Best Steak Restaurants in San Juan Capistrano

caden our server was the best prompt, courteous very attentive. Just a great service person.

We’ve wanting to try this place for awhile. Our server wanted to please but might not of understood my cocktail order, after about 10 min I checked on its status and he came back with the menu to say they didn’t have what I didn’t order. Clarification given and it came out promptly. Too bad my husband had to wait for his Diet Coke too. Calamari was well breaded but a bit tough. I don’t think I’d get it again. The beet salad was wonderful with the tender burata drizzled with balsamic reduction. I got the shrimp appetizer as am entree. Again shrimp was a bit tough and as tasty as the sauce was, it seemed to overpower the shrimp. My husband’s short ribs were fork tender and delicious. Will we try it again. Sure.

Alejandro was AMAZING. Never hurried us and we enjoyed a wonderful time. The food was exquisite. We were celebrating our 43rd anniversary and Alejandro mentioned it and congratulated us a couple of time. We had a fabulous experience and you are lucky to have him working there for you.

Christmas or New Year dinners at a restaurant are, by their very nature (i.e. a time everyone wants off and demand outstrips supply) going to be a compromise scenario. The experience here was surprisingly uncompromised. The service was fantastic, the appetizers (clam chowder, spinach salad, artichokes) were uniformly wonderful and generously proportioned, main courses were very good as well, although the prime rib wasn’t quite as well seasoned as one might expect, it too was cooked properly and properly proportioned. Don’t read that as a complaint, not on Christmas, nope, that was a minor compromise that did not diminish from a wonderful experience.

It is my 2nd time here at Lantern’s Edge! First we went for a dinner, and I love, love the fig & brie; must try! I want to have a to-go for myself. 🤭 Octopus is so good as well! Must try the burrata!! 2nd time, we went to eat for brunch yesterday. They have a wide variety of food! If you are a seafood lover, you will love their brunch buffet!!! They have unlimited mimosas too; I don’t drink much, but I love their mimosas. I think they have brunch every weekend. But because it was Christmas, they opened a brunch buffet. Our server, Jiyan is very accommodating and keeps on checking us if we are comfortable, and if we need something. Definitely will comeback for Dinner!!!