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You’ll find chef Scott Conant’s Scarpetta tucked inside Montage Beverly Hills, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, at 225 N. Cannon Dr., south of Santa Monica Boulevard. You won’t have to worry about parking here, with plenty of options nearby. Public parking garages are available on either side of Scarpetta, and the first two hours of parking are free. If the lots ares full, you’ll also find meter parking on the street, as well as valet service at the restaurant. Dinner is served Sunday through Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10:30 p.m., while lunch is offered daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can also stop in for breakfast Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 11 a.m. and brunch on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., though, we recommend calling in advance to snag your spot.

Chef Scott Conant became one of New York City’s most beloved chefs because of his passion for creating fine authentic Italian cuisine from seasonal and simple ingredients in a relaxed environment. He worked as a chef in some of Manhattan’s best Italian restaurants for 15 years before opening Scarpetta in 2008. An instant hotspot, Scarpetta received rave reviews from critics, and received a nomination for Best New Restaurant from the James Beard Foundation.
 
Conant grew up in an Italian-American home and began cooking when he was just 11 years old and has traveled to Italy extensively to hone is craft — a modern but organic approached to Italian cuisine. The food he creates is fine, and the atmosphere he intends for his restaurants is both relaxed and lively. Conant has won numerous awards and recognition for his cooking and has appeared on television shows touting his Italian expertise, including Top Chef, Chopped and 24 Hour Restaurant Battle. He is also the author of two cookbooks — “New Italian Cooking” and “Bold Italian”.

New York’s beloved chef, Scott Conant, opened his California restaurant, Scarpetta inside Montage Beverly Hills, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel. From the San Diego Freeway/I-405, you can take Santa Monica Boulevard northeast and make a slight right onto Wilshire Boulevard, where you’ll find North Cannon Drive on your left. If you’re coming from the east, you can jump on I-10 West, or the Santa Monica Freeway, and take exit 7A for Venice Boulevard toward La Cienega Boulevard. From there, you can navigate your way to Wilshire Boulevard, where you’ll find North Cannon Drive on your right. Luckily, getting there is the hardest part: Parking comes easy, with two public parking garages available on each side of the Italian restaurant, which offers the first two hours complimentary, metered parking lining the street and valet service available.

At Scarpetta, the star wattage is high and people are here not only to see and be seen, but also to indulge in celebrity chef Scott Conant’s authentic Italian cuisine — an you can bet the spacious Four-Star restaurant is prepared to serve both small and large groups of diners. Thirteen tables in the main dining area seat up to four diners; larger parties can book one of the three booth-like tables or an oversized round table. For a group of foodies, you can’t go wrong with booking the Chef’s Table located inside the European-style kitchen. The lively space seats up to 12 people and overlooks the Beverly Canon Gardens.

Scarpetta’s interior design — flush with dramatic elements like high, vaulted ceilings and unfinished mahogany wood floors — is offset by the view of Beverly Canon Gardens, which can be seen while dining both inside (through the double-height windows) and outside (on the terrace). The public park is made up of fountains, greens and gorgeous pedestrian walkways designed to represent the gardens one would find at a Southern California estate in the 1920s. Rows of sycamore trees, manicured topiaries and African tulip trees interwoven with lawns highlight the fountains, which were hand-carved and imported from Israel. The open and airy dining room flows into the bar and outdoor courtyard, and you can see the colorful garden from almost any spot inside Scarpetta. For an inside seat with a top-notch look outside, book the Chef’s Table where your attention will be split between the unobstructed views of the gardens and those of the kitchen staff preparing your Four-Star meal.

Once you've navigated your way through Los Angeles-area traffic and arrived at Scarpetta, you can breath a sigh of relief as plenty of parking is available near the restaurant located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills. On each side of the hotel, you’ll find a public parking garage that offers the first two hours of parking free of charge. Even if the lots are full, you’ll have the option of using metered parking that lines North Cannon Drive. Better yet, use the valet service at the hotel for a seamless and stress-free arrival and departure.

Scarpetta chef Scott Conant’s dinner menu is an authentic Italian one — there are several courses, including an appetizer course, a pasta course and an entrée course. (The dessert menu features both traditional desserts and a cheese course). Depending on which options you choose, a three-course meal can range from $60 to $120. The first course menu, made up of dishes such as the raw yellowtail and braised short rib of beef, ranges in price between $15 and $18. Handmade pastas, including Conant’s signature spaghetti with tomato and basil, are priced between $23 and $26. Entrees such as imported turbot, black cod and roasted duck breast range from $27 to $44. For dessert, select three cheeses for $12 or indulge in traditional sweet treat for $11 — choose from irresistible dishes like the chocolate cake served with burnt orange-caramel gelato and espresso sauce or the seasonal citrus and vanilla flan.

