Just like in Little Italy a trip to Maggiano’s® is as much about feeding memories, as is it about feeding people. That’s why Maggiano’s is more than just a place to eat, it’s a place where you and your friends and family can slow down, enjoy a great meal and reconnect.

At Maggiano’s, you’ll find authentic Italian-American cuisine prepared by gifted chefs, old-neighborhood charm and generous portions being passed around the table. Try any one of their made-from-scratch dishes like the Lobster Fettuccine or the Baked Ziti & Sausage. You’ll taste all the passion that goes into their food and truly understand what they mean when tjey say, “Food is love.”

Reserve your table today. Carryout, Delivery and Banquets also available. Reservations online at www.maggianos.com or by phone:
Private Dining: 714.546.9006
Carryout and Delivery: 714.546.9555

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Maggiano's continues to get bigger and better as the latest phase of their complete restaurant remodel is unveiled. The new dining room has just opened on November 15th, so be sure to stop in and be among the first to enjoy the new accommodations.

Be on the lookout for an even bigger dining room upgrade and beautiful new Banquet rooms to premier in early Spring 2009.

Web Site: http://www.maggianos.com

Marché Moderne translates as "modern market." This perfectly describes the cuisine at this cosmopolitan French bistro, whose classic features include wood plank floors, ancient stone accents, white linens and dark wood French doors. Chef-owners Florent and Amelia Marneau bring strong French recipes together with modern American cuisine to create truly exceptional dishes. This is the place to find such bistro classics as artisan-made cheese and charcuterie plates, along with moules frites, steak fries l'echalote, cold foie gros torchon and oysters du jour.

Web Site: http://www.marchemoderne.net

This award-winning authentic Moroccan restaurant has been in business for over 30 years. Specialties include cous-cous, brochette of lamb, chicken or fish, tajine style, bastille - filo dough stuffed with eggs, chicken, almonds and spice, topped with sugar and cinnamon, then oven baked.

Web Site: http://www.marrakeshrestaurant.com

Mastro’s Steakhouse offers a cosmopolitan, upscale dining experience in an intimate, yet high-energy atmosphere. The restaurant serves classic steakhouse fare along with succulent fresh seafood, sinful desserts and an expansive wine list.

Web Site: http://www.mastrossteakhouse.com/

Though this authentic Chinese restaurant is catered to Americans, featuring the typical Chinese favorites like kung pao chicken, sweet and sour chicken and beef, May Garden also offers an entire menu of authentic Taiwanese-style food. Chef Eric's specials contain various dishes such as sashimi, seafood soup, Chilean sea bass, crisply friend sweet taro rolls, shrimp egg rolls, filet mignon and sweets like peanut-coated mochi for desserts.

This suave roadhouse diner boasts colorful soul food, sweet jazz music every Thursday night in an atmosphere that is both intimate and lively. Sitting spitting-distance from The Lab, Memphis Café offers corn bread, gumbo, and a mix of shrimp, okra, chicken and spicy andouille sausage that makes for a thick and hearty stew. The southern crab cakes are an absolute treat for the palette, combining rock-crab meat, corn, and peppers in a smoked tomato cream sauce. The center cut pork chop marinated in garlic and spices, grilled, served with polenta and a balsamic cherry sauce is also delicious. For seafood lovers, the Shellfish Jambalaya is an absolute must with New Zealand mussels, manila clams and gulf prawns surrounding dirty rice smothered with a smoky shrimp broth. The Southern Meatloaf Stack, baked with herbs and vegetables and red wine gravy. Memphis Café provides an upscale dining experience without the price and attitude and also has a fully-stocked bar and patio seating.

Web Site: http://www.memphiscafe.com/

Home of famous Gold Tequila margaritas, and serving customers for more than 30 years, this restaurant and cantina offers fine Mexican food in a wonderful atmosphere to be enjoyed by the whole family.

