The Disneyland Resort‘s fine-dining restaurant Napa Rose reopened on Feb. 6 in time to celebrate its 25th anniversary with all-new menus and renovated spaces at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Updates include a dedicated kitchen service for the bar and lounge area, new private dining rooms and built-in displays for all 1,500 labels of wine the restaurant has collected under the direction of Wine Director Patrick Kirchen.
The Business Journal attended a preview event before the opening to try dishes from Chef Andrew Sutton‘s redesigned prix fixe menu, to be served in the main dining room, and newly introduced cocktails created by bartender Nick Nanfito.
For more on Napa Rose, see the Feb. 16 issue of the Business Journal.
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The main dining room of the newly renovated Napa Rose restaurant at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at the Disneyland Resort (Ron DeAngelis/Disneyland Resort)
Napa Rose's bar and lounge will serve a redesigned à la carte menu featuring dishes such as a Pepita Crusted Zucchini Blossom, Hawaiian Ahi Tuna Carpaccio and the Laughing Tiger - a nod to a former fan favorite, the Smiling Tiger (Ron DeAngelis/Disneyland Resort)
Upon renovating the entire Napa Rose restaurant, part of the previous bar and lounge area was turned into new private dining rooms that include the option for guests to frost the windows if more privacy is wanted (Ron De Angelis/Disneyland Resort)
Culinary Director Chef Andrew Sutton and Executive Chef Clint Chin prepare a dish at Napa Rose (Ron DeAngelis/Disneyland Resort)
After serving a mushroom cappuccino - one of the two dishes Chef Andrew Sutton decided to keep on the menu - as an amuse bouche, the first course included American Wagyu N.Y., thinly sliced and medium rare with grape mustardo (Photo credit: Emily Santiago-Molina)
Another dish part of the first course is a Sautéed Seasonal Fish with lobster toast, avocado relish and lemon bubbles (Photo credit: Emily Santiago-Molina)