Located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, Scarpetta is star chef Scott Conant’s fourth iteration of the contemporary Italian eatery (the first is in New York, with three more in Las Vegas, Miami and Toronto). And despite Conant’s busy travel schedule, you can often find him wandering the dining room, observing and interacting with diners (chances are he’ll approach your table to say a quick hello when he’s in the restaurant). You can also meet the chef de cuisine, Freddie Vargas. Under Conant’s wing, Vargas learned to create extraordinary dishes from simple, seasonal ingredients. Feel free to address either Conant or Vargas if you see him in the dining room. Want more face time with the chefs? Book the Chef’s Table where you can interact with the staff as they prepare your meal in the gorgeous European-designed kitchen.

Scarpetta, located within the Five-Star, Mediterranean-inspired Montage Beverly Hills, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dinner is served Sunday through Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10:30 p.m., while lunch is offered daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can also stop in for breakfast Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 11 a.m. and brunch on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. And while not required, reservations are advised — Chef Scott Conant's restaurant has garnered rave reviews for his seasonal Italian cuisine and the Four-Star restaurant is buzzing from morning until late at night. 

Dining at Scarpetta is an event, with its sublime cuisine — from renowned and beloved New York City chef Scott Conant — and location, tucked in the elegant Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, Montage Beverly Hills. Considering all that, you’ll want to dress to impress when you eat at this high-end Four-Star Italian restaurant. While there is no specific dress code, we recommend following Beverly Hills’ lavish style and sporting your finest casual-chic attire. You’ll want to look your best amid the romantic ambience at Scarpetta, created by dark unfinished wood tables and floors and the dim lighting hovering gently over the tables.

Between Scarpetta’s handmade pasta and sauces and its sublime location in Five-Star hotel Montage Beverly Hills, we hate to even utter the words “cancellation policy.” But if you must postpone a meal at the Four-Star restaurant, it is as simple as calling Scarpetta directly. And we recommend calling at least 24 hours in advance. If you want to skip the hassle of contacting staff during busy dinner service and you’ve made a reservation at OpenTable.com, you can opt to log online and cancel your table through the website. A credit card isn’t required to snag a spot at the Italian restaurant, so you won’t be charged a cancellation fee.

You can easily snag a reservation at Scarpetta by calling Montage Beverly Hills, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel where the Italian restaurant is located, directly. Dinner is served Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5:30 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 6 to 10 p.m., while lunch is offered daily from noon to 3 p.m. You can also stop in for brunch on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you don’t want the hassle of trying to call during busy dinner service, you easily go online at OpenTable.com to make a reservation. Reservations are advised at Scarpetta — after all, you don’t want to miss your chance to indulge in the soulful Italian dishes whipped up by chef Scott Conant at the Four-Star restaurant.

Although reservations are not required at Scarpetta, the authentic Italian restaurant tucked inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, they are advised. After all, as the fourth Scarpetta iteration from renowned chef Scott Conant (the first is in New York City), the restaurant became an instant hotspot for both local and visiting diners looking for earthy Italian cuisine made with the freshest ingredients. To guarantee your spot, call the hotel directly or simply log onto OpenTable.com in advance. Scarpetta is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner (with a knockout Sunday brunch) so you can call a reserve a table for practically any time of day. If you’re on the fly, you can still drop-in and to see if the Four-Star restaurant can seat you — head to 44-seat bar for a drink while you wait.

Located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, Scarpetta has three seating areas — the main dining room, the bar and the outdoor courtyard. The restaurant was designed as an open and airy Mediterranean-inspired space and each of the three sections flow seamlessly from one to another. The main dining room seats 80 people, with 13 four-top tables, three large banquettes and one oversized round table. Before dinner, you can chat with friends over Italian wine and appetizers at the bar, which seats up to 44 people. Or soak up the Beverly Hills weather and enjoy a view of Beverly Canon Gardens — you can lounge at one of the outdoor tables in the courtyard, which seats 45 people.

Scarpetta’s three spacious seating areas — the main dining room, bar and outdoor courtyard — were strategically designed to blend seamlessly as one open and airy Mediterranean-inspired space. The best spot in the house to truly absorb the ambience are the tables on the left that line the wall past the hostess stand. Here, you’ll maintain privacy under dimly lit light fixtures and soak in a fantastic view of the restaurant and courtyard. If you’d rather be a part of the enchanting outdoor setting (overlooking Beverly Canon Gardens), request a terrace seat when booking your reservation and sit back and enjoy the California-casual vibe.

