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    Book Passage Cafe and Wine Bar

    3.6 (26 reviews)
    InexpensiveCoffee & Tea, Wine Bars
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Sidney M.

    Great Coffee. Chill vibe and awesome selection of books. And love the live author event selection.

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    Michael P.

    Nice cozy bookstore with a great cafe. For $10+tax I got a toasted turkey club on wheat and a cup of the soup of the day (turkey chili in this case). The sandwich was fantastic. Nice fresh veggies, a good amount of turkey and nice crispy bacon. The chili was tasty too. The kitchen in the cafe closes at 7pm so come early if you want dinner. 8/10

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    Natasha M.

    I love this place. The staff is friendly and efficient. I love the salads they have and the gluten-free pastries. It's a great place for studying, socializing and people watching. The attached bookstore is wonderful.

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    Great service, nice selection of foods and beverages! Convenient location and good for families with kids!! Would recommend.

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    13 years ago

    Good sandwiches, with ample choices for vegetarians, of course - it's Marin!

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    Book Passage is a wonderful independent bookstore with great book talks, a pleasant ambiance, a good cafe, and a friendly staff!

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    A real bookstore, which already makes it an oasis, but it has a sweet little cafe, with good basic food, Equator coffee, and wine!

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    My go to for dinner, and sometimes lunch and always excellent: The service, the staff, the…read moreenvironment, the food, the cocktails. Stopped in late tonight after work. For me, a nice eggplant pizza and the chicken dinner for my wife which is a house favorite since they first opened. My favorite cocktail, the ADMIRAL and a beautiful, tasty nonalcoholic cocktail for my wife. Simply superb! The remodeled outdoor patio is really something to behold- it's a beautiful cozy setting, especially on a warm evening. For several years now this has been just about my favorite spot to go to in the bay area and certainly my number one Marin spot! Sometimes just to sit at the bar and have a nice exquisite craft cocktail is a complete joy. Or, if you only want a pizza, this is the best place to do it as the wood-fired pizzas are second to none and who doesn't want some pizza and good beer? With a price that's not out of line in comparison to the region. Check out the private dining area which can be shut off and secluded which is great for meetings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs, or graduation events. Oh, and let's not forget the succulent desserts. Be sure to take a stroll before or after dinner, and check out the captivating retailers at this charming shopping area known as the Marin Country Mart. There are even freestanding retailers in the various parking areas. Most assuredly, a good place to spend an afternoon or evening. ***Please note that I'm in two areas frequently southern California and Northern California. So I post my favorites in both spots.

    Update: I called the restaurant the following day to try to…read moreget a refund. A different manager than the one that was working that night picked up. She told me that she had read my review and asked what it is I would like to discuss, as if we were about to enter into negotiation, rather than simply admitting fault and reimbursing me for their mistake as any other high-end and low-end restaurant would do in this situation. The manager told me that I should have spoken up last night and have asked for the steak to be reheated. Lol! She then said that it was me who should've caught the mistake on the bill, and that I shouldn't have posted my review. She also said that I should've called the restaurant when I noticed the bill which would've be impossible because I noticed it at midnight. She put the blame on me when I did nothing wrong in this scenario. She tried to make me feel bad about posting the review and made me feel as if it was I was the one that mishandled the entire situation, rather than accepting full responsibility. Eventually, I stood up for myself during the phone call and put the blame back on the restaurant, at which point she realized that maybe she and the restaurant staff that night did do something wrong. Spoiler alert! When that revelation crossed her mind, she offered to partially reimburse me for the cheaper steak that I originally ordered. The steak that they brought out afterwards... I still had to pay for it. Everything so far is clearly being handled correctly. I said that I would like everything reimbursed from that meal and after ten minutes of talking on the phone, she offered to reimburse me for the more expensive steak and the tip from that night, which should have been done in the first place without any of this. As if the situation couldn't get any juicier, she informed me that the kitchen staff have ongoing issues with temperature control on the steaks. Since they want to be petty, I'll be petty too. I saw many servers bagging the crudities that they bring out with their avocado hummus with their bare hands. The avocado hummus station is in the middle of the entire restaurant mind you. This is a bad look for the only dish that seems to be keeping this place afloat.

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    HORRIBLE DINNER Ordered bucket of chicken,mashed…read morepotatoes,spinach, corn bread,and a sundae. -Chicken, overcooked,dark brown,very dry meat -Potatoes, over salted-trash -Spinach,delicious Muffin/Ice cream,ok VERY Disappointing even when tried to salvage to make chicken salad the next day-$96.00

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