The. Lind Pig was a great experience I had the rib-eye 🐷🐷

I dont remember the name of the restaurant. All I know is that it was good. We got a table as soon as we got there. We didnt have to wait. Then the waiter she brought our food quick. Im definitely going back, I do remember how te get there.

Great center, has Ralphs, Little Caesars, Starbucks, The Blind Pig, Barbershop, Cleaners, Rite-Aid

This is a lovely little district. The lake is an amazing walk for family or dog. There are also some cute turtles in the lake that come up to see humans. Overall good place.

Lovely place, excellent service and delicious food.

Shopping, gas and pharmacy all done there.

I like the chicken it is always crispy and tasty especially rolled in their flour tortilla and delicious salsa. I like their Cilantro salad dressing and coleslaw. El Pollo Loco is good food at a reasonable price and thats enough for me.

Its a late very beautiful look really close and next to us as a bunch of shopping places like Starbucks Little Caesars KD Donuts

Varied dining offerings then take your dessert and stroll around the lake on a summers eve. Perfect romantic date night.

The lake at the back of the shopping center is beautiful and there is a wide variety of shopping so you can easily enjoy a meal by the lake or load up on necessities.

This is a great little shopping center with some killer restaurants on a lake Its a great place I would suggest going there very beautiful!

Loved a sunny noon by the lake with my Auntie.

Amazing center with beautiful lake and the perfect ducks. Surrounded by shopping center and a variety of high end restaurants.

The USPS here is has very good service. A nice lady walks you through everything and they have free tapes for priority mail customers!

I stopped at this Shopping Center because they have a Ralphs and a CVS. The Ralphs was very busy and completely out of bottled water. They were also out of toilet paper, napkins and hand sanitizer. The CVS had some water left I also bought some ice cream. There is plenty of good parking at the shopping center.

Lots of vintage stuff, cool stuff.

Nice shopping center, was only there for dinner. The lake nearby is facing a nice courtyard. It is a nice place.

Parking close to your destination is sometimes tough at peak times, but there is always parking by bank of America and rite aid

First visit, very cool area with a few restaurants, beautiful lake with a concrete path around it. Clean, friendly, good visit.

Restaurants open for dining despite the CA orders. Felt VERY unsafe. The food we picked up at The Trough was great, but not worth the risk of being around so many maskless and careless people. So I will not be returning.

Beautiful Shopping Center National Database of the Saddleback money here in this part of California we are living in a giant crater at like Im surrounded by mountain peaks the surround the city these little town centres these little shopping centers Ill look at it at the base of the mountains that surround the city you feel like youre living in a large crater on the moon but its so beautiful and when the Sun hits the ground in the morning and the sun set the mountains to go from red to purple to Blue the colors are so fantastic and where are these little shopping centers are right at the base of the mountains this is the most beautiful place to live

Great place to eat, enjoy a beautiful view & then take a lovely walk.

Nice shopping center, but it can get busy in the morning and afternoon when people are heading to work or the Jr. High kids get out of school. I would like to see more variety of stores. Maybe a dry cleaner or small boutique would be a nice addition. Parking is a little precarious sometimes with awkward parking stalls.

Great assortment of merchants, but needs more parking.

Nearby places if you live there

Great restaurants, great views

Love this area. Great to park to walk around the lake and even grab a bite to eat afterwards.

Has alot of everything here, good safe place with nice helping people working there...

Good one stop shop with a Ralphs, CVS, Starbucks, a gas station, and a few different restaurants/shops

I love the lake and Carmelitas

Traffic and parking is messy.

A great place ton have your morning coffee and have breakfast and or dinner ....some of us work on weekends there ...like to see dome WiFi access around that area if possible ...otherwise its a great place to be and relax

This shopping center has everything you need ..Starbucks, Chevron gas, Ralphs grocery, CVS drugs, Bank of America, plus specialty restaurants great for date night with family and/or friends.

Great place to meet friends or new people!

Great place to shopping .

I love the view to the Lake as you are doing your shopping

Nice shops. Lovely lake with walks all of the way around it.

Very pleasant. Crowded as one might expect, but the vibe was overwhelmingly positive.

Had a great 50th Birthday 🎂 with my family at Carmelitas in R.S.M.( Rancho Santa Margarita)🍹🥃💝

Kathy, the owner of South County Microspa and the girls who work here are absolutely fantastic! They do amazing work and are all incredibly professional and kind individuals! Definitely recommend the services they provide, it is a game changer in the Beauty world!! Love it!!! 😍💕🙌🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5 stars!!! 💆💕✨💃

Great place for summer walks and dinner by the lake. I recommend Carmelitas.

Convenient location, good shops. Nice area

This area is nice to walk around, they have nice lake and views. I like it

If this is the same area that I had my car washed I did not go into the Ricardo area but I have been in there before and it has seemed okay Im not sure at this time since I did not go through the area but I have been in there

People their always watching over your shoulder and it made me uncomfortable. I felt like a crook.

Nice place

Well organized, excellent caring, acting.

Fresh made green juice anytime and tortas, burritos and tacos. What more can you ask for. Produce seemed fresh and meat market was fully stocked.

Went to Ralphs...

Nice market place by rsm lake

CARMELITAS KITCHEN is one of the nicest Mexican restaurants in the area. Great location by the lake, very pleasant ambiance, kind servers (we had Ricardo), an unbeatable menu and delicious meats, mole, guacamole, seafood, salsas ... Good choice for couples of any age, families, co-workers gatherings, tasty-margarita-fans, and those of us who love to feast on the view of the lake from their terrace.

Bring family or friends great place to go out.