Located inside the luxe Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, Scarpetta has a handful of areas where you can sit and relax before dinner at the authentic Italian restaurant. You can take a seat in the lounge located near the hostess stand, or wait in the hotel’s luxe lobby (decked in oversized sofas and chairs and an enormous fireplace). To soak in the rustic-chic ambience of the Four-Star eatery, take a seat at the bar, ideal for pre- or post-dinner drink. The extensive wine list features bottles from Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany, so you can get into the spirit of the restaurant before you even sit down at your table.

Scarpetta, located inside the Montage Beverly Hills, is celebrated chef Scott Conant’s fourth iteration of the contemporary Italian eatery (the first is in New York, with three more in Las Vegas, Miami and Toronto) and you can expect this popular spot to be a lively scene full of diners. But the dinner chatter, upbeat background music and clinking dishes don’t overwhelm the eatery or inhibit your from overhearing your dinner companions. In fact, the strategically spaced tables (they are luxuriously placed wide apart from each other) and the soft rustic light fixtures (sheltered illuminated bulbs hanging overhead) provide intimacy in the open and airy Mediterranean-inspired space. 

Growing up in an Italian-American household, Scarpetta chef Scott Conant learned to appreciate tradition flavors at an early age. His food philosophy at Scarpetta (tucked inside the Mediterranean-inspired Montage Beverly Hills) is simple and the name of the restaurant pays homage to it: Scarpetta, or “little shoe,” is the shape a piece of bread takes when it is used to soak up the last bits of sauce remaining on a dish. Conant believes in the uncomplicated pleasure of savoring a meal down to its very last bite, and he uses simple, seasonal ingredients to create refined Italian dishes with extraordinary flavor.

Scarpetta doesn’t offer a children’s menu, but that doesn’t mean kids aren’t welcome. Chef Scott Conant’s ingredients are seasonal, highlighting fresh produce and products from local and regional farms so that each and every dish is packed with flavor. Straightforward dishes, such as the spaghetti with tomato and basil, the organic roasted chicken and the ricotta ravioli are as kid-friendly as they are delicious. Of course, feel free to request an alteration to any dish on the menu at the Four-Star restaurant, as the kitchen staff can make accommodations. For a memorable alfresco dining experience, request a table outside — the terrace overlooks the gorgeous Beverly Canon Gardens.

The sleek interior design from Studio Gaia at Scarpetta complements the authentic Italian cuisine, offering a simple Mediterranean-like atmosphere. The restaurant located in Montage Beverly Hills — a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel — boasts unfinished dark wood floors and tables in its dining area, but the rustic décor is perfectly offset by the illuminated sheltered globes that light every table and spacious booths. Adjacent to the Beverly Canon Gardens, the bar area welcomes you into the space and leads you into the main dining room and al fresco courtyard, which flow into one another. The bar area seats 44 people, while the main dining room seats 80 people and an additional 45 can dine in the outdoor courtyard. During your meal, you’ll spy small details that truly add to the Old World Italian effect, such as double-height windows framed by dramatic curtains, as well as large archways. The open eating area and intimate lighting lures in the scenesters that roam Beverly Hills — the savory cuisine will keep them coming back.

Elegant-chic décor reigns at the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, so it’s no surprise the table settings at Scarpetta (located inside the Mediterranean-inspired hotel) follow suit. The stage is set by the hanging illuminated bulbs encased in a thick glass globe — the rustic light fixtures cast a soft glow onto the dark wood tables, which match the restaurant's unfinished hardwood floors. The table settings are simple and leave the focus on the food: expect creamy-hued placemats set with silver cutlery, fine crystal glassware, a small white bread plate with a butter knife, a crisp white napkin folded into a square and — in the evening — a small white candle. When the well-executed Italian cuisin arrives, your focus will be entirely on your plate.

You’ll dine comfortably and privately at Scarpetta, which is tucked in the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, Montage Beverly Hills. The bar, which seats 44 diners, is slightly separated from the other two seating areas — the main dining room and the outdoor area, which overlooks the Beverly Canon Gardens’ courtyard. Inside the main dining room, 80 people can dine comfortably and outside, 45 people can enjoy the gardens. Amid the sleek and minimalistic décor, which includes dark unfinished wood, you’ll embrace a conservative yet elegant table setting, whether you’re sitting at a booth or table, with a cream-colored placemat, white napkin, sparkling cutlery and glassware. You’ll be able to mingle with friends while digging into the authentic Italian cuisine; the tables are spread just far enough to make your conversation intimate. But keep in mind, that the high ceilings tend to let sound carry, so although you’re placed far enough away from the next table, you still will hear other conversations. It’s a lively place, so there will be plenty of chatter and laughter filling the room. The sheltered lighting that hangs from the ceiling will also assist in keeping your attention on your table. The observant wait staff has enough room to juggle multiple plates and refresh your water, so you won’t have to deal with the hassle of passers-by. No matter if you’re with friends or a special someone, the table arrangements make the experience both personal and memorable.

