Ate here a few times when it was Ragoot's. Though I don't have a great frame of reference, Ladera is really a step up from the old place. Really nice interior, great menu options and a terrific bar. I think with a little time this will be a top notch destination in MH. read more

Cathy the waitress here during day with the weather just perfect great food great service!!

Fun place to have drinks. Kobe beef sliders are a must. Staff is very good. Rib eye is ok. Eat at the bar to enjoy the crowd.

My wife and I went to Ladera Grill after reading rave reviews about the restaurant. Living in Gilroy, where good restaurants are far and few between, we really get excited when we hear of a good restaurant that's in our neighborhood. The evening was very tepid, so we chose to sit outside at the side of the restaurant. Our waitress, by the name of Cathy with a C instead of a K, (mnemonic to remember her by), made the evening very memorable and entertaining, with her bubbly and vivacious personality, great service and food recommendations. After ordering a bottle of Chardonnay, we started with the Fig Brie Puff Pastry which melted in your mouth. My wife ordered the Spiced Grilled Diver Sea Scallops and I ordered the Sweet and Sour Brandy Chili Prawns, both entrees were very delicious. After finishing the bottle of Chardonnay, we each ordered another glass of wine which appears to be standard for us anymore. To finish off our meal, we each ordered a black cup of coffee and shared a Coconut Banana Cake which was the perfect complement to our evening. Our first experience at Ladera Grill was amazing, starting with outside seating, combined with outstanding service and exceptional food. What more can you ask for...we'll be back very soon! read more

DELICIOUS FOOD! FANTASTIC SERVICE FROM ALL THE STAFF. THE RESTAURANTS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. Servers Rene, Peter, Natalie, Alfredo, and the rest of the food servers are amazing. Always get wonderful service, and they all work in zinc with each other so you always feel special when dining at Ladera Grill. The food is always fantastic - great kitchen staff. As long as you keep the entire staff in the restaurant, this will always be a popular restaurant. My whole family loves this place. It's hard to get in sometimes in the evenings because it is one of the best restaurants around, along with Odeum. read more

Very accomodating staff, and very consistently high quality food. Also nice environment and bar!

In Morgan hill, this is a nice restaurant to go to on a date or with a group. They always do their best to accommodate us when we have no reservations. I've been here several times and I enjoy the ambiance. The cappuccino is actually nice, which is hard to find...Our favorite is the lamb chops. It is always cooked to perfection! The seafood salad was amazing as well. It had salmon, prawns, and scallops. However, the prawns were over cooked this time...I couldn't eat it, it was hard and cold. But the dressing was tasty, it blended well with the rest of the seafood. Everyone else enjoyed their meal. We also had dessert to complete the experience! It's only a 4 because for a semi-elegant restaurant, they do not always take the empty dish away or replace the used silverware. Therefore, the table gets crowded when the entrees come...and sometimes the servers seem overwhelmed and hard to find. So, there's the flagging of other staff to get our waiter/waitress. read more

environment was ok...felt exclusive to the point point of uppity or affluent...but the food fell short. had chicken potato wedges for a starter...we didn't finish them. tasted quite bland. salt would have helped but the table had none. had teriyaki skirt steak and portabella mushroom burger. we left about at quarter of our food on the plate. not a bad place to eat, but given the vibe they put out and what they charge...I expected excellence and got steady mediocre. read more

Tried their sangria and it was delicious! Also had the wedge salad. It could be a whole meal! Very tasty!!

Love Ladera! Great ambiance. Great food. Service was great. One of the nicer places to dine in Morgan Hill. Not really family friendly but great for a date with spouse. read more

Loved it! We had a stuffed portobello mushroom for an appetizer. Best I've ever tried. Really delicious. My wife had the osso bucco. Cooked perfectly with great flavor. I had the Ladera Pappardelle, a seafood pasta in a pesto basil cream sauce. Wow. Excellent. I loved that they had so many great local wines. Aver Family Vineyards, Clos La Chance, etc. In an especially nice touch, the executive chef and owner stopped by our table to see how we enjoyed the meal. Awesome. We will be back. read more

I have been to Ladera several times and I know a lot of friends in town that love this place. I don't really see what the big deal is. It's got a good atmosphere but the food is very average. The only thing we really enjoy about Ladera is the bar menu. They have a decent house wine and my husband and I like the pork sliders. But that's about it. read more

We are locals and have been to all of the restaurants in town. This is one of our favorites. The food is great and the staff is very kind. There are a number of wonderful finds here, but my favorite is the seared ahi salad. It is wonderful!!!!! read more

