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  1. Wakuriya

    Japanese

    Eat 86
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    A kaiseki tasting counter in a San Mateo strip mall, which is either a great joke or a great lesson in not reading the room by its cover. Chef Katsuhiro Yamasaki runs the kitchen solo, his wife runs the dining room, and together they turn out a monthly changing menu that marries classical Japanese technique with California produce. The place holds a Michelin star, and the food makes that feel like a matter of fact.

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    One number, weighted & current 86

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    The dishes from the writeups

    • Poached lobster with dashi gelée

      “a silver spoon cradling chunks of poached lobster with dashi gelée, soft-boiled Jidori egg and fried kombu”

      Michelin Guide

    • Steamed Alaskan black cod

      “Find that same level of talent in the steamed Alaskan black cod with fluffy grated turnip”

      Michelin Guide
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    Address
    115 De Anza Blvd., San Mateo, CA · San Mateo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    • Monday Not listed
    • Tuesday Not listed
    • Wednesday Today 6:30 PM to Midnight next day
    • Thursday 6:30 PM to Midnight next day
    • Friday 6:30 PM to Midnight next day
    • Saturday 6 PM to Midnight next day
    • Sunday 6 PM to Midnight next day

    by reservation only

    Phone
    (650)286-0410
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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Stay Score

      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.