Lunetta Dining Room & Bar

Great version of a dirty shirley, definitely enjoyed!! A DJ was in house and playing some great mixes, plus the room is intimate but also very dimly lit, so it really adds to the overall ambiance. Great drinks, tasty food, and a definite solid recommendation from me when planning on dining and/or drinking in Santa Monica.

Love the decor inside and realized the breakfast section is now all combined with the dinner room so there's just one entrance. The outdoors light greet you in and the floral draperies make the space more open. Food was served quickly and the waiter made sure we got our orders. Though I find the food a bit salty and missing some element of the ingredients especially the mushroom pasta. Presentation was alright and wish it could be plated better. Toffee pudding is great served hot with the ice cream Overall it was good for a dinner with friends.

One thing about this place is that it has tons of space for seating! Each seating area has different decor and I absolutely enjoyed sitting in the dining room + bar area. Such a beautiful and intimate setting. For appetizers we ordered the bread and also their delicious fries, both were perfect to share! My main course, I decided to order the salmon, which was part with amazing flavors. I have never had salmon like I did that night. I tried a piece of my friends chicken plate and it was so flavorful+ tender. This is now, officially one of my favorite restaurants in the Santa Monica area.

Good food, decent service, and a sophisticated type of ambiance. It was my first time at Lunetta after a long time of it being on my list of places to try. I liked it, but didn't love it personally, it's worth checking out yourself though.5/5 - Sticky Toffee Pudding: so good! I always like getting a good dessert at the end of the menu and this was definitely my favorite thing here. 4/5 - Sourdough and Olive Breads: warm, fluffy, and pretty delicious.3.5/5 - Chocolate Fudge Cake: very chocolate forward (which is good), but didn't taste all that amazing, especially compared to the Sticky Toffee Pudding.3.5/5 - Mushroom Fettuccine: simple and light sauce, not a ton of flavor, the mushrooms were delicious though.4/5 - Various drinks: decent drinks, most people seemed to like what they ordered.Food: 4/5Drinks: 4/5Service: 4/5 (a little on the slower side, but generally good)Ambiance: 4/5Value: 3/5Overall: 4/5

Once in a blue moon I try out a Michelin spot, and I was lucky enough to be able to check out the Michelin guide approved Lunetta, which is headed by Chef Raphael Lunetta. Honestly, I was impressed by how affordable it was compared to many other Michelin spots, and I definitely recommend checking out this little gem if you're in the Santa Monica area. We decided to go with their limited time seafood x sake pairing menu, and every New American inspired dish was impressively well-executed, with thoughtful flavors and locally sourced ingredients that complimented the primary protein of the dish and surprisingly paired beautifully with their two sake choices. I wasn't the biggest fan of their dessert choice for the tasting menu, which was a chocolate flan with a berry compote and one of the hardest (and most indigestible) pieces of caramelized sugar on top. I also thought plate pacing could've been better, as there were times where we were definitely waiting over 15 minutes for our next dish to come out. Featured here:Roasted Mushroom Arancini HamachiHokkaido Seared Scallops Herb roasted petite filetChocolate flan

The food was underwhelming and the service didn't meet that standard. Fine LA special menu had great promise but performance was amateur. Food was lukewarm and not particularly good. Chicken parm was mediocre. How do you mess up chicken parm? Won't return.

My friend recommended this restaurant to me and I'm so glad she did. The dimly-lit and intimate setting makes this place the perfect spot for a date night! We came on a Wednesday night so it wasn't too crowded and the food came out fairly fast. Here's what we ordered (ranked from favorite to least favorite):Madeira Roasted Mushrooms ($12)What started out as a side dish ended up becoming the star of the meal! The roasted mushrooms were left whole so they had a nice bite and they bathed in the most delicious sauce. The sauce had so much depth of flavor with the shaved black truffle, parsley, and fresh reggiano and was elevated by the Madeira. This is definitely a must get!Mushroom Fettucine ($31)Delicate strips of fettucine coated in a creamy white wine based sauce and loaded with slices of roasted shitake mushrooms and fresh shaved black truffle on top. Each bite had a strong truffle flavor and the mushrooms soaked up all the flavors in the sauce. If you love mushrooms and truffle, you'd love this!Crispy Calamari ($17)Tender pieces of calamari that was fried, yet they tasted light and crispy! The calamari came with two sauces: marinara and black garlic plum aioli. The latter sauce was very unique - it was a bit tangy which went well with the calamari.Hand Cut Pepperosa Gnocchi ($22)Soft and pillowy gnocchi in a creamy sauce. The gnocchi was delicious and I love the herb breadcrumbs on top. However, the dish ended up being more squash and tomatoes and I didn't taste much of the NZ red crab.Herb-Roasted Bone-In Filet of Beef ($48)Stunning presentation, but the overall dish didn't have as much complexity in flavor as the other dishes. The steak was cooked slightly under than what we had asked for, though it was still tender and had a thin crust on top. The fries that it came with was decent, but not memorable. I feel like for $48, I expected more of a wow factor.Overall, this is a solid spot for date night or even with a small group of friends. Although there were a few misses in the food, I think the dishes that we loved really stood out. We would come back again to try their other dishes!

I had a great experience at Lunetta in LA tonight! The food was well-executed, and the service was excellent.I ordered the pork chop with fingerling potatoes, and it was cooked well, albeit a little dry -- juicy, flavorful, and well-seasoned. For dessert, I had the apple crumble, which was tasty, comforting, and hit all the right notes. Unfortunately, they were out of the artichoke and tartare due to Dine LA, but everything I did try was very good, I would come back to try these two.The only real downside was the chocolate flourless cake -- it was oddly hard and had a strange flavor. The chocolate fudge cake was rich and flavorful, but it was WAY too cold for a cake. It felt like it had just come straight from the fridge, which threw off the texture and experience.Shoutout to our server Nicole, who was incredibly attentive and made the experience even better. Despite the minor dessert hiccup, I'd definitely return!

Wagyu Beef cheeks!!! Love em! Menu is amazing. Pastries are really good and service is on point

I was excited to try their taste of LA. The prix fix menu looked amazing. I started with the squash coconut soup. Served look warm, nothing special. The seafood ravioli also served luke warm and was bland. The wago beef cheek was served room temp and was bland. Finally, the rice pudding was ok. I liked th biscotti it was served with. The service was slow and disinterested. My wife skipped the prix fix and had the chicken parm. How do you mess that up? Try it. Food was disappointing that service wasn't better.