Guidebook for Newport Beach
Food Scene
Omakase Sushi. Not cheap, but the best you will have, hands down. This is not a amateurs sushi restaurant, if you LOVE sushi, authentic sushi, this is the place. Pair with Wine, the head sushi chef Dicekay, or Shogo are great (spelling :-/ )
14 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
San Shi Go Sushi & Asian
205 Main StOmakase Sushi. Not cheap, but the best you will have, hands down. This is not a amateurs sushi restaurant, if you LOVE sushi, authentic sushi, this is the place. Pair with Wine, the head sushi chef Dicekay, or Shogo are great (spelling :-/ )
This is the best Thai Food restaurant I've ever been to. They deliver (last deliveries at 9:40). Open 7 days a week and just awesome. If you want delivery use my phone number (from the guide) so they know where to deliver. This place is the BEST! I eat her twice a week.
21 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Mint Leaf Thai Cuisine
712 E Balboa BlvdThis is the best Thai Food restaurant I've ever been to. They deliver (last deliveries at 9:40). Open 7 days a week and just awesome. If you want delivery use my phone number (from the guide) so they know where to deliver. This place is the BEST! I eat her twice a week.
Cruisers is a great spot to grab a beer and watch a game. It's a gastropub, but not upscale, mainly Pizza and things like that. I don't go there often but when friends want to watch a UFC fight or see a hockey game this is the place.
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Cruisers Pizza Bar Grill
801 E Balboa BlvdCruisers is a great spot to grab a beer and watch a game. It's a gastropub, but not upscale, mainly Pizza and things like that. I don't go there often but when friends want to watch a UFC fight or see a hockey game this is the place.
It's like being on spring break. Plan on walking home, lol.
14 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Cabo Cantina
100 Main StIt's like being on spring break. Plan on walking home, lol.
The only place in Newport Beach to have breakfast on the sand. Great breakfast and lunch spot. Its beach food, so you will need to surf some to burn it off, but you need to eat there and enjoy the amazing experience. One note, the coffee is no good, so I say have coffee at the house then walk over.
6 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Stuft Surfer Cafe
100 Mc Fadden PlThe only place in Newport Beach to have breakfast on the sand. Great breakfast and lunch spot. Its beach food, so you will need to surf some to burn it off, but you need to eat there and enjoy the amazing experience. One note, the coffee is no good, so I say have coffee at the house then walk over.
Local Favorite, tourists don't generally go there but its a gem, only for coffee, breakfast, and lunch. The owners are great people.
9 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
My Galley
500 W Balboa BlvdLocal Favorite, tourists don't generally go there but its a gem, only for coffee, breakfast, and lunch. The owners are great people.
This place is the legend of Newport Beach. During the summer expect to wait a half hour. They only serve fish and they have a sushi bar, but it is small. I eat here 1-2 times a week. If you have never tried Poke, its a raw fish cooked (soaked, not actually cooked) in soy sauce and other species, its a newport beach specialty.
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Bear Flag Fish Company
3421 Via LidoThis place is the legend of Newport Beach. During the summer expect to wait a half hour. They only serve fish and they have a sushi bar, but it is small. I eat here 1-2 times a week. If you have never tried Poke, its a raw fish cooked (soaked, not actually cooked) in soy sauce and other species, its a newport beach specialty.
Best Burger on the peninsula. Great beer's on tap as well.
15 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Crow Burger Kitchen
3107 Newport BlvdBest Burger on the peninsula. Great beer's on tap as well.
Ok, if you eat frozen yogurt, then you must eat at Go Greek. Their frozen yogurt is impossibly good. If its not the best frozen yogurt you have ever had then you might be crazy. They have 3 locations, Newport Beach, Beverly Hills, and Greece (somewhere).
Expensive, but worth every penny.
Go Greek Yogurt
3500 East Coast HwyOk, if you eat frozen yogurt, then you must eat at Go Greek. Their frozen yogurt is impossibly good. If its not the best frozen yogurt you have ever had then you might be crazy. They have 3 locations, Newport Beach, Beverly Hills, and Greece (somewhere).
Expensive, but worth every penny.
Hope of the legendary original Bear Flag, this restaurant is owned by the same owners as Bear Flag (the most loved restaurant in Newport Beach). The location has such a great feel to it and during the summer its so much fun. I wish Bear Flag never moved to its new location, but wild taco is a nice addition and their tacos are fresh made (including the tortillas). Its a great place.
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Wild Taco
407 31st StHope of the legendary original Bear Flag, this restaurant is owned by the same owners as Bear Flag (the most loved restaurant in Newport Beach). The location has such a great feel to it and during the summer its so much fun. I wish Bear Flag never moved to its new location, but wild taco is a nice addition and their tacos are fresh made (including the tortillas). Its a great place.
Newport Beach is taco capital USA. Lol. This is nice spot if you are at the beach and want to walk over across the street for a few tacos. They taste great. The decor is a little weird though.
21 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Sancho's Tacos
3014 W Balboa BlvdNewport Beach is taco capital USA. Lol. This is nice spot if you are at the beach and want to walk over across the street for a few tacos. They taste great. The decor is a little weird though.
Coffee shop and restaurant. Its nothing special, but it's where I go when my parents visit and we want a little breakfast in the morning. They are very cool people and its one of those local hidden gems in Newport Beach. Don't tell everyone about it please.
79 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Alta Coffee
506 31st StCoffee shop and restaurant. Its nothing special, but it's where I go when my parents visit and we want a little breakfast in the morning. They are very cool people and its one of those local hidden gems in Newport Beach. Don't tell everyone about it please.
