Frommer's Review
The fine dining room at La Mansión del Río has a couple of things going
for it, namely the setting and food. You have a choice of dining on
inventive and beautifully presented cuisine on a lovely riverside veranda, a
palm-decked, Mexican-tiled patio, or inside in one of several cozy,
antiques-filled interior rooms where you can listen to the soft music of a
grand piano or a classical guitar.
Menus change seasonally, but such dishes as seared ahi tuna with saffron
jasmine rice, or pepper-crusted venison loin with sweet potato crisps
demonstrate the chef's ability to balance unusual textures and flavors.
Appetizers are equally exciting, but you'll want to share to leave room for
dazzling desserts like the mascarpone cheesecake with warm cinnamon curry
apples. The $12 lunchtime "Two Courses in 40 Minutes" special nabs you a
choice of soup or salad, an entree such as oregano-crusted chicken breast
with mashed potatoes, and homemade bread and coffee.
