San Diego Union-Tribune / Presented at the California Restaurant Association’s Gold Medallion Award Dinner: The People’s Choice” Award (1999-2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
San Diego Reader *** *1/2 star rating (2008)
San Diego Magazine: People’s and Critics Choice, Best Dining With A View (1996-2008)
San Diego Magazine: People’s Choice, Best Chef (2009)
La Jolla Village News: Reader’s Choice, Best Overall Restaurant Service (2008)
La Jolla Village News: Reader’s Choice, Best Chef, Bernard Guillas (2008)
La Jolla Village News: Reader’s Choice, Most Romantic (2008)
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Best Restaurant, Readers Poll (2005, 2006, 2007)
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles: Best Chef (2005, 2006, 2007)
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles: Best Restaurant to Celebrate a Special Occasion: Readers Poll (2005, 2006, 2007)
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles: Most Romantic, Readers Poll (2005-2007)
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles: Best Service (2005-2007)
Sign On San Diego: Best Fine Dining Restaurant (2007)
San Diego Magazine, People’s Choice, Best Service, (2001-2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
San Diego Magazine: Best Dining with a View, People’s Choice, (1996-2005) and Critic’s Choice, (2004-2006, 2007)
Sign On San Diego: Most Romantic (2007)
La Jolla Village News: Best Restaurant, Most Romantic, Best Seafood, Best Service (2007)
La Jolla Light: Best Chef, Best Restaurant (2007)
Southern California Writer’s Association: Golden Scepter Award Best Seafood (2005, 2006, 2007)
AOL Online Best Restaurant in San Diego and Best Seaside Fine Dining (2005, 2006, 2007)
Gault Millaut Award: 2 Toques 16/20 rating (1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA): Top 500 Best Restaurants in North America (1992-2007)
San Diego Magazine: Peoples Choice : Best Chef 2009, Most Romantic: 2009)
San Diego Magazine: Critics Choice: Best Service: 2009)
Best of the Best: Reader’s Poll, San Diego Union-Tribune (1998) and People’s Choice and Critic’s Choice, San Diego Magazine (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
944 Magazine 2006 Platinum Awards: Most Romantic Restaurant
944 Magazine 2006 Platinum Awards: Best Fine Dining
Gourmet Magazine: 2005 Restaurant Guide: Where to Eat Now in 18 American Cities
Best Restaurant in San Diego 2005: Travel + Leisure en Espanol (2005)
Best Sunday Brunch: California Restaurant Association, Gold Medallion Award (2005)
Silver Fork Award: San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles (1992, 2001-2006)
Wine Spectator: Award of Excellence (1990- 1992, 2001-2006)
Best of the Best, Money No Object: People’s Choice, San Diego Magazine (1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Most Romantic Restaurant: People’sChoice, San Diego Magazine (1996-2006) and Best of the Best Reader’s Poll,
San Diego Union-Tribune (1997, 1998)
“Chef of the Year” Award: Chef Magazine (2004)
International Restaurant & Hospitality Rating Bureau’s American Chefs Hall of Fame: Bernard Guillas inducted as one of only 14th chefs to receive this honor (2001 - 2006)
“Best Fine Dining”: San Diego Union Tribune Reader’s Poll (2004)
American Academy of Restaurant & Hospitality Sciences: Top 80 US Chefs and Gold Award for the Marine Room (1994-2006)
Nation’s Restaurant News Hall of Fame: Marine Room is one of only two restaurants in the San Diego area to receive this honor (2003)
Zagat’s San Diego Survey: Best 25 San Diego Restaurants (1996-2006)
Best French: Critic’s Choice, San Diego Magazine (2003)
Best Sunday Brunch: Critic’s Choice, San Diego Magazine (2002)
Best Business Brunch: Critic’s Choice, San Diego Magazine (2002)
Best Atmosphere: Best of the Best Reader’s Poll, San Diego Union-Tribune (1997-2002)
“2001 Best Chef in San Diego” Gold Medallion Award Winner Bernard Guillas: California Restaurant Association, San Diego Chapter (2001) – Also nominated for this award (1997-2000)
Featured Chef San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau: National Media Promotion (2000)
Member San Diego Regional Team: James Beard House, (September 2000)
Southern California Restaurant Writers Association “Golden Scepter Award”: One of only 14 restaurants in Southern California to receive this highest honor. (1999)
Most Scenic Restaurant: Best of the Best Reader’s Poll, San Diego Union-Tribune (1998)
America’s Rising Star Chef: Selected by a panel from Food Arts Magazine, Guillas is one of 15 chefs chosen for this prestigious cookbook and PBS television series (1996). Also featured in Food Arts Magazine as a result (1996)
San Diego Restaurant Association: Gold Medallion Award, Best Hotel Restaurant: The Marine Room was a finalist (1995, 1996)
Evian Natural Spring Water & Gourmet Magazine’s Healthy Menu Awards: Finalist (1995)
Travel Holiday: Good Value Dining Award (1992)
Prosper Montagne: 2nd place prize (1984, 1987)
