Caché
Bistro · Inner Sunset
1235 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
Highlights
French bistro with seasonal seafood, natural wines, and warm vibes
French bistro with seasonal seafood, natural wines, and warm vibes
"Hot, new French restaurants have been showing up all over (looking at you, Verjus and Bon Délire) but none do seafood like Caché. The Inner Sunset spot is already a neighborhood destination, where you’ll see dates in the low-lit dining room splitting flaky skate, beef carpaccio topped with chopped oysters, and an olive oil-kissed sea bream sashimi served inside the fish it came from. If you can’t snag a reservation, they also save space for walk-ins. Same-day tables are usually easy to get, but if you aren't able to get one, try your luck at the bar." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway
"This year has been huge for French food—looking at you, Verjus and Bon Délire—but Caché is the only one where you can chase a steak and oyster crudo with sashimi served inside a fish, and cap it all off with a cookie worthy of its $23 price tag. Spending a relaxed evening on their patio, wine in hand, should be on your summer checklist. Same-day tables are usually easy to get, but if you aren't able to get one, try your luck at the bar." - patrick wong, julia chen 1
"Steps from Golden Gate Park comes the latest entry into San Francisco’s French restaurant renaissance. Caché opens in the former Queens space on Ninth Avenue alongside a slew of newcomers up and down the street. Owners Florent Thomas and chef Simon Mounier met while working at two-Michelin-starred Le Grande Maison de Bernard Magrez in Bordeaux, France. Get a table for octopus hot dogs and a breezy, elegant atmosphere." - Paolo Bicchieri
"While technically a French bistro, Sunset newcomer Caché does incredible things with fish and seafood. The sea bream sashimi is almost too pretty to eat, the surf and turf crudo is a briny, salty hit, and the lobster and mushroom fricassee is exactly what the foggy neighborhood needs. From the mains, the flaky and original skate wing already has a cult following." - Flora Tsapovsky
"At this French spot in the Sunset, seafood dishes arrive with some unexpected twists—like the sea bream sashimi served inside the body of the fish, or the surf and turf crudo that pairs beef with bits of chopped oyster. Enjoy them from the curved marble bar, where stools with arched wooden backs have just enough cushioning to support any happy dances triggered by the incoming lobster roll. Same-day tables are usually easy to get, but if you aren't able to get one, try your luck at the bar." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