Scarpetta’s location in Montage Beverly Hills, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, means you’re bound to receive top service. The polite and attentive wait staff has plenty of room to juggle multiple plates and fill your water with the spacious table arrangements throughout the dining room. But rest easy: You won’t find the observant wait staff hovering over your plate. Servers will be attentive but give you room to enjoy your company. The cuisine boasts seasonal flavors with a heavy Italian influence, and most of the Four-Star restaurant’s wines are Italian as well. Considering your range of options, you can simply ask the wait staff for explanations of dishes, as they always come equipped with answers. Though, you may be satisfied with any savory choice.

Scarpetta is all about Italian traditions — and that includes romance. The interior design at the restaurant, which is tucked in the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, features tables and floor boasting dark unfinished wood. Yet the rustic décor becomes an intimate setting with the dim lighting provided by sheltered illuminated globes floating gently across the ceiling and twinkling tea lights on the tables. The dining room and the al fresco seating create an inviting open space. And the ambience is only enhanced by the authentic Italian cuisine and sophisticated wine selections. The music, however, is more contemporary — so you won’t hear too many Italian classics, but more contemporary hits. The best spot for romance, though, would have to be at the outside seating, which looks out onto the Beverly Canon Gardens. Large tiki torches light up the area, making it a subdued spot to unwind with some hushed conversation. It’s the perfect spot to get a little more privacy than inside the large restaurant. By the end of the night, don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing, “That’s Amore.”

You’ll already be scoring points with your date when you pull up to Scarpetta, which is located within the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills. Inspired by Old Hollywood, the hotel itself oozed with glamour. When you walk through to enter Scarpetta, you’ll be impressed with the large dining room and charming al fresco seating. The tables and floor feature dark unfinished wood and yet the rustic décor becomes a sensual setting with dim lighting provided by sheltered illuminated globes floating gently across the ceiling. It’s a large dining room, but even if you’re seated in the middle of the room, you’ll be able to engage in quiet conversation with your special someone without disruption. It’s al lively spot, with a diverse clientele — from families with children, to larger groups, dinner dates and some of Hollywood’s hip young crowd. It’s a great spot to bring a first date and still feel comfortable — the vibe is casual and relaxed vibe and the menu is reasonably priced. The best spot to dine with your date, though, is definitely out on the al fresco patio, which looks out onto the neighboring Beverly Canon Gardens, offering a quiet spot for hushed conversation. Tiki torches add light to the area, making it even more romantic. And the ambience is only heightened by the mouth-watering authentic Italian cuisine and sophisticated vino selections. Be sure to call ahead to set up a reservation so you are sure to have a spot for dinner, especially if you want to try to snag one of the coveted outdoor tables.

Tucked inside the Mediterranean-inspired Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, Scarpetta features simple but utterly elegant table settings and glassware. The contemporary Italian restaurant by star chef Scott Conant uses glassware from the renowned European brand Schott Zwiesel (one of the most celebrated glassware brands in the world). When it comes time to choose what you’ll drink from the elegant crystal stemware, choose from the mostly-Italian wine list. The sommelier is available to help you pair dishes with wines from Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany to round out an authentic Italian dining experience.

The Four-Star seasonally inspired Italian restaurant Scarpetta employs upbeat music to set the mood for its simple but elegant dinner presentation. From songs by artists such as Cee Lo Green to intricate instrumental guitars, the background tunes make a statement without impeding conversation. The rhythm adds to the light chorus of clinking plates and the low dim of dinner chatter — you can recognize the music but it won’t command your attention. Another bonus: The spacious table arrangements allow dinner companions to converse freely without the risk of disturbing other diners. 

The two private dining rooms at Scarpetta are spaces where you can entertain guests with a luxury dining experience on par with the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant’s stellar Italian cuisine. Muse, located upstairs from Scarpetta, is a clubby, intimate room with it’s own bar, mahogany walls and moldings, romantic lighting and a two adjoining balconies that overlook Beverly Canon Gardens. The room holds up to 24 people — smaller parties can order a la carte from the Scarpetta menu, while groups of 12 or more will have a set menu created by the culinary team (there is a $1,500 minimum to book the space).
 
