Listed below are links to reviews of Aqua from around the web.
[ more from 10best]
"A great destination for foodies, San Francisco lies at the heart of the California cuisine movement. This trend fuses disparate culinary traditions, including those of Europe and Asia, and incorporates high-quality regional ingredients in a truly local cu..."
[ more from 10best]
"Lauded for its incomparable cuisine, this much-loved restaurant builds its reputation on unfailing consistency in quality and atmosphere. Lobster tail, in the kitchen's accomplished hands, becomes a work of art, and fresh fish receives just what it needs..."
[ more from ae.contracostatimes]
| "Aqua is one of San Francisco's high-profile restaurants, mentioned in the same breath with Stars and Postrio. Like those two restaurants, it's a high-energy place with trend-setting food and chic people at the tables and along the bar...." |
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[ more from ae.contracostatimes]
| "The signature ahi tartare ($10) comes to the table for assembly, a little drama you don't see much anymore. A raw quail egg tops the tartare, and around the perimeter are little piles of Moroccan harissa, raw garlic, salt, slivers of marcona almonds, lemo..." |
1 reviews
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[ more from chuckeats]
"Expensive food for the business crowd that’s ok if someone else is paying...."
[ more from dinesite]
"Aqua is cool, professional, and one of the best restaurants in San Francisco...."
[ more from epinions]
"If it’s possible to make a meal better than the one Aqua served me tonight, I’d be hard pressed to believe there are words to describe how exquisite that meal would be. As it is, I was so overwhelmed with pleasure following my meal, it seemed pointless...."
[ more from events.mercurynews]
"Offering Contemporary Seafood in a sophisticated setting, Aqua has been one of San Francisco's most acclaimed and popular landmark restaurants for over 11 years. Using mostly European techniques, the four-star, award-winning restaurant serves delicate fis..."
[ more from findyourcraving]
"Later this month (September 2005), a completely re-hauled and redesigned Café de la Presse opens in San Francisco’s Union Square. Here, Laurent Manrique and Patrick Albert will have collaborated to develop a new menu of classic French bistro..."
[ more from finickyeater.blogspot]
"I was particularly impressed with Manrique's interpretations of raw fish. Putting tuna tartare on the menu is akin to performing Beethoven's 5th -- everyone knows every single note so it had better be flawless...."
[ more from fodors]
| "Quietly elegant, heavily mirrored, and playing mostly to a society crowd, this spot is among the city's most lauded seafood restaurants -- and among the most expensive. The kitchen, known for using exquisite ingredients and classic techniques, assembles b..." |
2 reviews
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[ more from foodmusings.typepad]
"The cheese course was worth forsaking the sweets; I didn't write down our selections, but we ordered a firm cow's milk cheese, the only local cheese on the menu, then chose a bleu, whose hide was mottled with veins of ashy blue that suggested deep waters...."
[ more from frommers]
"At San Francisco's finest seafood restaurant heralded chef Laurent Manrique dazzles customers with a bewildering juxtaposition of earth and sea. Although he's changed my all-time favorite ahi tartare appetizer, which was introduced by previous chef George..."
[ more from gayot]
| "Aqua is a bastion of San Francisco power lunching where the financially powerful make big decisions while eating small portions of fantastically prepared, sparklingly fresh seafood. The calm, beautiful space has salmon-colored walls, a long, curved bar an..." |
1 reviews
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[ more from insiderpages]
| "If you are in the mood for sheer luxury, head to this Financial District gem and treat yourself to some of the most amazing seafood in the country. Chef-owner Michael Mina gets rave reviews from local and national press for his perfect execution and artis..." |
2 reviews
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[ more from judysbook]
| "the restaurant is beautiful but the food was not as good as i thought it would be. it's pricey and at one time the place to dine but feels it bit passe as of late...." |
5 reviews
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[ more from sanfran]
| "Review: Every once in a while, you eat a meal that’s so good, you lose your train of thought and stop talking. Intense salsify soup poured over a fragile mound of oyster flan strikes you dumb, as does mild John Dory offset by nuggets of crisp pork b..." |
1 reviews
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[ more from savorysanfrancisco]
"Other Details: Banquet and private rooms, catering (for parties of up to 400 people), bar/lounge, personal wines welcome ($30. 00 corkage fee per 750ML, limit of two bottles per reservation), gift certificates and wheelchair access...."
[ more from search.cityguide.aol]
| "However, Aqua offers every dish a la carte and in various prix-fixe combos, giving flexibility in terms of the bill. Most diners look like they can expense it, anyway: The warmly lit dining room is noisy enough to hear the deal being hammered out across t..." |
46 reviews
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[ more from sfbg]
"You could, if you wanted, dispense with dessert and just double-dip from the list of first courses. But if you do need a sweet fix beyond and before the petits fours, Aqua's choices won't disappoint...."
[ more from sfgate]
| "There are still signposts of the old Aqua, but those who weren't regulars would never pick them up. For example, Mina's popular version of tuna tartare with sesame oil and Scotch bonnet chiles has morphed into a bolder blend in which the jewel-like cubes..." |
1 reviews
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[ more from sfweekly]
"Everything about Aqua's presentation -- setting, service, prices -- leads you to expect a peak dining experience, and we're happy to say your expectations will be satisfied, even after serial changes of celebrity chefs (the current star, Laurent Manrique,..."
[ more from shortexact]
"First off, let us begin by saying this was a very well-executed dish, and in some ways, it was fantastic. Just on a visual level, the presentation was creative, and the geometric layout of the ingredients emphasized the wide disparity of textures, colors,..."
[ more from travel.yahoo]
"Aqua is a bastion of San Francisco power lunching where the financially powerful make big decisions while eating small portions of fantastically prepared, sparklingly fresh seafood...."
[ more from tripadvisor]
"My husband has decided to eat at all the top restaurants in the world - and on this trip to San Francisco we ate at Michael Mina's and at Aqua...."
[ more from vindivine]
"Aqua really pioneered the crap outta the prix fixe menu here in SF back in 2001. But alas, in 2002 he left to start his own gig with Andre Agassi, that's right...."
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