Vanessa's Bistro

1715 Solano Ave, Berkeley
(510) 525-8300

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Earl Washington

Wow, the food was amazing, and the staff is awesome

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kristin Nichols

Everyone is sleeping on Vanessa’s and I honestly don’t know why. Happy hour EVERYDAY?! $10 cocktails and $10 select apps, including spicy crispy tofu? You’ll want 2 spicy crispy tofus, it’s THAT GOOD. Options for kids (garlic noodles and potstickers) that keeps them happy and excited to visit. My husband said the steak was the best he’s ever had. So many specials that made us want to visit again very very soon. Honestly everything was so incredibly good, it was the best meal we’ve had in a looong time. Service was great, very sweet towards my kiddos. We will be back and you should go too!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kristin N

Everyone is sleeping on Vanessa’s and I honestly don’t know why. Happy hour EVERYDAY?! $10 cocktails and $10 select apps, including spicy crispy tofu? You’ll want 2 spicy crispy tofus, it’s THAT GOOD. Options for kids (garlic noodles and potstickers) that keeps them happy and excited to visit. My husband said the steak was the best he’s ever had. So many specials that made us want to visit again very very soon. Honestly everything was so incredibly good, it was the best meal we’ve had in a looong time. Service was great, very sweet towards my kiddos. We will be back and you should go too!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lorraine Mautner

We went during their Happy Hour which was a great deal. It was busy so that is why I gave it 4 stars for service. Our server was distracted with the many tables and left in the middle of taking our order. Otherwise I highly recommend it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Salt&Pepper Tofu, Five Spices Maple Leaf Duck Confit with Garlic Bok Choy & Duck Beurre Rouge

Deborah Malbec

I wanted to take a friend out for her birthday. Vanessa's was perfect for us. Small and cozy, perfect drinks and tasty duck.. I am sorry their hours are limited or I would go more often.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

T L

Food is mediocreService is hit or missNot worth the money

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Richard P

Incredible experience, delicious food, fantastic atmosphere. Big thanks to the entire Vanessa’s team for making tonight’s event a special one. It couldn’t have been better!
We had a group of 20 for a birthday party. Vi created a special menu for us. From the salad to the prawns, the garlic short ribs, to the garlic crab noodles, everything was impressive. They were even able and happy to accommodate some dietary restrictions.
Again, thank you to the entire Vanessa’s team!

Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian and pescatarian options

Dietary restrictions: They were cognizant of dietary restrictions

Parking: Free street parking after 6p

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shaking Beef Salad, Prawns with Garlic Noodles

Louise ODea

Food was not very tasty.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Thomas Burns

Probably the best restaurant on Solano Avenue. Great food, good service, friendly atmosphere and a great bartender.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salt&Pepper Tofu, Beef Carpacio, Grilled Shrimp with Garlic Butter Egg Noodles

Ghislaine Phan Van Thiet

This restaurant dropped in quality of food, service et atmosphere. The food was of low quality, the "garlic noodle dish with filet mignon and chicken" was not as described. There were very little noodle and it was not garlic noodles as described in the menu, it was more like Chow mein and the portion of noodle was minimal. The filet mignon was not fresh.. We order also French fries of half the portion were little bits left over and cold - no seasoning... (Mac Donald French fries are better). We also had fish tacos that were tasteless.Food is below average and pricey for what you get.It is no longer a good restaurant!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Dan Hassler

Consistently good. $8.5 for a beer was shocking.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matthias Steiert

Absolutely awesome Vietnamese Fusion. We shared multiple dishes among our table of 4 and every single dish was a revelation.

Vegetarian options: Plenty of choices for vegetarians. The vegetables are super tasty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shaking Filet Mignon Salad, Crispy Saigon Chicken Rolls

Richard

Incredible experience, delicious food, fantastic atmosphere. Big thanks to the entire Vanessa’s team for making tonight’s event a special one. It couldn’t have been better!
We had a group of 20 for a birthday party. Vi created a special menu for us. From the salad to the prawns, the garlic short ribs, to the garlic crab noodles, everything was impressive. They were even able and happy to accommodate some dietary restrictions.
Again, thank you to the entire Vanessa’s team!

Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian and pescatarian options

Dietary restrictions: They were cognizant of dietary restrictions

Parking: Free street parking after 6p

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shaking Beef Salad, Tofu Dish, Prawns with Garlic Noodles

Richard Pagano

Incredible experience, delicious food, fantastic atmosphere. Big thanks to the entire Vanessa’s team for making tonight’s event a special one. It couldn’t have been better!We had a group of 20 for a birthday party. Vi created a special menu for us. From the salad to the prawns, the garlic short ribs, to the garlic crab noodles, everything was impressive. They were even able and happy to accommodate some dietary restrictions.Again, thank you to the entire Vanessa’s team!

Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian and pescatarian options

Dietary restrictions: They were cognizant of dietary restrictions

Parking: Free street parking after 6p

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shaking Beef Salad, Tofu Dish, Prawns with Garlic Noodles

Sarah Moats

Great small bites. The salt and pepper calamari were perfectly seasoned, the breading was light and they weren’t greasy at all. Lettuce wrap chicken was also superb, the sauce was really good and not overly sweet. Produce used was all very fresh. We also had the Dungeness crab salad that was not outstanding but very refreshing.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

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