Sol Y Lago

Anybody know where chef Johnny Alamilla ended up after this place closed? I’ve been a fan of his food since Alma.

My husband & I went here years ago, when it was featured in Sunset & we happened to be going to North Tahoe with my family. We were so impressed. It was so tasty. Sadly I can’t remember now what we ate there. But, I was just thinking of this place, & wanting to go back.
The location is rather away from touristy areas, but right near where my family vacations. The views are really great. The wait staff was well-​informed & courteous. And all the food was fabulous!

I tried to eat there this week. The restaurant is closed, out of business. Too bad. Welcome to Recessionstan.

I had my rehearsal dinner here for my wedding, and it was fantastic! brian the manager was really helpful, they were able to help with whatever requests I had, except that they wanted to pour (and charge for) each drink individually — ie, no pitchers of margaritas, no bottles of wine. overall tho, they were great to work with, and the food was good! delicious tres leches cake for dessert!

This place has absolutely authentic carne asada tacos. Just like the ones I used to get in law school at the taco truck in Los Angeles. Small, on two corn tortillas, served with lime and that crumbly mexican cheese and a dollop of guacamole. I’ve had them twice and loved them both times. The fried asparagus was good but not over the top, the mahi mahi tacos were not as great as the carne asada ones. The caesar was odd — whole leaves of romaine, and like two croutons. It was okay, but really, I don’t want to cut up my own lettuce at a restaurant. Both times the service was fine. I had an odd top shelf and expensive margarita but it was not sweet at all, which is a little out of character for a margarita, almost like they forgot the lime juice. It was supposed to have cointreau which is sweet, also, so maybe that was not in it? Not sure what happened with that. I will go back for those tacos, though. The view is great as well as it is right on the lake.

Went here with a large group of friends after a day out on the slopes. This place reminds me a lot of Hacienda de la Sierra out in Incline Village. Perhaps they’re related? Unfortunately on the North Shore the sitdown Mexican style places are generally only ok but if you can get tanked on Margaritas what does it matter? The one bonus over Hacienda? There’s no «smoking section» here since it’s not in Nevada. The thing I like from both is the Tortilla soup, which is decently tasty. 3.5 stars.

Really a 3 star restaurant, but it gets an extra star for being on the lake. Last night I had some decent carne asada tacos — my husband had the carnitas tacos which he thought were pretty good, but I liked mine better. I’ve been to Sol y Lago a couple of times, and it has never been super busy.

Whenever we come to the Tahoe/​Trukee area we go out of our way to make it to Hacienda. Unfortunately it is gone and replaced with a mediocre restaurant. As my boyfriend and I walked in we had to seat ourselves. The server was less than helpful. We only saw her 3 times during our visit. She came to our table to take our order, to bring our order, and then to give us the bill. It almost felt like she made it a point to not service our table. She helped all tables around us and just conveniently skipped ours. We had to call her across the restaurant to get her attention. Taco Bell would give you better service. You would think for the prices and the spectacular view you would at least get one refill on your drink. This restaurant is such a waste of a good view with its lackluster menu and the incompetent service.

The lunch menu is limited and the staff is to quick to turn a table. We didn’t finish our first course befor the second course was served and the first course was removed. After our server returned 10 minutes later I informed the server that our first course was removed before we could finish and the reaction was «Sorry».
The food was good and the view is great. I recommend sitting on the deck and ordering drinks just one course.

Got quadruple hammer twisted on Cinco de Mayo over here. They rolled out a special holiday drink menu and we (me. plural) over indulged. The food is aight.

After hearing that the former chef and owner of Alma partnered with another former San Francisco Restaurateur, we decided this was going to be the place that our group of eleven would dine after a day at the slopes of Northstar.
I found it interesting that people were expecting typical Spanish cuisine from reading the other reviews. I was expecting something different, as it’s billed as Sierra Latino Cuisine.
I thought many of the dishes were creative and flavorful. Unfortunately, most people don’t seem to find this place in the winter since most people stay on resort grounds. This is, in my humble Tahoe area opinion, a hidden treasure lost in a strip mall.
I can’t speak very much to the views, we dined at night, but I have no doubt that they are spectacular during the daylight hours.
We had the ahi tuna appetizer which had a wonderful hearty, smokey herb flavor which was paired with a balancing jicama ginger.
It was followed by a delightful and new experience of eating a live butter lettuce with a tangy, creamy vinaigrette and sprinkled with cranberries.
The crab gratin was delish — cheesy and yummy!
We then shared the enormous grill platter, with a chunk of well seasoned beef on the medium rare side, chicken sausage and a pork tenderloin all moist and bursting with flavor.
The biggest disappointment was the Sangria — it was flavorless and bland and not potent at all.
The desserts were simple — the great Spanish rice pudding and the Dulce de leche and Spanish chocolate gelato were on point!

The restaurant has a great view of the lake and great outside dining and an interesting and eclectic menu but, I would say they’re one of those hit and miss restaurants. Some items we ordered were good, some were just okay. Overall not bad but, not great either.

Recently reviewed in Sunset Magazine, this restaurant does not live up to their positive review. I like the idea of tapas, but not when they are overpriced and of poor quality. I can say that the service was excellent, but the food was quite disappointing. Save your money and try one of the other excellent places in Tahoe.

Came here expecting to find Hacienda, but unfortunately it was gone, and replaced by the ultra yuppie Sol. Despite that stayed for dinner and we were amazed with the Spanish cuisine and tapas. Starters included brussel sprouts with bacon, and a queso fundido. My entrée was a a mouth watering cornmeal crusted red trout. Dessert was a comped crème brûlée. A bit expensive though even for Tahoe. Great wine list and after dinner drinks like an unusual white port, and amontillado. Like the rest of the restaurants in the area has the ubiquitous dj for the after dinner crowd, but have yet to experience that scene yet.

My wife and I have wanted to try this restaurant for a while, but the lack of lunch opening always kept us away. Today we were on our way to Jakes, our staple, when we checked in and to our amazement it was open. The restaurant itself has a great view of the lake and we’d heard good things, but we always have that feeling of trepidation when trying something new and supposedly high end with the kids in tow.
Sol Y Lago replaced a perfectly awesome Mexican restaurant. I think it’s some form of Spanish Tapas outfit, with South American elements. Reading the menu outside, I have to admit I had no clue what the dishes were — I figured it was just poseur marketing, forcing you to ask. But, we should have realized what we were heading into when my wife exclaimed «hey they have a kids menu» and it was filled with similarly unrecognizable dishes,. I’m used to seeing «cheeseburger» or similar kids dishes easily assimilated by our 5 and 3 years old girls, but this appeared to be the same stuff as the adult menu, and at roughly the same prices. Obviously, the mountain air affected our brains since we still went in.
Appointment wise, the place is beautiful. Since the kids can be noisy we sat out on the deck, with commanding views of Tahoe. But almost immediately, things started to go wrong.