Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Emeryville.
Accolades in Emeryville
Pippal has a curated wine programme and craft cocktails. Trader Vic's and The Broken Rack have standard wine programmes and craft cocktails.
In Bay Street, Pippal is an upscale regional Indian restaurant with a modern take on cooking from different regions of India. The format covers small plates and a la carte. The wine programme is curated, and the drinks include craft cocktails.
In Emeryville Marina, Trader Vic's is a waterfront tiki bar overlooking San Francisco Bay, with a tropical Polynesian interior and Polynesian tiki fusion cooking served a la carte. The wine programme is standard, and the bar pours craft cocktails. The room is known for the Mai Tai.
In Emeryville, The Broken Rack is a pool hall and sports bar. It has billiards, foosball, and American pub fare. The cooking is American gastropub in an a la carte format. The wine programme is standard, and the drinks include craft cocktails.
These picks show the breadth of Emeryville’s kitchens, from Cantonese seafood to Thai and Mexican cooking.
In Emeryville Marina, Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant serves Cantonese seafood and dim sum. The room has bayfront views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Treasure Island. Live seafood is on the menu in a la carte and family-style formats.
In Emeryville, Summer Summer Thai Eatery serves authentic Thai cooking, including corn fritters and sweet sole, in a comfortable modern room. The format is a la carte, and the wine programme is standard.
In Emeryville, Flores Emeryville is a three-time Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant serving traditional Mexican cooking. The formats are a la carte and family style, with craft cocktails. Family recipes come from regions of Mexico’s 31 states, from the Gulf to the Pacific.
Emeryville holds 8 of the 16 restaurants in our guide, including Flores Emeryville, Summer Summer Thai Eatery, and The Broken Rack. Emeryville Marina holds Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant and Trader Vic's. Bay Street holds Pippal.
There are 0 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide for Emeryville, and the Michelin star total is 0. The guide lists 16 restaurants, among them Pippal in Bay Street, Trader Vic's in Emeryville Marina, and Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Emeryville Marina.
Pippal in Bay Street is the clearest curated wine programme in the guide, while Trader Vic's in Emeryville Marina pairs a standard wine programme with craft cocktails. The Broken Rack in Emeryville and Flores Emeryville in Emeryville also lean on craft cocktails, while Good To Eat has a sake programme.
Flores Emeryville in Emeryville is a three-time Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant. It serves traditional Mexican cooking a la carte and family style, with family recipes from regions of Mexico’s 31 states, from the Gulf to the Pacific.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Emeryville
Selected entries from the current guide for Emeryville.
Emeryville, United States
A punk-rock diner on the Emeryville-Oakland border, Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe has built a following around all-day breakfast, thick milkshakes, and a deliberately unpretentious room that sits at odds with the Bay Area's fine-dining conversation. Named after a Clash song, it trades in comfort food and counter culture in roughly equal measure.
Emeryville, United States
Denny's on Powell Street in Emeryville occupies a distinct position in the East Bay's around-the-clock dining scene: a chain diner operating at the intersection of industrial Emeryville and the Bay Bridge corridor, where the ritual of the all-day breakfast holds its own against the neighborhood's more ambitious independent options. For late-night arrivals, early commuters, and anyone between meals, it delivers without ceremony.
Emeryville, United States
Flores Emeryville sits at 5614 Bay St inside Emeryville's Bay Street shopping corridor, positioning it within one of the East Bay's more commercially active retail-dining strips.
Emeryville, United States
Good To Eat occupies a suite on 65th Street in Emeryville, a city that has quietly developed one of the East Bay's more diverse restaurant corridors. The address places it among a compact cluster of independent operators that reflect the area's working-class-meets-tech-campus character.
Emeryville, United States
Hong Kong East Ocean at 3199 Powell St in Emeryville occupies a specific niche in the East Bay's Chinese dining scene, where Cantonese seafood traditions meet the Bay Area's proximity to Pacific-sourced ingredients. The restaurant draws on a format familiar to Hong Kong-style seafood houses, where live tanks and daily market arrivals shape the menu more than any fixed list.
Emeryville, United States
KoJa Kitchen sits at the intersection of Korean and Japanese fast-casual cooking in Emeryville's retail corridor, where the format trades standard buns for rice patties and the menu runs a tight, focused set of Korean-Japanese hybrid builds. It occupies a distinct position in the East Bay's quick-service scene, where fusion concepts at this price tier rarely hold the same degree of format discipline.
