Great tasting food (saltado picanha with garlic noodles sub for the rice) so phone did not eat…read morefirst. Edmond C was incredibly friendly and helpful! Great great service.

VOX So. Cst. Plaza was excellent!!! The menu has something for everyone from mild to spicy, some…read morereally creative dishes, and I had a difficult time making a choice. But the Seafood Soup was everything I could have wanted! The service was attentive without hovering and the table set attractively. I can't wait togo again!

I have had this place on my radar for a while and finally made it over there today, I should not…read morehave waited so long. LOL Lots of parking in a massive lot, lots of dessert and coffee options to follow up a great meal. Like a "Chipotle" style of Asian fusion and they have something really good going on. The have individual spinning wok style cookers that they do each bowl in. You start with the carbs, various noodles and other base options. Rice options not visible but available in white and brown. Turn the corner and the veggie and fruit selection is pretty big. Dial it all in and they add two meat choices. Add a topping and tell them HEAVY GARLIC!! Pay the bill, sit down and in just a few minutes your self designed master piece is at the table. You can go easy (lazy) too and pick from pre designed line ups that all look amazing. I got two pork options and my wife got shrimp. We both got a lot of meat, my wife said a few times "he gave a lot of shrimp". This spot is not super close to home for me but I have a feeling we will be making this trip often. This spot is uniquely different in a time I really needed to find that "uniquely different" Looking forward to trying lot of the menu option. Go check them out.

+ Yummy, healthy food. Wide selection of options, especially the vegetables…read more + Self-serve bar to grab your favorite mix and qty of ingredients (veggies, carbs). . A regular bowl comes with 2 choices of protein. + Polite, helpful staff. + Efficient service. + Ample parking. + Plenty of indoor & outdoor seating.

First time trying this place. We were really satisfied with fast service and ordering from our…read morephone. The cold needle was really good and refreshing. The beef noodle soup was really rich.

Nice Food, very decent, choose mild spicy if you can't eat chilly…read more service is good. We got Free dish for our birthday guy. The ambiance is Nice, too

Food was great, service as well! Yelp is asking fir 85…read morecharacters which is annoying :)

This restaurant, WOW! The food, drinks, service and atmosphere is excellent. We came here on our…read morelast night in SoCal and glad we did. We found this establishment from Yelp. Read the review, saw all the photos and also menu. We had to try this place. We ordered the following items: Drinks: Lychee Lemonade - Excellent and very refreshing. You can taste the lychee and hint of lemonade. They put some puree lychee and a whole lychee in the drink as a garnish. Mango Dragon fruit Tea - Very tasty and fresh. Packs lots of flavor, you can taste the mango and the hint of dragon fruit. Garnish with a mint sprigs and a dehydrated blood orange. Food: Spicy Won Ton - Won Ton was wrapped in a thin wrapper and the filling is excellent. Lots of flavor and a light kicked from the chili sauce. Mushroom and Rib-eye stir fry over rice - beef and mushroom cooked perfectly together, beef was super tender. Shaken beef with Garlic Noodle - Beef was packed with flavor and the garlic noodle was good but needed more flavor, not enough garlic but still good. The staff are very tentative and super friendly. The restaurant is nice and clean. We got there early so we did not have to wait. We defiantly will return when we are back in SoCal.

Derick T was our server and he went above and beyond to take care of our large party (14+). He and…read morethe rest of the team continuously checked in on us and even took the time to split our check per person. That is something that we truly appreciate as I know it is not easy to do.

BRING BACK THE CAVETELLI! I'm glad they recently had a menu change for the summer and I gladly…read moresupport them for it. Overall, great food, great drinks!

Went here for a brunch date with a friend and everything we ordered was absolutely delicious! My…read morego-to dishes are the seafood ceviche and the seafood tom kha pasta -- both have the perfect spicy kick and so much flavor. The calamari was also a standout: light, crispy, and perfectly seasoned. One thing I really love about this place is that they serve lunch-style dishes during brunch hours, so it's a great spot if you're craving something savory and flavorful early in the morning instead of the usual breakfast options. The food came out fresh, the flavors were bold, and the overall experience was fantastic. Definitely a spot I'll keep coming back to!

