Best Restaurants in Sausalito for Dinner & Lunch 2018

Spring, 2018 — What are the best Sausalito dinner restaurants? Twice each year we survey a wide range of blogs, travel sites, ratings sites and online forums, then create this ranking of Sausalito dinner spots, many of which also serve lunch. You can click here for How to Read our Restaurant Charts, and we have a separate page for Sausalito’s Best Cafes, Deli’s and Diners.
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Rank		Restaurant Name	Score		Heat	Cuisine
Now	Last		Now	Last
1	2	Sushi Ran	100	98	763	Japanese
2	4	Scoma’s	99	93	906	Seafood
3	1	Sandrino	98	100	181	Italian
4	3	Buckeye Roadhouse*	97	97	859	American
4	11	Avatar’s	97	89	578	Indian-Mex
6	4	Poggio Trattoria	95	93	860	Italian
7	6	Fish	94	92	1000	Seafood
7	16	Saylor’s	94	88	255	Mexican
7	9	Le Garage	94	90	702	French
7	9	Bar Bocce	94	90	696	Italian
11	7	Copita	92	91	537	Mexican
11	x	ThaiTanic NEW!	92	x	61	Thai
11	11	Barrel House	92	89	593	American
11	11	Kitti’s Place	92	89	187	Pan-Asian
15	17	Presidio Yacht Club	91	87	149	American
16	21	The Trident	89	83	769	American
16	11	Bua Thai Kitchen	89	89	71	Thai
16	18	Osteria Divino	89	85	154	Italian
19	11	Murray Circle	88	89	531	American
20	7	Joinery	87	91	171	Brew House
21	21	The Spinnaker	86	83	896	Seafood
21	21	Salito’s Crab House	86	83	682	Seafood
21	30	Taste of Rome	86	81	334	Italian
24	21	Farley Bar	85	83	161	American
25	19	Pelican Inn**	84	84	316	British
25	21	Taste of Himalayas	84	83	86	Himalayan
25	21	Aurora	84	83	128	Italian
25	28	Fast Food Francais	84	82	260	French
25	21	Seafood Peddler	84	83	297	Seafood
30	19	Tommy’s Wok	83	84	77	Chinese
30	30	BBQ N Curry House	83	81	64	Indian
		See below for additional restaurants

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Scores are more important than rank on these charts, since many restaurants are tied with others on the list and a Sausalito dinner restaurant may rise or fall by five to ten slots based on “the curve” and a small score change. Assume that restaurants that are grouped together within a few points on the survey are offering experiences of similar quality, and don’t worry about small score differences.

For Perspective: When we started this list in 2008 the top Sausalito dinner restaurant got a 100 rating on the “curve”, and restaurant #30 scored a 60. Today the #30 position on the list earns a score of 83 using similar methods, a score that would have ranked in the #12 position in 2008! Quite simply, the Great Recession offered restaurants two choices: improve or die. Every restaurant on the list above rates as being at least “Good” on any standard scale, which was not true in 2008 before the Recession.

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The following Sausalito dinner restaurants either did not make the Top 30, were not yet open, or we did not have sufficient data to rank them:

— Angelino

— Arawan Thai RE-OPENED

— Dario’s Pizza

— Feng Nian

— Ondine

— Panda Express

— Sartaj of India Cafe RE-OPENED UNDER ORIGINAL OWNERS

— Sausalito Seahorse

— Sweet Ginger

* Buckeye Roadhouse is near the Sausalito on / off ramp on southbound Highway 101 but has a Mill Valley address just beyond the Sausalito border. Since many visitors think of it as being in Sausalito we include it here. If you prefer a list restricted to zip code 94965 then subtract one slot from all the rankings below it.

** Pelican Inn is located in Muir Beach, which is over the hill from Sausalito but is part of our 94965 zip code.

You can click here to see How to Read our Restaurant Charts. The leading restaurant on our list will always receive a score of 100, and all other restaurants will be scored on that curve.