Web Site: http://www.micasa1.com/

This venerable steakhouse is renowned for generous portions of perfectly prepared, prime, aged, grain-fed beef as well as first-rate seafood and desserts served in an upscale dining club and bar setting. Private dining rooms available.
Top Rated Restaurant – Southern California Zagat Survey

Web Site: http://www.mortons.com/

Offering the very finest of Irish cuisine, spirits, music and cheer, coupled with the freshest foods, Muldoon’s has received the RAVE Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Culinary Arts by Coast Magazine and The People’s Choice Award for the Best Neighborhood Pub and Restaurant by the Orange County Register. Cuisine specialties include Irish stew, corned beef and cabbage, pot roast, and lamb, as well as salads, fresh fish, pastas and chicken.

Web Site: http://www.muldoonspub.com

Feast on pastas, seafood, meats and Italian regional specialties; or, refresh yourself with cappuccino and a lush dessert while you watch the world go by at this lively trattoria.

Web Site: http://www.nellocucina.com/

A local favorite for 15 years, the Newport Rib Company offers the best baby-back ribs in Orange County, plus aged, black Angus beef, six different chicken selections, and fresh swordfish along with salads and sandwiches. This family-owned and operated landmark also offers a full bar, banquet facilities and catering.

Web Site: http://www.ribcompany.com/

Featuring a menu of Asian cuisine, Oki Doki is a favorite among the locals. The distinct menu offers albacore with fried garlic chips and salad, fried croquettes and flounder with ponzu sauce.

Old Vine Café, Wine & Specialty Foods is a full-service breakfast/lunch/dinner café, as well as a specialty food and wine shop. Chef Mark McDonald’s menu is influenced by international culinary traditions and the implementation of seasonal ingredients.

Old Vine Café offers a full breakfast menu, including such staples as fresh crepes, homemade granola, and such innovative treats as caramel apple French toast and a pizza omelet.

Guests can choose from a selection of homemade marmalades and nut butters to complement their breakfast bread selection. Breakfast is served until 3:00 p.m., every day of the week.

The lunch offerings include homemade soups, creative salads, grilled-to-order Panini, and a small selection of tapas. Lunch is served everyday from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

The dinner menu includes tapas-style dishes and nightly specials including handmade pasta. In addition, three tasting menus offers four small courses, each designed to complement a specially selected wine.

These pre-fixe options are changed periodically in order to showcase different wines and cuisine, and to offer patrons a unique ongoing experience. Guests can choose a bottle from the wine shop and pay a small corkage if they wish to enjoy the bottle with their dinner.

Web Site: http://www.oldvinecafe.com

The name "Land of Vines" was given to the South of Italy upon its discovery by the Greeks, for it's great expanse of vines across its rich & fertile country sides to seaside cliffs along the coast.

Master Chef Massimo Navarretta was raised farming & making wine at its heart, the region of Campania. At "Onotria," savor the gastronomy & oenology of wine producing regions of the world.

True to a farmer's spirit, all our food products are 100% natural, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, & of the highest quality of organic and biodynamic seasonal offerings.

Web Site: http://www.onotria.com/

First was the Persian rug, then the Persian caviar, now Orchid, the jewel of Persia, brings you the fine cuisine of Persia.

Web Site: http://www.orchidbarandgrill.com/

Featuring the award-winning cuisine and service of Joachim Splichal, Park Privé is an exclusive event venue centrally located in Orange County. A variety of dedicated event spaces include meeting and boardrooms, private dining rooms, large reception rooms and a spacious lawn and rose garden terrace.

Web Site: http://www.patinagroup.com/catering/parkPrive/

2009 Wine Spectator Restaurant Award Winner! With its flower-laden dining room and enchanting patio, Pinot Provence offers a romantic setting in the heart of Orange County. Voted "Best French Restaurant in Orange County" by MyFoxLA.com, Pinot Provence brings all the warmth and rustic charm of Southern France to Costa Mesa's ultra-stylish Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel. Guests are lavished with the finest culinary delicacies showcasing seasonal ingredients, classic and contemporary favorites, and an award-winning wine list. Easy, elegant service makes events and celebrations a breeze. Part of Chef Joachim Splichal’s Patina Restaurant Group.

