The Cellar has been the winner of the Travel Holiday Award, the DiRoNA Award, Southern California Restaurant Writers Golden Sceptre and Golden Bacchus Award, and The American Academy of Restaurant Science’ Five Diamond Award as one the 10 best French restaurants in the United States. The Cellar has also received the Four Diamond Award from the AAA. The Cellar received the “International Award of Excellence” as one of America’s Top 100 Restaurants in the 20th Century. In 2001, The Cellar was inducted into the Nation’s Restaurant News “Fine Dining Hall of Fame.” In 2005, The Cellar received Restaurant of the year from the Orange County Concierge Association.