So delicious OMG. Very kind and fast service. 10/10 would definitely recommend if you are in the…read moreNewport area.

We have been to the Newport Beach location, so this was exciting to see that they opened up a store…read moreclose to where we live. The restaurant itself is quite nice and New. Our only observation is that the tables are a little close to each other. In Newport Beach is a little bit more space. We ordered a few things to test things out all the food was great. You can look at the pictures to get an idea of what we had but Service and food are top-notch as a Thai restaurant. They are one of the top ones we go to.

I love a good fusion restaurant and Vox Kitchen does such a great job bringing together…read moreVietnamese/Asian and Peruvian flavors! I actually ended up coming here twice in one week, which says a lot about who much I enjoyed the food! The restaurant is located inside the mall and has plenty of seating. I would still recommend making a reservation during busier hours to secure a table. Both times I visited, the servers were really friendly and attentive, and the food came out fairly quickly! One thing worth mentioning is that the portions are HUGE! Most of the dishes are definitely shareable, which. makes this a great spot to come with a group so you can order a variety of things and try a little bit of everything. Items I've ordered: - Lychee Lemonade (this one is refillable): Really refreshing and had a nice fruity flavor, it is a little sweeter than I typically prefer but still really good - Mushroom & Steak Fried Rice: This dish was so good! I loved the combination of the savory steak and mushrooms. Everything worked really well together and it was such a satisfying dish. The portions were generous so I had leftovers - Appetizers: We also ordered quite a bit of appetizers to share but my favorite was definitely the calamari! The pieces were on the smaller size but what they lacked in size, they. made up for in flavor and quality. I loved pairing it with the sauce they provided which brought everything together. I also ordered the chicken wings, corn ribs and fries. - Saltado Filet Mignon: This was absolutely delicious and probably my favorite entree between both visits! I loved that you could choose how you want your steak cooked. I ordered mine in medium and it turned out great! The dish came with both rice and seasoned fries, making it incredibly hearty and satisfying meal. I really enjoyed the combination of flavors. Again, portion is very generous so it's a great option to share. They also came with tomatos and onions. Pro tip: they have listerine in the bathroom so if you do get those garlic noodles or the onions, pop in there after the meal! Overall great spot if you enjoy fusion cuisine or looking for great cocktails/mocktails to try.

Service was great and you get an upscale type of vibe! From our host to the waiter and servers,…read morethey were all so nice and friendly! The food was on the pricier side but they have amazing deals for Happy Hour! Our dishes were fresh and delicious! We ordered calamari, garlic noodles, chicken bowl, and saltado w/beef. It was a 10/10 for all!

Been ordering deliveries for years and it's my first time dining in. The grilled cold noodles are…read morethe standout, flavorful, hot off the griddle, and especially good with cheese and fire noodles if you like spice. Portions are very generous across the menu. The Northeast rice wrap is huge and filling, the iron-plate fried instant noodles are not oily or mushy and come with egg and luncheon meat, and the shredded chicken pairs well with rice. The New Orleans-style wings are juicy and well-seasoned without being too salty. Delivery from this place is already a solid 10/10, but the food definitely tastes even better dining in! Highly recommended trying out.

I tried the House Special Beef Noodle Soup ($15.99), and unfortunately, this particular dish left…read moreme underwhelmed. The portion of soup itself was fairly generous, but the broth was very mild and neutral. It wasn't unpleasant or bad tasting--it simply lacked the depth and richness I was expecting from a house-special beef noodle soup. My biggest issue was the beef. The menu describes the dish as coming with hefty pieces of premium braised beef shank, but my bowl had only about 3-4 relatively thin slices. For the size of the bowl, the beef-to-noodle-and-broth ratio felt quite low. The beef I did receive was also slightly below average in quality. At $15.99, I don't think the price itself is unreasonable for a beef noodle soup. However, considering the small amount of beef and the overall quality and flavor of the dish I received, I didn't feel it offered particularly good value. To be fair, nothing about the food was terrible. The portion was a decent size and the soup was completely edible. It was simply very average and didn't deliver what I personally expect from something presented as the restaurant's House Special. This review is based only on the food I received. I also had a significant delivery delay through DoorDash, but I consider that a separate DoorDash issue and did not factor it into my assessment of the restaurant.

We were just looking for some good delicious food and we found this place in a strip mall totally…read morehiding and would had never thought all the good food they had in there! They also have a little speakeasy area (seat there) and the ambiance over there was super cool and very intimate. Service is as great and the servers were very nice. We started with Sakura Sour - deliciously made! And short bottle of unfiltered sake- excellent. For food: Lemongrass dumplings: too good, don't miss it. Wagyu Bao: absolutely delicious Seared Hamachi: Hamachi was prepared to its perfection and the sauce was perfect. Just too much asparagus for me. Garlic Noodles: OMG - you cannot miss this out if you like noodles and garlic! Chicken Katsu: great dish but can be skipped. Lamb Chop: if you like yakitori style lamb, it is absolutely great. (I love lamb) Over all this place from service to ambiance to food execution was absolutely amazing. I highly recommended this place and I will be coming back to try other dishes!

