The Best Places to Eat in San Carlos
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The best places to eat in San Carlos, according to the experts: Michelin Guide and San Francisco Chronicle have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Saffron comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Saffron
Indian
A sit-down Indian restaurant on a quiet stretch of San Carlos Ave that takes scratch cooking seriously, working through regional recipes rather than a greatest-hits menu. The room is relaxed and easy, the kind of place that feels like someone put thought into it without making you feel that. The Michelin Guide has had its eye on it, which tracks for a neighborhood spot where the kitchen is clearly doing more than going through the motions.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Isarn Garden
Isan
Hanging ivies, bamboo lanterns, and a menu that opens with raw blue crab tucked into an Isaan papaya salad, which is either the dish that converts you or sends you to the safer side of the menu. This Thai restaurant in San Carlos leans hard into northeastern Thailand, where the food runs funky, sour, and intensely aromatic. The grilled pork jowl with its house fish sauce dip is the kind of thing regulars order before they sit down.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: Best Thai restaurants in the SF Bay Area