04/26/06

Owner Occupied

by lakearcher

Vanni is personally involved in the food preparation, and on special occasion, serving. He greets us, in person, on each of our visits. The food? To die for. Ready to be photographed. Don't forget to bring your own wine. Enjoy! Dan and Sharon Mullane

• Pros: Food, Presentation, Service
• Cons: Parking

Editorial Review

by Contributor

Berkeley restaurant serves organic Thai cuisine; diners are permitted to bring their own wine and no corkage fee is charged.

05/08/05

Quite a find!

by softblue

We had never eaten at Vanni before, but we decided to have a large group (17 ppl) meet at Vanni for my bday dinner. We were amazed! They told us that we could bring our own wine (no corkage fee!) so we brought a bunch of special occasion wines. For a fixed per person price they brought us a variety from the menu. They brought us seared ahi, whole crabs, duck, lamb, chicken, spring rolls, tofu-veg dish.. it just kept coming! With the exception of a polish waiter, the service was only passably friendly but always prompt. The best part was that each dish had mutliple scrumptious flavors.

Now, I am NOT someone who posts but I have to pass the word along. If you want amazing flavors, a great romatic atmosphere, a place for large groups and your own special wine then you have to check this place out!

• Pros: Flavors of each dish, Bring your own wine, Lg Group PriceFix
• Cons: Eh Service

09/16/03

Unique thai

by ipsque

Vanni's food has a unique flavor, since he doesn't use fish sauce. Everything is fresh and high quality. The best thai food I've ever had in my life!

• Pros: great food, beautiful ambience, good service

05/10/03

Yummy Thai

by todd_harry

I didn't really know what to expect from a place calling itself "innovative cuisine" but in a nut shell it is gourmet thai. The innovation is that their ingredients are all organic and it shows.

The foods were fresh and flavorful and I especially enjoyed the fact that the rice wasn't served in the typical thai rice tin that I see so often. The entrees are a bit more expensive than what you might see in a typical thai restaurant, but they were very good nonetheless.

A good choice.