The Greeter's Corner Restaurant — Restaurant in Laguna Beach

If you’re reading this, you aren’t making the same mistake I did before coming here. You’re reading the reviews first. Take this as your fair warning. AVOID. Go somewhere else!

We unfortunately picked this place because they had outdoor seating with umbrellas to shade from the sun, and the menu selection was acceptable.

First warning: They don’t give you water in a glass without purchasing a bottle of water or Perrier. What??

There was a huge delay before the server returned to take food order. This was the 2nd warning. Time was already ticking.

Lots of extra surcharges for cheese on burgers and substitutions. I wanted a salad instead of fries: I got a few leaves of lettuce with Italian dressing on it. Hardly a salad. My co-diner got a few paltry slices of pink, not red, tomatoes for also a substantial surcharge.

All we ordered was two standard burgers. It took an HOUR to get said burgers. It wasn’t even busy. The restaurant was not full, and it was well past the lunch rush. We arrived after 3 pm. I had to go feed the parking meter two more times while we were here. It took so long to get our food, the shady seats we got when initially seated ended up being in full-on sun when we left. We overhead other tables also complaining about the wait. One table sent something back when a small side item they had ordered long ago finally arrived, stating, “We don’t even want that now.”

Burgers were not good. They were obviously frozen patties, like something I could have bought from the wholesale club. In my opinion, it didn’t seem like fresh ground beef. In the end, we paid $44 + a small tip for two hamburgers, one with 3 tomato slices on the side, one with a few pieces of lettuce on the side posing as a salad, and two iced teas.

With the parking meter already certainly expired, when the meal was over, I couldn’t afford to waste the better portion of ANOTHER hour to deal with asking for the check and going through that whole round trip ordeal with the credit card, so we simply ran to the register to pay directly in order to run to our car to avoid this horrendous experience from costing us an additional $60 or whatever this tourist trap of a town charges for parking violations. The clock on the wall behind their register says it all about their attitude: "Who Cares!". If it weren't for the tourists that have never experienced their awful service, they would...

If you're reading this, you aren't making the same mistake I did before coming here. You're reading the reviews first. Take this as your fair warning. AVOID. Go somewhere else!

We unfortunately picked this place because they had outdoor seating with umbrellas to shade from the sun, and the menu selection was acceptable.

First warning: They don't give you water in a glass without purchasing a bottle of water or Perrier. What??

There was a huge delay before the server returned to take food order. This was the 2nd warning. Time was already ticking.

Lots of extra surcharges for cheese on burgers and substitutions. I wanted a salad instead of fries: I got a few leaves of lettuce with Italian dressing on it. Hardly a salad. My co-diner got a few paltry slices of pink, not red, tomatoes for also a substantial surcharge.

All we ordered was two standard burgers. It took an HOUR to get said burgers. It wasn't even busy. The restaurant was not full, and it was well past the lunch rush. We arrived after 3 pm. I had to go feed the parking meter two more times while we were here. It took so long to get our food, the shady seats we got when initially seated ended up being in full-on sun when we left. We overhead other tables also complaining about the wait. One table sent something back when a small side item they had ordered long ago finally arrived, stating, "We don't even want that now."

Burgers were not good. They were obviously frozen patties, like something I could have bought from the wholesale club. In my opinion, it didn't seem like fresh ground beef. In the end, we paid $44 + a small tip for two hamburgers, one with 3 tomato slices on the side, one with a few pieces of lettuce on the side posing as a salad, and two iced teas.

With the parking meter already certainly expired, when the meal was over, I couldn't afford to waste the better portion of ANOTHER hour to deal with asking for the check and going through that whole round trip ordeal with the credit card, so we simply ran to the register to pay directly in order to run to our car to avoid this horrendous experience from costing us an additional $60 or whatever this tourist trap of a town charges for parking violations. The clock on the wall behind their register says it all about their attitude: "Who cares". If it weren't for the tourists that have never experienced their awful service, they...

There are exactly two reasons this place is still in business: great location, and friendly staff. Now let me give you four reasons why it should be out of business.

1. You couldn't find worse tortilla chips in a grocery store if you tried. They clearly went on a mission to find the thickest, least flavorful, worst textured chips they could purchase. I was once walking through the streets of Venezuela, and stumbled upon a piece of dough that had fallen out of a truck heading to the Sunday market two days prior. This dough had been subsequently run over by car after car, and left to roast in the July sun for 48 hours. I picked up this thin and crispy piece of dough and ate it, and it was better than the chips I was served at The Greeter's Corner Restaurant.

2. The salsa is of similar quality and taste to that which is rejected from the Pace Picante factory. Look at the photo of that watery red soup. I was once walking through the streets of Venezuela after a heavy downpour, and came across a pool of standing water that had settled at the mouth of a storm drain. This drain was obstructed by a broken crate of applesauce and a spilled palate of Heinz ketchup that had fallen off a truck traveling to the Sunday market two days prior. I bent over and ladeled some of this substance into my mouth, and it was better than the salsa I was served at The Greeter's Corner Restaurant.

3. I don't even know what to say about the Caesar salad. The romaine was lazily broken up into pieces the size of my outstretched hand, and they didn't even have the motivation to mix in the dressing, croutons, or parmesean cheese for me. The dressing is what you would expect from a 10 gallon drum of dressing from a wholesale warehouse, and the "cheese" shamelessly comes from a plastic shaker bottle of Kraft parmesean. Even my portrait mode photo of it doesn't look appealing....

4. The value of the bevarges (and everything really) is atrocious. THEY DON'T HAVE TAP WATER, AND MAKE YOU PAY FOR ALL WATER. We paid $10 for a 4oz mimosa that had but a splash of champagne. Couple that with the $9 for the chips and salsa, and you'd get better return on your money if you gave it to...