Cafe Beautiful - Lawrence

Top 5 meal for Jason and I. We were planning on eating in Lawrence on a random Sunday, we wanted to try something new. Café B came up as gluten free , I...

My boyfriend surprised me with this place for my birthday (back in January) Chef Mel canceled on us last minute, but promptly rescheduled us and promised to...

We went here for my 50th birthday. It was simply spectacular!! Seriously! I have eaten all over the world, and Chef Mel is one of the finest, most...

Chef Mel provided my wife and I with an anniversary dinner that left us wondering if we had ever tasted food before. Truly, the experience and quality of the food was far above and beyond any dining of my lifetime. Just learned that Cafe Beautiful has been closed due to a massive rent increase. Good luck to Chef Mel, I hope you recover and rebuild. If you reopen somewhere, I would be honored to be among your first guests.

Great experience. The food was delicious and unique and the presentation was beautiful. You need to bring your own wine (nor corking fee) and must make a reservation. There is no menu but the chef asks about dietary restrictions in advance.We celebrated our 15 year anniversary here and highly recommend it. I would say that if you are picky it may not be the place for you. If you cannot relax and go with the experience you will likely not be pleased. But between Google and Yelp the reviews are almost unanimously glowing. And I would not give much weight to a 2 star review from a reviewer who clearly only writes negative reviews.