This place has so many good reviews, my friend and I decided to try it. There was already a small…read moreline before they opened. We got seated pretty quickly once they opened and they ask you if you would like to sit in the main dining area or the oak room. The food was delicious, specifically their wagyu and unagi skewers. My problem was the service. In the whole hour we were there, our server checked in on us once to refill our water. We didn't get our unagi skewers until 30 mins after everything else. We thought he forget to place our order. We were gonna place more food orders but we didn't want to wait. Our server was busy helping all the tables in the main dining room. They seemed to have two other people working but only running food and bussing tables. I would imagine a place that charges so much for food would have better service.

I went here for a friend's birthday dinner and I want to give a big applause to the staff that work…read morehere as they were super accommodating, attentive, and so sweet to my group. This location is on the smaller side, which made the atmosphere feel more intimate and perfect for something like a date night, anniversaries, or just a friend hangout! We got an array of food but I really loved their Pad Kee Mao, it was so tasty and I loved how everything was seasoned perfectly. I genuinely have no notes other than I will be back to try more of their food and I also highly recommend trying their Mango Sticky Rice Beer to complement the food (it was citrusy, bright, and paired nicely with the food we ate + it also did have notes of Mango Sticky Rice which is crazy). It was my first time here but certainly won't be the last!

Overall the best experience at a Thai restaurant ever. Our waitress Jessica was absolutely…read morewonderful. Always smiling. Always checking if we had everything we needed. That's the customer service we need nowadays and felt blessed to be in her presence so thank you for that amazing service. The food was exquisite. I was already going to try their panang chicken and to hear that it's award winning made it even better. The curry was amazing. Not terribly spicy but it had a good kick to it. You won't burn your tongue lol. The chicken was grilled perfectly. Mixed with the curry sauce made it all taste just amazing. I didn't try the banana pudding myself but my friend loved it so I'll have to try that next time. Make sure to join the waitlist because this place gets busy! It's not too big inside but there are also tables outside.

Decided to stop by for lunch and arrived at opening and was seated quickly. The waitress told us…read moreabout how the revamped the menu in the past month with bringing back old items and also some new items. The lunch set seemed like such a good idea with the choice of appetizer, entree, and dessert. For four of us, we got two lunch sets and two more pastas. We read that the bread and butter was popular so we decided to try. It came with toasted sourdough with a nice thick butter with miso honey butter that was flavorful. We also got the garlic parmesan fries which was as expected, nice and crispy with grated parmesan on top. We got the miso bacon carbonara which had thick pieces of bacon and heavy creamy and flavorful with slightly spicy kick in the carbonara sauce. The cavatelli had a great depth of flavor without being overpowering from the mushroom sauce. The soy garlic noodles tasted pretty clean without being overly greasy with a slight kick as well from the chili crunch. We all ended with the strawberry lychee ice cream made in house that came with fruit pieces of both lychee and strawberry on the bottom. Lacks the smoothness of churned ice cream so it's more on the ice side but the fresh fruit complements it well. Overall pretty good lunch choice and not too crowded with great variety of options for lunch sets. Great place that is modern and stylish atmosphere to catch up with friends or family with lots of selection and shareable appetizers.

Back again. Still my favorite Italian/asian fusion spot…read more The skirt steak is amazing and so tender. Might have to order two next time. Everything about it is so good. Charred veggies and silky mashed potatoes. Menu changes so we got to try some new things all which were good. Got two drinks as well one was lychee-flavored, the other yuzu. We couldn't decide which we liked better. Thai the waiter was super attentive and friendly. Went around Friday 6/630 and wasn't a wait.

Everything about vox kitchen is wow…read more There is a bit of a wait (as there always is with delicious restaurants) but the host offered us immediate seating outside, or a 30 minute wait to sit in the patio. We ended up sitting in the patio in the shade. The meal started off with an arugula salad with Asian pear. The salad had a delicious balsamic glaze and sweetened nuts. It was so so good and the perfect portion for 3 people. Next, our server brought out an ube cloud drink and a lychee lemonade. The ube cloud was overly sweet but the lychee lemonade was perfect and had free refills! The saltado fries with filet mignon were so delicious with the green sauce, and I left this meal thinking about the next time I could come back. 10/10 no notes.

First time here and parking was easy to find! I can see it getting busy at night time but I went…read morefor lunch. The restaurant is spacious and has a lot of seatings. I was seated right away. I ordered the garlic noodles with steak ribeye. It was the best steak and garlic noodles I've ever had!! Got the refillable lychee drink on the side and that was sooo good too. Trisha was my server and made sure I got my refill before leaving. I was in and out, barely any wait and I love that! Thank you for the amazing service and food!

My brother took me here because he said their ramen was out of this world. He was right. What an…read moreincredible bowl of Ramen. Vibes were simple and pleasant Appetizer, Chicken Karaage is a must get. Be careful sharing because the pieces are kind of big Loved loved loved my Chashu Thom Kha. What a blended flavor punch!