The Chef’s Table is within Scarpetta’s European kitchen separated by large panes of glass. Here, diners can get a look at the busy Four-Star kitchen staff as they create dishes for the entire restaurant (you’ll also get a view of the gorgeous, immaculate kitchen). The room has windows overlooking the adjacent gardens and can accommodate up to 12 guests.

At Scarpetta, where chef Scott Conant uses seasonal ingredients to enhance his traditional flavors in the Italian cuisine, it’s difficult to narrow it down to just five of the best items, but here are signature dishes you won’t want to pass up:

1. Raw yellowtail. You’ll be served four pieces of fresh fish, perfectly seasoned with olio de zenzero and pickled red onion.

2. Spaghetti with tomato and basil. The simple mixture of handmade pasta and sauce is anything but mundane; in fact, it will have you scooping up the last drip of sauce with any hunk of bread you can find.

3. Heirloom tomatoes. Tomato, tomato — no matter how you say it, they all shine at Scarpetta. This salad especially features the refreshing taste of heirloom tomatoes with pickled eggplant, straciatella and baby greens as the backdrop.

4. Creamy polenta. Conant is known for this creamy and perfectly textured dish, which includes a rich fricassee of truffled mushrooms.

5. Braised short ribs. Tender, juicy and flavorful, this hunk of short ribs is served alongside vegetables and a pile of farro risotto — if you can find the room in your stomach.

If you’re a vegan or vegetarian who just happens to be a pasta connoisseur, you’re in luck: Scarpetta offers its authentic Italian cuisine sans meat. Ask the wait staff when you arrive for the vegetarian/vegan menu and you’ll spot standouts among chef Scott Conant’s signature dishes — creamy polenta served with a fricassee of truffled mushrooms, and spaghetti with tomato and basil. If you’re in the mood for a lighter option, we recommend the winter vegetable salad that includes black trumpet mushroom ragu and hazelnut. Vegans will also dine happy with options such as the caramelized fennel with concentrated tomatoes and oil cured olives; farfalle with roasted garlic, mushrooms and parmigiana; puree of ceci bean soup with baby cabbage; and local herbed green salad featuring roasted onion vinaigrette and shaved fennel. With seasonal ingredients, any mouth-watering option you choose will be fresh and tasty at the Four-Star restaurant.

In one word, Scarpetta’s $11 desserts can best be described as creative. Providing your taste buds with one last zip before leaving the authentic Italian restaurant, these sweet treats are fashioned elegantly on white, rectangle china, and some are served in brandy glasses. You’ll spy mouth-watering standouts on the menu, such as the classic chocolate cake served with burnt orange-caramel gelato and espresso sauce, or coconut panna cotta completed with guava soup and caramelized pineapple. Even a dessert as straightforward as the vanilla caramel budino with gianduja chocolate sable cookies combines the perfect amount of salty and sweet, proving that every choice is sure to satisfy even the most discerning sugar buffs.

The food presentation at Scarpetta resembles the cuisine itself: simple and elegant, without being overly extravagant. Among the dark, unfinished wood interior design and intimate lighting created by sheltered illuminated globes, the table setup is conservative, with a bare table, cream-colored placemat, white napkin folded in a square, sparkling cutlery, a bread plate with a butter knife, and glassware from the renowned European brand Schott Zwiesel. When it’s time to eat, your authentic meal will be strategically presented on a clean plate. The braised short ribs of beef, for example, are symmetrically situated on top of a heaping pile of farro risotto. When you order a plate of sauce-dripping spaghetti, the presentation is still neat — defying all spaghetti laws; the spaghetti with tomato and basil is brought to you molded into a perfect ball. Even considering all the presentation effort, your only thought upon your fare’s arrival will be to dig in.

While the menu tends to remain the same, seasonality dominates when it comes to ingredients at Scarpetta, which is tucked inside Montage Beverly Hills, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel. Chef Scott Conant has acquired rave reviews from the three other iterations of Scarpetta, and his Beverly Hills edition is no different. The Italian restaurant utilizes the freshest produce year round to create his flavorful cuisine. You’ll appreciate the familiar menu options: Conant’s straightforward tactic, getting to the heart of authentic Italian food, will leave you grabbing a hunk of bread to scoop up the last of the tomato sauce. In fact, his signature dish is spaghetti, tomato and basil. Simplicity rules here, in both the ingredients as well as the décor and design of the Four-Star restaurant.

