The critical acclaim for LuLu has been unanimous; honors include being named:

Wine Spectator Magazine, Best of Award of Excellence, 1996 to current.

"The thin-crust pizza is one of the best in the city. LuLu at 11 years old...is still a star." - Rated 3 stars Michael Bauer San Francisco Chronicle Restaurant Critic

 

"A meal is even better than the sum of its delicious parts......... where wood fires roar and the food is crafted with simplicity and sunny good flavor." - Colman Andrews, Metropolitan Home Magazine

"LuLu is San Francisco's version of the great Parisian brasseries like La Coupole, where people could act out their private lives on a pulsing, public stage..." - Patricia Unterman, San Francisco Examiner

"LuLu is San Francisco's version of the great Parisian brasseries like La Coupole, where people could act out their private lives on a pulsing, public stage..." - Patricia Unterman, San Francisco Examiner

"The seasonal spin on Provencal country cooking is as classic as the room is modern, and simple flavors and preparations shine." - Bethany Jean Clement, Citysearch.com

"...many find LuLu's a great place to nosh and drink after work." - Gayot.com

"...ahead of its time in many ways...absolutely great pizza of wild mushrooms... LuLu also lead the way in the wine bar culture...amazing deals to this day." -7x7 San Francisco.

KTVU Channel 2 - video review

"For more than 16 years...serving iron-skillet mussels...in sizzling cast iron pan..." - Michael Bauer, SF Chronicle, 6 Places to Go for Mussel Dishes Around the Bay