Message from Tsar Nicoulai Caviar
The Tsar Nicoulai Caviar Cafe is an intimate venue located in San Francisco's historic Ferry Building. Tsar Nicoulai offers an experience of romance, casual elegance and fun while honoring a world tradition of serving caviar off the hand. Tsar Nicoulai Caviar is the pioneer of sustainable produced caviar. We harvest our caviar production by hand and are the only caviar company with a James Beard Award. The cafe features a selection of local seafood including our world renowned Select California Estate. We invite you to have a glass of champagne and let your palate experience the symphony of flavors that the Tsar Nicoulai Caviar Cafe creates.
Editorial by Citysearch
In ShortAt this shop and cafe, exquisite caviar from its Central Valley sturgeon farm is offered, as well as Russian and Iranian imports. A few diners cluster around the central serving bar at lunchtime, underneath hanging blue cone lamps. The menu includes osetra, sevruga and other caviars on buckwheat blini pancakes, smoked salmon and whipped mascarpone cheese on a bagel, or house-made sturgeon sausages.
Key Points
- Sustainable farming
- Quality Caviar
- Quintessential fine food
The Inside Scoop
- Save Money - Can't decide what to order? Try the trio for $45, which includes three types of caviar with brut champagne pairings.
- The Extras - Special orders are welcome, and any packaged item can be shipped nationwide.
Insider Pages Reviews for Tsar Nicoulai Caviar
I've had lunch here a couple of times!! Quality food & the cavier is delicious!! Great location, gets busy during lunch, but well worth the wait!! Not pricey at all, you get what you pay for. Like I said worth it!!
Posted 09/15/09 | Report Abuse
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Treat yourself to a yummy lunch
by agentred
I was very skeptical about trying their new food menu because I'm not a huge fan of their caviar. Yesterday, I had a wonderful and filling Parisien sandwich with ahi tuna, caviar, quail egg, on toasted roll. Next time, I will try the truffled egg next and the cauliflower panna cotta (copied from the French Laundry cookbook?). I am very excited about this find!
Pros: Yummy
Cons: Small space
Posted 06/05/07
Amazing experience, excellent food.
by strep78
When invited to the caviar cafe, I was skeptical at first. I love caviar but I assumed it would be a ton of money and I would still leave hungry. I was pleasantly surprised by the extensive menu. There is something for everyone here. I had a caviar sampler which gave me a generous tasting of all of the domestic caviars that are getting so much press these days. I then had a tasty ahi tuna sandwich as well as one of their signature dishes, a decadent truffled egg- a softly scrambled egg infused with white truffles served in its shell and topped with creme fraiche and California Osetra Caviar. There is a great wine list featuring California sparklings as well as some of the best French champagnes. We were lucky to come during happy hour when they have great deals on their domestic bubbly. And if you really want to spoil your taste buds, you can get two different wine flights that are paired perfectly with different caviars. The cafe also does weekend brunch specials- a caviar omelet and smoked salmon eggs benedict. I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner and since I work in the financial district I will definitely come back for lunch. The staff was super knowledgeable and service was great. The space is small, bar seating for only 12, so the vibe is intimate. They close fairly early (7pm Mon-Fri) so go straight form work. It was a caviar experience I would highly recommend.
Pros: Food, service, ambiance
Cons: small space, a little pricey- but worth it
Posted 03/07/07