Ambrogio by Acquerello in San Diego offers an exquisite culinary journey with inventive tasting menus, exceptional service, and a cozy, elegant atmosphere.
"Chefs Silvio Salmoiraghi and Choi Cheolhyeok are the culinary team behind Ambrogio, a charming Michelin guide-recognized La Jolla restaurant. For the celebratory evening, the kitchen will serve an eight-course menu with influences from Italy, South Korea, Japan, and California. Expect to see house-made pasta, carpaccio, local seafood, steak, and seasonal produce featured as part of carefully curated small plates. The signature tasting menu costs $199 per person, and the vegetarian menu is $179 per person. A vegan tasting menu is available when booked 48 hours in advance." - Helen I. Hwang
"A recent addition to the Michelin guide, the La Jolla restaurant offers multi-course prix-fixe tasting menus, showcasing modern Italian dishes with French, Asian, and Californian influences. Head chef Enea Sintoni leads the kitchen in partnership with chef Silvio Salmoiraghi, whose restaurant in Milan holds a Michelin star. Customers can order the regular menu with meat options or a full vegan menu. From Tuesday to Thursday, a lighter four-course menu can be ordered for $99. Add a wine pairing or non-alcoholic pairing with craft juices and teas." - Helen I. Hwang
"As the only San Diego restaurant to be added to the Michelin Guide this year, this modern Italian restaurant has found the right formula with tasting menus, ranging from a four-course option on the weekdays to grander eight-course meals on the weekends. While the wine pairing is well thought out, there’s also a non-alcoholic juice pairing, including virgin mojitos, almond milk with orange, and ginger tonic." - Candice Woo, Helen I. Hwang
"This friendly, cozy La Jolla offshoot of a celebrated restaurant outside of Milan has a vibe somewhere between humble and sophisticated, for a comfortable experience that’s none too precious. The style that chefs Choi Cheolhyeok and Silvio Salmoiraghi shaped at the original is a contemporary, minimalist approach to Italian that incorporates elements of Chef Choi’s Korean background. Guests can choose between an extended or abbreviated tasting, with both vegetarian or omnivorous options, featuring the likes of green tagliolini with spring onion, mushroom, and nori, or crisp fried squab breast with a charred radicchio and red wine sauce. A list of Italian wines, as well as sakes, will make fine pairings." - Michelin Inspector
"Ambrogio by Acquerello, a fine dining restaurant in La Jolla, has been added to the Michelin Guide. It offers a four or eight-course tasting menu that blends Italian cuisine with flavors from France, Korea, Japan, and California. The restaurant is a partnership between San Diego-based Ambrogio15 Restaurant Group and chefs Silvio Salmoiraghi and Choi Cheolhyeok of Italy’s Michelin-starred Ristorante Acquerello. Opened in 2022 in the former Semola space, it serves 'new Italian cuisine'." - Candice Woo