Best Quality and Service

We love how close this is to our Condo but unfortunately, to walk it is a joke.. Who ever designed the sidewalks or lack there of, had a screw loose.. its a jumbled mess of disconnected routes requiring you to start on the walkway, go out into the street.. so dumb, ...then you better get back on the sidewalk on the other side, after braving it in the middle of the street.. Or there are a few sets of GRAND stairs descend to a couple restaurants.. forget a path to Ralphs or the other businesses.. Surely this must have been designed long before the importance of the walk-able village, foot traffic thing has now been implemented in most small centers like this.... You get your Starbucks and you want to stroll.. good luck!!! Its as if there are three different owners of the center and nobody gave any thought to what they were doing.. considering the hundreds of housing units at the lake front, its a shame.. True, most still drive, but I thought the whole idea was to encourage foot traffic.. People with a stroller, Dont even bother.. or stay out the street..

Great place to go with family, great shopping as well, parking may be hard to find at times. Overall a great place to visit.

Breuggers is the best from the bagels to all the friendly employees.

Shops, restaurants and access to a beautiful lake makes Mercado Del Lago a convenient shopping center for RSM residents and lake visitors. Blind Pig Restaurant has live music and lakeside views. Carmelitas Restaurant has weekend brunch and lakeside views. Yamame Sushi is the best sushi place in town, the owners are so friendly! Golden Spoon or the Rite Aid market ice cream (Thrifty) always makes for a perfect ice cream stop before a nice stroll around the lake. You will also find a Starbucks, Taco Bell, Carls Jr., dry cleaners, Mobil gas station, and many more specialty shops.

Great Shops

A little something for everyone

Beautiful place to walk, work, or read a book. Usually so peaceful. Sometimes a little busy on the weekends but still very enjoyable. Grab a coffee and walk the lake. The views of the water with the Saddleback mountains in the background are worth a photo or two. Enjoy!

Beautiful relaxing environment.we ate outside overlooking the water. The food was very good. however a little pricey.

Parking is terrible and its difficult to get in and put

Parking lot is always very congested.

Very nice public area. Pond/s are clean and the trail is wide enough to jog around with a stroller. Pet friendly!

Starbucks, Ralph’s, rite aid, kd’s donuts

Beautiful place, plenty of parking and lots of really good eateries plus a beautiful large pond with a walk around it, we come here every time we’re in town

I love how friendly everyone is here

It has a lot if neat stores

Great place

This shopping center doesn’t have enough handicapped spaces and too many “20 minute” spaces. I drove around on a Saturday and saw several cars parked for longer than 20 minutes. It can be very difficult finding a parking space here, especially if you need parking for someone disabled.

Come here alot to get donuts and pizza from Little Ceasers, they also have a lake and a Ralphs.

The RSM lake gives you the opportunity to fish, walk your dog, or jog/walk around. Great views, not too crowded. The only downside would be the size of its parking lot and the fact that it is a bit hidden from the main road, so people park in the lots from other businesses​ and have to walk through the parking lot to get to the lake.

Stopped in at Little Caesars for quick pizza i must say that the quality has definitely improved Since the last time I had eaten at little Caesars still great low price

The service and drinks were good; the food was ok.

I love this shopping center. My favorite Ralphs grocery store is here along with my fave restaurant Carmelitas. It also has a Starbucks and a pet grooming salon.

Inadequate sidewalk paths for handicap. You have to walk in path of cars.

Sat at the lake watching the Ducks,🦆 turtles 🐢, and people. Relaxing!

Multiple shops from donuts and coffee to Cleaners, grocery and drugs. Also some restaurants and hair styling.

Parking a mess-angle and space length of parking scrunched. Too many stairs to get to Lake restaurants!

Cute shopping/food spot next to the water

Nice for a scenic view while hanging outside for a happy hour drink. I thought it was all posh, I was wrong... just simply peaceful and nice.

Great place for a morning coffee and walk around the lake

Parking here is easy to get in and out of!!

This place has too many people strung out on drugs just hanging around. My son rides his bike up to Taco Bell or Starbucks and always has a story about strange people in the parking lot. I have seen them many times. Parking is non existent near the shops. I typically just head towards the bank where there is always a spot. This city has almost no police so I suppose I should be happy its not worse.

Busy shopping center and not very well laid out. You have to pay attention because no one else does when driving here. People pop out without looking and I have almost hit several people. I drive really slow because you just never know who will step out in front of you.

Horrable Parking. Restaurants, hair salon, are way overpriced all the shops charge way too much... only good deal in that Center is the barbershop for men everything else is twice as much as somewhere else not worth it, or the horrible parking.

Good drinks and food.

Parking is worse now that Starbucks has moved into the old Carls Jr.

Good people but the cashier made fun of me for buying large condoms

Good area, nice people

I love walking the path next to the lake with my dog or husband, whichever i like more that particular day!!

Cute little area, beautiful lake (lago). Nice food and drink places. Plus Ralphs. :)

I love seeing the Mani & Peti milfs around this area and the scenery with the lake and all is... perfect!!!

One of my favorites

5 star for the property, 3 star for the parking

Very scenic place. Love the lake. Parking is a bit tight.

Bank of America is the worst. Slow lines, not enough tellers. The tellers work hard, but the managers do not help when busy. The rest of the center is great.

Great view of mission Viejo lake from certain restaurants. Landlord of entire lot needs to revamp place. Many shops are vacant due to high rent.

Beautiful location by the lake. Shopping coffee breakfast lunch and dinner spots.Beautiful Rancho Santa Margarita

Great Ralphs- fresh food beautifully presented