Mother's Day brunch in Los Angeles

[Milton Kwock]

Will be in LAX in early May. Any suggestions for Mother's Day brunch buffet in the LAX airport/Westchester/Santa Monica/Marina Del Rey area. There will be a dozen of us including several really senior citizen. A buffet will give us enough food choices for the young ones as well as the senior citizens.

Mahalo!

[Frank]

Here are the restaurants that serve Sunday brunch. You should call and confirm if they are serving Brunch on Mother's Day.

Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel -- Buffet brunch, which runs about $45 a person. If I recall, they serve champagne with brunch.

I Cugini (Santa Monica) -- Italian restaurant on Ocean Avenue, also buffet. I think it's $42 a person.

Joe's (Venice) -- A la carte, but very, very good.

Ritz Carlton Marina del Rey -- Extensive brunch buffet which includes caviar and champagne. $50 a person, might be more with champagne.

If you're willing to travel inland, my favorite brunch is The Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. It's a buffet, and they have great waffles. $48. And... The Bel Air Hotel serves their brunch off of a menu, which is $50 a person.

[Emme]

We've done i Cugini, and it's fine. big selection of seafood bar, as well as pastry stuff. mimosas/champagne as well. however, i'm not sure how mobile your senior citizens are, and if they mind cramped or louder or whether you'll just go get the food for them... i Cugini is tightly packed esp on Mother's Day, and the way they set up the buffet makes for a bit of a traffic jam by the food.

we've also done Campanile (as mentioned by Samantha), and it's to me, less chaotic because it's a sit-down affair.

i agree with breakfast at Four Season's as well, tho admittedly i've never done it on mother's day - the lemon ricotta pancakes are great. Jer-Ne at the Ritz in the Marina is a great choice too. Traditional buffet.

[Samantha]

We're going to Campanile, though that may be too far for you. Brunch is ala carte and very reasonably priced (and good, too!). They still have some reservations left.