Verandah

Breakfast: Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Lunch: Open daily, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dinner:Open daily, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

The Verandah restaurant inside the Four Seasons Hotel features contemporary Italian-California cuisine in a chic, cozy setting.

Visitors can enjoy such dishes as seared branzino (a fish caught in waters about 300 miles southwest of Scotland that is similar to striped bass), seared wild salmon, chicken piccata, orecchiette pasta or penne puttanesca. Other Italian favorites include beef Carpaccio, linguine with clams and mushroom risotto.

Selective eaters can modify their meal with the popular "My Way" plate. Guests choose their protein, starch and vegetable to create their own three-item entrée. More traditional fare includes grandma's chicken pie, meat loaf and steak. All products and produce are fresh and obtained from local sources.

For dessert, there's strawberry flan, which consists of a sweet sugar pastry filled with vanilla cream and fresh marinated strawberries topped with caramelized farmer's cheese mousse, served with strawberry sorbet and fresh strawberry coulis. Or try the traditional tiramisu with Italian mascarpone cheese cream layered with sponge cake and soaked with espresso coffee, amaretto and Kaluha, served with amarena candied cherries and decorated with a butter cookie. For a treat for the entire table, indulge in mini Eskimos: homemade vanilla ice cream bars covered with bittersweet chocolate and crushed roasted nuts.

The indoor-outdoor Verandah features colors such as mango and moss green, and is accented by wood and warm lighting. The restaurant includes an intimate bar and lounge that serves drinks and appetizers. There are two separate private dining rooms indoors. La Luna, the smaller one, seats up to 12 people, while La Sala accommodates up to 28.