You know that pricey restaurant you’ve had your eyes set on for months? Well this might be your chance to snag a table at a fraction of the price during restaurant week around the Bay Area.

San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley are all hosting a restaurant week in January, where participating restaurants offer specials on prix-fixe menus, including some moderate to high-end options.

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Some of these restaurants have average prices that range from $31 to $61 or more, but during restaurant week you can score a prix-fixe two-course lunch for $25 or a prix-fixe three-course dinner for $40 or $65.

SF Restaurant Week, which runs Jan. 23 to 31, includes the elegant Roka Akor, flour + water and Maybeck's among their pricier and notable participants. Wayfare Tavern has a $40 prix-fixe dinner menu that features their popular buttermilk chicken.

The restaurants participating in Oakland and Berkeley's restaurant weeks, which start Jan. 11 and Jan. 17 respectively, tend to have lower prices than the San Francisco options. Many have lunch deals starting at $20 and dinner deals around $25.

Click through the slideshow for some of the best deals of the SF, Oakland and Berkeley restaurant weeks.

We highlighted restaurants whose deals offered a sizable discount off the regular menu prices, sometimes more than $10 per diner. Shop around and compare prices to find a menu you're craving that's also in your budget.

Alameda, Concord and Napa are also hosting restaurant weeks in January.



Oakland Restaurant Week runs Jan. 11- 21. Check out the full list of participating restaurants here.

Berkeley Restaurant Week runs Jan. 17-27. Check out the full list of participating restaurants here.



San Francisco Restaurant Week runs Jan. 23-31. Check out the full list of participating restaurants here.

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