Montage Beverly Hill’s executive pastry chef Richard Ruskell creates desserts for Scarpetta, the Italian restaurant inside the hotel. Ruskell is an award-winning pastry chef and five-time winner of the Food Network Challenge. He creates innovative treats with flourish and flash, but not at the expense of taste — his cake creations in particular are some of the very best we’ve tasted. Chef Ruskell plays a major part in the popular Sunday brunch at the Four-Star Scarpetta — his dessert buffet includes Italian treats such as sweet risotto and tiramisu, as well as raspberry tarts, petite chocolate cakes, macaron pops, mini custard doughnuts and lemon meringue tarts. The Five-Star hotel also features his seasonal cupcake collection, which comes packaged in sets of 14 in themed boxes (great for gifts or as a take-home treat for yourself).
 
Ruskell joined Montage Beverly Hills after five years at the helm of bakery operations at Montage Laguna Beach. He has been a baking instructor and chef at the New England Culinary Institute, the owner and operator of Pastry Maxine in Scottsdale, chef patissier at The Phoenician in Phoenix and pastry apprentice at Hotel Gray d’Albion’s Le Royal Gray in Cannes, France.

Seasonality reigns supreme at Scarpetta. Chef Scott Conant uses fresh and simple ingredients to create elegant dishes — the authentic Italian menu features a first course, pasta, main course and dessert section. You can expect handmade pastas and sauces, as well as fresh fish and meat from local and regional farms. Conant’s earthy but modern approach to Italian cuisine results in dishes that may seem uncomplicated but are bursting with flavor. His signature dishes include spaghetti with tomato and basil, and a creamy polenta with truffled mushrooms. Entrees include lardo-wrapped halibut, aged sirloin beef and duck breast. (A menu with vegetarian and vegan options such as caramelized fennel with tomatoes and oil-cured olives, is available upon request.) The mostly-Italian wine list complements the authentic Italian cuisine — you’ll see bottles from Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany.
 
A four-course farmer’s market tasting menu has been recently introduced and features ingredients sourced from local farms. The menu is seasonal and features dishes such as ricotta cavatelli (with lobster, English peas and tarragon), braised veal (with root vegetables and brown butter rutabaga puree) and orange cake.
 
A separate lunch menu is available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features Conant’s signature dishes along with sandwiches, salads and pastas.
 
Sunday brunch at Scarpetta is epic — the extensive menu includes a buffet of shellfish, cured meats, fine cheeses, breads and pastas, as well as made-to-order omelets, waffles, fresh fruits from local farms, and an enormous pastry presentation.

Although you won’t find a specific gluten-free or allergy sensitive menu at Scarpetta, the Four-Star restaurant can accommodate requests to fit your dietary needs. There is, however, a vegetarian and vegan menu, offered by request. You’ll find two of star chef Scott Conant’s signature dishes on this menu — creamy polenta with truffled mushrooms and spaghetti with tomato and basil. Other options include risotto with vegetables and parmigiano, and wild mushrooms with butternut squash and pumpkin seeds. But regardless of the order, you can expect fine Italian cuisine made with simple, fresh ingredients. We suggest calling ahead to notify Scarpetta of your dietary restrictions so they can best prepare for your visit.

Bread isn’t just an accompaniment at Scarpetta, it’s an essential. The name of the restaurant means “little shoe” in Italian and represents the shape a piece of bread takes when soaking up food on a dish. And since Scott Conant, chef of the Four-Star restaurant located inside the Montage Beverly Hills, respected bread enough to name his eatery after it, you can bet the offerings are top-notch. The bread basket features four different types, including sun-dried tomato, whole-wheat focaccia, ciabatta rolls and Stromboli (a sublime combination of dough, basil, cherry tomatoes, salami and smoked mozzarella). You can choose to dunk the bread in a red pepper and eggplant spread, standard olive oil, or a citrus- and herb-infused olive oil.

An authentic Italian restaurant located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, Scarpetta has a fine assortment of Italian cheeses from which to choose. For $12, you can pick three farm-fresh cheeses on the dinner and lunch menu. Seasonal options include cheeses like a Parmigiano-Reggiano aged two years, a pecorino fresco from Toscana, Italy, and Caveman Blue cheese from Oregon. Perhaps the best option for cheese lovers is available during Sunday brunch, when you’ll find a buffet station overflowing with cheeses put together by the Beverly Hills Cheese Shop, a popular local favorite known for its 500-plus varieties of cheeses.

