The Experience

The Family at Sapphire Laguna is committed to providing our guests with exceptional service, quality, and value. We aspire to perfect our craft, create emotional connections, and set the gastronomic benchmark for cuisine in Southern California, and beyond.

Come, be as a guest in our home. We look forward to serving you!

Our Chef

Chef Azmin Ghahreman is a citizen of the world. Born in Iran, educated in Switzerland, having lived and worked all over the world. Over the last 20 years, this widely-traveled industry star has immersed himself in the cooking styles and cuisines of: classic and nouvelle French; Mediterranean, Hawaiian Pacific Rim, Asian, Middle Eastern, Modern Australian, American Southwest and American Pacific Coast/California.

A glowing two-star review in the Los Angeles Times describes Ghahreman’s cooking as “polished and precise without being too formal”, which is exactly what Ghahreman is striving for at Sapphire Laguna. Other kudos for Ghahreman’s food that “sends one on a trip around the culinary world without leaving home” have appeared in: Sunset, Coast, Orange Coast, Westways, The Laguna Beach Independent, The Orange County Register and other publications.

Prior to opening Sapphire Laguna and Sapphire Pantry, Ghahreman devoted five years of outstanding service as executive chef of the four restaurants at AAA Five Diamond St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa, Dana Point, California. He was also opening executive chef consultant of The Grand America hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah where he supervised the dining facilities for the 2002 Winter Olympics; and was the as executive chef of The Regent Sydney in Australia, which was the official hotel for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games International Olympic Committee.

Our Food