La Duquesa

Overall, we had a very enjoyable dinner. The restaurant is beautiful, with thoughtful attention to even the smallest details, and it has a truly high-end feel. The intimate, low lighting creates a lovely ambiance, though it does make the menu a bit difficult to read; the adjustable table lamp was a nice and appreciated touch. We ordered from the set-price menu, which offered great value for the cost. Standout dishes of the evening were the fried calamari, clam chowder, New York strip steak, and tiramisu. A few of the other items were just okay, and the complimentary bread was underwhelming. That said, it’s clear the restaurant genuinely cares about the overall dining experience. It’s a beautiful space, and I would definitely return.

Yay new restaurant in Ventura! I was keeping my eye out for their opening and my boyfriend took me on a great date here. Really fantastic cocktail selection. Good and attentive service. Food was tasty and offered a lot of options, really good fixed priced dinner menu they offered. I’m hopeful for this new spot!

Stopped in briefly and really enjoyed it. Beautiful space, friendly service, and a great cocktail. We only had one dish, but it was delicious. Looking forward to coming back.

Sadly we had a similar experience as the review before us. Reservations at 7, for 3, we got sat down at 7:38pm. We ordered appetizers lobster stuffer portobello mushrooms and half dozen oysters. It showed up, no side plates for sharing, the oysters had no seafood fork just 6 of them sitting on a somewhat cold plate with just lemons. At least 10 minutes went by no server. (By no server i mean the server never came back at all). I ate one of the oysters and its was barely even cold. Had to send them back and cancel that order once a manager/another server helped out. The 16oz Porter house and T bone steaks might have been a half inch thick at best which I found odd for a steakhouse, but to the credit it had good flavor. Their drinks are fantastic, we know it’s a new restaurant and

A solid new choice for Ventura. Food was very good, service was adequate. Higher priced that your typical cafe but not exorbitant. Very alcohol focused though and we are not drinkers so that did not add anything to our experience. I would imagine it gets pretty noisy if there are many diners there as it is just one big room with hard surfaces. I hope they offer takeout service at some point.