On the marina, this place is really great. I've only eaten small bites here, but I like the bar upstairs and the view of the marina is great.
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Cannery Seafood of the Pacific
3010 Lafayette AveOn the marina, this place is really great. I've only eaten small bites here, but I like the bar upstairs and the view of the marina is great.
Mexican Food. So there are 2 types of Mexican food in California, gringo mexican food (not for Mexicans) and then authentic mexican food. Somehow this place falls in the middle, but is just excellent. I grew up in a city with a large Mexican population, and they would like this place just as much as any mexican food you can get anywhere. It's cleaned up a little bit, so the meat is less fatty and the salsa is not as spicy, but its great. There is another mexican food place in Newport beach, but this is where you should be eating.
16 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Avila's El Ranchito - Corona Del Mar
2515 East Coast HwyMexican Food. So there are 2 types of Mexican food in California, gringo mexican food (not for Mexicans) and then authentic mexican food. Somehow this place falls in the middle, but is just excellent. I grew up in a city with a large Mexican population, and they would like this place just as much as any mexican food you can get anywhere. It's cleaned up a little bit, so the meat is less fatty and the salsa is not as spicy, but its great. There is another mexican food place in Newport beach, but this is where you should be eating.
Ask for Tony. This place is Great. Upscale, but a true gem.
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SOL Mexican Cocina | Newport Beach
251 Pacific Coast HwyAsk for Tony. This place is Great. Upscale, but a true gem.
Unusual bar to be at the beach. I feel like I'm at Octoberfest. There is a secret upstairs.
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Mutt Lynch's
2300 W OceanfrontUnusual bar to be at the beach. I feel like I'm at Octoberfest. There is a secret upstairs.
Dory Deli
2108 W OceanfrontGreat sandwich shop. Good Coffee, just a cool spot.
Hidden Gem, there are two in Newport Beach, I really like them. Food is amazing.
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Eat Chow
1802 Newport BlvdHidden Gem, there are two in Newport Beach, I really like them. Food is amazing.
Very Fancy, if you are feeling like dressing up and getting a great dinner this is a nice spot.
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FIG & OLIVE
151 Newport Center DrVery Fancy, if you are feeling like dressing up and getting a great dinner this is a nice spot.
Next Door to Fig n Olive. I really like their bar. Food is fancy and good, but the bar is phenomenal. The live music is as good as it gets.
15 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
RED O "Taste of Mexico"
143 Newport Center DrNext Door to Fig n Olive. I really like their bar. Food is fancy and good, but the bar is phenomenal. The live music is as good as it gets.
True Food Kitchen
451 Newport Center DrHealthy California Food
Salads. Very cool California restaurant.
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Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop
234 E 17th StSalads. Very cool California restaurant.
Shopping
The market right across the street from the house, its a great liquor store for essentials. Not a full market, but it gets the job done for those little missing things. Also their cooler is very cold, I don't even stock Beer at home, I just get it from there. They are open until 9.
6 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Fry's Market and Rental's
115 15th StThe market right across the street from the house, its a great liquor store for essentials. Not a full market, but it gets the job done for those little missing things. Also their cooler is very cold, I don't even stock Beer at home, I just get it from there. They are open until 9.
True local Italian marketplace. They serve sandwiches too. I wish it was a little closer like Fry's is, but if you feel like walking to get fresh bread or an apple, or some olive oil, this is the place. Its my favorite new edition to the neighborhood and I hope you support them!
13 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Lombardy's Market & Deli
508 W Balboa BlvdTrue local Italian marketplace. They serve sandwiches too. I wish it was a little closer like Fry's is, but if you feel like walking to get fresh bread or an apple, or some olive oil, this is the place. Its my favorite new edition to the neighborhood and I hope you support them!
Shop here, maybe don't buy, but at least shop. Its outdoors and just beautiful. All the nice places are here. They have a Tesla store and an Apple store. Its a nice place to spend a day.
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Newport Center/Fashion Island
401 Newport Center DrShop here, maybe don't buy, but at least shop. Its outdoors and just beautiful. All the nice places are here. They have a Tesla store and an Apple store. Its a nice place to spend a day.
Drinks & Nightlife
Welcome to the best spring break bar in Newport Beach. Its packed any time, any day. Younger crowd, but so much fun. For anyone who has been to Cabo or Cancun, it reminds me of a Senior Frogs or something like that. You will be taken aback that this place is in Newport Beach, but its so much fun. I prefer to go there during the day and to get a beer when I am at the beach, night's are crazy.
36 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Baja Sharkeez
114 Mc Fadden PlWelcome to the best spring break bar in Newport Beach. Its packed any time, any day. Younger crowd, but so much fun. For anyone who has been to Cabo or Cancun, it reminds me of a Senior Frogs or something like that. You will be taken aback that this place is in Newport Beach, but its so much fun. I prefer to go there during the day and to get a beer when I am at the beach, night's are crazy.
You would never have guessed it, but this place is very hipster and very cool, best drinks in town.
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SOCIAL Costa Mesa
512 W 19th StYou would never have guessed it, but this place is very hipster and very cool, best drinks in town.
Just a nice bar. Its a whiskey bar with the longest bar in CA, its a weird claim to fame, but its a good bar.
27 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Stag Bar + Kitchen
121 Mc Fadden PlJust a nice bar. Its a whiskey bar with the longest bar in CA, its a weird claim to fame, but its a good bar.
Not a well known bar, but the third floor is a rooftop that can see the ocean, its a nice secret spot.
24 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Blue Beet, The
107 21st PlNot a well known bar, but the third floor is a rooftop that can see the ocean, its a nice secret spot.