My party of 5 came to this restaurant last week on December 22th at 7:00 pm to celebrate a birthday. We had a reservation booked and looked forward to trying the restaurant as we had never been there before. I arrived first and asked the hostess if my party had been seated already. She stared blankly and said there is no reservation with that name and I have just seated 2 parties and the names weren't even close. I was taken aback by her tone. The birthday girl then arrived and asked what happened to our reservation. The host insisted again, there was no reservation. The birthday girl said I actually talked to you when I booked this and she repeated her name. The host insisted that there was no reservation yet again. Suddenly, the host had a look of recognition after fumbling around with her reservation book and post its in front of her and replied "oh, yea, it looks I wrote your reservation on a post it note but now I don't have a table." Instead of owning up to (her) mistake or even apologizing, she very rudely said "well, you can eat outside (it was about 45 degrees outside and had lightly sprinkled) or try to wait for a party of 12 or another big party to finish". She then followed up with I don't know what to tell you. I then asked why weren't accommodations even being attempted whatsoever to be made when she clearly made the error? She repeated, I wrote it down but not on the reservations, I don't have a table. If the party of 12 finishes, I will let you know. It might be 20-30 minutes, I really don't know but I will let you know if you want to wait since I didn't have you down for a reservation. We started to walk outside and then the birthday girl turned back and said, how will you let us know? Don't you need my phone number or something? She said, uh yea, sure. what is it? I came back into the restaurant a few moments later to let her know we were opting for a different restaurant nearby. She said Oh, ok, yea sorry about that post it note. I said actually, that's the first apology you've given and to be honest with you, you have been very rude to my party-I'm pretty shocked. You made not even one attempt to try and fix your error. I'm really surprised that this restaurant would treat people like this. Your rudeness has been absolutely unacceptable. This was the worst customer service I've seen in a host/restaurant and we eat out about 4 days per week. People make mistakes- it happens. But, this rudeness and lack of customer service was beyond bad. Ladera, train your people to take reservations or to take ownership when they screw it up. read more

Excellent food. Quick, polite service, excellent busser. Slow initial wait staff & not engaging waiter keep this from being a 5 star rating.

We have dined at the Ladera Grill Twice, and it was a fabulous experience. The space is newly redone, beautiful wood bar, lovely windows to see our of and interesting art work on the walls. The steaks are the best quality we have ever been served, up there with Mortons. Mine was cooked to perfection, I like it well done, and usually I get a charcoal brick, my husbands t-bone, which he likes rare was perfect as was my filet mignon the sauces were on the side as requested, and delicious. The manager greets everyone with warmth and the staff is efficient and friendly. Our group felt the calamari was the best ever. We also appreciated the children's menu and the crayons with paper. The adults were envious when the child's pepperoni pizza was served, but also greatly satisfied when our entre's appeared. It is so nice to have fine dining available with the thought to families with children. I hope the Ladera Grill stays open for a very long time. read more

The food was excellent (I had the chicken parmesan), and our waitress was attentive. The location is great -- perfect for sitting out side (as we did) and watching the "main street" activities. read more

I must say not even after a day or so in my original post I received an email from one of the owners, and he was very sincere and concerned that one of his regular patrons wasn't happy. I truly appreciated the fact that he reached out. Take note other restaurant owners as this is how you get repeat business!! I went again, and still had the bad service, but this time I wrote it on my receipt. Went back again, and I must say, the bartender was top notch and very attentive! Welcome back to my favorites list Ladera!!! Now if we can only do something about extending the bar menu to tables or extending the bar LOL j/k. See you tonight! read more

It was ok...not blown away by anything. Glaring lights over the tables. Might or might not return.

Fabulous food and wine. Absolutely loved the seared tuna and sushi roll. Excellent restaurant for a business dinner.

I wasn't overly impressed with their service. However, it was when half of Morgan Hill downtown was without power and a day after 4th of July, so I'm sure they weren't expecting the large crowd. Their green salad was yummy...the pears were crisp and dressing was refreshing. The pizza tasted too much like yeast.. no extra flavor. Ladera margarita was good (Padron Silver), but for $11 I would have appreciated a larger glass :) read more

Head hostess was quite rude. What kind of a place has assigned seating for happy hour. Then turns down 5 people willing to have cocktails and dinner. read more

I want to love Ladera Grill. I want to even like Ladera Grill. Unfortunately, despite the outside trappings of what looks like an awesome dining establishment, their food far too often lets me down. When I calculate a quality to price ratio, it is unfortunately not even in the top five for Morgan Hill. Great place to be seen but your money will be better spent elsewhere. read more

