Welcome to Opaque – Dining in the Dark™

In this era of information overload, visual stimulation has reached an all time pinnacle. But imagine, just for an hour or two that you cannot see, that you are abandoning vision in exchange for a new, more stimulating dining experience – this is “Dining in the Dark”.

Opaque - Dining in the Dark

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Opaque in San Francisco is now also open every Wednesday. In order to promote the additional day of sensual adventure in complete darkness we extend our popular special for Wednesdays and Thursdays at $79 for our 3 course dinner!
This offer is good until 09/21/2010 and only valid for all reservations on Wednesday and Thursday nights only. Reservations required! Make sure you submit the code: More dark! with your reservation so we know that you are curious about the dark!


We now issue gift certificates, please contact us for more info.

Opaque San Francisco is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday nights opening at 6:30 PM. Meals are served by our blind servers in a pitch black dining room.

"This is not just a simple game that plays on the sensual nature of food, but a trip into inky darkness."Cindy Dorn - L.A. Times

"I’ve certainly never had an evening like it before."Richard Foss - L.A. City Beat

Watch the dining in the dark segment as featured on LTN