Place was clean. They only had 2 workers one doing the cooking and the other as cashier. The food came out fresh and hot. Too much sauce in the taco but the sauce was really good read more

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I usually like WaBa Grill, but this location was... something else. I stopped by because I was nearby instead of going to the Warner location (mistake #1). I was literally the only person in line, and it still took about 10 minutes to get my food. While waiting, I glanced into the kitchen and saw the cook carefully weighing the chicken and steak like it was a science experiment. I didn't realize I walked into a lab--apparently every ounce matters here... just not in the customer's favor. For almost $20, I expected a decent portion, but it felt like I paid for a large bowl of rice with a light protein garnish. But the best part? I was charged $3.29 for a 20 oz Pure Leaf Iced Tea... and got an 18.5 oz bottle instead. So they're strict about weighing your food, but not so much about what you're actually paying for. If you enjoy overpaying for rice and playing "guess the portion," this is your spot. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and drive a couple extra miles to the Warner location. read more

WaBa Grill - Exhibit B. Received an 18.5 ounce pure leaf iced tea bottle. - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Well, this is will be a first: I am writing a review despite having never actually eaten here. Here's the short and long of it: my kid wanted me to order Waba from the app so he could go after band practice to pick it up. I ordered to this location by accident and called them to see if I could cancel the order in time. Although they had already made my order, the young woman on the phone, after talking to her manager, got back to me and they agreed to refund my money despite they're having already made it. I really appreciate this--especially in these times. Thank you Waba! read more

The service at this restaurant location plain and simple sucks!! I asked to use the restroom to wash my hands before I ordered yet the lady at the counter said it's not allowed, ONLY until I after place my order!! WTF! I was going to order food afterwards and she said it's not allowed... I guess I won't be coming to this location ever again.. read more

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Miss this place completely the service sucks the food is half ass they charge me fifteen dollars in some change.And the girl that was in after me got the same thing, and hers was ten dollars, and some change.Then, they gave me a half ass bowl.I hope this place closes down, you definitely ain't getting my service anymore read more

My husband Oscar loves this location because the team members Ashley & Julia are really friendly and helpful. The food is also very good. read more

A great Doordash option for a late dinner. I ordered the Steak and Chicken over rice bowl and a side of 5 Dumplings. The steak and chicken were very tender and tasty. I wish they would've added the green onions on top, like the picture, but it was still very good. They were a little light on the WaBa sauce also, so make sure to get a bunch of extra WaBa Sauce packets. You get plenty of rice in the bowl so that's nice. The dumplings were pretty good. They come with a sweet chili dipping sauce, but I wasn't a big fan of that. This is where the extra WaBa sauce comes in handy. Overall I was happily surprised. 10pm Doordash options are limited. read more

WaBa Grill - Dumplings (5) - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California

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Amazing service by Henessey. Wow such a young lady and skillz and customer service of an expert and super friendly. Although the older woman who was the cook at the moment was extremely rude not only to me but to her. I want management to take note of bulling in workplace between employees in this case i witnessed the cook be rude and screaming at Hennesssy in front of customers including myself. Thank you for your time. read more

First and last time I come. So many fruit flies and flys around the table. I ordered the shrimp bowl with white rice and veggies. They gave me more veggies than rice. read more

The manager of this store forces employees to prop all of the doors wide open which causes the place to be infested with fly's and hot since the air conditioning is basically doing nothing but waste electricity. This is against the health code for indoor restaurants. If you try to sit down and eat your meal you will be swatting flies away from your food half the time while sweating from the heat. If the flies are attacking me sitting down with 1 plate of food you can bet they are attacking all the food being prepared. Back when they kept the doors shut and the place was cool this was an easy 5 star joint. Now its a just a health hazard. Please keep the doors shut!! read more

I liked to come here on my lunch break at night but I noticed when I got back and was about to eat the green onion that was given to me smelled very foul and the chicken too and now I'm stuck with a 24 hour virus stomach bug from the food here. Also every time I order dumplings and I noticed it's the lady cook she always burns them !!!! So if she can't cook the chicken all the way through why is she burning dumplings. Will not be buying from this restaurant. read more

Review for the chicken bowl with white meat only. Price was $12.01 with out add-ons. The bowl seems smaller with the portions. Seems like the know they are one of the few places around here that is healthy for food. So they do capitalize on that. The workers don't make rounds and clean areas that are used like door to the bathroom etc. keeping the door closed would help maintain the place nicer. Although everyone knows the code to use the bathroom so people walking on the street pit stop here to use the bathroom. So there are some questionable characters here walking around. read more

I came here for the trio shrimp tacos and rice/chicken/ 5 dumpling/ drink combo. I was very pleased with the service and food. Mariana took my order and made sure I had everything I needed from utensils to sauces. The boom boom is delicious and I got some extra on the side. The shrimp came out perfectly cooked. I'll be coming back for more. I left feeling full and satisfied! read more

Come from out of town this place looked good walk in , roof leaking , service was horrible . I want to give this food a try Menu look inviting, but after eat food was not that all great hopefully this feedback, makes it better for the future, as of now will not come back . read more

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Came for lunch and got the kids chicken bowl. Simple, fast and good. Green Onions and Pickled carrots and jalapeños on the side for self serving. Ask for the Garlic Serrano sauce! Tables are open to dine in. read more

Haven't messed up my order yet. It'd actually pretty clean compared to the other ones. The service is rather fast. This place always has the green onions and carrots and I'm here for it. Pepsi Products tho with no Mountain Dew. Feels different getting Dr Pepper. Meanwhile they have a fridge with all the what would have been SoBe drinks is not brands I've never heard of. Huge selection at least. read more

amazing service and staff ! love the food here, the wait is insane you can just order a minute ago the next it's ready!

bad service, did not include veggies how they should and rice was cold and didn't have enough of chicken. Would not recommend here if you're looking to get good service. read more

This place is horrible food and service. Even my friend said the same thing. Which is bad since other stores in Costa Mesa is better.

