About Sula
Sula is the main dining room at Cavallo Point, the lodge at the Golden Gate in Fort Baker, just across the bridge from San Francisco in Sausalito. It opened in October 2022 as part of a three-restaurant relaunch — Sula, Sula Lounge and Farley — replacing the lodge's former restaurant, Murray Circle.
The kitchen is run by the Cavallo Point lodge, operated by Passport Resorts, and the menu is modern American with influences from around the world. Signature plates include a Grilled Center Cut New York steak at $55, served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and a brandied green peppercorn sauce, and a Red Mole Beef Short Rib at $38; seafood runs to a coriander-crusted Baja swordfish.
Dinner mains land between about $30 and $55, with starters in the teens to low twenties and desserts around $17 — upscale but not stratospheric for a view dining room this close to the city. The restaurant holds an OpenTable Diners' Choice award for 2025.
The draw is the room and the outlook: a converted Fort Baker building looking across the bay to the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline. Service follows the lodge's calm, resort pace, which makes it a natural for a slow, occasion-driven dinner rather than a quick bite.
Why It's Right for to Impress Clients
Sula suits a client dinner because the setting does the work: a quiet Fort Baker dining room with Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay views, ten minutes from the city but a world away from a downtown steakhouse. The modern American menu is broad enough to suit most guests, and the lodge's calm, unhurried service makes it easy to talk business across a long table.
Who It's Not For
Sula is not for Michelin-chasers — it holds no star; the star belonged to the prior restaurant on this site, Murray Circle, which closed in 2022. It is not for a budget night out given $30–$55 mains, not for a downtown-Sausalito walk-in (it sits up the hill at Fort Baker, not on the main waterfront strip), and not for diners expecting a strictly Mediterranean menu — the kitchen is modern American with global accents.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened to Murray Circle in Sausalito?
Murray Circle, Cavallo Point's signature restaurant since the lodge opened in 2008, closed and was replaced in October 2022 by Sula, part of a three-restaurant relaunch at Fort Baker. Murray Circle held Marin's only Michelin star between 2008 and 2011; that recognition does not carry over to Sula, which is a different restaurant.
Who runs Sula at Cavallo Point?
Sula is operated by Cavallo Point — the Lodge at the Golden Gate, managed by Passport Resorts, rather than by a single celebrity chef. The kitchen serves modern American food with global influences, and the restaurant sits inside the lodge's historic Fort Baker buildings overlooking San Francisco Bay.
How much does dinner at Sula cost?
Dinner mains run roughly $30 to $55 — for example, the Grilled Center Cut New York steak is $55 and the Red Mole Beef Short Rib is $38. Starters sit in the teens to low twenties and desserts around $17, making it an upscale but not extreme spend for a Golden Gate view dining room.
Does Sula have Golden Gate Bridge views?
Yes. Sula occupies a converted building at Fort Baker, on the Sausalito side of the bay, with views across the water toward the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline. The setting, a short drive from the city yet quiet and resort-paced, is the main reason the room suits special-occasion and client dinners.
Is Sula the same as Murray Circle's Michelin restaurant?
No. Murray Circle earned a Michelin star under chef Justin Everett between 2008 and 2011, but it closed in 2022. Sula is a new restaurant on the same site and does not hold a Michelin star; it does hold an OpenTable Diners' Choice award for 2025. Treat it as an upscale view restaurant, not a starred destination.
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