Although you won’t find petit fours or mignardise served at Scarpetta, you will have the opportunity to order from the dessert menu. All of the desserts are priced and $11 and standouts include the classic chocolate cake served with burnt orange-caramel gelato and espresso sauce, a coconut panna cotta with guava soup and caramelized pineapple, and a dark chocolate napoleon — a chocolate puff pastry served with dark chocolate ganache, espresso pearls and vanilla gelato. During Sunday brunch, an enormous display of finely made pastries — from mini lemon meringue tarts to macaron lollipops — are displayed. The best part? You can pile your plate high with as many treats as you want.

Scarpetta, located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, has a dessert menu that features innovative creations from award-winning executive pastry chef Richard Ruskell. The seasonal menu has seven different options, all priced at $11. And while there isn’t just one signature Scarpetta dessert, each is Italian-inspired and complements chef Scott Conant’s authentic dinner menu. A few of our favorites include the classic chocolate cake served with burnt orange-caramel gelato and espresso sauce, the vanilla caramel budino with gianduja chocolate sable cookies, and the seasonal citrus and vanilla flan, served with citrus segments, candied kumquat, pummel and yuzu curd.

At Scarpetta, located inside the Five-Star Montage Beverly Hills, loyal diners will benefit from renowned celebrated chef Scott Conant’s seasonal menu. Customers who return multiple times to the Italian restaurant during the year will appreciate Conant’s food philosophy where seasonality reigns supreme — even when it comes to wine. The complimentary bread basket, delivered to your table before you have a chance to ask for it, is quite the treat. It features four different types of bread — sun-dried tomato, whole-wheat focaccia, ciabatta and Stromboli. You can choose to dunk the bread in a red pepper and eggplant spread, standard olive oil, or a citrus- and herb-infused olive oil.

As a part of chef Scott Conant’s food philosophy, Scarpetta’s menu features dishes made from seasonal produce and products in order to create flavor-filled dishes with simple ingredients. Health-conscious eaters are likely to appreciate the light, fresh options on the main menu — expect seasonal picks such as roasted sea scallops served with cauliflower and capers, and black cod served with caramelized fennel and tomatoes. The vegetarian menu features more low-calorie dishes such as the local farmer’s market salad served with herbs and truffle vinaigrette, and the puree of sunchoke soup made with farro, scallops and mushrooms. Of course, you can always alter a dish at the Four-Star restaurant by simply letting your server know your preferences.

While Scarpetta does not offer a children’s menu, the eatery is a family-friendly place with a slew of Italian options for kids to choose from. Renowned chef Scott Conant focuses on seasonal ingredients so that each dish is full of flavor, from grown-up options such as duck and foie gras ravioli to kid-friendly options such as spaghetti with tomato and basil (a signature dish of Conant’s). Families may prefer the lunch menu to the dinner menu — head to the Four-Star Scarpetta from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to order kid favorites like the burger and the tuna salad sandwich.

All but one bottle found on the wine list at Scarpetta can be served by the glass. The authentic Italian restaurant, tucked in the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, Montage Beverly Hills, enhances its cuisine with a menu flaunting the finest Italian wine. Bottles hail from regions such as Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto, and options include an Esperto pinot grigio 2009 from Veneto, a Gulfi carjcanti 2006 from Sicily, a Fontanafredda barolo 2005 from Piedmont and a Solaria brunello di montalcino 2000 from Tuscany. You’ll also notice a list of sparklers to choose from by the glass, such as a Fantinel rosecco from Veneto or champagne Krug, Grande Cuvee from Reims. If you’re having trouble pairing the wine with your handmade pasta and sauce, simply ask the wait staff for the sommelier, who will be happy to help.

When you’re parched at Scarpetta, quench your thirst with either bottled, still or sparkling water. You can expect great service — with wait staff refreshing your water before it’s even empty — at the high-end Italian restaurant. The Beverly Hills hot spot from acclaimed chef Scott Conant also offers other beverages, including soda, coffee, and, of course, Italy’s well-known drink, the cappuccino. For something a little stronger, try one of the fine Italian wines, which come from regions such as Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany.

Scarpetta, located inside the Mediterranean-inspired Montage Beverly Hills, has three seating areas that flow from one to the next — the main dining room, the bar and the outdoor terrace. You’ll find the 44-seat bar inside Scarpetta off to the left beyond the hostess stand. From here, you have great views of the Beverly Canon Gardens through double-height windows. The mostly Italian wine menu, features bottles from Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany and complements chef Scott Conant’s authentic Italian cuisine. Illuminated globes hang from the ceiling and provide dim lighting creating an intimate environment ideal for a pre- or post- dinner cocktail.

