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The Lounge
The original, authentic, Jeffreys Lounge experience.
In an intimate group setting with four people, enjoy a carefully fine-tuned 8-course set menu with attention to every single detail.
Currently priced at $38 (bay area market value ~$100).
We are open every week! Read below for our fixed menu, testimonials, and to reserve.
Chef Jeffrey Haoze Yuan and the menu's concept
This menu’s theme is orientated around the authentic tastes of Sichuan, China.
Authentic Chinese food, and most definitely authentic regional Chinese food is tremendously under appreciated in Western societies. Ever since I embarked to learn the world of authentic Chinese food, and specifically Sichuanese food, I have been rewarded time and time again by recipes baffling to the sight and taste alike. There is a sense of awe, mysteriousness, and certainly wonder in making foods that are completely foreign, but yet experimenting and being intimate with the cooking styles of that mystery is what brings me great pleasure and happiness.
I hope through this set menu experience you feel tastes and sensations that you might have not experienced before. I hope you come in with an open mind and similarly leave feeling like you touched a world you might have not before.
All the while, I hope you enjoy the Jeffrey’s experience I have worked hard to cater where you enjoy the cozy atmosphere with good laughs with new people to good food and good craftsmanship.
* This is a fixed menu and everything will be presented and served at the chef’s pacing and discretion. The order and progression are all planned for a heightened and diverse experience.
Our Team
Reviews from other Berkeley students
The meal was quite good. Jeffrey is very precise and pays attention to detail, and you can tell. From the green beans fermented in house to the parsley plant freshly trimmed in the corner to the hand pulled noodles, it’s obvious that this meal was a labor of love. My favorite was the noodles – somehow the noodles themselves had a slightly sweet flavor and the sauce was spicy, sweet, and nutty (as classic Chinese sauces go).
Definitely rivals the execution of Imm Thai and Noodle Dynasty, which is rare simply because many restaurants are not this dedicated to the craft.
Of course, you should also know that it’s run out of a Berkeley undergrad’s apartment. I think it’s quite charming and lends itself to the experience (prepare yourself for a small and slightly wobbly table, balanced out with a candlelit setting and jazz on the speakers). Half the fun is chatting with Jeffrey and the other guests and remembering what undergrad was like.
For the price the experience is worth it a thousand times over.
– 3/22/2025 Grace, PhD Student, Sichuanese Menu
Refined and comfortable. That is how I would describe the experience at Jeffrey’s. The service is precise in its minutiae, its details deliberately honed for the benefit of the discerning guest. From the moment you are let into the intimate, low-lit space Jeffrey’s Lounge is hosted in, you are met with the sight of chefs hard at work crafting hearty Chinese fare, plates of homemade pasta, and elegant desserts.
Over the course of a set menu night at Jeffrey’s, you will receive five courses of painstakingly-prepped and fresh-cooked dishes, ranging from Sichuan specialities to fine-dining hallmarks like flambéed crème brûlée. You will be served these plates in prompt succession, with every course meant to accentuate the flavors of the last.
All at Jeffrey’s is designed to be as pleasing as possible to the gourmand and the extrovert alike. As a lover of fine food and fine conversation, this is why I find myself coming back to Jeffrey’s again and again.
– 12/10/2024 Caspar, 2nd Year Undergraduate, Italian & Chinese Menu
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Our Opening Calendar — Click a Date to Reserve
There will be occasional openings on other days as well put out relatively last minute