Tamarine Restaurant & Gallery - Palo Alto (CA)

4 /5 Vishaal Ekbote: Chefs Tasting menu for a team for 10 - family style 3+ apps, 3+ mains, 2 types of rice and dessert Apps standout - Green Papaya Salad with dry seasoned beef Main standout(s) - garlic noodles with tiger prawns Shaking Beef Green curry chicken The tofu dish had a wok smoky finish and was very good as well Service was top notch and the ambience was good We will be back !

5 /5 Susan Bacchi: Excellent Vietnamese food with a yummy luxury cuisine fusion. The flavor appealed perfect to me. The meat and fish absolutely delicious. The Mojito was awesome.

5 /5 Su-May Lee: The food was delicious as well as beautifully presented. I had the green papaya salad, which could have used a little more tang, like a smidge more lime juice, and a little less beef (as the beef almost overpowered what is a otherwise a fine, delicate salad.) The Claypot cod hit the spot and the rice was cooked perfectly for absorbing the formers caramelized sauce. The coconut fine tapioca ball pudding, served with coconut and mango sorbet, was a nice end to this splendid lunch. The restaurant was well appointed with beautiful orchids dotting it and good ambient music. Well-heeled clientele were from all over the world, seeming to have booked this either for special occasions or for a business lunches that were meant to impress. A large party raised the decibel level as the dining room filled during this Friday lunch service. The staff was attentive, yet unobtrusive. Street parking was easy and there are several parking garages nearby.

3 /5 Sufie Bahaei: Service was okay, server did not ask us if we had questions or needed recommendations. She wasn’t around when we needed her generally. They had a very cute setup for the birthday we had. The food was hit-or-miss. I don’t love fried foods and a couple of our orders were fried like the prawns and calamari appetizers so I just wouldn’t get those again. I also did not love the corn fritters. The entrees, like peach burrata salad and the tiger prawns + noodles, were excellent. Kiwi mockjito was my favorite drink.

5 /5 Indra Singhal: Very upscale, very chic. Excellent level of service, delicious entrees and appetizers. Very amenable to business meetings at lunchtime - you can actually talk and think! So glad we were invited to Tamarine - we are likely to go back ourselves.