Grand America Hotel - Salt Lake City

Garden Café

Ali Raafati, Garden Cafe General Manager

Welcome to the Garden Cafe, where breakfast, lunch, and dinner are made extraordinary.

Ali Raafati, the hotel’s ambassador of special events at the Garden Café is known to provide the finest hospitality and service in Salt Lake City.  He works hand in hand with Executive Chef Phillip Yates and Director of Outlets Jed Box to make every meal extraordinary and every event memorable. Born near the Caspian Sea and educated in Switzerland and Italy, Ali knows good food, and more importantly, gracious hospitality.

The Garden Café’s menu pays tribute to the joy of sharing good food with friends. In addition, our award winning Sunday Brunch is a sumptuous feast, derived from inspired comfort dining. 

Menu selections include our signature Macaroni and Three Cheeses with Lobster, select Niman Ranch New York Strip served with hand-cut parmesan fries, Pitman Farm Natural Free Range Roasted Chicken accompanied by French gnocchi, or any of our fresh seafood dishes—always cooked to perfection.  Delicious pastas, brilliant salads, and house made soups round out the Garden Café’s delectable offerings. All accompanied by our famous artisan breads, baked fresh each day in The Grand America’s bakery.

Just make sure to leave room for one of the Garden Café’s devilishly tempting, seasonal desserts! (The Grand America Hotel’s signature rich and creamy Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce is the food of memories.) The Garden Café is a great Salt Lake City dining choice for any occasion—or for making any dining experience into an occasion.