Nirvana Grille

Founded in 2006 in the heart of Mission Viejo, Nirvana Grille is a quaint California Community Kitchen offering fresh, local fare sourced from area growers and purveyors to ensure the highest measure of quality. Named Nirvana to invoke a feeling of harmony in mind, body and spirit, Nirvana Grille focuses on clean, locally sourced food in a setting... of casual, relaxed elegance. In 2008, the addition of the busy downtown Laguna Beach restaurant with a full bar, was added to the Nirvana Grille portfolio. Committed to offering delicious food and impeccable service, our uniquely fresh menu allows a kitchen full of high-quality ingredients to take center stage. We specify our food as 'clean' California Cuisine. Our ingredients-first philosophy begins at the local level, working closely with purveyors to ensure access to the best-available provisions while changing menus with the seasons. Our menu is composed entirely of all natural meats free from hormones and antibiotics, organic free range Mary's poultry and sustainable seafood. For us, it's all about the food, what we can do to minimize our carbon footprint and overall impact to the environment. At Nirvana Grille, you enjoy the confidence of knowing we are just as thoughtful about what goes in your bodies as our families. The nuances of American-, French-, Latin-, and local-seasonally influenced fare has earned executive Chef Lindsay Smith-Rosales and Nirvana Grille accolades from both local press and her peers. Graced with the honor of being on the cover of numerous magazines including Laguna Beach Magazine as one of the 'Top 4 Restaurants in Laguna' as well as one of the 'Top 10 Chefs of Laguna', as the only female chef on OC Metros' 'Top 10 Chefs Under 40 in OC', and as AAA Westways Magazines' 'Top of the Must Recommend List for Orange County'. Named as one of the 'Culinary Masters' by the Rooster Foundation and "Great Chefs of Orange County' by the Kidney Foundation and written about for her culinary and sustainable efforts by numerous publications such as ...Read More