Restaurants near Santa Catalina Natural Area

We, 4 girlfriends, ate on the outside patio on a gorgeous day. The food was yummy, as always, and our waitress, Deja, was a doll!!!

As always, food was awesome, waitstaff spectacular. Food was done excellently. I have been coming there for many years, and it is always a wonderful place to dine.

Vivace is our special occasion place. It is expensive but the service is great, they have a good wine by the glass selection and 4 older women with very different tastes in wine and food can all find something they enjoy. If you’re looking for the latest trends in fine dining this may not be for you but if you want a carefully prepared dinner with top quality ingredients then Vivace is an exceptional choice.

I tried to order the chicken salad but they were out of chicken at noon on a Monday. Very strange. The pasta dishes my dining companions ordered were great. I tried the arugula salad with salmon. The salmon was fine but the rest of the salad was boring.

Our table was not ready when we arrived, but it was quickly cleaned up soon after our arrival. The service was exceptional. The food was delicious. We ordered the sangria and it wasn’t as good as I remembered the last time I had it, but it was fine.