Restaurants near Portola Highlands Plaza Shopping Center

Great decent Japanese cuisine. Will come back definitely for more.

We both had the Unagi Donburi which is always great.

Our waitress took a long time to service us, and the bus boy who knew someone in our party came over to take our order. The waitress was not very attentive, and even after giving us our check took a long time to retrieve it. The Quinoa was stale and not very appetizing. But the Loma Saltado was excellent.

Atmos is fantastic. Our server was attentive and was there when needed and never seemed intrusive. The cocktails were divine. The Linden is especially good. The house made bread is superb; fresh, hot, soft center, and a crust. Just yummy. The meatball appetizer was a ten out of ten. The linguine pesto was excellent and while it did say “cream sauce” we would have liked to see a more true pesto and slightly less cream. The paparadelle was good, not great. Seemed lack a bit of “oomph” for a lack of a better descriptor. The cream brûlée was good, not great. It was not served in a traditional low-sided dish and when they flamed the sugar the dish got hit which melted the contents so it was not as firm as it should be. The panna cottta, however, was world class. One of the best we’ve had. A very nice place that could be a stellar place with a few tweaks.

We had a nice lunch. The pea raviolis were very good. We also ordered clam chowder, the date appetizer, oysters, and calamari. The table we got had full window view in front. We were able to see whales spouting off in the distance, which was a highlight of our meal. The kids enjoyed seeing that very much.