WAVE Newport Beach — Restaurant in Newport Beach

Beautiful upscale dining room décor. Great menu with all 3 meals and even brunch and linner. I love the fruit bowl here 😋 Unfortunately the dining room does have a loud echo, so it's not a good place to talk over a meal, especially when they get really busy. Always be prepared to spend a minimum of 2 hours here from the minute you sit down to the minute you pay your check. Not because service is slow, but because it's a large dining room with hotel guests plus restaurant patrons who are not checked...

I greatly enjoyed coming down and having breakfast daily during my stay.

I elected to do the buffet which is $30 a day if you’re non-Globalist.

Now for a wide variety of different options, depending on the day. Consistently there is eggs, bacon, pork sausage, chicken, sausage, fruit, bread, bagels,...

Hotel restaurant. I probably wouldn't come here if I weren't staying in the hotel, but it's good enough for what it is. Ordered the veggie tortilla soup and the salmon. Both were pretty good. The salmon was a nice sized portion -- maybe a bit too much quinoa. Wait staff was attentive...