Tabu Grill Restaurant Review
2892 S. Coast Hwy. (Nyes Pl.) 
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Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949-494-7743 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
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- Romantic setting
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Resort casual
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 Most Laguna denizens like to keep their secrets about the best cliff-side coves and the top spots in hip neighborhood dining. Tabu Grill is just one of those dining jewels in Laguna’s rough surf. With its sleek slate-and-hardwood and chic bamboo-like Polynesian accents, it draws a sophisticated crowd. A second dining room features colorful umbrellas on the ceiling. Managing partner Nancy Wilhelm presides over this modern beach space as Tabu’s “inspirational soul,” as she calls it. Some come here to sit around the exhibition kitchen and view the staff hard at work. Surrounded by the aroma of Prime steaks sizzling on the grill, they create contemporary California cuisine---mostly light, inventive dishes centered around fresh seafood, quality meat and vegetables. Three generous, delicate scallops show up on an appetizer plate, swimming in a sea of subtle and tangy tangerine sauce. The bone-in rib-eye set against creamy organic mushrooms is the most flavorful cut of beef, but you may also want to consider the pork chop: a super thick, maple-cured cut with bacon-touched corn succotash. At meal's end, try the lavender and Tahitian vanilla panna cotta with passion fruit sabayon. A primarily Californian wine list features a smattering of European varietals, plus all the de rigueur French Champagnes.
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