The bar inside Scarpetta is a large one — it seats up to 44 people — and has a big menu to match. Varietals from the mostly-Italian wine menu run from $12 to $43 a glass, and from $44 to $175 a bottle. The wine menu changes seasonally and showcases high-end Italian wines — sparklers, reds and whites — from regions such as Veneto, Tuscany and Sicily. Want to sip on something sweeter? Opt for one of the $16 signature cocktails, such as the Torino (Grey Goose Citrus, strawberry and rock candy syrup) or the Spritz (Aperol, limoncello, Grey Goose Citrus and prosecco). Beer enthusiasts have six choices: Amstel, Newcastle, Peroni, Heineken, Stella Artois and Moretti La Rossa, all priced at $8.

It’s only appropriate to toast to the authentic Italian dishes at Scarpetta with a glass of Italian wine. The Four-Star restaurant’s sommelier, Mark Hefter, can recommend options to pair with your dinner, whether it’s a bottle from Veneto, Sicily or Tuscany. (One of the great young talents in the wine world today, Hefter has earned the title of Advanced Sommelier, the second-highest level awarded by the Court of Master Sommeliers, and is a Certified Specialist of Wine from the Society of Wine Educators.) The wine menu changes seasonally with options such as Esperto Pinot Grigio 2009 from Veneto, Fontanafredda Barolo 2005 from Piedmont and a Solaria Brunello di Montalcino 2000 from Tuscany. The four-course Farmer’s Market Tasting Menu features pre-set wine pairings for additional $35. 

Scarpetta, located within the luxe Mediterranean-inspired Montage Beverly Hills, has an array of special liquors, including a long list of Cognacs — standouts include Richard Hennessy, Martell, Rémy Martin and Courvoisier. The Four-Star restaurant also stocks some serious scotches, such as various bottles of Glenlivet, and several MaCallan bottles, including a 25-year-old. When it comes to Armagnac, we recommend sipping on Calvados, a wonderful apple brandy from Normandy. Eleven options of amaretto (an almond-flavored cordial from Italy) are available, including Sambuca Black. There’s an excellent after-dinner drink list on the dessert menu, where you’ll find interesting grappas, moscatos and more.

On Scarpetta’s aperitivo menu, you’ll find $16 specialty cocktails suitable for toasting the authentic Italian cuisine from chef Scott Conant. And while there are several to choose from, we like a few standouts: the San Remo is made with Carpano Antica, Campari, elderflower liqueur and a splash of Maker’s Mark; the Spritz is a concoction of Aperol, limoncello, Grey Goose Citrus and prosecco; and the sweet Apollonia is made with a simple combination of Fragoli Strawberry and prosecco. If you’d rather substitute dessert for an after-dinner drink, try the refreshing Torino — it’s a mix of Grey Goose Citrus, strawberry and rock candy syrup.

Just like the seasonal ingredients used in chef Scott Conant’s soulful Italian cuisine, the wine options at Scarpetta also change with the seasons. The mostly-Italian wine menu showcases high-end bottles of sparklers, reds and whites, and standouts come from regions such as Tuscany, Sicily and Veneto. You’ll see options like Krug Grand Cuvee Reims; Poggio al Tesoro Vermentino Solosole, 2008, from Tuscany; Esperto Pinot Grigio, 2009, from Veneto, Italy; Gulfi Carjcanti, 2006, from Sicily; and Fontanafredda Barolo, 2005, from Piedmont, Italy. Wine is offered both by the glass (ranging in price from $12 to $43) and by the bottle (priced from $44 and $175).

While you won’t find a set menu of mocktails at the Italian restaurant Scarpetta, the skilled mixologists at the 44-seat bar can make you a special alcohol-free drink at your request. If you’re in the mood for something a little stronger, we recommend indulging in an age-old Italian tradition — after dinner, linger at your table and sip an espresso or cappuccino while enjoying one of the rich desserts. The Four-Star eatery located inside the Mediterranean-inspired Montage Beverly Hills also offers an assortment of teas, including early grey, English breakfast and oolong.

At Scarpetta, it’s all about keeping rich Italian traditions — and that includes the coffee and espresso service. Pair a creative dessert at the Four-Star restaurant with a cappuccino, coffee, espresso or latte supplied by local roaster La Mill Coffee. (If you’re more of a tea time enthusiast, you’ll still have plenty of selections to choose from, including earl grey, English breakfast, chai, oolong, green and white.)
 
For something a little stronger, Scarpetta, located in the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel, Montage Beverly Hills, also features fine Italian wines on the drink menu, which come from regions such as Veneto, Sicily and Tuscany.