Citron

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5484 College Ave
Oakland, CA
(510) 653-5484 View the Menu
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Description: Citron is a French, American (New), and Fusion restaurant where most Menuism users came for a family meal, paid more than $50, and tipped between 15% to 18%.  Tags: , , and
   
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Citron is one of the East Bay's most popular restaurants. Located in a small storefront on College, Chef Christopher Rossi executes a well-balanced and dazzling menu. California-American cuisine that is approachable and exciting. Enjoy first-class service, a warmly lit dining room and an extensive wine list.
Sunday - Friday Citron offers a 3, 4 & 5 course Chef Tasting menu for $32, $40 & $46. ***Citron is now serving LUNCH Tuesdays - Saturdays from 11:30 until 4:30.***

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January 14, 2007

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Good date environment but service needs work

I was there for a large family celebration (10 people) and you’d think that a table ordering 4 bottles of wine, a healthy order of sides, appetizers and tasting menus would get some service. One would think anyways…

The environment there is very friendly and the waitstaff were very attentive when it came to placing additional orders of wine or dessert but when it came to clearing dishes once finished or filling empty drink glasses, the waitstaff just wasn’t up to par. For essentially a 3-course meal for 10, we were there for over 3.5 hours! I noticed that our waiter was doing more sampling of wines at the bar then he was checking out the tables.

Food-wise, the place was decent but none of the dishes that I tasted there were mind-blowing, special or even memorable (at least good, memorable).

All in all, if you live in the neighborhood and you can’t get a seat at A Cote next door and want a quiet, uninterrupted meal, this may be the place for you. But I do think that you’d have better luck with food and service with Oliveto or Zachary’s down the street.

Dishes I tried:

Pommes Frites With Sauce Bearnaise

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Great portions of crispy fries. Though a bit more sauce bearnaise would have been appreciated instead of the tablespoon of sauce that came with.

Mushroom Fritters with Red Pepper Aioli

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Hands-down the worst dish of the night. The mushrooms were just mealy and tasteless. It got to the point where no one would finish the appetizer b/c it tasted so bad.

Dungeness Crab Salad

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A good mix of crab well-sauced with vegetables.

Pancetta Wrapped Trout

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Stuffed with Raisins, Pine Nuts and Spinach, Root Vegetable Puree and Red Wine Sauce. Decently-cooked considering we were a table of 10, but it was lukewarm and the raisins were the highlight.

Citron Bouillabaisse

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with Red Snapper, Shrimp, Mussels and Clams In a Saffron Leek Broth with Rouille. Great seafood portions though the broth was more leek than saffron.

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