Best Restaurants for Foodies in Carmel Valley

Amazing steak frites and most delicious Lavander Honey dessert.

Beautiful little courtyard bistro. Best service ever and every bite was delicious! Great menu, many options and very affordable. Must try!

With one serious exception, the food and service was very good. We had the Scallops and the Alaskan Butterfish, both were cooked properly without being overcooked, tender and moist. Service was equally good, no issues at all. The exception: Whoever chose to pair Alaskan Butterfish with Ponzu Broth needs to go back to cooking school! Pairing a delicate, mild-flavored white fish with a bold-flavored broth is simply a bad idea from the start, the broth totally overpowers the fish. The broth in NO way compliments the fish, the broth is all you taste, none of the spinach, rice, or fish comes through. I chose the entree because I thought there would be just a very small drizzle of ponzu, not a 1/4 cup or more poured around the rice bed, thus soaking into all the rice and ruining the rice from working with the fish. I ended up leaving most the rice. Again, the fish was cooked beautifully, the ponzu just ruined the entire dish, and I like ponzu when used properly. Having lived in Japan, where Ponzu comes from, for over 9 years, I am very familiar with it and how it's used.

we had an excellent lunch on the back patio. beautiful remodel of the restaurant. The beet salad and rose wine were delicious as was the duck confit salad. we will be back again soon!

Isabella was a great hostess. I requested a standard table and we sat right at the front in a booth. Our server Kevin remembered my dessert order! I tried the corn saccetti and had my favorite - the Tagliatelle alla Portofino. It was divine. Can’t wait to go back!