Lucia Restaurant and Bar Bernardus Lodge & Spa Cal Stamenov Lucia Restaurant & Bar

Lucia Restaurant & Bar

Bernardus Lodge & Spa
415 W. Carmel Valley Rd. (Laureles Grade)
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
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Cuisine: California
The surroundings and finessed service set the stage for an elegant meal you’ll long remember.
Openings: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sat.-Sun.

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Lucia Restaurant & Bar, Carmel Valley, CA


Lucia Restaurant & Bar Restaurant Review:


About the restaurant: Visit Bernardus Lodge & Spa, where part of the organic vegetable garden surrounds a patio with fire pits and heaters. The interior of Lucia Restaurant & Bar is sleek, silver and elegant, but not stuffy.

Food & Drinks: Chef Christian Ojeda offers his own takes on classic dishes, starting off with heirloom tomato salad with olive oil whipped feta cheese, local stone fruit, fennel, arugula-frisée and sumac-citrus vinaigrette. The meal might continue with salmon with roasted eggplant purée, summer succotash, blistered cherry tomatoes, English peas, charred corn and piquillo pepper olive relish, or pork chop with whole grain mustard spätzle, braised cabbage and preserved apricot-mustard reduction. Look out for the four-course menu that changes monthly. The sommelier’s wine suggestions demonstrate skill and expertise with the menu. Understated service is efficient and just friendly enough.