South Bay restaurants offering myriad Valentine’s Day menus

Whether your idea of the best way to spend a day with your beloved is a boozy brunch, a chocolate pairing, drinking pink Champagne and caviar, toasting stunning views of the Bay with world-class chardonnay, sipping cosmo cocktails or sharing a romantic dinner in a serene setting, the South Bay has you covered.

All prices listed are exclusive of tax, gratuity and service charges.

West Valley

Dine and dance on Valentine’s Day at The Cats with a four-course plated dinner with choice of entrée, plus a lively dance floor with guest DJ Joe Carnnizzaro spinning romantic favorites and celebration hits throughout the evening. Dinner for two, $136.

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Dio Deka offers a four-course Valentine’s Day dinner for $195, featuring grilled octopus, scallops, lobster egg-lemon soup, seafood risotto, lamb chops and filet with foraged mushrooms options.

Gardenia Los Gatos is offering a special a la carte menu for Valentine’s Day, including crab beignets, duck confit Caesar, shrimp scampi and grilled filet, accompanied by live music from Chain of Fools.

The intimate GOGA in Saratoga welcomes lovers for an evening of culinary delight, featuring mushroom truffle bisque, tuna sashimi and filet Oscar.

Feeling French? Chez Phillipe offers a four-course prix fixe for $250 per couple, with escargots, steak with green peppercorn sauce, apple duck confit, coq au vin and salmon with Champagne sauce.

The Lexington House has a four-course prix fixe for $129, with sirloin tartare, short ribs, lamb ragu pappardelle and Basque cheesecake. Wine pairings are $59.

Executive Chef Michael Castro of Naschmarkt Campbell will dish up a cozy, indulgent prix fixe dinner for $95 per person.

What’s easier than penning amorous poetry? Giving your beloved a bottle of Sonnet Cellars wine and having winemaker Tony Craig autograph it at Silver Mountain Winery on Friday, Feb. 13, 4-7 p.m. On Feb. 14, partake in a five-course Valentine’s wine dinner ($195) prepared by Chef Angela. https://bit.ly/4aajH1g

Tasting House Los Gatos offers a five-course prix fixe menu by Chef Julian Silvera for $150 per person on Feb 14. Visit The Champagne Bar at Tasting House for a pretty-in-pink flight of hand-selected rosé Champagnes.

Telefèric Barcelona is offering a chef-driven prix-fixe menu, exclusive chocolate-and-sangria gift packs from its on-site gourmet market El Merkat, and at-home paella kits and catering options.

Testarossa Winery hosts a chocolate and wine pairing on Feb 14, at 2 p.m., featuring pinot noirs from Pisoni, Rosemary’s and Tondre Vineyards, with Lula’s chocolates. On Feb.  13 or 14, indulge in a romantic three-course menu in the winery’s elegant dining room for $107 per person, with optional wine pairing at $64. https://www.exploretock.com/testarossawinery

What could be more romantic than a candlelit dinner at The Wine Cellar, serving Los Gatos since 1966? For $110 per person, delight in appetizers like fondue, lamb lollipop and crabcake, with entrées like grilled ribeye, abalone, sea bass and fisherman’s pasta.

Ritual welcomes Michelin star Chef Christophe Bacquié to the Manresa kitchen for Valentine’s week, with a special lunch on Valentine’s Day. https://ritual.meitre.com

Peninsula

Meyhouse Palo Alto offers a four-course pre-fixe menu at $140 per person, including cold and hot meze, mains and dessert. Opt for dinner and live jazz at $200.  Reserve on OpenTable.

The Village Pub in Woodside offers a special prix fixe menu for $270 on Feb. 13-14, featuring clams casino, lobster salad, steelhead trout and guinea hen; wine pairings are $130. Valentine’s brunch on Feb. 14-15 is $130; the menu includes pain perdu, cinnamon rolls, sunchoke panna cotta, wagyu tartare and omelette forestière.

Fogarty Winery offers a romantic celebration of wine and caviar on Valentine’s Day, with sweeping vineyard and valley views, including the Golden Gate Bridge on a clear day. Seatings at noon  and 3 p.m.; $350 per couple includes a Fogarty-engraved mother-of-pearl caviar spoon. https://www.exploretock.com/fogartywinery

Flea Street in Menlo Park declares a Weekend of Love Feb. 13-14, honoring founder Jesse Cool’s parents, June and Eddie Ziff. Browse memorabilia of their love on the walls as you enter.

Celebrate with a four-course dinner at Wild Onion Bistro at Hotel Citrine in Palo Alto, including scallop crudo, lobster tail, filet with truffle, coq au vin and strawberry mascarpone Pavlova. $100 per person; $25 wine pairing. Reserve on OpenTable.

Sushi Roku Palo Alto offers a “Love at First Bite” Izakaya Feast starring a surf and turf roll topped with wagyu, uni and black truffle, plus specialty cocktails like Love Bite, Makers Mark with a cabernet float.

Macarena has a Mil Hojas dessert, a mille-feuille paired with Love Fortune cocktail, a Tequileño Blanco margarita. Each drink comes with a destiny card (The Empress, The Lovers, The Sun or The Star) for a touch of fun and fate.

Che Fico Parco Menlo has a four-course family style tasting menu at a $175 per person; wine pairings are an additional $75. Options include seared scallops with burnt pear puree, tortelloni with Robiola cheese and short rib, honey crusted duck breast and Halibut with melted leeks and basil.

At Oak+Violet in the Park James Hotel in Menlo Park, Michelin star Chef Joseph Humphrey presents a romantic four-course Valentine’s Day dinner on Feb. 13-14, featuring yellowfin crudo, chicken-fried quail, crab risotto, lobster and petrale sole and Point Reyes tenderloin, for $95 person plus a 24% service charge. Reserve on OpenTable.

San Jose/South Bay

Charming La Foret in San Jose’s Almaden Valley offers a five-course prix fixe menu for $175 per person, with options like artichoke bisque, scallop, quail, lobster, steak Diane, rack of lamb and prawns meuniere.

In downtown San Jose, Alter Ego Cocktail Club is serving up a four-course prix-fixe menu on Feb. 13-14, with oysters, agnolotti with quail, and New York steak. Reserve on OpenTable.

Check out Paper Plane’s prime rib dinner on Feb. 13-14 for $50 a person. First come, first served.

Head back to the ’80s all weekend at EOS & NYX with a three-course prix-fixe brunch menu, featuring beats by DJ Espinoza, photo opps and a build-your-own-bouquet station. The restaurant is also serving a four-course prix-fixe dinner menu for $150 per person. Reserve on OpenTable.

The Pressroom offers a three-course prix fixe menu from 5-9:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 for $127.50 per person, featuring chili crisp Brussels sprouts, caviar potato pave, duck confit au plum, prime rib, cauliflower steak and pan-roasted scallops.

Palm & Ember at Hayes Mansion in San Jose’s Edenvale neighborhood has a three-course prix fixe with lobster tail, petite filet and triple chocolate mousse, plus a glass of house wine or sparkling, for $95 per person.

At Sunnyvale’s Tetra Hotel, celebrate Valentine’s Day at Adrestia from 5-9pm on Feb. 14 with a $130 prix fixe dinner. Add on the “Opposites Attract” dessert and wine pairing menu from Nokori. Reserve on OpenTable.

DIY at home

Carnico Tools & Provisions in Los Gatos provides fodder for a romantic interlude chez vous. They’ll have a special on prime grade dry-aged La Frieda Porterhouses (24 oz), bundled with jamon Iberico, foie gras and caviar, for a special price during Valentine’s week.