Ordered the Pepper Chicken with Kimchi, tempura shrimp, diet Pepsi. Food came out very fast (about 5 minutes for everything after I sat down) and was piping hot. It took about 5 minutes for it to cool off enough for me to be able to eat it - but those who like their food meteoric could wait less. Pepper Chicken was solid, nothing groundbreaking in terms of flavor profile but that's what I expected. It felt well balanced in terms of protein/rice/veggies. Wasn't particularly pepper-y, but I could have added more black pepper if needed. Tempura/panko shrimp was fine - totally acceptable. Richie came over a few times to make sure I knew how to properly mix the bowl and offered suggestions on sauces, which was helpful. No big notes - food was fast, tasty and service was great. read more

pepper lunch is always a great vibe. i brought a friend who's never tried it before and melissa helped him a lot! tiffany was also very thorough with the directions for cooking the meat. i really appreciate the dessert on the house as well. read more

Food was great. Rob was very knowledgeable and helped me place an order with the curry sauce. Alben cooked our chicken very well and was flavorful. Restaurant and restroom were very clean. read more

T was a very nice and a good server! Delicious food! Very amazing energy in the restaurant!

First time at their newest location in Irvine spectrum and this restaurant is so nice! Great and fast service! I got the beef pepper price with added toppings of cheese an extra egg and it was so good! read more

Pepper Lunch - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

The food here is amazing, and the customer service is top,yummy , (Ferhat) was super friendly and made my visit even better. Definitely recommending this place to my friends read more

Amazing food, good vibes! Wasnt sure what to get but Amy hooked me up with a good recommendation. Got the egg, steak and rice combo. Got the upsize and recommend that option. Food was fresh and of good quality. I'll be back for the curry dish. Definitely recommend read more

Pepper Lunch Irvine Spectrum is always a great go to for dinner. Food always so good! Shout out to Khaya and Ferhat for great customer service! Highly recommend this place! read more

Staffs are very attentive. Food is good. Has good deals running until August for Family with Kids read more

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The place is really nice and clean and servers are great. The food is pretty good. Thanks you Michael for everything. read more

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Host assigned us a table after waiting in line. After ordering, another person cut the line and took our table. Manager did not do anything and we had to stand around awkwardly waiting for another table to open and having our food get cold. read more

For the longest time, this spot had signs up saying a Pepper Lunch was coming soon, and I've been eagerly waiting to try them ever since. You can order in person or with the kiosk, but since no one was really manning the front, most of us went with the kiosk. I was hoping to try their curry, but after scrolling through the menu on the screen extensively, I finally saw they ran out of curry. I thought about coming back another time, but decided to try the chicken & beef rice combo & their dragonfruit tea. The food came out super fast, and there's just something about seeing your and hearing that sizzling pot in front of you. For people like me that eat a little slower, this is a great option knowing your food will stay hot. That being said, I do wish I was able to try the curry and will have to another time, because I thought this was just okay - it definitely needed some kind of sauce. The beef was good but the chicken was a bit dry, and while I know it's in the name, it seemed a little too peppery for my taste and the tea was also pretty bland. read more

Pepper Lunch - Chicken & Beef Rice combo - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

Service is always fast and friendly! If you come before the dinner rush there won't be much of a wait. My favorite thing to order is the kimchi beef rice, hits the spot every time! Thanks to Alben and Rob for the wonderful service today! read more

Pepper Lunch - Kimchi Beef Pepper Rice - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

This is a new location at Spectrum and my friends wanted to try the food here. I have been to the Diamond Jamboree and Alhambra location and they were decent. The food is served on a sizzling plate and people usually take videos of the sizzling food. At all the locations that I have been to, the process of ordering food is the same: everyone lines up at the counter to order and then sit at a table and wait for the food. When the food was served, my friends were not impressed with the amount of food and variety of ingredients on the sizzling plate. The regular beef plate has lots of rice with corn and pepper on top and pieces of beef spread out around it. Each topping like egg or kimchi is extra. We were not satisfied with the quantity/portion of meat served on these plates. The food tasted good with the sauce served under the rice. After we left, we noticed an ad for Pepper lunch and noticed that the plates of food in the pictures were fuller and unlike what we received on our plate. This place is great to try for the experience of eating on a sizzling plate. read more

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Great food and even faster service! Chase was friendly and extremely helpful. Would definitely come again!!

Had to try this cool new place in Spectrum. While it is unique, the food was a bit underwhelming. I'd still recommend you give this place a try though! read more

Service was slow. We had no help ordering for first timers. Food cane out incomplete and staff to be told what was missing. Disappointing especially for a $50 rice bowl Poorly staffed, cute dining area, but to packed read more

Located by the movie theater, it's a nice addition to the ever evolving Spectrum. Opening weekend was pretty busy since they offered a BOGO on the pepper rice steak plate AND they gave out two BOGO cards for later, which was nice to use on the jumbo plate. Service was fast and friendly. They have both indoor and outdoor seating with self ordering kiosks. Overall we thought it was delicious but only critique would be that the portion isn't as big as we'd like. It's a good portion though if you're ordering other side items. read more

Me and my mom went a lunch date to Irvine spectrum, we both got pepper rice bowls with beef she added curry on the side and I got the regular with no pepper and egg and kimchi on the side! My kimchi was so delicious on its own. Will be coming back! Seating was fast on a Sunday. read more

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shrimp and egg pepper was delish! the garlic soy and brown sweet sauces really hold up. corn mixed in, too, sets it off.

