Skosh Monahans
(949) 548-0099
2000 Newport Blvd
Costa Mesa,
CA
92627
33.646
-117.9136
What People Are Saying About Skosh Monahans
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Customers dine on steaks and seafood at this family-friendly neighborhood restaurant turned late night Irish pub.
User Reviews
sweetjimmy47
February 24, 2009
This was the worst dining experience I've had in the last 5 years. First there was the ambience- there's nothing wrong with sleazy dive bars, but don't try to pass yourself off as a fine-dining restaurant (with prices to match) if you are indeed the sort of seedy, unclean establishment bikers love and decent people fear. The service was slow and unimpressive, our server was reminiscent of a greasy spoon diner waitress who lost her will to live years ago. Of course she had just enough self esteem left to treat us with a mild disdain. My porterhouse ($33) was overcooked (medium- medium well, not the MR I ordered) and tough enough to be used as the black box material on an airplane, the only thing guaranteed to survive a crash. The mashed potatoes and veggies were pretty good, and my friend enjoyed his lamb. Our other friend ordered an appetizer pizza, which brings me to the best part- the blatantly fraudulent advertising. We had a coupon for a free entree of equal or lesser value with an entree purchase, and they chose to discount the $8 appetizer pizza instead of my friend's $19 lamb entree (which was the only other entree we purchased). When I brought this up in a nice way with the manager, whose tight green T-shirt was engaged in the battle of its life with her ample muffin-top, she told me that was their policy, and became downright rude and bitchy when I persisted in making my point. Even if the pizza was an entree, if the restaurant's policy is to discount the cheapest item on the check instead of the entree of equal or lesser value (as the coupon states), that policy should be mentioned somewhere in the fine print on the coupon to avoid a little thing called False and Misleading Advertising. At the very least one could say that pleasing or even just accomodating the customer falls way below smiling and probably even bathing regularly on the staff's list of priorities.
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Anonymous
February 24, 2009
This was the worst dining experience I've had in the last 5 years at least. It was so perfectly awful it was as if they tried their hardest to make every aspect of the meal suck spectacularly. First there was the ambiance- unimpressive and kinda crappy looking. There's nothing wrong with sleazy dive bars, but don't try to pass yourself off as a fine-dining restaurant (with prices to match) if you are indeed the sort of seedy, unclean establishment bikers love and decent people fear. The service was slow and unimpressive, our server was reminiscent of a greasy spoon diner waitress who lost her will to live years ago and now simply goes through the motions as an empty shell of a person. Of course she had just enough self esteem left to treat us with a mild disdain. My porterhouse ($33) was overcooked (medium- medium well, not the MR I ordered) and tough enough to be used as the black box material on an airplane, the only thing guaranteed to survive a crash. The mashed potatoes and veggies were pretty good, and my friend enjoyed his lamb. Our other friend ordered an appetizer pizza, which brings me to the best part- the blatantly fraudulent advertising. We had a coupon for a free entree of equal or lesser value with an entree purchase, and they chose to discount the $8 appetizer pizza (which apparently sucked, according to my other friend) instead of my friend's $19 lamb entree (which was the only other entree we purchased). So $33 is more than $19, the lamb is an entree of lesser value. And the $8 pizza is an appetizer. When I brought this up in a nice way with the manager, whose sexy tight green T-shirt was engaged in the battle of its life with her ample muffin-top (stretching out the restaurant's logo in kind of an artsy way), she told me that was their policy, and became downright rude and bitchy when I persisted in making my point. Even if the pizza was an entree,
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mtnbk
October 21, 2008
Overpriced bar food, average service and mediocre atmosphere combine to make this place an unpleasant experience.
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Save Money:
Come in on Wednesdays and Sundays for 20 percent off the wine menu.
Category:
Restaurants, Brew Pubs, Bars & Pubs, Taverns
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, Debit Card
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Notable Beer List, Late Night Dining, Dine At The Bar
