Simple food prepared to perfection. A perennial top restaurant pick.
“Cafe La Haye is one of those rare restaurants in which you know the moment you walk in the door, you’re going to have a good time…” Few restaurants capture that charm as well as Cafe La Haye. Reservations strongly recommended.
140 E Napa St.
Sonoma, CA 95476
Map, Reviews, Hours, Reservations
(707) 935-5994
M Miller
15:15 16 Jan 19
Few restaurants can capture the combination of sophisticated dining, big city aesthetic, cozy family feel, and a true sense of place and time. The dining room has 32 seats and the kitchen is small and open. Local art (for sale) hangs on the wall and the décor is generally modern minimalist. The menu is every changing adapting to what is good,fresh and local. We ate there at the tail end of 3 days gorging in San Fran and 2 days gorging in Lake Tahoe. The two best restaurants on the trip were both in Sonoma, this being oneThe menu is small enough so that each dish gets all the attention it deserves but large enough to give you enough variety to please anyone with a palate. As I understand it, there is always going to be some kind of pasta and a risotto on the menu but this is not Italian food...its Cali interpreted world food drawing on local produce. We loved a beets, orange, fennel, hazelnut and goat cheese salad, a beef carpaccio, fried oysters, arugula, and Reggiano salad, ginger-soy pork chop with chorizo butter, curry oil, carrots and feta, and the Brussels sprouts with bacon and Broccolini with chili flakes with potato gratin, and a butterscotch pudding.The wine menu is perfectly sized. We are serious Francophiles and I could not believe finding a Romanee-Conti Echezeaux on the menu and alongside it, a Ch. Lafite! But, this is Sonoma and visitors who stay local and trust the area wines picked by La Haye will definitely be rewarded. We liked a Bevan Chard $80 and a Hudson Carneros $48. Both wine and food are very reasonably priced (delicious wines $40 -$80 & mains $19 -$40). This restaurant is highly recommended if you're lucky enough to get in. We will definitely be back.
Geris Makris
15:05 12 Jan 19
Excellent service, amazing food! We had a fist class experience. Absolutely a must to eat at when in Sonoma. The Soy Glaze Pork Chop was absolutely delightful.
Peter Marut
00:15 06 Nov 18
Awesome dinner for my wife birthday. Will go back the next time we are in Sonoma!
Toby Isaacs
15:52 04 Oct 18
Very clean and nice inside, wine, apps, and food was great. Pork chop was excellent.
Henriette Elisabeth Autzen
14:35 06 May 18
We loved this place. The host and waiters were very attentive and friendly and the food and the overall feel of the room was great. We had artichoke/mushroom soup, a salad, stuffed quail and a bananasplit. The selection of wine on glass was perfect.
Chriss Miller
05:25 15 Dec 17
This place is consistently wonderful. Great food, the wait staff anticipate your desires & are warm & friendly. It's a special treat for us whenever we go there.
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