I ate at Pepper Lunch at the Irvine Spectrum today and was pleasantly surprised. They have a good menu of noodle, rice and a variety of chicken, beef, and seafood. Its served sizzling hot in a cast iron skillet and everything tasted great. It is definitely on my list of places to eat. read more

Lena and Kaya were kind enough to save my life at Pepper Lunch in Irvine Spectrum. The Kimchi Steak Pepper Rice was good too. read more

Pepper Lunch - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

The food is great and Tiffany was so kind and accommodating! She provides great service. Thank you :)

Ferhat was spectacular, we needed help after a issue on our end , made sure we were helped , and keep a watchful eye made sure he were always helped out! thank you! read more

I've been a fan of this restaurant for a while now. They opened their new restaurant here in Irvine Spectrum and my wife and I tried it out. They had 2 kiosks that were taking orders. Both were full so we waited in line. Both customers ahead on the kiosk took about 25 min to order. This made it irritating for us waiting line watching them scratch their heads trying to wonder what to order. That really sucked. Either make the ordering process easier or add a 3rd kiosk. I went ahead and placed my order in 3-4 minutes for my wife and I. The process was easy but maybe it wasn't for them or they're just weird. Either way ordering is a part of the customer experience at your restaurant. We got our food however my drink was extremely watered down. They replaced it but now extremely sweet. Whatever. No biggie. Believe it or not they had no clean utensils so we had to wait until they can clean them and bring is us some. Seems like the machine stopped working. They messed up a lot of orders for other people as the employees were asking the customers including us what our order was and proving incorrect orders to other people. Once we got through the thick part of the experience here, the food was delicious as expected. I got the jumbo plate with beef and some extra add ons. Portions are as expected. We'll be giving this place another go and hopefully the ordering parts goes smoother. read more

I was having a pretty bad day and ordered the beef kimchi pepper lunch. I burned my hand on the hot plate and Masami quickly came and iced my hand. Even though i had a few fingers burnt, it really made my day how good the customer service was read more

Went for the grand opening special of a bogo regular beef pepper lunch plate. It was a super solid deal and everyone at the grand opening was so nice and attentive! There was a slight line when I went with my boyfriend at 2pm, but nothing too terribly horrible to go through. The food came out quick and the sauces they offered on the table were a delicious add on to the plate. Highly recommend the garlic sauce as it gives a really nice flavor to the sizzling beef. read more

The worker there named nate was amazing very productive guy, was able to hand us over what we needed! Very polite! It was my first time at pepper lunch our food was great. We'll definitely come back and eat there again! read more

Amazing food and service, ACE was an amazing person and her service skills were top notch. read more

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Went in and Ashley greeted us and already asked if we need anything prior to ordering our food on the kiosk. She then took good care of us by checking if we're good with water, our food and our drinks. She was on top of it!! I love the ambiance because of her she made our dine in experience so much better! Will def ask for her next time we come back!! read more

Had a great time here. Came here with a large group after watching a movie. Ordered their rice and steak with their garlic soy sauce. Ferhat did an amazing job accommodating to our group and was very pleasant. I highly recommend others to come here and enjoy their delicious food. read more

The service was Great. Especially Ferhat welcomed us very kindly. We love to visit again!!

I've always loved the location in Diamond Jamboree, but I think this location is even better. The employees are nicer and consistently check in on you. I love the open layout and kiosk self service that makes everything quicker. Our beef pepper rices were just as delicious and tasty as the other location. read more

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Shout out to Amy who made our great lunch experience even better. Great food and service. read more

This review is for the line they create outside, not the food. It's been 2 weeks since they open. The staffs are very nice. The food seem to have small portion of meat on the regular size (lots of meat on jumbo size), lots of pepper on the rice, oily as usual but that's normal with sizzling plate style. What really is annoying is the way they create this mass long line outside the restaurant to attract attention to the restaurant when they always only sit half of the restaurant. If you take a look when you walk by, you will see half of the restaurant tables are empty and the line outside is very long. Not sure if this is a marketing strategy or just poor management, but I have heard other customers complain to the workers about it during their opening weekend, and still no change to this practice. In a location where there's plenty of restaurants in Irvine Spectrum, it's not a smart practice. You don't see silverlake ramen next door make people stand outside in the cold to wait 40min, they text people when it's their turn for table. read more

Nothing spectacular. A little over priced came in here staff are very unfriendly I decided to order anyways food is truly 4/10

Really awkward ordering experience, won't be back until this is fixed. When we arrived the workers said the line was closed for a bit and stopped us from using the kiosk and had us wait around the machines. No formal line, so some people came and ordered anyway, so the machines worked, I guess we were supposed to police the line ourselves? Why not just have us order then wait for our food vs have to mingle around the kiosks? We had to stand there awkwardly for a while to order, made no sense. I'm happy to wait but not awkwardly having to be the kiosk cop. Just let me order and then wait like every other restaurant i've ever been to. Wouldn't return to this location until they have a sane line and ordering system. Theres another one in Diamond Jamboree that has a normal ordering process. Food was pretty good though! read more

super friendly staff and amazing food! would recommend to anyone, helped our large group quickly get seated as well read more

Pepper Lunch - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

Went to Pepper Lunch for the Beef Pepper Rice and it was delicious!! All the employees were so helpful. I was asked if I wanted some water. I appreciated how Reggie checked in to see how the food was. The environment was chill, perfect for if you want to grab a quick bite by yourself. It was my first time trying Pepper Lunch and I will definitely be back read more

Pepper Lunch - Beef Pepper Rice - Teppanyaki Near Me - Irvine, California

Love this restaurant in Irvine spectrum ! Food is so good and same as service. Our waitress Ferhat is nice and friendly. Will recommend to all my friends and colleagues read more