09/03/09

Cant wait to go back

by smilektk

i went there for the first time the other day and the bartender brought me my drink within the first 5 minutes that i sat down. we only ordered appetizers: the ribs, sliders and calamari. Although they were all amazing, the calamari took the cake. It is INSANE! if u go YOU MUST try it... its not ur average calamari it has a completely different flavor. The atmosphere here was wonderful & there were tons of beautiful people hanging out and i can't think of one thing i didn't like.

• Pros: food. environment. energy. people. design.

06/12/09

Energy Good - Food BAD

by faithheals

Seared Ahi Tuna - Pretty basic you would think , but the only thing I could do was soak it in the Wasabi sauce for some flavor. Sauce was weak at best and steamed rice was dry.

Other diners with me - food tough or bland. $200 and McDonalds would have been better.

The only thing that made it worth it was chillin with my girls!

• Pros: Service was cool
• Cons: Food was terrible

05/21/09

Great place for Breakfast and Lunch

by kernsk1

We come here every time we drive in from Vegas - well worth the trip - on our last visit we made it for lunch on Friday (build your own burger or chix sandwich) HUGE, great value and made 2 meals out of one. Then came back the next day for the Breakfast Burritos - well worth saving up the extra calories - and the build your own bloody Mary Bar is the bomb! Keep up the great work and GO HAWKS!!!!

• Pros: Best Build your own Breakfast Burriots
• Cons: Long Drive from Las Vegas :)

12/15/08

WORST PLACE ON NEWPORT BEACH!!

by abbbed

OK....where to begin? I called this place seeing the restaurant looked nice and elegant and decided to dine her for my 4 yr anniversary with my girlfriend. Im from out of town so i was expecting good service and a good atmosphere. However, moment we walked in one of the servers saw us waiting and decided to pass us by and not ask us to be seated. Finally the manager did the same until i had to ask her if we can please be seated! ( there was probably 8 people there not busy at all!!!!) we sat down and they close there full dinner menu at 11pm. we got there at 10:50 and they decided to give us the menu with just appetizers instead. I ordered a cesear salad and it came with anchovies. I told them i didnt like it and i just wanted it taken off and the server rolled her eyes and never EVER came back to ask how our food was or anything. I felt like walking out on her being she gave pooooorrr service. The service is HORRIBLE ..as well as the MANAGMENT! stay away unless you look like ur from "the oc" if u know what i mean theyll give you GOOD service because i seen them helping out all the white people and i happen to be hispanic! i hate this place.

• Pros: Nice view
• Cons: POOR SERVICE

09/24/08

POOR BAR SERVICE

by 7savvy

I have been here 5-6 times and each time am shocked at the lack of service when sitting at the bar. It seems as if they hire "model type" bartenders- both men and women- who are in no hurry to cater to the customers. I often wait 10 minutes without even an acknowledgement and then they are not that friendly and service is painfully S-L-O-W. Food is okay but I would expect better service in this price range. Nice ambiance otherwise...

• Pros: parking is great, fantastic ambiance
• Cons: HORRIBLE SERVICE!!

09/17/08

Not good

by JoelZ

When I try a new restaurant I always have this feeling of optimism that something magical might happen. In the back of my mind I reason that in the worst case I won't love the food or some aspect of the ambience but at least I'll have a new adventure. After a first visit to 3 Thirty 3, I'm forced to extend my definition of worst case to getting insulted by the staff and forced to pay for food that never arrived. Not quite the magic or adventure I was hoping for.

• Pros: none
• Cons: worst dining experience ever

09/16/08

rude, incompetent

by LittleJess

A standard model for the success of a bar/restaurant is to create enjoyable experiences to earn future business. On my last visit to 3 thirty 3, I was hoping to celebrate one of life's small successes with food and wine. Unfortunately my evening was ruined by a rude and incompetent staff. Perhaps they were collectively having a bad day or perhaps the business model is to cater to patrons who appreciate rudeness and incompetence. I won't be returning to find out.

• Pros: none
• Cons: rude, incompetent

09/15/08

Not recommended.

by JimmyNewport

I have been living in Orange County for 19 years and eat out about once a week. I tried this place with a friend a couple weeks ago. The service was atrocious and the food was inedible. We paid the $73 bill for the couple bites required to reach the aforementioned assessment of the food and went elsewhere for some pizza. The best thing I can say is that neither of us got sick. Not recommended.

06/26/08

great ambience for casual dining

by vixen0408

I found this place thru citysearch and been there couple of times and highly recommend to others. Food is decent and great ambience. It seems more like a bar cause they got a huge bar in the middle of the restaurant but i guess it's good for people watching and hang out. I highly recommend this place except for one waitress named Shawna, she doesn't smile and not so friendly. Other than that, it's all good.

11/15/06

good service. good late-night food.

by aira177

i found this place online. we were the last ones to come into the restaurant @ around 1:50am, but they were glad to serve us. they had a little late-night menu--i had the mini filet mignon burgers. yummm! my date had the mac&cheese, it was ok. but the service was really good, the people were really nice and the restaurant had a great ambience =)

• Pros: ambience, food. service
• Cons: none.