![]() ![]() If you don’t have this freedom, then it’s infinitely tougher, obviously.įor your convenience, enter a time and date in the Opentable box to the right keep the date as it is and look for a reservation for four people with the time set to 7:30PM. When The French Laundry tells you a spot is available, you switch your entire schedule around to make sure you get there. If you see a Friday lunch spot open up - you take the day off and go then. If they say a 9pm on Tuesday is available, I go at 9pm. I have only one tip on this matter–which is also why I don’t have a hard time getting a reservation at The French Laundry: be free to go whenever something opens up. Unless my first name is Barack and last name is Obama, or Anthony Bourdain, it’s not going to work like this. People keep asking me if I get to go because they make a special reservation for me because of this website - and let me be clear: NO. There are sites, many of them actually, devoted solely to acquiring this much coveted reservation. There are stories out there of people living on the phone for days in a row to request a reservation. It’s known worldwide that reservations at The French Laundry are hard to come by. ![]() Reservations at The French Laundry Pristine setting at The French Laundry There’s some ground to cover before we get to the food! So unlike most any other restaurant in the world, I find that I’m slightly reticent and wholly intimidated by the prospect of writing this review, despite having returned to The French Laundry this time just to get photographs for this review.īut one must do what one must do - so, without further adieu, let’s move on. There are cooking techniques and complexities here that go far beyond my cooking experience or culinary knowledge, even. There are gastronomical occurrences during this meal I can’t convey accurately. There are flavors and emotions that the food here evokes that make all the words in my vocabulary seem inadequate I’m sure there is a word–I just don’t know it. When you start to craft a review about what may be the world’s finest restaurant, you begin to feel inadequate with your words. ![]() Oh, the things I do for you guys! :-P A beautiful, quaint and simple doorway to amazement It was bright enough because I requested window-side seating - and now, I have the photos. I visited The French Laundry for lunch this time, specifically for the purpose of this review. Much like how daunting it is to review a restaurant of this caliber, even worse is the prospect of posting subpar photos of the food here - it was much better for me to never post a review than to post those photos, and to post a review of the food at The French Laundry without photos was a disservice and disgrace, too. In turn, every single photo I have ever taken at The French Laundry was…how to put this…horrifying. You see, prior to this last visit, I’d only been to The French Laundry for dinners and the dimly lit, romantic dining room was entirely too dark. After recently trying the only other restaurant in California to receive three Michelin stars, The Restaurant at Meadowood, I felt compelled to go back and finally write a review of The French Laundry. It was due time to go back and get photos. I have received more emails with “Have you been to French Laundry?” or “Where’s your review of French Laundry?” than any other topic on San Francisco Food. I believe Chef Keller no longer cooks at all personally, but his mark is on everything at The French Laundry. My first visit was when Chef Corey Lee was heading up the kitchen in 2006 (with Chef Keller present, I believe), my second visit was in 2009 with Chef Tim Hollingsworth at the helm, and this visit would be my first with Chef David Breeden, who took over in 2013. I’ve eaten at The French Laundry three times and know what to expect on my visit this restaurant set the bar for virtually everything I’ve tasted since my first visit some eight years ago. Reviewing The French Laundry is…daunting. It’s just a matter of when I choose to write it, but it’s pretty cut and clear.īut none of those restaurants are The French Laundry. I visit a restaurant, shoot my photos, and on the drive home, I basically have a good idea of what I think, the words I plan to use and how I intend to frame a restaurant review. Ordinarily, the process is really simple. Depending on your internet speed, some time may be required to download all of the photos in this review. Note: I deliberately kept the resolution of the photos pretty high. ![]()
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