Mission Ranch - Carmel

My go-to place for dinner every time we come down Carmel Valley Ranch for staycation. I always order rack of lamb, simply the best meat (although feel bad eating the meat while watching the lamb in the background… drinks and dessert are fantastic. Price is very reasonable! Come around 4:50pm to get a buzzer to get seated early 5pm.

Sorry but hard pass. Cute sheep and a nice sunset but waited 1.5 hrs for not good seating (terrible booking system btw), head host was kinda rude, customers stuck up and the food was soggy and overpriced. Bring your camera cause that's the main thing you'll be paying for. The servers were great though all credit to them.

I love mission ranch, I’ve been coming here for years. However — do not come here if you have a service dog. The staff will meet you with attitude judgement. The staff will walk around to make sure your dog is performing as he should. My dog slept at my feet the entire dinner , but the comments made for a uncomfortable experience we will not be back.

The location and the history of Mission Ranch is fantastic and for that reason alone I would recommend it. But, our room overlooked a school playground so we were woken by the bell both mornings. Fine if we had been made aware of this at any point, or if it had been mentioned in the information about the room but, perhaps deliberately, it wasn’t. The room itself (17) was spacious, traditional in style and could do with a bit of an update. The beds were comfortable and there was water and coffee making facilities. It would have been great if a fresh supply of these could have been left at our door or just inside for our second night. I know we could have asked for it but I don’t think it would have been that much of a stretch to just do it. Two small bottles of water between four of us staying for two nights was a bit underwhelming. We had breakfast in the restaurant once. The view was gorgeous so we sat outside even though it was a bit drizzly. They kindly lit the outdoor fire for us. The breakfast was good pancakes, eggs Benedict, juices and coffee. Checkout was simple and accurate but I struggled with the lack of interest in whether we’d had a nice stay. I felt as though I was an annoyance and there was absolutely no interest in conversing with me just wanted the keys back and to tell me the bill would be emailed. A missed opportunity to make a guest feel valued. Overall, we love Carmel so this was a good base for us.

This is for Mission Ranch Restaurant which was formerly owned by Clint Eastwood. Not the hotel. Meal was average and very over priced and I've eaten at MANY top notch restaurants and this is not one of them. Google for a better place to eat. I would not give it a 4.6 as it is rated.