The Verdict
WATERBAR is the Embarcadero waterfront seafood restaurant and raw bar on The Embarcadero whose floor-to-ceiling circular aquariums and panoramic bay view - the Bay Bridge visible from the dining room, the bay communicating the proximity to the Pacific fishing culture whose specific daily supply the kitchen depends on - create the most architecturally theatrical available San Francisco waterfront seafood dining experience. The Pacific oyster programme whose specific West Coast selections communicate direct engagement with the California, Oregon, and Washington oyster producers whose work defines the West Coast oyster culture; the raw bar whose daily selections communicate direct sourcing from the Pacific fishing supply; and the bay view whose specific Bay Bridge backdrop provides the most classically San Francisco available outdoor waterfront dining context.
The seafood menu at Waterbar reflects the Pacific sourcing philosophy applied through the Embarcadero's waterfront setting: the oyster programme whose Pacific selections communicate genuine knowledge of the West Coast oyster culture; the seafood preparations whose freshness communicates daily engagement with the Pacific fishing supply; and the Embarcadero setting whose bay view and aquarium theatricality create the most dramatically positioned available San Francisco waterfront seafood dining experience.
On The Embarcadero for the waterfront seafood restaurant whose Pacific oyster programme and Bay Bridge view communicate what the San Francisco waterfront seafood tradition looks like when genuine Pacific sourcing is combined with the most dramatically architectural available Embarcadero seafood setting.
Why It Works for a Proposal
Waterbar's Embarcadero Bay Bridge view and the Pacific oyster programme - the circular aquariums, the bay at twilight, the most dramatically waterfront available San Francisco seafood dining setting - creates the proposal setting that communicates the most specifically Bay Area available waterfront dinner experience.
Also in San Francisco
Explore the full San Francisco restaurant guide. See our Impress Clients, First Date, and Close a Deal occasion guides for curated picks across Asia.