My wife and I drove down to Morgan Hill from San Jose to try this restaurant for the first time. We were celebrating and bought an expensive bottle of wine we like. Our waiter was great, very welcoming, attentive and knowledgeable. Unfortunately, they botched my steak, which was ordered medium-rare but served extremely and obviously burnt and well-done. I sent it back and waited 30 minutes (while my wife was already served). They brought the next one too rare and sliced open to inspect if it was done, which de-juiced it. By this point, I was too tired and hungry to make an issue. The waiter was apologetic, but no one from the restaurant bothered to apologize for ruining our dinner or ensure that our food was to our liking. We spent 200$ + for a disappointing evening. Our waiter and salads were so good that we we will give it another try. Anyone can have a bad night. read more

Food was great, loved the clam chowder, sat inside was a bit stuffy, not good air flow, asked to be seated outside not a problem, but were a bit slower with service read more

Recently had the Truffle Mac & Cheese and wasn't thrilled with it as I had reported earlier. The sauce was lumpy in places and watery in others. Disappointed but will go back again. It was my favorite appetizer. Hopefully it was a fluke. read more

I am a Morgan Hill resident I have given Ladera Grill what I feel is ample opportunities to provide good service. If you have a party of more then 4 forget about the service. Gave Ladera one last try Sat night had a party of 11 and after 35 minutes of sitting at the table our drinks showed up then we watched tables of 2 and 4 being seated after us get drinks eat and leave before one piece of our $1000.00 dinner bill got served. This has happened EVERY SINGLE TIME I have had a party of more then 4 it is a shame food is good service is the WORST and sorry Ladera but food wont keep you afloat in the long run...... read more

Three stars is generous as we had both food and service issues for a large party on a Friday night. We were all anxious to try Ladera for the first time so we went in with a good attitude. We were seated outside facing the side street which was OK with us. However, either the waitress was new or inept. She was fine with taking the orders and cooperative about adding a table when the last couple showed up. We had to ask for water. However, one person did not receive her crab cake appetizer. She asked about it. Still no appetizer. I also had crab cakes and finally advised her to cancel the order as they were not tasty. The salsa was good but the cakes themselves were bland and seemed to be made from inferior canned crab which had an off taste. So she cancelled. However, 5 to 10 min after she received her dinner order, the crab cakes arrived. She reminded the waitress that she had cancelled. The waitress looked befuddled and finally the manager came over and gave the cakes to the woman for free. When she tasted them, she agreed with my assessment and thanked me for suggesting a cancel. People with steak seemed happy with their meal, though it was pricy. My husband and I shared a pork osso bucco on risotto. It was good and the portion huge so we were glad we had shared. The entrees were the only reason this restaurant got 3 stars from me. We had to leave early so I quietly asked the waitress for my bill only. A half hour later, she showed up with bills for everyone! We were very late leaving as a result and had a long drive that night so were quite unhappy that she took so long. Then, instead of processing ours right away, she took everyone's so we had to wait again. They put the 18% tip on the bill so we had no opportunity to show our displeasure by reducing the tip. Someone asked her about desserts. She had forgotten to ask if anyone wanted any! A few did but everyone was getting up to leave as their bills had arrived. I was very disappointed as a lot of the raves had been about the desserts. There was no possible way my husband and I had time to eat dessert anyway because of the slowness of the waitress. Quite honestly, we will not go back. Checking out the desserts is not a good enough incentive. We spent $51 total on one order of crabcakes, one order of osso bucco, one coffee and 1 diet coke. Most of our friends ordered much much more so we think a couple would easily spend well more than $100 if they ordered wine and dessert. As a matter of fact, the coffee was another issue. My husband ordered coffee so he would keep awake on the drive. He was brought a cup of coffee which he thought was OK. However, when he asked for a refill, the busser brought a pot of decaf. My husband saw it and told the busser to get him regular. When we paid, he noticed that his coffee order said decaf. The waitress should not have assumed that coffee meant decaf because it was night time. If she was not sure, she should have asked. In our experience, an order for "coffee" means regular and if you want decaf, you ask for it. Had we been alone, we would have made a fuss about some of these issues but we were with a very convivial group and did not want to destroy the mood. read more

I've been to Ladera Grill many, many times and just don't understand the rave reviews. Maybe it's just because there aren't a whole lot of restaurants to choose from in our sleepy little town. Their cocktails are good as is the wine list, but the food is totally uninspired. There isn't a thing on that menu that isn't covered in a sauce of some sort which makes the food extremely heavy. You just can't leave Ladera without feeling like you've got a rock in your stomach. Pass the statins please! The wait staff is professional for Morgan Hill. read more

My favorite restaurant in MH. Always exceptional food and service. They have an amazing dessert menu and will come there just for a drink and dessert at the bar. read more

