Aptos Restaurant Guide

Bittersweet Bistro in Aptos, California offers one of the most comfortable and delicious gourmet dining experiences in the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay area.

Chef Thomas Vinolus award-winning American Bistro Cuisine style menu with Mediterranean influences features fresh, high quality ingredients with a special emphasis on local and organic produce, cooked to perfection from scratch, finished with reduction sauces and beautifully presented. Bittersweet Bistros legendary desserts are artistically prepared and memorable in taste.

The restaurants award-winning wine list has received Award of Excellence commendation from Wine Spectator since 1994.

Only 30 miles south of San Jose and Silicon Valley, Bittersweet Bistro also hosts private parties, weddings and receptions for up to 100-plus people in the elegant Angel Room with a huge stone fireplace...perfect for a special dinner celebration.