Dinner near SFO - Burlingame? San Mateo? SSF?

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Hi everyone - I know this has been asked and answered a million times but I’m not seeing very many interesting options here, on CH, google search, Open Table, etc.

Colleagues are staying in a hotel near the airport and want to do dinner tomorrow (Wed, 2/24) somewhere nearby. I suppose Burlingame, San Mateo, SSF or Woodside maybe? I used to go to Kincaid’s and it was decent if not ideal, but I looked at the menu and it seems smaller and not as interesting (mostly steak).

I’d like a place that offers more choice - i.e., some fish, chicken if American or ethnic would be fine too if it’s good. I would suggest Village Pub but think these folks would see that as too over the top for a casual business dinner. There will be 4 or 5 of us I think and we’ll be eating early - at 6pm.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Stacy

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If some can’t handle spicy, but others can:

If everyone likes spicy:l

Call for reservations.

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Recently dined at Rasa Restaurant in Burlingame. Excellent dosa and curry dish.

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Thank you both. Interesting menu at Rasa. I never would have looked at that but I may go check it out. To be honest, when I consider the diners, I’m guessing they would prefer American or Italian which is probably more familiar to them. In the ten years I’ve worked for the company, I don’t remember one ethnic meal - except for may be Americanized Mexican if that counts. My apologies for not thinking this out fully before I posted but thank you both for ideas for me personally :slight_smile:

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How about Pizzeria Delfina? They have a branch in Burlingame.

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That’s actually a great idea - I saw that it was there fleetingly in one of my searches but forgot until you brought it up just now. I’ll throw that out to the group. Thank you!

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We’ve eaten there. Pizza was good, but pasta was so so.

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Vans in Belmont?

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This may be too late - sorry I didn’t see this earlier. We’ve eaten with friends at Osteria Coppa in downtown SMateo and thought it was very good. All four of us are fans of Perbacco/Barbacco; OC is not its equal but definitely much better than the average SMateo restaurants.

Osteria Coppa
Address: 139 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
Phone:(650) 579-6021

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What do you like at Coppa?

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I also missed this post and would also recommend Osteria Coppa. The chicken al mattone is always good, and I haven’t had a pizza there that I didn’t like. I can’t compare OC to Perbacco etc but agree, Osteria Coppa is much better than anything else in San Mateo.

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For future use, here’s a couple I can think of in San Mateo:

Viognier. A little stuffy for my taste but quiet and decent food.

San Mateo Prime. Business steakhouse, exactly.

Izzy’s Steaks. Everyone actually says good things about this ( san carlos near SQL ), but I haven’t been.

Vault 164. I think I’ve been there for a business meal. American.

Block 34. New place. Very decent space between tables, good wine list, but a little basic in overall settings. Might be perfect for you.

There’s also a new Paul Martin’s Grill in the hillsdale shopping center. I wouldn’t bring a business person to a shopping center but YMMV.

Central Park Bistro - I think it’s a nice midrange place. I don’t remember how loud it is, exactly.

On the “ethnic” side ( HATE THAT WORD ) I might suggest Champagne Seafood. I am pretty sure they semi-private rooms ( which are really glorified booths ). It’s not seafood only. You’d need someone comfortable with navigating a dim sum menu.

I also might consider The Attic because the atmosphere is a little interesting, the food is a little interesting, but not too interesting.

Most of the other “ethnic” places I would consider too loud for a business dinner, or not fancy enough, or too long a wait, or too hard to get reservations.

[ Delfina was a good suggestion. ]

Where did you end up ? How was it ?

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Wow, this is awesome, thank you so much (for future reference)! I ended up not going (to be honest, I hate business dinners with the particular folks who were out here because food is beside the point and I hate wasting a dinner out) but they ended up at Kincaid’s because it was closest to their hotel. Thank you everyone who responded so I am prepared next time! We have an office in SSF and every time there are meetings there, this same challenge comes up!

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