First time at the Ladera Grill... lunch for two. My wife and I dropped in for a Monday afternoon lunch at around 12:40pm. The place was about half full of costumers, carefully seated along the window booths to maximize visibility from the street. The server was attentive and friendly , and certainly did not rush us. I ordered the Grilled Seafood Salad - it was excellent! The salad featured a lovely, light citrus dressing over a decent portion of "spring mix" greens, real bacon pieces and sun dried cherries. The seafood consisted of a small (4 0z) portion of grilled salmon (tasty, although I would have preferred it without the skin attached), two enormous, very fresh scallops (skillfully cooked to perfection and two generous (12-15 count per lb.) prawns. Each seafood item seemed to have been cooked individually and timed properly. There were tomato wedges and lemon slices arranged artfully at the perimeter of the plate. The fruit, acidity and delicate seafood flavors all melded successfully and I was pleased with the dish. My wife ordered the the turkey (The Ladera) sandwich... and asked to hold the mayo. Her sandwich arrived, as ordered without the added fat, yet it was superbly moist. The turkey was warm and flavorful, the sandwich had two thick slices of applewood smoked bacon, fresh avocado and slices of mild swiss cheese. The side of french fries appeared "hand cut" and were served "piping hot." Since it was a Monday luncheon - and to atone for our weekend sins - we took a pass on the Ladera Grill's modest wine list. Not bad, though... we'll be back to try dinner and select a bottle from a local winery at this attractive, and comfortable bar and grill in Morgan Hill. If dinner is as good (or, hopefully, up a notch) from this initial experience, I'll certainly boost my rating to five stars read more

I had the "Lobster and Shrimp Scampi." Should have been named "Shrimp with Two Pieces of Lobster." There were also some small bay scallops in it that, while cooked and tender, had no color to them. The lobster was waaay overcooked and stringy and the shrimp were small and *not* fresh. The seafood part of the dish was almost flavorless. The sauce, however, was very good. For dessert I had the Berry Apple Crumble. This dish was excellent...the tartness of the fresh berries shone through and the fruit was very nicely balanced. The vanilla bean ice cream was a great counterpoint to the tart fruit. Coffee is served in a French press and was quite good. Service was not wonderful. I had to ask for more hot water for my tea. It took 20 min. for dessert to arrive after we ordered it. And I had to ask three times for a spoon for my dessert. I would not go back to Ladera Grill. read more

It's been a while since we ate here. The prior experience wasn't all that good. Guess what no improvement. The food was ok but the service was mediocre. Here is the kicker I ordered Courvoisier X.O in a warm glass. Guess what they do...they microwave the cognac...had to send it back. Won't be going back....plenty of other good eateries in Morgan Hill thankfully. read more

Love Ladera! What a wonderful restaurant right here in our own little town. Forget about driving to San Jose just stay local. Excellent food and atmosphere. Make a reservation.y read more

Nice restaurant that has good food...most of the time. Try the Truffle Mac & Cheese, Calamari and the fish plates are always good. I would definitely steer away from any steak on the menu. I ordered the ribeye and the aged ribye and both times I was extremely dissapointed. I'm a big steak lover but there steak is lightly seared with no seasonings (bland) and I was given options to put sauces over the top once the steak was cooked. If I'm paying $40 for a steak dinner I want a nice crusted seasoning. Overall good place with the great downtown feel. read more

My daughter & son in-law took me here for my birthday nice ambiance the host was a little rude had the ribeye not as good as i hoped it would be a little tuff tried my daughter's pot roast very good would go again just not order the steak read more

Service was super. Kathy is worth the visit alone. Food excellent. Moving toward five stars. Just need a few more selections. See you soon.

Just went there tonight for my hubbys bday dinner, and I am sorry to say that I am not impressed. The evening started off with bread and butter, that is butter with a hair in it, dinner was nothing special, and I even had the filet sammy. My daughter ordered the mac & cheese, assuming it was a homemade version, nope for $6.50 we got Kraft Mac & Cheese. Dinner concluded and they brought out the tiramasu dessert,because when I made the reservation I mentioned that we were celebrating my husband's birthday. Well, I ask for the bill and there is a charge for the dessert that we didn't order and "assumed" was complimentary. Worse yet, the dessert had so much cinamon flavor, it was inedible. I don't think we will be back Ladera... bland, unmemorable food, slow service even on a Friday at 5 with only a few tables taken, it was a waste of our time and our money. read more

This is one of the best kept secrets in the Bay Area and without exaggerating in the world. Quality of cuisine is world class and attention to details are top. Menu selection is great ! I really recommend their clam chowder and their mahi-mahi with mango sauce !!! read more

i had an early dinner on Friday and had the Gorgonzola and fig ravioli with risotto. It was wonderful and the best ravioli I have tasted. The portions were large and price reasonable. I will definitely go back. read more