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Black Sheep Brasserie, San Jose, CA

Black Sheep Brasserie

4.0
4
1218 Reviews
$31 to $50
Contemporary French / American

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 2 times today
  • Neighborhood gem
  • Good for special occasions
  • Great for creative cocktails
Black Sheep Brasserie is located in the heart of downtown Willow Glen, featuring a mix of modern Californian and classic French inspired cuisine composed of seasonal ingredients. With an eclectic and restrained French varietal wine list, local and foreign craft beers, classic rooted cocktails, and an extensive and thoughtful spirits selection; Black Sheep has something for every taste. A collective effort brought together by the man behind Cascal in Mountain View and formerly of Le Mouton Noir, Birk’s, and Cin-Cin. In partnership with the three minds behind The Lexington House in Los Gatos to bring San Jose, and the South Bay, something of a “black sheep” out of the herd…

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Contemporary French / American, Californian, French
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Tue–Thu 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 am–9:30 am
  • Phone number
    (408) 816-7251
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Jeff Fitzgerald

What 1,218 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.0
4 based on recent ratings
  • 4.2Food
  • 4.1Service
  • 3.9Ambience
  • 3.5Value

NoiseModerate

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Black Sheep Brasserie offers a blend of great food and attentive service, making it ideal for celebrations. Guests appreciate the "great food" and "very attentive" service. Some standout dishes include salmon and pork chops, and the bar's wine and spirits list is impressive. While there are some service hiccups, many diners express intentions to return.

1,217 Reviews
  1. John

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Great server and staff. Drinks were good, very limited beer offering (3), but great wine and spirits list. Food was good, not great - short ribs a bit dry, but salmon was very good.

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  2. Chris

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    birthday dinner wife wife, Server gave us time to have pate and a cocktail. took order waited for us to finish and brought extra bread when requested for pate. brought salads which my wedge sale was very large and tasty. Wifes fruit salad was also great. wifes chicken was perfect and my filet Mignon was also perfect as was timing and delivery. Server let me substitute roasted potatoes instead of Jerusalem artichoke. would definitely go back again.

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  3. Linda

    VIP

    Orange County

    27 reviews

    3.0

    27 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    The food was not as good as expected. Very disappointed The waitress couldn’t answer one question about the oysters . The info she gave was wrong. She ran back and forth multiple times but info still wrong. She said oysters were sweet and medium and they were tasteless and big. Shells were left in the oysters made it unappetizing. We had a hard time understanding her as well. The lamb chop was too gamie which is such a disappointment because this is a sheep restaurant. So sad restaurant had gamie lamb. Brussels sprouts too oily. The crudo fish was tough and smelly. We spent a lot of money for a disappointing meal. I am so shocked at high rating. Service was ok . Didn’t check back on us very much.

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  4. Michele

    VIP

    Las Vegas

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Very good food and great service. I will be back for sure.

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  5. Leticia

    San Diego

    7 reviews

    3.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on February 16, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Had a reservation and they sat us at the bar! Was not thrilled … the food was ok for the price probably won’t be going back.

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  6. Samantha

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 15, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    The food was great. The offerings were great. But the service was honestly very slow and not to the level I would expect for the price. Myself and my fiancé are bartenders and very lenient with service going to other restaurants but the service here was very slow and lack luster. We were seated at our reservation time which was great and I give leniency for it being Valentine’s Day, but our server was not attentive and we needed to flag them down for drinks and to order. Granted we were waiting for other guests to arrive, aside from that, the flow and attentiveness of the server to clear or offer more beverages was lacking and our food took quite a long time to arrive. I would give it another chance for the sake of the food

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  7. Nicolette

    Hawaii

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 15, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    It was Valentine’s Day, so the place was very busy, but we had to wait around 10 minutes for our waiter to come by and another 10 minutes before we got any water. The waiter was very nice, but you could tell he was a bit overwhelmed by how busy the restaurant was. We ordered the duck breast and the tomahawk pork chop; the duck breast was perfectly cooked but it was tiny - with two small carrots, two small asparagus, and some broccolini, not worth the price tag at all. The pork chop was very good, no notes on that. We also ordered the bread pudding, which had some kind of almond liqueur which had not been cooked down all the way giving the dessert a bitter taste.

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  8. Jomana

    San Francisco

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    The food was horrible , every single dish was not up to scale I paid over $280 for food that I would not order again the chef was not nice. The dessert was beyond horrible

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  9. Maria

    VIP

    San Francisco

    16 reviews

    5.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Great food and service. Loved cauliflower soup and pork chops.

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  10. Thomas

    VIP

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    3.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on February 2, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    With Stacks taking over the location and name, we were confused what we were walking into. The location is still nice and the food is still good however, the service was a bit off than in past visits. The staff was still very nice and apologized for the problems and compensated us. The table next to us also had issues and commented to us as we left. Overall, good. We will go back in a bit to give them another chance.

    1 person found this helpful

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Black Sheep Brasserie is rated 4 stars by 1218 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 2 times today
Google Map for Black Sheep Brasserie

1202 Lincoln Ave ste 30, San Jose, CA 95125-3037

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Meredith Avenue
  • Neighborhood
    San Jose
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Tue–Thu 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 am–9:30 am
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Contemporary French / American, Californian, French
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Public Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Jeff Fitzgerald
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Wine
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