Luce Restaurant Review
InterContinental San Francisco
888 Howard St. (Fifth St.) 
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San Francisco, CA 94103
415-616-6566 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Open
Breakfast & Dinner daily, Lunch Mon.-Fri.Features
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Casual dressy
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 Given its location inside the InterContinental San Francisco, it might be easy to underestimate Luce----but it transcends the typical hotel restaurant. First, there's the dining room, which combines rich taupe tones and an exquisite marble floor with glittering, hand-blown, orb-like hanging lamps for a sophisticated setting. Every dish showcases its ingredients, with a balanced mixture of colors and textures. Kampachi sashimi, for instance, is served over a paper-thin, nearly translucent slice of pickled melon, while a "spring vegetable garden" starter features pristine vegetables served on a thick stone slab and accompanied by various salts and aïolis to heighten flavors. Italian and French influences show up throughout, including in a black ink trofiette "carbonara" with a poached egg and the creative addition of baby calamari. The kitchen isn't afraid to take risks---an ocean and land carpaccio, for instance, is met with a quenelle of black olive ice cream---and in nearly all cases, it works. (Former consulting chef Dominique Crenn has departed the restaurant.) Just prepare to be surprised---in a good way.
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