Here are some suggestions on where to take your mother for Mother's Day in Sacramento.
Basil's by the Lake
Address: Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sac.
Phone: (800) 333-3333 or (916) 922-2020
Price: $36.95 adults, $31.95 seniors 65+, and $18.50 kids 3 to 12
Buffet hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Reservations?: Yes
Brunch buffet includes omelet station, prime rib carving station, hot and cold entrees and dessert.
Brew It Up
Address: 801 14th St., Sac.
Phone: (916) 441-3000
Price: $23.99 adults, $11.99 kids 12 and younger, free kids 5 and younger
Buffet hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Meal choices include smoked salmon or prime rib, fruit and dessert.
California Café
Address: Arden Fair Shopping Center, 1689 Arden Way, Suite 1058, Sac.
Phone: (916) 925-2233
Price: Menu items range from $4.25 to $16.25
Buffet hours: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The California Café serves up delicious California cuisine, offering healthy and artisanal fare. For Mother’s Day, the café’s special menu includes small plates of greens, crab cakes, crispy calamari, pork wontons and satay. Brunch plates include huevos rancheros, vanilla bean crepes, and shrimp and grits.
Fat’s Asia Bistro
Address: 1500 Eureka Road, Roseville and 2585 Iron Point Road, Folsom
Phone: (916) 787-3287 (Roseville) and (916) 983-1133 (Folsom)
Price: $29.95 per person, $12.95 kids 12 and younger, free kids 5 and younger
Buffet hours: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Reservations?: Yes
Fat’s features Asian cuisine of cold and hot entrees and dim sum. Menu items include Alaskan crab legs, sushi, shrimp cocktail, jasmine pork shu mei, chicken pot sticker, shrimp har gow, prime rib, honey walnut prawns, short rib and assorted desserts.
Morton’s Steakhouse
Address: 521 L St., Sac
Phone: (916) 442-5091
Price: $59
Buffet hours: 1 p.m. or 3 p.m.
Reservations?: Yes
Mother’s Day menu includes a choice of single cut filet mognon, broiled salmon or filet Oskar. Meal includes salad, side dish and dessert.
Scott’s Seafood
Address: 4350 B Riverside Blvd. Sac (The River location) and 545 Munroe St., Sac.
Phone: (916) 379-5959 (The River) and (916) 489-1822
Price: $31.95 adults, $10.95 kids 12 and younger
Buffet hours: Starting at 10 a.m.
Reservations?: Yes
The Munroe location will offer a Mother’s Day brunch buffet that will feature crab cake benedict, smoked salmon, carving station and a variety of pastries. The River location is currently booked for brunch, but has dinner openings for parties up to four people. The regular dinner menu will be offered. Dinner starts at 4 p.m.
Slocum House
Address: 7992 California Ave., Fair Oaks
Phone: (916) 961-7211
Price: $18.95 per adult, $10.95 kids, $7.50 for desserts
This romantic restaurants touts one of the area’s popular brunch menu. From its sweet, thick cut almond French toast stuffed with ricotta to sliced New York Philly cheese steak sandwich to ginger-lemon poached New Zealand King salmon, there’s something for everyone. Brunch includes dessert and a kid’s menu.
Sterling Hotel
Address: 1300 H St., Sac.
Phone: (916) 442-0451
Price: $39.95 per person
Buffet hours: Starting at 10 a.m.
Reservations?: Yes
Delight your stomach with Chef Jim Turknett’s Mother’s Day brunch, which features an omelet and crepe station.
The Firehouse
Address: 1112 Second St., Sac.
Phone: (916) 442-4772
Price: $44.95 per person
Buffet hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Reservations?: Yes
Firehouse Executive Chef Deneb Williams presents a Mother’s Day brunch that features antipasti, seafood, baked pastries, beef, pork and decadent desserts, such as the chocolate Pavlova and lilikoi torte.
