The Grill

The other restaurant at Hacienda Del Sol, the more formal one, is The Grill. It's also the only one that serves breakfast, so you are forced to have a first-rate experience. Big picture windows provide a similar panorama to that of the Catalina pool. I must say that the avo toast above was one of the best of 2025.

Catalina pool

Hacienda Del Sol has three swimming pools, the shining gem of which is the Catalina pool - seen here with a gorgeous view of the foothills. In addition to being the most beautiful, this pool seemed to be the warmest and best maintained. Perched on a ridge, the terrace here looks out on homes, the La Paloma Country Club and that prominent feature atop the Santa Catalina Mountains known as Finger Rock.

Terraza

Hacienda Del Sol has two restaurants and most of our meals were taken at Terraza Garden Patio & Lounge, the more casual of the two. This is where we had a late lunch and coffee upon our arrival. The service was excellent. Our salmon salad was good, but perhaps had too much fruit (see strawberries and dragon fruit below). I was thankful that they served coffee and their desserts were out of this world - maybe from Mars? By which I mean disarmingly exotic. Above, their carrot cake. Good, but disarmingly exotic.