Ethel's Fancy

550 Waverley St, Palo Alto
(650) 561-4860

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Rancho Llano Seco Pork Chop Tonkatsu

Milk Bread from the Hearth

Oysters on the Half Shell

Charcoal Grilled Octopus

Almond Cookie Soft Serve

Toasted Coconut Fritter

Grilled Whole Seabass

Crispy Pork Belly

Hiramasa Tartare

Yellow Fish Tuna

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Going in with little knowledge on this restaurant, we had a great culinary experience. Food was innovative and freshly prepared and service (Mariah) on point. The small plates menu, as explained by our server, allowed us to sample many different dishes. We sampled the Oysters, Warm Sesame Pancakes, Salad, Crudo, Yellowfin Tuna over rice and Pork Belly and Octopus. Most "mindblowing" were the Oysters topped with Meyer Lemon Foam.

July 2025

Brought my 11 year old daughter, who wants to be a chef, to town for the fist time. We poured over menus prior to coming and she zeroed in on Ethel's. It's impossible to express how amazing our experience was from start to finish. Mickey the GM greeted us by name and took us to our reserved seats at the Chef's table. Our server, Antonio, guided us expertly through the menu and the Chef even made time to come talk with us. They brought out special bites, drinks,...

July 2025

Presentation and flavors unique and tasty. Oyster froth unique, salad, halibut, octopus and swordfish, desserts delightful; not a bad dish. Wish salad would have been served by themselves as the table was full of plates but very nice servers. Wish hostess would remind you of your 2 hour table limit on check in as we would had been more aware of time as the manager that night did not ask us depart in the friendliest way. There are much better ways to ask someone to depart table....

July 2025

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