Has Mountain View finally got a trendy lounge bar?  It just might have happened with the new Xanh Restaurant & Bar on Castro Street.  The old Xanh was known for it’s excellent food, but this new location has a huge lounge bar area and then three dining areas hidden away.   Drinks are reasonable too, with Stella at $5 and cocktails anything from $8-$12.  We didn’t have dinner by all night there were groups of people hanging out waiting for their table.  This is clearly going to be a very popular restaurant. 

      

Xanh is something new and exciting for Mountain View, it feels out of place, with the water running down the pebble walls, W-Hotel style bathrooms and DJ spinning Zero-7 and Massive Attack, this is more a San Francisco bar.  I really hope that it can retain it’s style and not turn into another getto hangout.