O' by Claude Le Tohic San Francisco

O’ by Claude Le Tohic sits on the fifth floor of 165 O’Farrell Street. The restaurant holds a Michelin star and is a five-minute walk from Union Square.

The dining room runs smart and elegant, leaning into a fusion-heavy contemporary French menu that feels sharper than most of the nearby theater-district options. While the space holds a Wine Spectator Excellence Award, the real reason to choose it over the crowded tables around the Golden Gate Theatre is the quiet it preserves at this height. It avoids the frantic pace of the square below, offering a focused, deliberate pace that is increasingly rare in this part of San Francisco.