What A DISH is catering and bakery service located in the Dana Marina Plaza Shopping Center. It offers dining in its location for customers along with its fanstatic catering service. What a DISH serves sandwiches, pasta, and salads, and there is outside patio dining. Service is fast and friendly, and plenty of parking is available.
This romantic Italian restaurant is located just a mile away from the Ritz Carlton and the St. Regis Hotels off the Dana Point Harbor. It serves up Southern Italian cuisine in a quixotic atmosphere. The restaurant has a warm and inviting atmosphere, decorated with Venetian-inspired scenic scenes and terracotta tiles. It offers an indoor as well as an outdoor dining experience. There is also a specially selected wine list.
Proud Mary's, located on Dana Point harbor, at the end of Golden Lantern Street, has undergone a renovation including new decor in the dining room and a larger patio. There's also new flat-screen tvs in the bar area where its famous bloody Mary's and martinis are served. The menu is varied with burgers, fish tacos, lobster and the catch of the day.
Brio Tuscany Grill is a chic, sophisticated, friendly neighborhood restaurant with a great wine list and a good variety of wine-by-the-glass. Brio features contemporary Italian cuisine, a full bar, and live entertainment in addition to both fine Italian and California wines. The menu is Italian and highlights include the wonderful pasta in a light wihite wine sauce and fresh garden salad, and mussels in flavored butter sauce with homemade bread. The food is perfectly prepared and the service is great. Wine tastings are available along with the appropriate food pairings.
Taco Surf is a popular taco joint set along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point and has great food. The tacos are stuffed full, the margaritas are great and the service staff is wonderful. There is a full bar inside (complete with counters made out of surfboards) and the atmosphere is laid back. Eat out on the patio and soak up some sun while you eat homemade chips with tasty salsa.