Emeryville, United States
Minnie Bell's Soul Movement operates out of Kiosk 15 at the Bay Street Emeryville mall, serving Southern-rooted fried chicken and soul food to a largely takeout-focused crowd in one of the East Bay's more unlikely dining destinations. The format is counter-service and casual, placing it squarely in the accessible end of Emeryville's food scene alongside neighbors like Denny's and Good To Eat.
Emeryville, United States
Mumu Hot Pot on Bay Street brings the communal hot pot tradition to Emeryville's increasingly varied dining corridor. The format centers the table rather than the kitchen, with diners managing their own pace, protein selections, and broth temperatures throughout the meal. It sits among a cluster of options along the Bay Street strip that range from casual American standbys to Cantonese seafood specialists.
Emeryville, United States
Noodles, etc... occupies a spot along Shellmound Street in Emeryville, the compact Bay Area city wedged between Oakland and Berkeley that has become a practical dining corridor for commuters and shopping-district visitors alike. The name signals an informal, noodle-forward format that fits the area's grab-and-go eating culture, positioning it closer to casual neighborhood staples than to the destination-dining tier found across the Bay.
Emeryville, United States
Pippal occupies a retail-and-dining address at 5614 Bay St in Emeryville's mixed-use Bay Street corridor, placing it within easy reach of East Bay commuters and visitors crossing from San Francisco. The venue sits in a neighbourhood that has quietly built a varied dining scene, from dim sum institutions like Hong Kong East Ocean to casual American staples. Detailed menu, hours, and booking information are best confirmed directly before visiting.
Emeryville, United States
Pizzeria Mercato occupies a suite inside Emeryville's Shellmound Street corridor, placing it squarely within a neighbourhood that has grown increasingly comfortable with casual-to-serious dining alongside its retail and mixed-use development. The pizza-focused format slots into a local scene where quick-service chains and dim sum houses compete for the same foot traffic, making a dedicated pizzeria a deliberate choice rather than a default one.
Emeryville, United States
A Thai eatery on Hollis Street in Emeryville's industrial-creative corridor, Summer Summer has built a following among the neighborhood's regular lunch and dinner crowd. The kitchen draws from central Thai cooking traditions in a casual format that rewards repeat visits. It sits in a dining strip that also includes options like Good To Eat and Hong Kong East Ocean for East Bay diners comparing neighborhood options.
Emeryville, United States
The Broken Rack occupies a corner of Emeryville's Powell Street corridor, drawing a neighborhood crowd to its pool hall format. In a city where dining options split between fast-casual chains and dim sum halls, it occupies a different register entirely — the kind of place where the game is the point, not a backdrop. Practical, unpretentious, and locally rooted.
Emeryville, United States
Townhouse occupies a quiet address on Doyle Street in Emeryville, sitting at the intersection of East Bay neighborhood dining and the kind of considered, multi-course format that rewards patience. The room and menu place it within a category of California restaurants where the progression of the meal matters as much as any single dish. For the East Bay, that is a meaningful distinction.
Emeryville, United States
Trader Vic's at 9 Anchor Drive in Emeryville occupies a particular chapter in American dining history: the original location where Victor Bergeron built the tiki bar concept into a global hospitality template. The waterfront address, the mai tai's documented origin story, and the Polynesian-inflected menu situate this outpost at the intersection of mid-century American fantasy and the Bay Area's longstanding appetite for Pacific Rim flavors.
Emeryville, United States
Wally's Cafe sits at 3900 San Pablo Ave in Emeryville, California, placing it at the intersection of a working-class industrial corridor and the East Bay's broader dining scene. Visitors should confirm hours and current format directly before planning a visit.
Emeryville, United States
Yaki Ichiban occupies a Shellmound Street address in Emeryville, a city whose dining scene sits at an intersection of East Bay practicality and Bay Area culinary ambition. The restaurant represents the kind of neighborhood anchor that draws repeat locals rather than destination visitors, operating in a corridor that ranges from casual chains to more considered regional cooking.
Emeryville
Selected entries from the current guide for Emeryville.
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Emeryville
Selected entries from the current guide for Emeryville.
Emeryville, United States
Trader Vic's at 9 Anchor Drive in Emeryville occupies a particular chapter in American dining history: the original location where Victor Bergeron built the tiki bar concept into a global hospitality template. The waterfront address, the mai tai's documented origin story, and the Polynesian-inflected menu situate this outpost at the intersection of mid-century American fantasy and the Bay Area's longstanding appetite for Pacific Rim flavors.
Emeryville
Selected entries from the current guide for Emeryville.
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