Reviews
Chez TJ Earns Spot on SF Examiner's 'Best Restaurants of 2007'
Chez TJ Earns TWO STARS IN THE 2008 MICHELIN GUIDE
Three Stars, San Francisco Magazine, September 2007
Chez TJ voted #6 by WAVE Magazine, Reader's Poll, Top 100 Restaurants, 10/07
"Classy, Classic Dining Lives at Chez TJ"
Patricia Unterman, SF Examiner, August 8, 2007
One Star, Michelin Restaurant Guide 2007
"Chez TJ cossets diners in a series of intimate rooms inside a Victoiran-era house off the main street in downtown Mountain View. Christorpher Kostow's talented and playful touch updates French classics. The well-informed waitstaff describe each dish in detail. The place is a local institution and a favorite for birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions."
Best Special Occasion Restaurant
Mountain View Voice, 1996-2007
ZAGAT SURVEY San Francisco 2007
"For a special occasion treat, this intimate multiroomed New French in a beautiful restored 1890 Victorian has long been the go-to place in Mountain View; it's been known for pampering service and pris fixe dinners, and admirers assert the young chefs enlightened tasters' menus with matching wines have brought the establishment to new heights."
- Scores: Food 25/Decor 24/Service 25
GAYOT 2006
This gorgeous restaurant, housed in an 1894 Victorian, is perfect for a wedding anniversary or other special occasion.
Rating: Very Good 15/20
Metro Newspaper, April 19, 2006
Because I was dining with two friends and we all ordered different things, I got
to try just about everything on the menu. Plate for plate, it was one of the
best meals I've had in months. Here's my highlight reel: From the round of
starters, my favorite was the "composition of asparagus, egg and smoke." Asparagus is popping up on spring menus all over, but you aren't likely to encounter one like this. Served on a long rectangular plate, the dish pairs a smoked egg yolk, tender asparagus spears draped in a thick mouseline sauce and a tiny, oval ramekin filled with bright green asparagus panna cotta topped with smoked sturgeon and osetra caviar. The combination of the creamy, grassy panna cotta with the salty, smoky flavors of the caviar and sturgeon is genius.
I left the restauarant as if awakening from a sweet dream I didn't want to end, trying to recall details and flavors before they faded from memory.
WAVE Magazine
"Chez TJ is the ultimate destination for special occasions; it isn’t uncommon to see someone whip out an engagement ring and pop the question at the next table. But you don’t need an anniversary or birthday to dine in this fully restored 19th-century mansion-turned-restaurant. TJ’s $75 and $115 prix fixe menus cover a wide range of culinary tastes, temperatures and textures from contemporary French cuisine."
Mountain View Voice and Palo Alto Weekly
"Mountain View has become a haven for good dining, with Chez TJ its shining star. As culinary fads come and go, Chez TJ has demonstrated the timelessness of truly excellent cuisine. A prix fixe menu acts like a script to guide diners through these sensory rhythms."
- Robert Rich, November 2002,
Mountain View Voice and Palo Alto Weekly
Yahoo
"This restored Victorian house is a popular destination for special occasions, especially romantic ones. The French food is showcased in prix-fixe dinners, including a seven-course menu gastronomique."
Yahoo, Recommended Restaurants
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