• San Francisco restaurants offer fine dining and stunning views for wedding parties.golden gate bridge image by MAXFX from Fotolia.com
  
  San Francisco is a city with wonderful sights and delightful restaurants. For many couples, it makes sense to book-out a top notch eatery for their wedding guests. Instead of being confined to the back-room of a nondescript hotel, they can be eating works of culinary genius as they look out on stunning Bay views. San Francisco restaurants that offer banqueting and cocktail receptions for wedding parties of all sizes can be found in beautiful locations across the city.
  
  

Cliff House

• Cliff House occupies a landmark building overlooking the ocean in Sutro Historic District, at the western edge of San Francisco. Day-to-day visitors enjoy a choice of menus in the Cliff House's Bistro and Sutro's restaurants. Couples can enjoy the same views when they lease the Cliff House's Terrace Room for weddings. Wedding guests look out onto Seal Rocks and the Pacific Ocean. Diners can see a range of wildlife including pelicans, dolphins and whales. Cliff House assigns event coordinators who help people plan for their wedding and choose a menu for their party. The restaurant can facilitate up to 120 people for a seated event, or 180 can gather at a cocktail reception. Cliff House offers a choice of three- or four-course banquet menus. Buffet service is also provided. Banquets are laid out to accommodate a dance floor or cocktail reception area.
  
  Cliff House
  
  1090 Point Lobos
  
  San Francisco, CA 94121
  
  415-386-3330
  
  cliffhouse.com
  
  

Greens Restaurant

• Greens is an established fine dining vegetarian restaurant. Visitors enjoy views of the Golden Gate Bridge from a converted warehouse in Fort Mason. Wedding parties and other groups can buy out the restaurant for their reception on any day or evening of the week. Parties of up to 135 can gather for sit-down service, while Greens hosts standing receptions for as many as 200 guests. Couples can meet the restaurant's special event coordinator to discuss their wishes in advance. The restaurant was set up and is still owned by San Francisco Zen Centre, as of 2010. Ingredients are sourced from local organic farms, including the restaurant's own Green Gulch Farm, in Marin County.
  
  Fort Mason
  
  Building A
  
  San Francisco, CA 94123
  
  415-771-6222
  
  greensrestaurant.com
  
  

Butterfly

• Diners at Butterfly can look outwards through floor-to-ceiling windows at San Francisco Bay. A turn of the head finds them gazing across the restaurant to see the chef hard at work in its open kitchen. Owner and chef as of October 2010, Robert Lam brings his Vietnamese heritage to a menu that fuses the cuisine of Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea. Wedding parties can bring anything from 10 to 275 guests for a casual reception or formal sit-down dinner. The restaurant can also provide catering for weddings held at other locations, such as a Napa Valley winery. Small parties can have intimate booth seating areas in the lounge. Large groups can book part or all of the hotel's restaurant with space for up to 125 seated diners. Parties of up to 40 people can enjoy Bay views from the restaurant's outdoor patio.
  
  Butterfly
  
  Pier 33 at Bay Street
  
  The Embarcadero
  
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  
  415-864-8999
  
  butterflysf.com