Trillium Cafe
Trillium Cafe & Inn
A California cuisine restaurant in a historic house, with views over Big River Bay, a fireplace dining room, and a garden terrace. Lunch costs about half as much as dinner.
The restaurant is in a restored historic house with views over Big River Bay. Indoors, a large brick fireplace makes the room cozy. The outdoor garden has heated tents, and dogs are welcome on the terrace. The menu is California cuisine made with seasonal ingredients. Popular dishes include roasted grass-fed short rib steak, scallops and prawns with saffron risotto, grilled wild prawn and avocado sandwich, roasted beet salad, and caramel banana cream pie. Lunch costs about half the price of dinner, and takeout picnic boxes are also available. It is on Kasten Street in the old town.
Opening hours
Friday–Tuesday 11:30–14:15 and 17:00–20:30 (closed Wednesdays and Thursdays); check the official website
Nearby sights
- Temple of Kwan Tai
- Kelley House Museum
- Mendocino Village Historic District
- Mendocino Headlands State Park
- Big River Beach
- Russian Gulch State Park
- Van Damme State Park
- Point Cabrillo Light Station