This Nep location is gorgeous! I love the high ceilings, all the greenery and natural wood…read more We ordered the seafood ceviche. This was phenomenal! Loved this Thai twist to this dish and the Asian chips. Iconic. Loved the pork belly rice dish! So good with the pickled carrot/radish, fish sauce, mint greens for the perfect bite. Skin was super crispy. Shrimp Garlic noodles were good. Broccolini was cooked perfectly and seasoned to perfection. The whole pieces of garlic were yummmm. The pandan dessert we tried was also delicious. Cleaned my bowl. Service was excellent. Staff were happy to take a pic for us. Thank you Nep! **They don't have oat milk coffee options. That's a bummer for me. Would like to see that so a non dairy girl can have a coffee.

This was my first visit to sonder and they made a great first impression! Since it was my friends…read morebirthday, they brought over birthday shots for both of them. Afterwards, the owner stopped by to say hi and since it was our first visit, he gave us shots for the whole table. Very kind of him. Food was great - we ordered a couple of things to share including the 6100 blue corn sourdough, chicken oysters, pork belly, spring onion pancake, and pork, please and prawn fried rice. My personal favorite was the fried rice, but everything else was tasty too! We also got dessert which was the pandan butterscotch pudding - yummy! Service was wonderful. They were attentive and kind and quick. They brought out some birthday ice cream for the two birthday girls in the party. Ambiance was great. It could be intimate and romantic for couples but also great for celebrations or large groups. I enjoyed sonder very much and will definitely visit again particularly due to their excellent service!

My daughter recommended this restaurant for a pre-Mother's Day dinner because she had been here for…read moredrinks at the bar when they first opened and really liked the ambiance. We came with reservations on Saturday night before Mother's Day. The first thing I thought when I walked in was that there was a live band playing with bad speakers because the music was so loud. But when I saw there was no band, I thought maybe their speakers were broken because the music had that scratchiness to it. Then I realized it was a DJ spinning vinyls with foreign music from the 1950's with that scratchy vintage sound on full blast (think shrill trumpets and shrill voices.) Now don't get me wrong, the music was wonderful and very unique ( again, a lot of foreign songs) with a few I even knew...my husband and I loved most of the songs that were played. HOWEVER not when it's so loud that we can't even hear our own thoughts! I felt annoyed within the first 5 minutes of being seated when my family and I had to keep repeating ourselves, and my husband even went to check the rest of the place to see if it was any quieter anywhere else, but it was blaring music everywhere. I ended up ordering for my whole table of 8 people because we couldn't even hear each other over the music to make suggestions on what to order. My adult kids (all in their 20's) kept apologizing for recommending this place for my mother's day dinner. But oh my, the food was delicious---practically everything I ordered was amazing! OMG the hangar steak skewers, pork belly skewers, iberico pork secreto steak, little gem salad, and their bread with goatmilk -butter were my faves! We also had the short ribs and the pork fried rice with prawns but they were mid...nothing to write home about. This would've been a great place to come have a drink at the bar for happy hour or even late at night on a weekend since they open until 1am on thursday, friday, saturday... but don't come for dinner unless you bring earplugs and learn sign language or know how to read lips because there will be no conversations over dinner unless it's just to the person sitting next to you. Even so, I noticed the young couple next to us looking very annoyed-- they got up and left after quickly finishing up their one cocktail while the speakers blared out an instrumental piece of a girl moaning the whole time until she climaxed. Heck---I'll have whatever SHE'S having lol So plz keep the music down several notches until after 10pm, and let the rest of us enjoy our dinner so that we can sing praises on how delicious everything was. Until you do, I think I'll cross this place off my list for now and revisit again sometime in the FAR future.

