Press

"10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride"
 -  The New York Times

"2 Stars"
 -  The MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012

"...exquisitely balanced and perfectly executed."
 -  Los Angeles Times

"...the [tasting menu] would be a buy for either a kaiseki meal or a Michelin-style three-star extravaganza. The beauty of Benu is that it gives you both."
 -  Patricia Unterman, The Examiner

"San Francisco's best entirely new restaurant in several years."
 -  Wine Spectator

"Of all the restaurant openings in San Francisco this year, Benu is the most hotly anticipated..."
 -  Jessica Battilana, 7x7

"Benu, an Egyptian word symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings, is the culmination of Lee's impressive 15-year career."
 -  Robb Report

"The food is flawless."
 -  Josh Sens, San Francisco Magazine

"[Yoon] Ha has a truly nuanced sense of how to draw out specific notes..."
 -  Jon Bonne, San Francisco Chronicle

"Top 10 Celebration Restaurants in the US"
 -  bon appétit

"At Benu, Lee has created his personal interpretation of modern fine dining, influenced by his global restaurant experiences, his Korean heritage and, of course, the French Laundry's Thomas Keller"
 -  Paolo Lucchesi, San Francisco Chronicle