:30am. 408.354.6669.
La Mère Michelle
14467 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
French-European cuisine. 408.867.5272. Lunch Tue-Sun 11:30am-2pm; dinner Tue-Sat 6-9:30pm, Sun 5:30-9:30pm.
Masu
14510 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Japanese cuisine. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, noon-3pm Sat-Sun; dinner 5-10pm Mon-Thu, 4:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat, until 9:30pm Sun. 408.868.0600.
The Plumed Horse
14555 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
European cuisine. Open for lunch Mon.-Fri. until Dec. 23, 11:30am-2pm. Dinner Mon.-Sat., 6-10pm. Closed Sun. 408.867.4711.
The Prolific Oven
18832 Cox Ave., Quito Center, Saratoga, CA 95070.
Bakery. Open daily 7:30 am to 10pm. 408.378.9880. More >>
Sushi 2/2 Train
18802 Cox Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070
Sushi. Open Mon.-Sat. for lunch, 11am-2pm, dinner 5-9:30pm. Closed Sunday. 408.376.0244.
Vienna Woods Deli-Restaurant
14567 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Vienna Woods is reminiscent of European street cafes. Its door opens
to the second level of a patio, which descends five levels beneath an
aged oak from Big Basin Way to a wooded lot below. The owners fashioned
the restaurant after a famous eatery in the forest near Vienna, Austria.
Open daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 11am-4pm. 408.867.2410.
Yeung Shing Restaurant
14107 S. Winchester Blvd. at Knowles Dr., Los Gatos, CA
At the Chinese-American restaurant Yeung Shing, the menu lists 163 items, with something for every taste: pork, lamb, chicken, beef, seafood, soups, vegetables and rice. Open Mon.-Sat. 11am-9:30pm, Sun. 3-9:30pm. 408.370.2032.
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