Café Zoolu is Laguna Beach’s best kept secret! Family owned and operated by husband and wife Mike and Tony. Mike does everything from selecting the fish, tasting the wines and manning the grill. The food is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIABLE, but yet the spot is small and homey and when dining there you almost feel like you are visiting a shack in Hawaii. Their swordfish plate is known as “The Best on the Planet” Zagat, although their Ahi, Sea bass and Salmon are AMAZING too! All of their seafood is FRESH and their portions are incredibly large, and perfectly seasoned and come with homemade sides such as wasabi mashed potatoes and sweet potato mash. It is SCAREY to see Mike man the grill as I see hundred of dollars of beautiful fish over flames, but yet everything seems to come out delicious. Their calamari appetizer is honestly one of the best things I have ever ate. It is pounded out and then panko crusted, fried and cut into strips. Then Mike serves it over coconut curry sauce and seaweed salad then tops it with tropical cabbage slaw and fried wonton chips. Oh and of course no matter how full I am I can always save room for their malted milk ball ice cream.
Café Zoolu is Laguna Beach’s best kept secret! Family owned and operated by husband and wife Mike and Tony. Mike does everything from selecting the fish, tasting the wines and manning the grill. The food is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIABLE, but yet the spot is small and homey and when dining there you almost feel like you are visiting a shack in Hawaii. Their swordfish plate is known as “The Best on the Planet” Zagat, although their Ahi, Sea bass and Salmon are AMAZING too! All of their seafood is FRESH and their portions are incredibly large, and perfectly seasoned and come with homemade sides such as wasabi mashed potatoes and sweet potato mash. It is SCAREY to see Mike man the grill as I see hundred of dollars of beautiful fish over flames, but yet everything seems to come out delicious. Their calamari appetizer is honestly one of the best things I have ever ate. It is pounded out and then panko crusted, fried and cut into strips. Then Mike serves it over coconut curry sauce and seaweed salad then tops it with tropical cabbage slaw and fried wonton chips. Oh and of course no matter how full I am I can always save room for their malted milk ball ice cream.
That’s the smart tnhiknig we could all benefit from.