Commis
Oakland's one-star tasting counter, fifteen years in.
Commis · open Tuesday through Saturday · arrival between 5pm and 8:30pm · tasting menu only
- The host is expecting you. A confirmed table, held for your party.
- Card authorized, charged only on confirmation. Never before.
- Refund window: 24 hours before service. After that, non-refundable.
It is not a Tock problem. It is a counter-only problem.
James Syhabout opened Commis in Oakland in 2009 and held a Michelin star for over a decade. The dining room is a counter facing the open kitchen; the menu is a single tasting that runs about two hours; the room seats about twenty-five.
Tock opens about a month ahead. Weekend seats clear in days; weeknights stay open longer. Syhabout's other Oakland rooms (Hawking Bird, Old Kan Beer & Co) are the casual alternates from the same team.
How we work this room.
Pay when we get you in.
Your card is authorized when you submit the request. We charge it only when we confirm your table. No confirmation, no charge. Ever.
Authorize, do not captureThe host is expecting you.
You walk in to Commis and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.
Confirmed for your partyOne posted price.
$675 for non-members. $225 for members. One number, every night, every party size. No auctions, no surge, no Friday markup. Whatever the room is doing, the price does not move.
No auctions. No surge.Five steps, start to seated.
You ask.
Tell us the night, the time window, the party size. Two minutes on this page. Card on file, not charged.
We confirm the request.
An operator reviews the request, checks the room, and sends a confirmation that we are working it. Usually within thirty minutes.
We work the room.
We reach the floor manager directly, by phone or by text, depending on the night. We do not refresh Resy. We make a call.
You are confirmed.
We charge the card and send your confirmation — the time and the name to give the host.
You eat.
Walk into Commis, give your name at the host stand, sit down. The room takes it from there. We do not see you again until the next request.
Californian tasting, San Francisco, Tier III.
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Tonight, tomorrow,
or three months out.
We work this restaurant every day. You pay only when we confirm your table.