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San Diego Map: The Marine RoomThe Marine Room Frommer's Exceptional

Cuisine French, Californian
Hours Sun-Wed 5pm-9pm; Thurs-Sat 5:30pm-10pm
Address 2000 Spindrift Dr
Location La Jolla, La Jolla
Transportation Bus: 30
Reservations Reservations recommended, especially weekends
Phone 858/459-7222
Web site www.marineroom.com
Prices Main courses $28-$44
Credit Cards AE, DC, DISC, MC, V
Other Valet parking $6

Frommer's Review

For more than 6 decades, San Diego's most celebrated dining room has been this shorefront institution. It wasn't until the 1994 arrival of Executive Chef Bernard Guillas of Brittany, though, that the food finally lived up to its glass-fronted room with a view. Guillas and Chef de Cuisine Ron Oliver work with local produce, but never hesitate to pursue unusual flavors from other corners of the globe -- examples include a pork osso buco with morels, white asparagus, truffle oil, and plum wine sauce, or the pomegranate-macadamia-coated organic salmon with red quinoa, bok choy, Serrano ham, and Kaffir lime-leaf infusion. The Marine Room ranks as one of San Diego's most expensive venues, but it's usually filled to the gills on weekends; weekdays it's much easier to score a table. Ideally, schedule your reservation a half-hour or so before sunset; if you can't get in at that magic hour, experience sundown by the bar -- a lounge menu is available.

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Frommer's San Diego 2008 Frommer's San Diego 2008

Author: Mark Hiss
Pub Date: September 04, 2007
Price: $17.99

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