Costa Mesa Restaurant Week!

In full disclosure, we’re partial to Costa Mesa. It’s home. And so we’re extra excited to announce Costa Mesa’s Restaurant Week. It’s time to try the city’s stellar new and established restaurants and take advantage of three or more course prix fixe menus at value prices.

Twenty-eight premium restaurants have joined the inaugural Costa Mesa Restaurant Week continuing through Friday, Aug. 26.
It’s difficult to choose where we want to eat first. South Coast Plaza’s fave restaurants are on the list including AnQi, Charlie Palmer, Hamamori, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, Nello Cucina, and Quattro Café; plus there are other incredible restaurants like Avanti Café, Scott’s Seafood, and the new Silver Trumpet.

For a complete list of restaurants visit Costa Mesa Restaurant Week.

 

Oh the Choices!

Want to know what menus speak to us on Costa Mesa’s Restaurant Week?

Three featured favorites include two tasty Italian restaurants, Pizzeria Ortica and Ecco, and fine Indian cuisine at Royal Khyber.

Pizzeria Ortica’s three-course lunch for $18.11 starts with an antipasti e insalate with a choice of prosciutto e melone; or a tricolore salad with radicchio, arugula, endive, apples, gorgonzola, and candied walnuts.

Next is a choice of margherita pizza with crushed San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella, basil; or an Arthur Avenue Panini with mortadella, capocolla, porchetta, provolone, spicy peppers, and nonnas slaw; or oven roasted vegetables, burrata, and basil oil.

Finally, you'll get a delicious honey panna cotta for dessert. 

At dinner, there’s a three-course meal that starts with a choice of tuscan melon and prosciutto; or a burrata ravioli, fresh tomato and basil; or roasted radishes, pistachios, burrata, basil oil.

The second course includes a choice of Mary’s free range chicken breast and thigh griddled under a brick; or pan roasted local cod, with pistachio pureé, and blistered grape tomatoes; or slow braised pork shank, sweet corn polenta, and gremolata. For dessert, a honey panna cotta.

Pizzeria Ortica is at 650 Anton Blvd. in Costa Mesa. 714.445.4900.

At Ecco Restaurant at the Camp we want to try the three-course lunch for $15.11 that starts with minestrone soup; followed by a chopped salad with garbanzo beans, red onions, salami, tomatoes, olives pepperoncinis, mozzarella, white wine vinaigrette; and ends with choice of lasagne Bolognese with traditional meat sauce veal, pork, beef, ricotta, mozzarella, and marinara; or chicken picatta with lemon and caper sauce, linguine, olive oil and garlic.

For dinner you can order a three-course meal for $30.11 that begins with calamari fries, arrabbiata sauce, and herbs; brushcetta with burrata, tomatoes, and basil; entrée choices includes hanger steak with broccolini, black olive vinaigrette; or a Pappardelle Bolognese with traditional meat sauce, and pecorino romano; or a Sautéed White Sea Bass with
zucchini risotto, arugula, tomatoes; and roasted tomato vinaigrette.

Dessert choices include  Tiramisu with espresso crème anglaise, chocolate shavings; and  Zeppole (Italian Doughnuts) with dark chocolate sauce, and sweet cream.

Ecco is at the Camp at 2937 Bristol, #A102 in Costa Mesa. 714.444.3226.

At Royal Khyber there’s a three-course prix-fixe dinner for just $20.11.

Start with choice of daal soup, samosa, onion bhajia; spicy tandoori kebabs, cubed chicken breasts, lamb kebabs, wrapped in a tangy sauce; second course is a Khyber gourmet salad; and then an entrée choice of tandoori chicken, methi chicken, basil coconut chicken, spicy chicken vindaloo, vegetarian thali, butter chicken or chicken tikka masala; or salmon fish Malabar.

All entrees come with basmati rice pilaf, veges and naan bread; world famous entrée.

Dessert includes a choice of pistachio or mango kulfi  (Indian ice-cream); or rice pudding.

1621 W. Sunflower Ave. at South Coast Village in Santa Ana. 714.436.1010.