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Chez Mansour on Solano Ave has an extensive wine list and a curated wine program. Juanita & Maude in Albany and Little Star Pizza on Solano Avenue have curated wine programs.
On Solano Ave, Chez Mansour serves Lebanese Mediterranean food, with shareable mezze and salads, in a casual wine bar. Service is a la carte and small plates, and the wine program is curated. The restaurant has an extensive wine list.
In Albany, Juanita & Maude pairs a curated wine program with contemporary cooking and a small-plates format. It has consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, and the drinks side includes craft cocktails and beer alongside the wine list.
On Solano Avenue, Little Star Pizza brings a curated wine program to Chicago-style deep dish pizza with a cornmeal crust, served a la carte. The drinks list also includes beer and craft cocktails.
China Village on Solano Avenue serves Sichuan Chinese cooking, Wojia Hunan Cuisine in Albany serves authentic Hunan Chinese cooking, and Kathmandu on Solano Ave serves authentic Nepalese and Tibetan cooking.
On Solano Avenue, China Village serves Sichuan Chinese cooking, a la carte and family style, including the West Style Spicy Fish Fillet with thousands of chili peppers. The wine program is minimal. The restaurant holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025.
Kathmandu sits on Solano Ave and serves authentic Nepalese and Tibetan cooking. The wine program is minimal. The family-owned room has Himalayan prayer wheels and mandalas, and the restaurant has served that cooking since 1994.
In Albany, Wojia Hunan Cuisine serves authentic Hunan Chinese cooking, a la carte or family style. Dishes include sautéed lotus root with pork and sliced flounder with pickled cabbage. The menu has 100+ dishes.
Albany and Solano Avenue each have 5 restaurants in our guide of 14, the highest neighborhood counts. In Albany they are Juanita & Maude, Pho Ao Sen, Oori Rice Triangles, Cugini, and Wojia Hunan Cuisine. On Solano Avenue they are China Village, Renee's Place, Little Star Pizza, Gordo Taqueria, and Bowl'd.
There are 0 Michelin-starred restaurants in our Albany guide, and 0 Michelin stars in total. China Village on Solano Avenue holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. Juanita & Maude in Albany holds Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025.
Chez Mansour on Solano Ave has an extensive wine list and a curated wine program in a casual wine bar. Juanita & Maude in Albany has a curated wine program. Little Star Pizza on Solano Avenue has a curated wine program.
China Village has Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. Juanita & Maude has Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. Those are the Michelin-listed restaurants in this guide.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Albany.
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China Village on Solano Avenue has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, making it one of the East Bay's most consistently validated Chinese kitchens. The cooking leans into high-heat wok technique and regional Chinese flavors at price points that sit well below the Bay Area's fine-dining tier. For Albany and the broader Berkeley corridor, it is a reliable anchor in a dining scene otherwise dominated by Cal-cuisine.
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Juanita & Maude holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) for its contemporary cooking at 825 San Pablo Ave in Albany, CA. With a 4., the restaurant occupies a distinct tier in the East Bay dining scene, where serious technique meets a neighborhood-scale format. Price range sits at $$$, positioning it above casual bistros but below the omakase-tier counters of San Francisco.
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Bowl'd sits on Solano Avenue in Albany, California, a stretch that draws the East Bay's most committed neighborhood diners. The format centers on bowl-based cooking with roots in Korean and Asian-American traditions, placing it in a casual-but-considered tier that has grown steadily across the Bay Area. For the Solano corridor, it represents the kind of reliable, culturally grounded eating that keeps a local strip relevant.
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Chez Mansour serves Lebanese Mediterranean at 1369 Solano Ave in Albany, with a casual, conversational room and an extensive wine list for lunch or dinner.
Albany, United States
Cugini sits on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, California — a stretch where neighborhood Italian restaurants have held ground against trendier formats for decades. The address places it squarely in the kind of residential dining corridor where regulars outnumber first-timers and the room earns its reputation through repetition rather than press cycles. For Albany and North Berkeley diners, it represents a familiar anchor in a dining scene increasingly pulled toward contemporary formats.
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Everest Kitchen sits on Solano Avenue in Albany, California, a stretch that quietly supports some of the East Bay's most consistent neighborhood dining. The restaurant draws on Himalayan culinary traditions that remain underrepresented across the wider Bay Area dining scene, making it a reference point for those tracking the region's South Asian dining corridor. For context on Albany's broader restaurant circuit, see our full Albany restaurants guide.
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Kathmandu sits on Solano Avenue in Albany, California, bringing the flavors of Nepal and the Indian subcontinent to one of the East Bay's most neighborhood-rooted dining corridors. The restaurant occupies a position in Albany's mid-range dining scene alongside Italian, contemporary, and pan-Asian options that collectively define the avenue's character. Visitors looking for South Asian cooking north of Berkeley will find Kathmandu a consistent local reference point.
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Lanesplitter Pizza Pit Stop anchors the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Monroe Street in Albany, CA, operating in a stretch of the East Bay where casual dining has long competed on loyalty rather than prestige. Compared to Albany's more formal dinner options, Lanesplitter plays in a different register — neighbourhood pizza counter rather than white-tablecloth destination — making it a useful reference point for understanding how San Pablo Ave functions as a dining corridor.
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On Solano Avenue in Albany, California, Little Star Pizza occupies a stretch of neighbourhood dining that values the familiar over the fashionable. The menu centres on pizza built around a specific structural logic, making it a recurring stop for locals who know exactly what they want before they arrive. It holds its place on Albany's dining strip alongside a mix of Italian-leaning and independently operated restaurants.
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On Solano Avenue in Albany, California, Oori Rice Triangles brings the Japanese onigiri tradition to a neighborhood better known for its eclectic mix of independent restaurants. Regulars return for a format that is simultaneously familiar and specific: rice shaped and filled with intention, suited to a quick lunch or a considered afternoon stop. It occupies a distinct lane on a street that spans everything from Italian trattorias to Korean bowls.
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On San Pablo Avenue in Albany, CA, Pho Ao Sen occupies a stretch of the East Bay that handles everyday Vietnamese dining with a seriousness the neighborhood has come to rely on. The name translates loosely to lotus pond pho, signaling a focus on the bowl rather than the room. Among Albany's dining options, it sits in a different register than steakhouses like 677 Prime or the contemporary price tier of Juanita and Maude.
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On Solano Avenue in Albany, California, Renee's Place occupies a stretch of the East Bay's most densely independent-minded dining corridor. Details on format, pricing, and reservations are limited in public records, making direct contact one reliable planning step. The venue sits within a neighborhood where walk-in culture and locally rooted dining rooms define the character of the street.
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Wojia Hunan Cuisine at 917 San Pablo Ave brings one of China's most assertively flavored regional traditions to Albany's eclectic dining strip. Where Cantonese cooking softens and Sichuan numbs, Hunan cuisine leans on fresh chili heat, fermented black beans, and smoke-cured meats — a kitchen vocabulary that remains underrepresented across the East Bay. For residents of Albany and Berkeley who want something beyond the regional Chinese mainstream, this address consistently draws a return crowd.
Albany
Selected entries from the current guide for Albany.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Albany.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Albany.
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