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Nestled at the foot of the towering Sierra Buttes, Sierra City Restaurant and Bar offers world-class dining, in a comfortable, rustic dining room, or patio dining, with a view of the buttes, beautiful mountain scenery, and the famous trout pond, stocked with thousands of Rainbow Trout. As with all of reviews that I publish, I have no affiliation with the restaurant reviewed, and there is no monetary gain on my part, as I am simply a person who likes to eat, and I love to write-up, and publish my dining experiences.
Photo: It's just past 08:00 in the morning, Friday, September 13, 2024, and I'm looking forward to an amazing breakfast of freshly caught trout, eggs, potatoes and toast, at Sierra City Restaurant and Bar, located at the Sierra Pines Resort, in Sierra City, CA. Note the tree growing through the lobby of the motel and restaurant. It's a century old Royal Ann Cherry tree that still bears fruit.
Photo: The lobby of the restaurant and motel. Note the tree growing through the lobby. I enjoyed spending two relaxing nights at Sierra Pines Resort, as I explored the resort and the beautiful area around Sierra City. Click on the hyperlink to enjoy my stay at this beautiful resort.
Photo: You step up the stairs from the lobby, and you'll enter the small bar, that offers beer, wine and any mixed drink you can think of. The gentleman in the photo is co-owner of the resort and restaurant Glen Haubl, along with his wife Cindy.
Photo: Look to your left, and you'll notice the rustic, comfortable dining room, which invites you to relax and enjoy a delicious meal.
Photo: The dining room is divided into two sections, and is comfortable furnished with tables and chairs. From the dining room, you enjoy a great view of the beautiful mountain scenery. The restaurant is open for breakfast and dinner daily May through October, with reduced hours during the winter.
Photo: The restaurant is located near the northern end of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, at the 4000 foot level, and the area is a mule deer hunting destination.
Photo: The breakfast menu, served daily from May through October. During winter months, the restaurant doesn't serve breakfast and only offers very limited dinner sittings.
Photo: A few of the thousands of Rainbow Trout who live in the pond in front of the restaurant. When you order fried trout for breakfast, you know it's fresh! The fish range in size from around a foot to well over 18 inches.
Photo: Larry the fish catcher guy nets a trout for the restaurant. This fine fish was one of several he netted for breakfast the following morning.
Photo: Early Friday morning, September 13, 2024, looking at the restaurant with the large trout pond in the foreground.
Photo: Meet Catalina, my friendly server who brought my delicious breakfast to me with a friendly smile.
Photo: I'm ready to enjoy a delicious breakfast of fried trout, eggs, potatoes and toast. Too bad my camera goofed up, and I didn't catch the error, so a second shot didn't happen. Oh well, you get the idea...
Photo: From the "House Specialties" section of the breakfast menu, I went with "Fresh Rainbow Trout," with my choice of side as "O'Brien Potatoes" and sourdough as my choice of toast. I ordered an optional side of two eggs, fried sunnyside up, as how can you enjoy a breakfast of fried trout without eggs? My breakfast included two slices of lemon, which added to the zesty seasoning of my trout. I knew the trout was fresh, as I'd observed his or her many relatives - a couple thousand of them - swimming in the pond, and I'd watched staff member Larry netting fish from the pond, fresh for the restaurant. My whole Rainbow Trout was large - about 14 inches or so - and took up all of the main plate. The fresh fish was battered and deep fried to a perfect, golden brown, with juicy pink meat on the inside, and perfectly fried and battered skin on the outside. Yes, I even ate the fried and battered skin as it was so amazingly crispy and delicious, and I'm glad I wasn't dining with my doctor, as I'm certain he would have scolded me. Like most fish, trout has a lot of small bones, but after your get the technique of sliding the meat off the bones, there are minimal bones to pick out of your mouth, as you're enjoying a delicious bite of this fine freshwater fish, freshly netted from the restaurant's pond. The potatoes were diced Russet potatoes, complete with skins, seasoned, par boiled with diced pepper and onion and deep fried to a golden brown. Such a delicious side! The sourdough toast was, well... toasted and buttered perfectly, delicious, but somehow escaped the photo. My side of two eggs fried sunnyside up completed the breakfast, as how can you enjoy fried trout without eggs? On my request, my friendly server brought a cup of tartar sauce, which complimented the juicy taste of the fish in every way. I'm experienced at the art of eating fresh fish for breakfast, so I carefully slid the meat, skin and batter off the bones and simply ENJOYED! I dipped bites of fish into the tartar sauce, and enjoyed it all complete with the potatoes, eggs along with a bite or two of toast. I simply forgot about salt, pepper or condiments... as this breakfast was simply standalone delicious! This breakfast was simply DELICIOUS in every way! Not only was it delicious, but it was both fresh and very unique. This is a breakfast you simply don't want to miss any time you're near Sierra City.
Photo: I moved the potatoes, eggs and tartar sauce over to the main plate with my fried Rainbow Trout, fresh from the pond. Such a delicious Friday morning breakfast at Sierra City Restaurant and Bar!
Photo: I took a bite of fish, dipped into the tartar sauce and speared a slice of potato for a breakfast taste sensation! Combine all of this, especially after dipping it into the eggs, and it's like WOWWWW! You know the trout you just enjoyed for breakfast was FRESH, as all you have to do is to look into the pond to see many generations of Rainbow Trout enjoying the fine morning, without a care in the world. My breakfast was simply amazing, and the staff, along with my friendly server Catalina treated my like a rock star. Does it get any better to enjoy a fine breakfast of SUPER FRESH Rainbow Trout, with a view of the breathtaking mountain scenery? For fine mountain dining, created by an executive chef, look to Sierra City Restaurant and Bar, located at Sierra Pines Resort, in Sierra City, CA. Sierra City Restaurant and Bar Copyright(c) 2024 eRench Productions. All rights reserved. We've been on the web since December 22, 2002.
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