The Blue Beet — Restaurant in Newport Beach

Love the The Blue Beet.

It's one of the must-go-to spots of the circle (of fun bars) in the heart of the Peninsula bar scene. The Beet happens to be one of the oldest (if not the oldest) bars on the Peninsula too, built in the early 1900s I think. It's got a lot of Character to it; Cool bar. 3 stories with the top level being an outside patio that overlooks (yes, a little bit of buildings too but mainly) the ocean & Newport Pier. 2nd level is cool too w views overlooking the bar area & stage where bands play...

Their food is great - actually, I think it's gotten better over time. And although it is a pain-in-the-@ss for the servers - you can order food on the patio & middle level as well. So, you'll get full service upstairs but just know - those servers have to run up & down those stairs every single time U/someone/anyone orders a drink, an appetizer, full 10 top (10 ppl) order... &Run up/down each & Everytime. I don't work there. &Im glad I don't have to run up/down those stairs. All I'm saying is, be considerate when ordering full menu on the patio. Sending yr server up/down the stairs 5 times in a row bcuz U ordered a drink, then yr like U forgot to ask for, then the ranch you want more if for yr fries... All great & normal but just remember yr server isn't just steo'n around the corner to grab yr ketchup. (Sorry, I used to be a waiter many years ago).

Don't forget! After the bar closes & there's young hot fun &/or drunk'erds everywhere, Rt outside the Blue Beet window, they sell tacos! Tacos & burritos. Limited yet amazingly marinated, authentic Mexican tacos & burritos! So after ye nice & "slightly buzzed" head outside & grab some awesome tacos.

Also, Hence the name, The Blue Beet, they have live music every weekend & even some week nights. Idk when those nights are but on top of that, that have dinner specials throughout the week to give company to that (hopefully) soothing &/or cool bar band :-). ...Most of the time the music has been great. Impressive on many occasions too but still, ya nevvvver know what yr guna get sometimes so if you want to prepare, I think they have their band schedules posted somewhere online or at the bar.

Sheeeeit - I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that I've allllways enjoyed their stiff pour. Ya might not get one Evvvery sine time & certainly not if yr an obnoxious entitled, possibly annoying, already-drunk Yahoo, but usually I'm very happy with the pour of the drinks I've been blessed to enjoy at the Blue Beet...... at the Beach, in Southern CA, spit'n distance to the ocean, with eye-candy that you simply cannot find in many other places of the entire world aaaand, did I mention Newport Beach is just Fkn awesome to hang out in, walk around & enjoy food & drinks at all kinds of awesome different bars any which way you came to be...

We walked in for lunch and should have turned around and walked out. We were the only people in the place and it took a few minutes to get the bartender to wait on us. The menu was a bit lacking with not much to choose from. Once we ordered the bartender kept telling us she would bring our food upstairs. We said we would just sit at the bar and she said we would be more comfortable upstairs. We felt like she was asking us to go up stairs. Not sure why. She did bring us our food pretty fast. I ordered a hamburger and it did not come with any condiments but I didn't ask for any in fear she would just grab them off the next table and we could already see they were covered in dust. She asked if I wanted a coke to go. I said sure but on the way out the guy chatting with a group of people yelled that I couldn't take the drink outside. I told him it was just coke and he said, "he didn't care". Not sure why I was offered a coke to go if I couldn't take it with me. I will definitely avoid this place for the rest...

My sisters and I have fallen in love with The Blue Beet over this past month. We have been regulars every weekend since the beginning of August and we’re always excited to hear the different rock n’ roll throwback bands such as Flash Pants and Manilla Fudge. We visited September 1st after reading on the website that there would be a rock n’ roll cover band “The Droppers” were playing. Unfortunately we did not expect a country vibe as we entered the bar. By 10:30 on a Saturday night there were only a handful of people on the dance floor and dozens of people in the smoking section upstairs. I regret to say that I am disappointed in the turn out that night after the country covers and sad atmosphere. I would like to say that the few people downstairs did look like they were enjoying themselves so a “Country Cover Night” would be a good idea but maybe not on the usual “Rock N’ Roll”...