I have to say, I had a really enjoyable dinner at Season's 52 the other night. And by enjoyable, I mean I had a great time eating their food. The "big thing" about this place is that all of the items on the menu are under 475 calories each. Which sounds super duper cool but when you order cocktails, appys, entrees and desserts how many calories are you really saving? Hum? But I appreciate that they are conscious of calories and I applaud them for not serving overly large portions. My waist line thanks you. Anyhoo, the food I tried was really, really good. When I heard that all the items on the menu were under 475 calories each, I am not going to lie, I thought all I was going to get was some healthy crap with no taste. I was wrong. Seasons 52 has a great selection of food from sandwiches, to pastas, to fish, to burgers, to salads and more. It was actually quite hard to choose just one thing. Ultimately, what caught my eye, was a cup of chicken corn tortilla soup and an ahi tuna salad. My hubby split a flat bread pizza appy with a friend, had a cup of chili
and then had ravioli as an entree.
When the food came not only was it beautifully presented on plates but it just looked plain appetizing. I couldn't wait to dip into my food. The chicken corn tortilla soup tasted amazing! The only thing at fault was I didn't like a spice they used. I hate the taste of curry and while they didn't use curry in the soup, I think they used a spice that seemed similar to curry so I had a little bit of an issue but overall got over it because the soup was just so darn different then the standard chicken corn tortilla soup that it was a delight to eat. When my salad came to the table I was absolutely flabbergasted to see a plastic dome come with my meal. The ahi tuna came beautifully sliced and next to the sliced fish was a plastic dome containing my salad. When the waiter served me, he lifted the dome and the salad flowed perfectly to my plate.
I was trying to figure out what exactly was in that salad but I don't think I ever figured it out. With each bite I couldn't wait to get to the next bite so I never figured out what made that salad taste so good. All I can say was it was the most enjoyable salad I have had in a long time. Furthermore, I could eat that salad every single day. Yes, it was that good.
Just writing about it makes me want to drive all the way back to Costa Mesa to eat it! My husband's flat bread pizza was tasty as well as visually appealing. Crispy yet light it was the perfect appy. His chili was hands down the best chili I have tried in a while. I didn't try his ravioli but he was very pleased with his meal. That night we dined with a party of 10. While I was a huge fan of the meal I wasn't a huge fan of the overall noise that was in the room. Unfortunately, it was so loud in the room we sat in I couldn't hear any of the table's conversation. I pretty much sat alone at the end of the table with my thoughts. The decor of the restaurant was business casual. I enjoyed the scenery but it was the loud, loud, loudness that ultimately drove down my score to 4 stars instead of 5 stars. Oh before I forget, you MUST order dessert. Their desserts come in little shot glasses.
Our visit was for a birthday party so instead of a big cake the waitress brought a big wire cake looking device that contained a bazillion shot glasses. After wishing the birthday boy well, the waitress took the contraption around the table and asked which dessert each person wanted. There were a million flavors to choose from. All shot glasses contained yumminess in the 100-300 calories range. I choose the raspberry cheesecake shot glass which had a perfect little raspberry on top. It was simply delicious. How heavenly would it be, if all restaurants would adopt this shot glass idea? The thing I liked about this place was that I indulged in a lot of things and didn't feel guilty. I felt like I had a lot of food and didn't feel stuffed and even better I didn't feel bad about my choices. Simply said, I love this place and would definitely return again! Please put one of these restaurants in Los Angeles!
I have to say, I had a really enjoyable dinner at Season's 52 the other night. And by enjoyable, I mean I had a great time eating their food. The "big thing" about this place is that all of the items on the menu are under 475 calories each. Which sounds super duper cool but when you order cocktails, appys, entrees and desserts how many calories are you really saving? Hum? But I appreciate that they are conscious of calories and I applaud them for not serving overly large portions. My waist line thanks you. Anyhoo, the food I tried was really, really good. When I heard that all the items on the menu were under 475 calories each, I am not going to lie, I thought all I was going to get was some healthy crap with no taste. I was wrong. Seasons 52 has a great selection of food from sandwiches, to pastas, to fish, to burgers, to salads and more. It was actually quite hard to choose just one thing. Ultimately, what caught my eye, was a cup of chicken corn tortilla soup and an ahi tuna salad. My hubby split a flat bread pizza appy with a friend, had a cup of chili 
and then had ravioli as an entree. 
When the food came not only was it beautifully presented on plates but it just looked plain appetizing. I couldn't wait to dip into my food. The chicken corn tortilla soup tasted amazing! The only thing at fault was I didn't like a spice they used. I hate the taste of curry and while they didn't use curry in the soup, I think they used a spice that seemed similar to curry so I had a little bit of an issue but overall got over it because the soup was just so darn different then the standard chicken corn tortilla soup that it was a delight to eat. When my salad came to the table I was absolutely flabbergasted to see a plastic dome come with my meal. The ahi tuna came beautifully sliced and next to the sliced fish was a plastic dome containing my salad. When the waiter served me, he lifted the dome and the salad flowed perfectly to my plate. 
I was trying to figure out what exactly was in that salad but I don't think I ever figured it out. With each bite I couldn't wait to get to the next bite so I never figured out what made that salad taste so good. All I can say was it was the most enjoyable salad I have had in a long time. Furthermore, I could eat that salad every single day. Yes, it was that good. 
Just writing about it makes me want to drive all the way back to Costa Mesa to eat it! My husband's flat bread pizza was tasty as well as visually appealing. Crispy yet light it was the perfect appy. His chili was hands down the best chili I have tried in a while. I didn't try his ravioli but he was very pleased with his meal. That night we dined with a party of 10. While I was a huge fan of the meal I wasn't a huge fan of the overall noise that was in the room. Unfortunately, it was so loud in the room we sat in I couldn't hear any of the table's conversation. I pretty much sat alone at the end of the table with my thoughts. The decor of the restaurant was business casual. I enjoyed the scenery but it was the loud, loud, loudness that ultimately drove down my score to 4 stars instead of 5 stars. Oh before I forget, you MUST order dessert. Their desserts come in little shot glasses. 
Our visit was for a birthday party so instead of a big cake the waitress brought a big wire cake looking device that contained a bazillion shot glasses. After wishing the birthday boy well, the waitress took the contraption around the table and asked which dessert each person wanted. There were a million flavors to choose from. All shot glasses contained yumminess in the 100-300 calories range. I choose the raspberry cheesecake shot glass which had a perfect little raspberry on top. It was simply delicious. How heavenly would it be, if all restaurants would adopt this shot glass idea? The thing I liked about this place was that I indulged in a lot of things and didn't feel guilty. I felt like I had a lot of food and didn't feel stuffed and even better I didn't feel bad about my choices. Simply said, I love this place and would definitely return again! Please put one of these restaurants in Los Angeles!
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