Luxe Restaurant and World Famous Martini Bar in Dana Point provides the perfect blended menu, featuring: seafood, steaks, and classic Italian dishes. It has a large outdoor patio, rooms for private parties, on and off-site catering, live music and the best full bar in Dana Point.
Enjoy live entertainment in the middle of the week at Luxe Restaurant. Reserve a couple of tables for your birthday and enjoy high-quality dishes while you watch our live band perform.
Bustling lounge with a patio offering drinks & an eclectic, Italian-inspired menu of sharing plates.
Scott Terry
We made an unplanned, last-minute attempt to get a table on New Year’s Eve. Although we were initially told the restaurant was fully booked, the staff kindly managed to find space and get us seated.
The food was fantastic and high quality. I’d highly recommend the lamb chops, which were a real standout.
The restaurant brought around a complimentary glass of bubbly for everyone to join in a New Year’s toast, a lovely and memorable touch. Combined with the live piano music and the warm, lively atmosphere, it made for the perfect New Year’s evening.
… moreK. May
This pains me to post this. This would have been my fourth time for dinner at Lux. I’ve referred multiple friends to this restaurant. However, my last time was such a disappointment. Our arrival for dinner was on the early side. It was not busy at all. Multiple service members were gathered just inside the door and as we entered they were handing off the menus to see who would be waiting on us. The food was mediocre at best and served barely warm and looked as if it had been sitting on the counter too long before serving. As for the service or lack of I finally removed our dirty plates and sat them on top of the empty table next to us. For the price they charge they should have paid me the 3% surcharge that’s automatically added to the bill. Again, so disappointing. There are way too many restaurants on the same block.
… moreTeri Dawson
We just had the most delicious dinner at Luxe! I had the pistachio encrusted halibut (YUM!), my husband had the baked pasta bolognese – also yum! And Mom had the rub eye – she said it was delish! Caramel beignets for dessert – also very good. Service was good and the restaurant was not too loud.
… moreBruce Carter
I am completely jaded from decades of operating in the food service business. At a glance I can tell whether the entrée came from SYSCO, US Foods or Restaurant Depot…and it kinda kills the dining experience. But I was seeking a new place for fine dining last night and took my wife & daughter to Luxe Restaurant and Bar. From the assistance on the phone before booking to tipping the pianist on our way out…nothing could have improved our dining experience. Their performance (both front & back) was flawless. I am not an easy customer. I expect table service with the FOUR MINUTE RULE and challenge my server in friendly ways…like asking about house favorites, specifying I want my steak cooked 3 minutes on the first side, 90 seconds once flipped for a true black & blue (charred outside-cool center) grilled rare steak. To my surprise our waitress exceeded even my top tier expectations…asking my wife if she’d like the croutons on her salad finely cut like the rest of her salad. This attention to detail and earnest desire to please sets Luxe Restaurant and Bar head & shoulders above the rest. The music, the décor, the atmosphere, cocktails, food and service were all perfect. 100 out of 100…a score I cannot remember giving anyplace for over a decade. Trust me, I can be something of a perfectionist at times and left this place completely satisfied…impressed even! I had to meet the owners…shake their hands…they hire very well. Seem like a nice couple. So look, if you want (or need) an exceptional dining experience for work or recreation…this is your place. Luxe Restaurant and Bar sets the customer care bar so high, other restaurateurs need to charter a plane just to see it. Oh and it would be a sin to skip dessert… take my word for it, you can thank me later.
… moreBrandi Phillips
Made a reservation for my birthday, having never been here. Exceeded my expectations. Beautiful atmosphere, amazing appetizers and food. Wonderful pianist. My friends and I plan on being back. Thank you, Luxe.
… moreAmanda T
Everything was great. I would go again for the calamari. I got the gyro is was good, loaded w meat and delicious tzatziki but hindsight I should’ve gotten a pasta dish. Alicsha was our server and rec fries, they were great. Also bread basket was mid(we love bread).
… moreTodd Schwiesow
This is a fun little bar/restaurant. We came here to listen to the live music and were seated at a high top near the piano (which incidentally has bar seats right at it!) We ordered our standard martinis (Vodka dirty and Hendricks very dry)and they were properly executed and of good size. They even have fresh stuffed blue cheese olives! Food wise we stuck to the small plates. The food was tasty! Fresh oysters on the half shell, a couscous salad with ahi tuna, and the meatballs. All were very good and full of flavor. They had a specials menu with some pork egg rolls… Decided to try them, probably not a good idea to order egg rolls at an Italian restaurant. They were a little soggy and a bit tasteless. Couldn’t finish. Every thing else was good though I would come back here. The piano guy was also solid, however he did not sing so it was all instrumentals. Would have thought he would have played some more classic “rat pack” type songs but it ended up being quite a bit of 80’s 90’s pop songs. Was not bad, just not what we were expecting. The service was friendly and solid. Come check it ou!
… moreJames Lugo
Went for late night dinner, it’s a well know martini bar. We wanted watermelon martini and they had ran out of it and settled for cucumber martini. They said was refreshing, though not really. I do like cucumber and the martini was over powering. The sauce that came on fettuccine was good and the shrimp were good. The fettuccine was more like spaghetti noodles. The lobster bisque soup was good. We were told we could only sit at the bar. There was a delay in ordering drinks and food. The bartender said it was his first day. We ordered a bread basket and were brought garlic toast and wad good.
… moreMelissa Bruketta
My first time at Luxe, a delightful pal decided to treat me to a belated birthday dinner. We sat on the patio and literally closed the place down, laughing and talking the night away. The ambience was beachy, yet sophisticated and luxuriously appointed. When we arrived at 8 pm, the floor was packed and my friend and I were able to get one of the last tables on the patio. Our server was very friendly and helpful with the menu selections. I indulged myself in a crabcake salad with a spicy mango salad on the side. I was also served a spicy sauce similar to aiole and it was to die for. I don’t know what its actual name was, but literally one of the best dipping sauces I have ever had. The serving were gigantic and the menu prices were slightly higher, but still reasonably accessible for most consumers on any financial level. I was disappointed that there was not a moscato in the house, though I know it is junk wine. I opted for my favorite winter holiday drink of Captain and coke with slices of orange. The orange citrus blends with the spices in the rum amazingly. Overall, a fantastic experience and a destination worthy of visiting again.
… moreJoshua Price
I just had the pleasure of dining here for a late brunch/ early dinner and was pleasantly surprised. The Atmosphere: Welcoming & Inviting, The Service: Very Attentive & Personable, The Food: Well-Portioned & Very Tasty, The Libations: Well-crafted & equally as tasty as the food. A+
Update 3/2022: Luxe has remained consistently good and has proven to serve the best Chicken Parmigiana & Tiramisu in SoCal. You will not be disappointed.
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