Sausalito · Open Monday
Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Sausalito 2026
Monday is the day to have Sausalito to yourself. The ferry crowds that pack Bridgeway all weekend are gone, the decks empty out, and the table that needed a Sunday reservation opens up. Most of the town's best rooms still run a full Monday service. Here are seven, with hours confirmed.
Sausalito flips the usual rhythm. In a big city, Monday is the dead night when half the kitchens go dark; here it is the calm after a frantic weekend, when the day-trippers have ferried back across the bay and Bridgeway finally exhales. That makes Monday the smart day to eat well in town, with one catch worth knowing before you set off: a few rooms keep Monday as their closed day, and Sushi Ran, the best kitchen of the lot, opens Monday for dinner only. The seven below were each checked against their current Monday hours and ordered to lead with the serious cooking, then the waterfront views, then the easy walk-in tables.
Sushi Ran
Monday: 5:00pm – 9:30pm (dinner only, no Monday lunch)
The one Sausalito kitchen people cross the bridge specifically to eat at, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand a block off the water on Caledonia Street, clear of the Bridgeway tourist crush. On a Monday it runs dinner service only, which suits the place: this is a counter for omakase and a long sake list, not a quick lunch roll. The fish is flown in and cut with real precision, the cooked dishes lean modern-Japanese, and Monday is one of the calmer nights to land a counter seat. Reserve ahead, ask for the bar, and let the chef set the pace.
Poggio Trattoria
Monday: 6:30am – 11:30am and 12:00pm – 9:00pm
The most flexible room in town on a Monday, open from breakfast straight through dinner at the foot of the Casa Madrona hotel. Poggio cooks a Northern Italian card from a wood oven and rotisserie, with house-made pastas and a kitchen garden that feeds the menu, in a handsome corner space that opens onto Bridgeway. It is that rare hotel restaurant locals genuinely choose, and on a quiet Monday the all-day hours mean you can wander in for an early espresso, a sunlit lunch or a full dinner without planning around the weekend rush. Take a window or sidewalk table while the strip is calm.
Scoma's
Monday: 11:30am – 8:30pm
The Sausalito seafood institution, built out over the water on its own pier with the fishing boats tied up below. Scoma's has run the cioppino, the Dungeness crab and the whole roasted fish for decades, and a Monday lunch on its deck, with the weekend crowds gone and the fog lifting off the bay, is one of the quietest good afternoons in Marin. It is a white-tablecloth crab house, not a tasting-menu room, and it does not pretend otherwise; the view earns the prices. For a calm Monday lunch or a visitor you want to win over with the bay, this is the booking, and on a Monday you will rarely wait.
Barrel House Tavern
Monday: 11:00am – 9:00pm (continuous; Monday happy hour from noon)
The best skyline view on the strip, set in a restored 1920s ferry terminal with a second-floor deck that looks straight back at San Francisco across the bay. Barrel House runs a California menu of oysters, fish and wood-fired plates continuous from 11am, and on a Monday it adds an all-afternoon happy hour from noon, which makes it the easy pick for a long, slow Monday that drifts from a glass of wine into dinner as the light drops. The room is handsome, the deck is the prize, and with the weekend gone you can usually take that deck on a walk-in. Time it for the sunset over the city.
Le Garage
Monday: 11:30am – 8:00pm
A pocket French bistro in a converted garage at the working harbour on Liberty Ship Way, north of the Bridgeway crowds and right among the boats. Le Garage runs continuous on a Monday, moules-frites, a steak tartare and a short, well-judged card, with a patio over the marina that is the whole point. Tucked away from the ferry dock, it is quiet even on a busy weekend and close to empty on a calm Monday, which makes it the most local of these picks. For an unhurried Monday lunch with a glass of rose and the masts clinking, this is the harbour-side answer.
Fish
Monday: 11:30am – 7:30pm
The cash-and-counter seafood shack a few minutes north of the centre on Harbor Drive, sustainable-fish-focused and beloved long before the rest of Sausalito caught up to the idea. You order at the window, carry your tray to a picnic table on the dock, and eat crab rolls, fish tacos and a salmon BLT with the working marina right at your feet. There are no reservations and no waiter, which on a Monday means no wait either. It is the unfussy, no-bookings counterpoint to the white-tablecloth rooms, and the best-value seat over the water in town.
Copita
Monday: 11:30am – 9:00pm
The liveliest option on Bridgeway, a tequileria turning out fresh masa, ceviche and a deep agave list from 11:30am on a Monday. Copita leans coastal-Mexican rather than heavy and Tex-leaning, with a sunny patio and a Monday happy hour that brings the room back to life on the quietest day of the week. It is the most fun of the seven, built for a table that wants margaritas and small plates over a formal sit-down, and a Monday is the night to grab the patio without a fight. Walk-ins almost always work; just ask for the sidewalk seats.
Sausalito Monday dining FAQ
Which good restaurants are open on Monday in Sausalito?
Seven are confirmed open on a Monday: Sushi Ran on Caledonia Street for dinner only, Poggio Trattoria at Casa Madrona all day from breakfast, Scoma's and Barrel House Tavern on Bridgeway with bay views, Le Garage at the harbour, Fish on Harbor Drive for counter seafood, and Copita for Mexican and tequila. Monday is the calm counterpoint to Sausalito's busy weekend, so tables that need a Sunday reservation often open up on a Monday.
Is Sushi Ran open on Monday in Sausalito?
Yes, but for dinner only. Sushi Ran at 107 Caledonia Street serves Monday from 5:00pm to 9:30pm and does not open for Monday lunch. It is the most serious kitchen in town, a Michelin Bib Gourmand whose omakase and sake list pull diners across the Golden Gate. The counter is the seat to want, and Monday is one of the easier nights to land it, though the room is small enough that a reservation still beats a walk-in.
Is Sausalito quiet on a Monday?
Much quieter than the weekend. The day-trip crowd that floods Bridgeway on Saturday and Sunday thins out by Monday, which makes it the best day of the week to walk the waterfront and get a table without a wait. Most of the strong rooms keep a full Monday service, so the trade-off is small: you lose a little buzz and gain an easy booking, a calmer deck and a better shot at the bay-view tables at Scoma's and Barrel House Tavern.
Where can I eat on the water on a Monday in Sausalito?
Three Bridgeway rooms serve over the bay on a Monday. Scoma's sits on its own pier with cioppino and Dungeness crab from 11:30am. Barrel House Tavern runs continuous from 11am with a second-floor deck facing the San Francisco skyline. Fish, a few minutes north on Harbor Drive, does counter-service seafood at picnic tables right on the marina. For the postcard view with a proper sit-down, Scoma's and Barrel House are the Monday bookings.
Do I need a reservation for Monday dinner in Sausalito?
Only at Sushi Ran, really. Its small counter fills even on a Monday, so book ahead if you want the omakase seats. Everywhere else on this list takes Monday walk-ins comfortably outside summer holidays: Poggio Trattoria, Scoma's, Barrel House Tavern, Le Garage and Copita all hold tables on a quiet Monday, and Fish does not take bookings at all. In peak summer, reserve the waterfront decks even on a Monday; the rest of the year a Monday table is the easiest in Sausalito.
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