2026 Best Japanese Dining: Kaiseki Nishimura
The quietest great meal in San Jose earns top honors for seasonality, precision, and soul-restoring dashi.
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2026 Best New Opening: Filo Pasta Bar
Downtown San Jose's 22-seat handmade pasta counter took the Valley by storm with zero pretension and sublime agnolotti.
An Ember & Oak Alum Is Opening a 22-Seat Pasta Bar Downtown
Filo takes over the former Aster space on South First in September, with a menu of eight pastas and almost nothing else.
The 6 Best Ramen Shops in San Jose
Ranked after four months, thirty-one bowls, and one genuinely regrettable Tuesday. Updated July 2026.
Kaiseki Nishimura Is the Quietest Great Meal in San Jose
Fourteen seats, one seating a night, and a chef who has been refining the same twenty dishes for nineteen years. Book six weeks out.