Ana Mandara Restaurant Review
Ghirardelli Square
891 Beach St. (Polk St.) 
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San Francisco, CA 94109
415-771-6800 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Ana Mandara Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightlyFeatures
- View
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Live jazz Thurs.-Sat.
- Valet parking & parking lot
- Casual dressy
Wine
Great Wine List* Click here for rating key
 It might surprise you to hear that actors Don Johnson (Miami Vice) and Cheech Marin (Cheech and Chong) paired with husband and wife chef team Khai Duong and Kieu-Loan Phan to open a modern Vietnamese restaurant in Ghirardelli Square. Ana Mandara means beautiful refuge and the restaurant is one of the city's most attractive, with the dramatic look of a palatial Southeast Asian home. The space has three working fountains, lush greenery, priceless Asian antiques and a striking view of the bay from the bar. Executive chef Duong hails from Vietnam and is also a summa cum laude graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Academie Culinaire de Paris. He combines the two techniques to create a range of traditional and modern dishes. Must-try specialties include sweet Dungeness crab soup with hand-cut noodles, an excellent version of shaking beef---caramelized, medium rare tournedos of beef tenderloin tossed in a wok with sweet onions and peppercress---and crispy lobster ravioli with mango-coconut sauce. We also recommend the light-as-air spring rolls filled with crab meat, shrimp and shiitake mushrooms. Sommelier Ryan Williams oversees the notable wine list.
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