Absolutely unforgettable experience! After a small hiccup with one of our dishes, our server Aarwin…read moreand Justin the manager graciously took care of us for the rest of the evening. Every dish we got was delicious and the drinks were exquisite- my favorites being the pork tomahawk and the pandan old fashioned.. The atmosphere was wonderful and the staff put in a lot of effort to keep the restaurant clean and running smoothly. I plan to make this a regular stop whenever I am in OC, and would heavily consider traveling from San Diego for the service alone. Truly well done!

I've been to NEP before, both Irvine and Fountain Valley and the food was always pretty good. But…read moretoday at the Irvine store our Service was on point! James! Thank you so much for your awesome service, especially without us even asking, you asked if we wanted to get some hot water for our elders. That was extremely considerate and it wasn't only that but you even refilled what we needed. You somehow knew what we wanted and you gave us honest opinions about what you thought. I will definitely have to be coming back!!

Last night we went for our first time and my daughter's birthday! We had a wonderful experience!…read moreSince it was our first time we asked our server Hendry for suggestions and he was very helpful and super attentive throughout the night. We ordered a little bit of everything and it all was amazing. The food came fast and hot. Wish we could have had a bigger table because we had way too many plates. The restaurant was clean and the ambiance was great. Only downside if you had to go to the restroom it's downstairs by a little food court in the mall so I thought they were going to be dirty but surprisingly they were clean and well taken care of. Over all we had a great time and Hendry was great and gave my daughter a birthday dessert without us telling him anything. He over heard us congratulating her. I would definitely go back! Oh I gave it four stars only because the inconvenience of the restroom be separated from the restaurant.

AMAZING food and excellent service from Emily!…read more Quick service with the freshest food, no matter how busy they are. I couldn't recommend this restaurant enough. A+++

I came to this amazing restaurant for my birthday back in October and was blown away…read more Our server was great The food was great (get the table side tomahawk, it was amazing. They cook it right there and then put it on a sizzling salt block on your table to finish cooking) And you can't beat the location So, when my south coast plaza advisor sent me an invite to a Gucci event held at this amazing restaurant, I just had to go. The ambiance is top notch, 5 stars just for the atmosphere alone Extremely clean Amazing bar and drinks Great staff Now, to their private room where this was hosted. Gucci, was so kind to give us all gift bags But the real spoiling came from AnQi bistro! Every station we went to, had a different food and drink pairing At the first station they had Truffle sashimi with caviar Paired with their tumeric drink Next up Lavender mojito Paired with lobster and shrimp dumplings Next was Grilled octopus and papaya salad Paired with a drink called -spring breeze Last up Chive and leek dumplings Paired with lychee cloud to drink (This was actually the only thing I could have because I don't eat seafood. And it was a 10 out of 10) Everyone was raving about the food and how beautiful the interior is. I really can't stress how nice of a place it is. It has a very laid back, upscale and trendy vibe This is one of my favorite places to eat at south coast plaza, hands down. And it's conveniently located inside Bloomingdales. It doesn't get better than that

Let me start with what this place absolutely nails: the ambiance. Walking in felt like stumbling…read moreinto an enchanted forest at midnight, think fairy tale vibes, moody lighting, and decor so gorgeous I actually stopped mid-step to take it all in. Truly, whoever designed this space deserves their own Michelin star. Now... the food. The shrimp dumplings were fine. The shrimp were a respectable size, no complaints there, but "fine" and "memorable" are very different zip codes, and these stayed firmly in the former. The garlic noodles arrived looking a little lonely (small portion) with noodles that were slightly past their ideal moment of glory, accompanied by 4 whole shrimp. For $55. I'll let that marinate. The filet mignon dumpling was probably the highlight of the food lineup, genuinely decent, though it leaned a touch salty, like the seasoning had big ambitions. Still totally edible, just not the refined experience the price tag implies. On the bright side, the service was solid and shoutout to my server who steered me toward a pear martini that was, honestly, a little gem of a drink. They clearly know their cocktails. Bottom line: come for the atmosphere, stay for a cocktail, and maybe grab dinner somewhere else after. It's a gorgeous spot for pre-drinks and photos, just don't arrive hungry with high culinary expectations. Your wallet will thank you.