Best Hot Spot Restaurants in Marin

Simply the broadest most approachable and creative menu in Bay Area Japanese dining. After 40 plus years, the restaurant only gets better. Skip the overpriced omikase in San Francisco and dwell on the many flavors at Sushi Ran. Also, Yoshi has assembled the area's best sake list and is highly knowledgable.

Our waitress wa super super nice and very experienced ! I’ve always enjoy the atmosphere and the scenery of the restaurant looking out, watching people walking by. We ran into a group of senior ladies who’s also celebrating a birthday that day. We had a very nice conversation with them and that made our day ! The birthday treat is a great surprise !  My girlfriend and I enjoyed a very special birthday lunch together !! Thank you !

Once again NOPA delivers on our dining experience. The food was delicious. We had wood baked beans, winter vegetable tagine , braised greens, and little gems salad. Service ( Felix & Rachel ) was very attentive. We will be going back soon.

The food was DELICIOUS!!!! Every dish that we ordered was outstanding. Went there for a friend’s birthday dinner, it was 5 of us. We ordered the focaccia which was divine, also the suppli which my gosh was out of this world. Then we got 3 different pastas: caramelle which had a tangy citrus oily sauce and the pasta filled with veggies just melted in your mouth. The gnocchi with truffle and Parmesan and I can say it was probably the BEST gnocchi I’ve had in a long time plus they were super generous with the truffle so HIGHLY recommend this dish. And lastly we got the Bigoli Nero which was exquisite and probably my favorite dish, and the Dungeness crab meat tasted super fresh. We also got the chicory pizza which was probably my least favorite dish as it didn’t wow me. It was tasty but nothing special about it. And for dessert we got the Tiramisu which didn’t disappoint. It was fresh, tasty, moist and the flavors well balanced. The service was A+ from the host which accommodated us to a table of 5 even when my resy was for 4 so that was amazing! To the servers who were super friendly and attentive, to the sommelier.

Great margaritas, salads, fish tacos. Love sitting in their booths.