Seasonal Offers: Freshest Seafood & Local Produce

Estéban Restaurant's passion for fresh, local ingredients and innovative dishes leads to delicious seasonal offers at this popular local restaurant. Chef Gus Trejo brings extensive knowledge and understanding of the culinary world and expertise in working with local sources to utilize the finest and freshest local ingredients. Enjoy seasonally changing options, inspired by the freshest seafood, meats and regionally grown fruits, herbs and vegetables available.

Halloween Costumes and Cocktails ~ The Halloween Hotspot for Pets and Their People

Celebrate a howling good time this Halloween at Estéban Restaurant's Costumes and Cocktails, October 31, 2019 from 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Festivities are on the restaurant's lively patio, where a roaring fire-pit will light the night as pets indulge in Executive Chef Gus Trejo's Tasty Treats menu and humans savor Estéban's seasonal dinner menu and sip Spooky Beverages. Costumes are encouraged for pets and their people or just pets. Guests who post a photo at Estéban on Instagram or Facebook and tag @estebanrestaurant and use hashtag #HowloweenAtEsteban will be entered to win a $75.00 gift card for a future dining experience at Estéban Restaurant. The winner will be notified and announced the following day.

Estéban's seasonal dinner menu features Executive Chef Trejo's signature dishes including Grilled Octopus, Marquita farm herbs, baby carrots, red sorrel; Cataplana, Portuguese stew of clams, whole prawns, mussels, Pacific catch, country bread; Pulled Pork Empanadas with feta cheese, tomatillo sauce; Rib-eye Steak, herb roasted potato, harvest vegetables, Rioja wine jus and Harvest Paella free-range chicken, caggiano sausage. Signature spooky beverages add extra spirit to the evening and include the Graveyard Punch, Kahlua, cream de cocoa and orange juice and Vampire Goblet features strawberry vodka, Chambord, strawberry juice, cranberry juice with a blood-strawberry sugar rim.

Tasty Treats menu is served for four-legged guests. Developed originally by Chef Trejo for his rescue dogs, Bruno and Clyde, the menu is made to order, locally sourced, with no additional salt or sugar and it is gluten free. Menu highlights include; Pupsicle, an all beef frank and blanched cauliflower; Pooch Patty, ground chuck served over brown rice; or the all time favorite Bone Appetite, chilled bone marrow. Vegans devour Clyde's Favorite that features roasted pumpkin, cauliflower and fresh apples. Finish with a BarkDay Cake, made of bacon, beef franks, burger patty, rice and sugarless whipped cream. (Candles optional)

Paella To Go!

Estéban Restaurant makes hosting a graduation party, bachelor or bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner and a summer soireée a breeze with Paella to Go! Served in an authentic 22-inch paella pan, that serves up to 15 people, we offer three savory choices: Paella Del Mar with harvest vegetables, prawns, clams and mussels (GF); Chicken Paella with harvest vegetables, chicken and sausage (GF); Harvest Paella with Monterey Farm Arti Hearts and harvest vegetables (GF/VG). Each paella pan comes with finishing touches for the dish: lemon juice, parsley and Espelette pepper. We suggest eating the paella within two hours of picking it up and it is easily reheated by putting it on the stove-top or grill on low heat until it is hot. Paella to Go! is $275.00 per pan, orders must be made at least 24 hours in advance and can be ordered by calling Estéban Restaurant after 5pm at 831-375-0176. Choose your pick-up time after 4pm, 7 days a week.

Half-Priced Wine Monday

Every Monday guests can enjoy a bottle of wine from our specialty wine list for just half the cost. With an assortment of Spanish and local Monterey County favorites you'll find just the bottle to complement your meal.

Paella Tuesday

Every Tuesday night, Estéban Restaurant is the place to be for our seasonal four-course Paella menu. Begin your meal with two seasonal dishes followed by your choice of one of our tantalizing Paella entrees, and finish with a Spanish inspired house-made dessert.

Monterey Wine Flight Wednesday

Discover new award winning local wines each and every Wednesday with three tastes of wine for $16. As one of California's premier wine producing regions due to its cool evening and afternoon heat, Monterey County was recently named one of the world's top 10 wine destinations according to Wine Enthusiast magazine producing an astounding 42 different varietals.