Amaya At Fairmont Grand Del Mar

Amaya is a beautiful restaurant in a beautiful resort in Del Mar. In my opinion, the ambience and the food in the restaurant is worth the normal price tag, but perhaps not going out of the way. That said we went to Valentine's Day where they replaced the normal menu with a course dinner for $225. That was not the best experience and I think that because they were busy, the service has dropped a little. I understand that it is appropriate to speed up the courses, but were there for about 3 hours and tweak our thumbs for most of this time. The food was good, but no thought bubble you should expect for the steeper price. Overall, I would not recommend Amaya unless you want to stay at the resort (which is very nice) and check it while you are there. I can say that the other restaurant in the resort (Addison), which is much more difficult to get reservations, is very much worth the effort if you are looking for a first-class culinary experience.

We love Fairmont and both stayed here and gedimt in Amaya. It's just a 3 hours dinner, with very little (and just decent) food for almost $800 just not good for me. I already ate in Amaya and it was good. I would never again make special prefixed meals on holidays because I just didn't feel the value was there. And I don't care to spend $500 for two when the food, ambience, service and customer experience is delivered. There are special times for these occasions. But last night I didn't experience the value and I think they could be much better. It was a $350 experience best, not a $800 one.

Excellent food, phenomenal service and beautiful property!

Excellent food, service atmosphere! Our server was excellent

Service was very good . Good very good. Drink selection Wes great!