Silicon Valley welcomes a new dining destination with the opening of Adrestia in the new TETRA Hotel, part of the Marriott Autograph Collection, in Sunnyvale’s Moffett Park. The restaurant opened on Friday, February 18, 2022, according to a press release.
Adrestia features an “inspired” California menu that is shaped by local and seasonal ingredients, Japanese and broader Asian cuisines, and the Valley’s warm Mediterranean climate. The Adrestia kitchen is led by Chef Hideki Myo, a Tokyo native who brings more than 25 years of culinary experience to the team. His early career included an apprenticeship at a local French restaurant and later positions at the Westin Tokyo before San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis and the Hyatt Regency Fisherman’s Wharf.
Chef Myo rounded out his experience as the executive chef at a wholesale bakery and later as a sushi chef for a Japanese restaurant in the Mission District of San Francisco. He approaches the Adrestia menu by tapping into culinary traditions and ingredients from Japan while focusing on the modern, seasonal cooking he has done for more than two decades in California.
Chef Myo also lends his culinary expertise to Nokori, the hotel’s Japanese whisky bar, serving Japanese bar snacks including Pork Belly Kakuni Bao Buns, Shishito Peppers, and Crispy Sesame Shrimp.
Coffee Manufactory, the hotel’s cafe, and retail experience serve its own premium coffee, in addition, to take away items from Chef Myo including grab-and-go salads and Japanese sandos (sandwiches made with milk bread). The retail offerings will later expand to include pastries from famed local shop Tartine Bakery.
“Adrestia offers a simple, delicious, and sophisticated menu that uses high-quality ingredients,” Chef Myo said in the release. “Our goal at Adrestia is to allow guests to finally exhale, relax, recharge, re-energize, and reconnect in the calming world of TETRA.”
Adrestia’s menu highlights the best of the season with dishes rooted in fresh ingredients and seasonal vegetables, complemented by rotisserie meats. Chef Myo designs his menus around key ingredients and adds his own distinctive twist, often inspired by his Japanese upbringing. His Cold Smoked Beef Carpaccio features Japanese cucumber, Whisky barrel-aged soy, and tea leaf salad, while a red rice-crusted Branzino is served with preserved lemon, caper leaf salad, and fregola caponata. Togarashi, a distinctly Japanese red chili pepper blend, gives a unique flavor to dishes like the Wagyu Burger (miso aioli, Tomarashi cheese), while his take on the Lobster Sandwich is served grilled with milk bread, miso aioli, furikake, and togarashi cheese.
The kitchen’s grill and rotisserie allow Chef Myo to offer a large selection of meats and fish. A signature 40-ounce Tomahawk Bone-In Rib-Eye Steak — ideal for sharing — is served with hard-seared King of Mushroom mushrooms and a creamy Brandy sauce. In addition to a Petaluma Rotisserie Half Chicken, Chef Myo plans to roll out several rotisserie specials that can be served family-style. This includes Mangalitsa Pork Loin, Thomas Ranch Leg of Lamb, Whole Petaluma Duck, and seasonal whole fish.
Vegetables also take center stage on the menu with Midnight Roasted Tomato Fritters (served with house-made ricotta), Roasted Tri-Colored Carrot Salad, and Farro and Brussels Sprout Risotto.
Chef Myo’s approach to dinner carries over to his desert selection, featuring his own twist on classics including the Flourless Chocolate Cake with mixed berries and Hokkaido Whipped Cream (Japanese soft whipped cream), as well as a Chai Panna Cotta with cardamom streusel, frosted pistachio, and satsuma. Adrestia also features a regularly changing selection of ice cream from Bay Area favorite, Humphry Slocombe.
Guests can anticipate local and international craft beers, a global wine list highlighting unique California varietals, and a robust Japanese whisky program. A seasonally-rotating cocktail menu is punctuated by the perfect highball created by an innovative Suntory highball machine that dispenses a perfectly-ratioed glass.
Designed by Gabellini Sheppard (Rainbow Room, Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, The Istanbul EDITION Hotel), Adrestia seamlessly blends with the look and feel of TETRA Hotel.
Adrestia seats up to 52 diners in total and features banquette seating throughout the perimeter of the dining room. A large communal table in the center of the restaurant seats up to 12, ideal for both solo diners or larger groups.
Complementing the overall design and cuisine, restaurant accents highlight both local and international makers, adding to the aesthetic of the space. Guests can expect locally handmade ceramic serving ware by West Oakland’s Luvhaus Ceramics and San Francisco’s Earthen; steak knives by Pallares Solsona, a third-generation family maker based in Spain; cotton linen napkins from Hawkins New York; and KINTO teaware and coffee ware from Japan, uniquely showcased by tableside pour-over coffee service.
Located in Moffett Park, at 400 West Java Drive, Adrestia is available daily for dinner service from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Nokori will be open daily from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Coffee Manufactory will be open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
