Downtown Palo Alto is the setting for Nola's. The menu consists of Creole Cajun cuisine in an enchanting building with romantic balconies. The New Orleans touch is evident in the Southern-style of cooking. Seafood gumbo or alligator and crawfish dumplings are classics that customers crave. They also offer etouffe - something every New Orleans person living in California will order. Their cocktail, The Hurricane comes highly recommended but beware because it is not for the faint hearted! Also, the room is filled with couched and HD TVs making Nola a great sport to enjoy games while sipping on strong cocktails.

La Bodeguita del Medio brings authentic Cuban flavor and flair to Palo Alto - its other location - the original, is in Havana, Cuba. The restaurant features Cuban favorites for lunch and dinner such as arroz con pollo (chicken and rice with plantains) and seafood paella. Salads, vegetarian dishes, Cuban pulled pork sandwiches, plantain chips and several types of seafood are also available. The bar features a full cocktail menu, one of the largest selections of rum available, an extensive wine list, and Cuban beers that are not available anywhere else in the area. A traditional Cuban meal finishes with a cigar, glass of rum and dessert: after dinner guests are welcome to choose a cigar from the walk-in humidor and take their cigars and drinks into the indoor cigar divan (lounge) or outdoor patio.

A beautifully designed restaurant with stone walls and elegant woodwork, Quattro is situated at the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley. You can enjoy a wonderful Italian meal at this hotel eatery, where there is even a lovely garden terrace with a water wall. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch, this family-friendly restaurant serves you delicacies like milk-braised pork rack, Tai snapper, black olive pappardelle with duck ragu and more. The wines on the menu are the perfect accompaniment to the meal.