VIEW Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in Newport Beach

After months of anticipation I decided to go to this restaurant at the newly updated Vea hotel. Pulling up to the hotel was beautiful. Dropped off the car at valet and went inside.

The hotel has a beautiful lobby and the restaurant was straight ahead. The restaurant itself was very nice. Modern bar layout and high ceilings. Definitely Newport worthy. Got seated at our table and that’s when things went downhill.

We waited 15 minutes until somebody finally came to ask if we wanted water and drinks. This wasn’t because the restaurant was busy…it was relatively dead. So we ordered our drinks and those were pretty good. I tried the blood Orange Margarita. I recommend that.

Then another 10 minutes go by and we order appetizers. We got truffle fries which were too expensive for what they were…basic at most and not worth it.

Then 20 minutes later waiter asks what we’d like to eat. We ordered the lobster roll and the wagyu. The food arrived adult another 20 minutes.

The lobster roll was great. I recommend that. The wagyu steak was a complete rip off and tasted awful. It was salty and definitely not cooked very well.

All in all service was not good. Food was mediocre at best. The menu options were very random. The only thing I liked about the restaurant was the bar and the interior design. I hope they improve their service as it’s a shame for a new restaurant in the area to be so...

My first experience at View at Vea was fantastic! I’m a huge fan of hotel restaurants and bars. we started at the pool bar for a first drink and then moved to View for our main experience. It was my friend’s birthday and immediately our server Luis went above and beyond to make us both feel special. We started with a bottle of white wine that he recommended an open table side for us. Since we’ve never been there, we asked for recommendations, and Luis gave us details on the dishes so we could make choices based on our preferences. We both loved our dinners! And we were just so excited and having such a good time that we didn’t get more pictures lol. But here are a few of our special night at View! I did get the burger and it was cooked perfectly medium rare, the fries were yummy too! My friend loved her meal as well. At the end our server surprised us with dessert, which was just a perfect way to end the evening. I can’t wait to return, and I will be asking for Luis as my server! I will say that the manager did stop by to make sure we were doing OK, and other staff made sure our waters, dirty plates, and experience were all beautifully maintained. Thank you to the staff for making my friend feel so special on her birthday, I will absolutely be bringing more friends by for...

Upon arriving at the hostess stand , the tone was set. I was initially turned off because our table was given up after being 2 minutes past the 15 minute grace period although the restaurant seemed far from full. The hostess was not very pleasant , lacking eye contact what seemed like the entire time, although she did seat us elsewhere.

Echoing many of the other reviews , the service was awful. They were inattentive , very slow to follow up , very slow to bring out food, no follow through on a pre requested birthday surprise even after alerting the manager on site for the evening . For context we arrived at 6:45p and left after 9 ( a party of 2). This draggggg of a dinner experience was not by choice .

Now the food- truly tasteless and dry. See pictured the miserable sliders. Crab salad was sent back. The restaurant had some saving moments which were the sticky rice , fries and espresso martini , and a fully comped bill of all food. However, they alone are not worth referring this place .

If they plan to survive , I highly encourage they improve the quality of their service all around from the top to the bottom and replace excuses with resolutions so customers leave happy.

Not my experience...