Mammoth Lakes, California: Restaurant and dining guide

A writer is never at a loss for words. A dinner whore, sorry, food critic is never at a loss for words about the food, the ambiance, the food, the staff and the food. Food critics don’t always write for Food and Wine or don’t always have a column in a local paper. Ever since Al Gore created the Internet, anyone who travels and enjoys the dinning experience can critique a restaurant. Let’s go where the foodies and the well traveled eat in Mammoth Lakes.

Mogul Restaurant, 1528 Tavern Road – Known as a “hidden gem” on Tripadvisor.com, MsOregon dispenses this tidbit: “This is the best steak house (also other things). in the whole mammoth lakes area. If you are interested in fine dinning in relaxed mode, and great salad bar, please don’t miss this opportunity. We had a wonderful time in Mammoth and found this place on Tavern Rd. A wonderful treat for the end of the day and we will return again, and again. Big things come in little packages.”

Bergers Restaurant, 6118 Minaret Road – For a truly great burger do you know where to go? It’s Bergers! cfam writes “The food is so fresh and tasty, they truly do have the BEST Burgers for miles and miles around! My favorite dish is the Sourdough Patty Melt, so yummy!”

Roberto’s Mexican Cafe, 271 Old Mammoth Road – What is it worth to you? Well to this couple if they lived any closer, Roberto’s might name a table after them. Check out what pedagog7 says “My wife and I are Mexican restaurant experts having dined at the best in California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It is too bad that Robertos is a 5-hour drive from home or we would be there weekly. Lean meats, great sauces, and one of the only places your food will literally sizzle on the serving platter (an absolute necessity for quality Mexican fare). The 3-item combination plate is too much food for me – it is so rare to find quality and quantity at the same place, but Roberto’s has it all! If you are anywhere near Mammoth, don’t miss this one.”

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” The English novelist Virginia Woolf once said. Usual quote from someone who wrote in “A Room of One’s Own.” Was she dining in a room of one’s own when she said this and what was on her plate? Only a foodie could ponder.

The restaurant reviews are unique to those who experienced the atmosphere of the restaurant and the taste of the food. What these reviews share is that the traveler is willing to go back again and again to the same restaurant. The individual or individuals want to create new dining experience at a restaurant they feel comfortable in. Prices are part of dinning out, but don’t always factor in to an already enjoyable experience. Of these restaurant’s reviewed, all were moderately priced.

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