"Ideal for anniversaries or impressing someone new", this "lovely" Santa Monica restaurant is "always a favorite" for Raphael Lunetta's "outstanding", "inventive" market-driven French–New American cuisine; the staff "really seems to care" too, making the "pricey" bills easier to swallow; P.S. Monday night's prix fixe is a "bargain."
JiRaffe Restaurant Review:
With its generous windows and white linen-clad tables, JiRaffe has the comfortable feel of a modern-day bistro. Chef-owner Raphael Lunetta has established the restaurant as a Santa Monica dining destination without any unnecessary pretensions. A meticulous artisan, Lunetta shops at local farmers markets and picks the best he can find --- often at a price, of course. Specials incorporate the...
Comfort food gets its French passport.:
The Scene
Think stately chateau dining room--but with more tables--all done up in crystal chandeliers, dark woods and velvet tapestries. An equally done-up crowd of coolly fashionable...