Best Restaurants for Birthdays in El Cerrito

Burrell is lovely. We enjoyed the mushroom and sunchoke main, and the black cod, although the delicacy of the black cod oyster chowder was over powered by the earthy umami of the mushroom dish. Should have asked our server about the combo. corn bread amazing as always. waffle and chicken liver was the hit of the night. The fried cauliflower and broccoli was decent. Not the best. We were full by the time our mains came! Wish we would have saved room for desert!

Great way to spend New Year’s Day with my family. Wait wasn’t too long to be seated. Food came out on time. It was all delicious!

Little Star had good food in generous portions. We had the Vegetarian thin crust pizza and the Little Star deep dish with sausage and roasted garlic. Both well made and delicious. My go to cocktail is the foxhound. Their mixed salad was great, full of walnuts and blue cheese. Look forward to our next visit.

We always try to eat at Gary Danko when we are in town (from Hawaii) for special holidays in this case Christmas Eve. So grateful they were open and able to accommodate us. This is always our go to place because our daughter in law is gluten intolerant and they always graciously accommodate her (even to the point of having gluten free bread). Many restaurants will not accommodate because of possible cross contamination, but Gary Danko always welcomes us. We love the selections of courses and look forward to the muffin they give for breakfast the following morning. The only criticism I have is that there is no valet parking - so we take taxi/uber weather can be severe. You have to try this and you will keep coming back!

Great service. Presentation is entertaining. Food is amazinc