5 splurge places in Carmel-by-the-Sea, editor-picked. Tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Carmel-by-the-Sea. All Carmel-by-the-Sea food.
5 places
Order The $285 tasting is the only menu; add the wine pairing when you book.
Aubergine holds two Michelin stars inside L'Auberge Carmel at Monte Verde and 7th, where Justin Cogley cooks an eight-course coastal tasting menu.
Order The $165 prix fixe; bar seats are the walk-in route when the room is booked.
Chez Noir keeps its Michelin star on 5th Avenue in Carmel, where Jonny and Monique Black cook a seafood-led prix fixe from Monterey Peninsula boats.
Order Wagyu from the grill and a bottle pulled from the Grand Award cellar.
Grasing's pairs Kurt Grasing's coastal steakhouse cooking with a 3,400-bottle Carmel cellar that has held Wine Spectator's Grand Award since 2024.
3 hours
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Viator · 3.2 h
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Order A dry-aged cut from the board, split between two people.
Seventh & Dolores Steakhouse brings a modern American steakhouse to its namesake Carmel corner, one of the village's few kitchens open until 22:00.
Order A window table over the fountain court matters as much as the menu.
Anton & Michel faces the Court of the Fountains in Carmel with white-tablecloth European dining, open daily for both lunch and dinner services.
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