Bistronomie By Baumé - Palo Alto

Excellent food, excellent presentation, excellent service , excellent quiet ambiance and atmosphere. It is a smaller sized restaurant that focuses on your experience so there is a very limited number of tables and positioned for very good privacy and separation. The food was very good, and the presentation even better. The combination of fish, squab and other delights was awesome. The reservation protocol is rather unorthodox and not very obvious, but once you get over that hurdle, it's a great experience. The owners split with one being the chef and one providing the service. She was very warm and charming and their son helped in the back too. You might think this would lead to a mom and pop kind of restaurant, and technically it is, but the service, experience and professionalism is excellent. Just look at the picture attached. Awesome to look at and awesome to taste. It is rather pricey, as compared to other high end dining experiences. From a cost perspective, it is a relatively much higher premium for this category of restaurant.

My very beautiful and delicious special ocasion dinner before being plated. Just part of it got into photo...baguette and caviar I ate before taking a picture of the rest of dishes...yummm

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING This was my best restaurant dining experience ever !!! The restaurant is unlike any that I’ve been to ... I’d call it the “anti restaurant” : Why ? First of all, it has only 4 tables (round tables in 2 adjacent rooms. There is lots of privacy, with each table partially hidden from the others. Second, the Zen like interior reminded me more of a high end museum than a restaurant. Third, there was only one server and she was fabulous. She was super friendly, had a great sense of humor and enhanced the dining experience .The 8 item tasting menu, which I believe is standard, was super (I won't list the items here because I don't want to ruin your experience . Every item's presentation and appearance was immaculate. Everything about the restaurant deserves a WOW !!!!!! This is a great place to take a friend special or not … I had a great time. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this restaurant to anyone who wants to take someone to a fantastic dining experience I will be back

I ordered 2 meals to go for my husband birthday. Each dish was well packed for take out. Everything was delicious. Ribeye was on the menu; delicious meat, cook to perfection and very big portion! I highly recommend Baumé for a great diner experience at home, during COVID!

Loved Baumé. I'll break the components down more: Food and wine great flavors, quality ingredients, creative presentation and more. Not my favorite but I've been to a lot of 3 Michelin restaurants so it's not a surprise but it's definitely up there and possibly my favorite 2 star. Amazing wine selection and while the pairings are spendy, they are well worth it. Service personal, warm and attentive. Yes, they are not heavily staffed like other establishments and you may have an empty plate in front of you for more than a second but highly orchestrated service with seemingly multiple dedicated servers is not the only formula for success. I'd rank the service at Baumé as one of my most preferred. Ambience this is one of the few high end dining establishments remaining where you don't hear all the other diners conversations even when it's a full house. This is because the owners are willing to sacrifice having a few more tables for some of the most amazing ambience I've experienced in a while and I love going to Michelin starred restaurants and make a point of going to these restaurants around the world. They have large furniture pieces that really add to the dressy zen vibe that could easily be removed to fit more tables. It also helps that they don't accept parties over 4. Top of my list and most impressive environment I've experienced in a while. Almost felt like we were the only ones there with the staggered dining times, we were indeed the only ones on our side for a bit. Price not cheap but also not exorbitant about on par with comparable restaurants. Their wine pairing pours are generous enough that you can share a pairing (which they openly encourage unlike some places that frown upon it or make it look like they're doing you a favor) Overall worth a visit if you like French with a modern flair. Worth going to even if you don't think you like French since it's just so different. Long story short, all things considered it's worth going to and I'm looking forward to trying their menu in another season or so.