Atelier Crenn

Atelier Crenn reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   ytaima VIP

   Dallas13 reviews

   2.0

   Reviewed on February 12, 2019

   1. Overall 2

   This was a poor, convoluted, overworked and under-cooked meal. The service was glacial, as was the dining room. I hated every minute of it. This, after thirty years of making my way through dozens of three-star Michelin restaurants. It just was excruciating, bizarre and unsavory. The bitter, sour taste of cold, grainy, tasteless food has remained more than a year on. This restaurant gets three thumbs down.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 27, 2016

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   A Challenge Menu. A perfect service. A very costly wine pairing. A not so good desert offering.
   

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   Deborahah

   Greater Boston31 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 6, 2016

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We've done Daniels, Bill Hill, Inn at Little Washington, the now closed la Belle Vie, Robuchon, and Aubergine etc. but on a trip to San Francisco decided to visit the only female chef with a two star Michelin rating. So glad we did! Modernist cuisine is wonderfully interpreted in her hands! Of course, the exciting Kir Breton to start, followed by ocean and (a few) land interpretations of sea urchin and spiny lobster and beef. All marvelous against the backdrop of her poetry and the moss, fern and shell presentations. Expensive, but so worth it! Enjoy, my friend, enjoy.
   

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   StephanieA

   San Francisco3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 21, 2016

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was great and presentation was definitely an experience itself. Service was friendly and generally really good, although there seemed to be a bit of a lag at the beginning of our reservation, we had 8pm reservations & the first course didn't come out until after 8:30. I highly recommend the wine pairings, we got the regular pairings and they were delicious. They changed to a service included model and now the set menu is $295 with 17 courses and the regular wine pairing is $175.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Diego3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 13, 2016

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was fantastic!! Some of the dishes were so out there in terms or creativity and innovation! I love it when a place like this does not play it safe with "meat and potatoes" dishes. The only downside(not the restaurant's fault) is the type of clientele this attracts. Being a little more trendy than it is classy a lot of younger and annoying patrons will be seen here.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 11, 2016

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We spent more than $680 for 2 persons. Very expensive, especially we only order a $30 wine by glass. The price is different from what opentable showed...But the meal is pretty worth 3 stars actually. If they can upgrade the dessert flavor, will be perfect.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 10, 2016

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The poem that was also a hint of what dishes have been prepared. It's a constant guessing game throughout the service
   

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   RobinW VIP

   San Francisco190 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 5, 2016

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Worth every penny (100,000 of them). Perfectly executed - an evening of delicious and surprising food presented in a beautiful, thoughtful way. We could have skipped the wagu beef add -on (at 95 pp and 1 1/2 inches square it was ridiculously priced) but now I can tell my boyfriend I treated him to a thousand dollar dinner for his birthday - and he and it were worth it.
   

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   brockvond

   San Francisco50 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on January 31, 2016

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Each course of the chef's tasting menu is a highly crafted item. Some work better than others. The first "course" is a poem by the chef (Dominique, don't quite your day job), "to guide you through the dining experience." The small and delicious marinated filet of trumpetfish garnished with kumquat slices comes accompanied by the head of the fish itself, the color of an inflamed uvula, that watches you balefully as you eat its flesh. Other courses provide their own interest. A wagyu steak course or a cheese custard (I ordered the latter) are offered as extras if you fear leaving without a full stomach. Whether it's a really great experience for you or a dip into bizarre curiosities will depend on your outlook. (I later found they had burned me for a cancellation fee I was told would be refunded.)
   

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    robinl

    San Francisco9 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on January 27, 2016

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    Wow kinda of meal. On par with other top restaurants in the Bay Area. Playful, whimsical, tasty, creative...after the eight course i ran out words to describe the food. Worth it!
    

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