Web Site: http://www.patinagroup.com/pinotprovence

Quattro Caffé offers a stylish setting for a light meal. Dine on superb dishes from Northern Italy and enjoy a glass of wine on the outdoor patio.

Web Site: http://www.quattrocaffe.com/

A Wild Place to Shop and Eat!®, Rainforest Café offers signature sandwiches, pizza, pasta, entrees and desserts served in a simulated tropical rainforest with talking trees, rain showers, live parrots, saltwater fish and animated animals. Top Rated Restaurant – Southern California Zagat Survey

Web Site: http://www.rainforestcafe.com/

Ristorante Mamma Gina has been a landmark in the challenging world of the most traditional Florentine cuisine in Italy since 1956. Come visit Mamma Gina's new wine bar, offering a great atmosphere for people looking to drink great wine and eat delicious Italian food. You will find you can dance the night way to some of the best "old time" rock n' roll. Entertainment on most nights.

Web Site: http://www.mammagina.com/

Located across the street from South Coast Plaza, come enjoy contemporary Indian cuisine featuring new interpretations plus classics such as Tandoori and vegetarian dishes in an elegant setting.
Top Rated Restaurant – Southern California Zagat Survey

Web Site: http://www.royalkhyber.com/

This popular, award-winning restaurant is known for its quality dining experience that is as famous for its classically prepared fresh seafood as for its aged prime beef. Save room for a sumptuous dessert.

Web Site: http://www.scottsseafood.com/

Seasons 52 is a Florida-based restaurant chain that’s ultra-seasonal: every item on the seasonally inspired menu contains less than 475 calories, and each meal is nutritionally balanced to include the highest quality lean meats and seafood, good carbs and beneficial oils such as extra virgin olive oil. Entrees range from $11.75 - $26.95 and mini indulgences – “individual servings of classic desserts” - cost $2.50 apiece and include Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake and Key Lime Pie. The wine list contains over 60 wines.

Web Site: http://www.seasons52.com/

Celebrate the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, served everyday at Skosh Monahan’s Restaurant. Sample the appetizers, peruse the ever-growing wine selections and engage in that old Irish custom of “blarney.” Menu items include various steaks and fish, starters, pizzas, sandwiches, soups and salads.

Enjoy a casual dining experience combining American and Irish cuisine, including steaks, lamb stew and vegetarian entrees accompanied by a wide selection of lagers and spirits.

Web Site: http://www.skoshmonahans.com/

A beautiful decor makes the atmosphere cozy yet colorful in this restaurant where the Italian cuisine is a culinary delight.

Escape to wine-country refuge in Orange County with daily wine tastings in the Tasting Room, an extensive wine list in the dining room and savoring offerings at lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.

Looking for a unique one-of-a-kind restaurant to meet with a group for business or to celebrate a special occasion? You'll find what you're looking for.

Conveniently located just north of South Coast Plaza at the corner of Bristol and MacArthur, you'll be delighted once you discover this new varietal in Orange County dining.

Web Site: http://www.wineresort.com

Sutra Lounge offers guests an unabashedly tantric culinary experience in a sensual setting. They open for dinner from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. The Lounge is open until 2:00 a.m. and features hip-hop and house music played by a DJ. The enticing atmosphere will seduce diners entering the inviting 10,000-square-foot restaurant and lounge. From the aphrodisiac-inspired menu to the flavorful libations to the decor full of rich colors and comfortable banquettes, Sutra promises a total body and mind dining and entertainment experience.

Sutra Lounge can accommodate any type of event, from casual to formal, dining to cocktail reception, up to 500 people.

Web Site: http://www.sutrabar.com