Studio at Montage - Laguna Beach

This place cannot get more romantic, or even comfortable with good people surrounding your dinner table. When deciding where to dine this past spring, hotel restaurants don’t always come to mind – unless we are talking about Mosaic Bar and Grille at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, where high-level service is presented in a relaxed setting overlooking the Pacific Coast. Upon entry into the resort, you approach the hotel lounge and a sweeping view of the coast. This combination only improves after you order a few of the Montage’s featured cocktails. We enjoyed a cucumber cooler (made from the resorts signature, cucumber-infused vodka) and a cosmic flower (Grey Goose, Elderflower Liquor and a splash of pineapple). After your drinks are in hand, take the long way to Mosaic: a stroll down and around the pool, along the coast and into the restaurant.
We started with Seared Ahi Tuna with Lentils, Hamashi Sashimi with Caviar-lime dressing and Crab Leg Risotto with Mascarpone Cream (to die for). For the Main course, there was a lot of good choices to choose from, we ended up ordering Pan Seared Turbot with semolina gnocchi and market spring onions very very good,The Alaskan Halibut with sauteed asparagus and eggplant marmalade was different but very tasty, and last but not least the Sauteed Farms Duck Breast with maitake mushrooms with cummin scented sauce, it was superb.
We could not eat any more, but the waiter suggested the Chocolate Palette, a chocolate pate with pistachio cream and chocolate serbet, which by the sound of it you already know what it taste like: Heaven.
Mosaic is an outdoor restaurant, attire and clientele ranges from very casual (which I didn't stand for that supposedly they have a very strict in their dress code), to very trendy California Women, to families enjoying a meal after a day at the pool, or just friends having a good ol' dinner by the beach. If you have a date this Summer and wanna be impressed or want to impress, save up for this delightful cozy little place by the beach. It's worth it.

 Studio at Montage

30801 Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 715.6000    |    www.studiolagunabeach.com
Price: $$$$