Commis

Commis
Restaurant Cuisine: American, Californian
3859 Piedmont Avenue
Oakland 94611
#3
of 533 restaurants in Oakland
TripZen Score
8.0 / 10 Overall
156% Recommend
8Overall9Food
7.5Food
Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:A slick, minimalist stage is for rising star chef James Syhabout at this Oakland spot. The chef blends high-style techniques and unusual ingredients into dishes that are exciting and unique, like albacore tuna and cucumber, or fresh cow's milk cheese with Early Girl tomatoes, sheets of wheat bran, purslane and ...Read more
A breakfast nook.
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Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
8.0 / 10 Overall
156% Recommend
8Overall9Food
7.5Food
Overall
  • This is our new special restaurant.
  • I thought the overall experience was great.
  • I definitely think this is the best place in the East Bay.
  • The place is simple in decoration
  • We are truly fortunate to have such an excellent establishment in our area.
  • This restaurant has inventive cuisine and a quiet atmosphere to enjoy it.
  • We left the restaurant high and happy!
  • go out with us to great restaurants there,to show off this local gem to them.
  • The east bay finally has an excellent modern restaurant to stand up to the west bay.
  • Maybe the best storefront restaurant I have ever been to.
  • I really wanted to like this place, but the minimalist white walls, the servers hovering right next to us and the fact
  • Would highly recommend this restaurant!
  • It's my favorite restaurant and one of the very best in the Bay Area.
  • A gem of a place, worth the struggle to get a reservation.
  • it is long time since i found my last notable restaurant!...prefix menu is very wise for the restaurant which has small space.
  • Definitely, a great restaurant.
  • By far the best restaurant in the East Bay.
  • The restaurant is small and romantic.
  • top notch, amazing experience!
  • Everything about it is perfect.
Food
  • Quite possibly some of the best food we've ever had....Creative combinations, beautiful presentation and elegant tastes.
  • The menu, although small, had interesting selections....Cod was a bit overdone....The chef uses unusual combinations with great flavors.
  • The ambiance was nice and the food was delicious.
  • was directed to a beautiful fit for the meal (not easy with Cod and Sirloin) and, refeshingly, one of the least expensive on the list.
  • The food was outstanding.
  • The food was outstanding.
  • The starter with the egg yoke sold my boyfriend and I. The chicken poached in buttermilk was very moist and tender.
  • Flavor combinations excel.
  • The chef is a genius!
  • One of the best meals I have ever had, made even more special by the great service.
  • The food was a perfect blend of sophisticated preparation, with simple but subtle flavors.
  • Food was good.
  • Excellent food and service.
  • James is an incredibly talented chef.
  • We sat at the Chef's Counter last Saturday for the special tasting menu.
  • A very fine dining experience.
  • All the flavors and textures were enticingly paired.
  • After reading about how wonderful it is, we found the choices limited and the food rather bland.
  • Flavors are deficient or muddy....Desserts are fine, though small.
  • Excellent food.
  • Menu is straightforward:
  • The ingredients were very fresh
  • Outstanding food on a par with La Folie.
  • Excellent food, very creatively prepared and presented.
  • Both food and service are wonderful.
  • Extraordinary----great food, great service, interesting and eclectic, but superbly well matched wine list.
  • the food was very good
  • Very innovative food.
  • The food was amazing, definitely deserved the one Michelin star.
  • Goat milk panna cotta dessert and the ginger snow on the appetizer were the best things of the night.
  • Fantastic, amazing, amazing food!
  • The food was outstanding;
  • The menu is always delicious
  • The menu is unique, the staff attentive
  • prefix menu is very wise for the restaurant which has small space....But they are delicious and appropriate drink ($29) is so enjoyable.
  • The food was consistently delicious and beautiful and mysterious.
  • the food flavors were innovatively combined and delicious!...the food portion sizes were perfect.
  • minimalist decor with extremely small portions.
  • The meal was fabulous.
  • The food was delicious.
  • It is definietly worth trying
  • Very impressive food preparation and presentation.
  • Excellent food with unique preparation.
  • Flavors were either non-existent as in my bland sole main dish, to a terrible cheese course, semi-melted Jack with onion sprinkles on cracker.
  • Extrordinarily meticulous dishes prepared right in front of your eyes is you elect for bar seating.
  • Unusual and creative food combinations.
  • felt the food was better at commis and 50 bucs cheaper too.
  • Food delicious.
Service
  • The service was light, efficient and seamless.
  • The service was exceptional and the food beyond words.
  • The staff was great, knowledgeable, and friendly.
  • One of the best meals I have ever had, made even more special by the great service.
  • Excellent food and service.
  • the service could not have been more knowledgeable, courteous or helpful.
  • Tiny space with very big aspirations for food and service that are met by the restaurant.
  • Excellent service.
  • I really wanted to like this place, but the minimalist white walls, the servers hovering right next to us and the fact
  • Both food and service are wonderful.
  • Extraordinary----great food, great service, interesting and eclectic, but superbly well matched wine list.
  • The service was exceptional -
  • Went with son and new wife, all four dishes excellent, good service.
  • The food was beautifully presented, the service was excellent
  • I'm a big fan of Chez Panisse and this restaurant is much better without the attitude!
  • The service is great!
  • Service was excellent.
  • The staff were extremely knowledgeable about the wines that were paired with the foods.
  • Service is attentive.
Ambience
  • Creative combinations, beautiful presentation and elegant tastes.
  • The ambiance was nice and the food was delicious.
  • The room is calming, austere yet completely comfortable.
  • This restaurant has inventive cuisine and a quiet atmosphere to enjoy it.
  • We loved the simplicity of the interior
  • The also disagree with the reviewers who didn't like the decor/flatware, the minimalist setting was done very well and perfectly fits the food....The east bay finally has an excellent modern restaurant to stand up to the west bay.
  • Interesting, unusual and carefully prepared food in a relaxed and somewhat austere setting.
  • I really wanted to like this place, but the minimalist white walls, the servers hovering right next to us and the fact
  • informed, beautiful presentation , and flavors more than delighted.
  • The restaurant is small and romantic.
  • The interior is stark & cold.
Value
  • As good as the best gourmet fare anywhere in the US, at reasonable prices for what you get.
  • This expensive small plate spot is for special occasions.

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