Honestly the best chicken heart I've ever had here. It was super tender and cooked perfectly while…read morenot being very irony. 6/5 Chicken Gizzard was amazing as well. I like the added sauce they have to it that makes it a little bit different than regular chicken gizzards. 5.5/5 Chicken Skin was great, who doesn't love some crispy chicken skin? 5/5 Tom Kha was absolutely delicious. The pork belly was SO tender. I think they probably sous vide it as it just melts in your mouth like butter. Even the Spicy Miso Ramen. FUN FACT: You can also get unlimited free noodles. I tried to finish the 2nd order of noodles but I was way too full. Service was awesome. Food came out super quick. Servers were attentive and kept coming by to ask if I wanted free noodles 3 times but maybe I'm just a slow eater. Dope ambiance as it's a more modern take on ramen places with cocktails and all kinds of different dishes. Overall, 11/10 would recommend to any restaurant from Kei Concepts in the same plaza.

We haven't visited for a while so this is a fairly "new" review…read more The service at ANQI is always excellent. Thank you Alan and staff. The kitchen at ANQI really knows how to prepare everything excellently and I don't know anything about their sourcing but my guess from the quality of meat and vegetables is that sourcing is a very high priority with the chef. Find restaurants worldwide are now reporting the chef spends 50% or more of his or her time on farms and ranches where their product is produced. My guess is that this is true of ANQI as well. The ambiance of ANQI is well-managed. It's very quiet and the only thing that challenged this statement was the music which was too loud and not a calming selection. I have noticed lately that chef's more and more get involved in things like music selection. The problem with that is they don't readily understand the tastes of their guest audience. Their thought process generally goes more toward what they want their staff and kitchen to hear - something that moves and motivates them to action. Not a good thought process for music selection. You're going to spend at least $150 - 250 for lunch for 2. So you should expect the best especially if you plan to return frequently. There seems to be a good chance that they will impress us week after week. We have the lamb, chicken skewers, garlic noodles, beignets and cream and cappucino.

For those of you that are considering to come here to try AnQi's Sunday Brunch, save your time,…read moremoney and energy! I was looking for a place to celebrate my daughter's 13th birthday. My daughter is adventurous and loves trying different kinds of food. I made reservations a month in advance for a party of 5. 2 adults, 13, 10 and 7yo. We came here on August 2nd. Their brunch is only available the first Sunday of the month. First of all, it's been very warm in orange county and we noticed that it was warm in the restaurant. Stuffy and you can barely feel the air conditioning. They only had lamb that day as their protein option. They ran out towards the middle of our meal, and they had to cook up some steak (flank?). You get one non-alcoholic drink ticket. There were about 5 different options and my husband and I saved our tickets for the kids so they can try a few more since we were limited to one ticket each. A few other options they had included chicken pho (basic and very little flavor), steamed sui mai (meat dumplings) that tasted like it was frozen and over cooked, fried egg (literally just that), spring roll, fried wontons, and one chocolate dessert. Remember this is an AYCE brunch! I was floored. Of course I spoke to the manager after dinner and he gave me the most annoyed and disgusted look. He was a tall, Asian man that looked like he was in his late 20s. I saw an older Caucasian man standing next to him and he looked like he could have been the owner or someone in charge, so I asked and sure enough he was the owner. He was kind and attentive the entire time. But I basically told the owner that I didn't like the way the manager side eyed me and frowned as soon as I said I'd like to speak to the manager. In any case, I told them everything that I had mentioned here. The owner took down my email address and phone number and offered to invite us back another time. I was optimistic that maybe they would send me an email to apologize and to invite us to come back. I was tempted to write this review immediately after I left but I thought I would just sit on it. I figured maybe they would be nice and try to make things right. A week later... no email or call. It's been over a month and nothing. Why bother take down my information if you're not going to do anything about it? We walked out paying almost $400 for a terrible and grossly expensive meal and we all left hungry and unhappy. My husband I and haven't been here since the AnQi's famous garlic noodles days so it's been at least 10 years. We thought we'd come back and check out the brunch with our kids. Unimpressed. Will never come back again. Hands down worst $$$ meal ever. AnQi - Please do better.

I love their pizza here. My particular favorite is the mushroom fungi pizza. I added sausage to…read moreit. Simply amazing. Tried some of the pasta dishes too. I just wish the portions on the pasta dishes were a bit larger. Everyone who ordered the pasta all stated the same. Service is fast and attentive. I definitely would recommend this place!

I've come here a handful of times, and it's usually my go-to spot when I want pasta. However, I…read morerecently had a really disappointing experience. We waited an hour and forty minutes, which is fine for a walk-in on a busy night, but the host was completely disorganized. When we arrived, we were third in line and waited in the seating area. He took our names and party size right away, but what followed showed a total lack of organization. After waiting another 20 to 30 minutes, we were at the top of the list, yet he kept calling other parties of the exact same size ahead of us. I finally had to get his attention to let him know, and that's when he asked if I had received a text. I had--only four minutes prior--even though we were standing right in front of him and he had just taken our name minutes earlier. It felt like he lacked basic observational skills and was sloppy at his job. On top of the host situation, the restroom was outdated and messy, with toilet cleaning supplies left on the ground and chipping paint on the stalls. It really ruined the experience for a place I usually love