When someone asks for a substitution, please let them know that it will be an extra $6 charge! I was told to send an email to feedback@wabagrill.com & nobody has replied back to me. read more

One of my favorite places to eat. Faded or not ...happy to know many locations now accept EBT. read more

The shrinkflation is real. Not only are the bowls smaller and priced higher but the amount of chicken in the chicken bowl is significantly less. The chicken doesn't even cover the top of bowl anymore. read more

I love this Waba the girls are all super nice and very fast !I go to lunch all the time I usually phone my order because I am short on time the girls take my order and I never have to wait long!!! Super attentive thank you GIRLS read more

Service is great, staff was great and food is great! Minus one star due to the little cups they have available for the carrots! You can only shove one carrot into each cup! Seriously! Who eats only one carrot?! read more

I had to order last minute party trays for a birthday today and everyone was so helpful! I called a couple hours ahead to get pricing and make sure that it was possible to do (4 party trays for same day delivery). I was helped by three different people who all were very nice and were able to explain/answer any questions I had! I paid over the phone (no hassle!) and got my food in about an hour! It was super amazing service, thank you guys! read more

WaBa Grill - 4 party trays, waba sauce and hot sauce, and I also received bowls with onions and another with chiles and carrots! - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Service here is horrible.. Long line with one person helping. The chicken was burnt white rice very soggy. Let's not forget the tables, each and every table was dirty and sticky. read more

I came in today for lunch because I only get 30 min break and to my surprise it was very busy. I'm so frustrated because the cashier was very nice took my order super quick but what the hell , what is going on with the cooks literally took them 30 minutes to make one bowl !!! Just one ... I wasted my whole lunch break here and I didn't even eat.... I noticed everybody on the back (cook) where just bouncing from one side to another. Not a good job , they just kept making the orders wrong. The cashier that took my order went on to make the bowls and the other girl with glasses started taking orders and finally my bowl went out with the multiple other order that were waiting in line. Very disappointed with waba today. read more

I placed a order on the WaBa Grill app for a pick up, I ordered the steak bowl for the first time. Never again am I ordering the steak. I basically got burnt leftovers and my bowl was only filled halfway of rice. Then I also ordered 3 chicken ones and they also were filled halfway. You can tell they didn't want to work. read more

WaBa Grill - Steak Bowl - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Good Evening WG... Your location is very convenient, clean and lively. Your employees have great customer service. Being open late is definitely a + read more

I came here to try out both their chicken and beef bowls. Order came to around $20 (about $9 each bowl) which is a tad bit pricier than Yoshinoya down the street. But, when opening the bowls I did discover that the bowls are way more bigger as well as provide more meat of your choosing. The steak bowl tasted alright. It's a bit too saucy for my taste but it was good. The chicken bowl was delicious. Absolutely way better than Yoshinoyas teriyaki chicken. The lady that helped me up front was nice and the food took less than 5 minutes to come out which is great. I guess one thing I forgot to mention was to add green onions to the orders. I guess you had to do itself but I wasn't informed. Also don't forget to grab a fork! It is also a bit more on the pricier side! Other than that I feel like WaBa grill is as good if not better than flame broiler. Definitely better tasting than Yoshinoya! Would definitely come back here if I need a meat bowl fix! read more

The facility state that it operate at 7am, I arrived early so I waited 10min till the store open that was fine. 7:10am comes around the staff still haven't open the door for business to operate, I decided to call the store and the staff reply their open the door in 5min. Ok I waited that 5min, now it's 7:15am still the door is lock. Now my break time is over and I haven't even order or head back to work I was piss. I wanted to treat my team to a nice hot meal but that didn't happen. Come to find out a staff member was late I can understand that, but where is the shift lead at this point how can a business allow a store to run however they please. If it is self owned under a franchise named, than I believe the owner need to hire or retrain the supervisor. I understand I could have call in or online order but will it really make a different in service it should be treated the same. read more

We came in tonight to get dinner and asked for a cup of water, only to be told that "they don't do that anymore" like wtf???? Meanwhile the franchisee owners or managers were literally sitting on their asses on the table next to us on their laptop not saying anything. Honestly it's WATER and if you're not gnna give paying customers water then my guess is you're not gnna last long with these bad business practices. read more

i love food from here untill i found a hair cooked into the chicken whike it was in my mouth !! i honestly would just like a refund beacuse we threw awa out food after this incident. read more

WaBa Grill - there was a hair cooked with the chicken - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California

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This location is dirty . Trash can was full and flies were everywhere. Cashier was not wearing a mask. read more

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Great food and customer service. Very conveniently located and it is a quick in and out Chicken Bowl is what I got.

Waited 5 minutes to give my order but nobody ever came to the counter and they just stared at me and never acknowledged me.

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of food here. I personally find it tastier and more filling (bigger chunks of meat) than at flame broiler. I also appreciate that you can get dumplings here too. This is a fairly healthy spot to eat at if you get your sauce on the side. read more

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these reviews are commical!! this isnt the ritz carlton you dont come to fast good for the service. young hispanic worker ive never received good service at any fast food place. they raised the prices which ok theres inflation everywhere. $18 for a drink and steak bowl. it was fast fresh and delicious!! also they open at 8am! i love the avocado and green onions!! they also seem to give less meat which isnt a huge deal. read more

Hmm.. I thought I posted a review here on Yelp a few days ago .. how come it did not show up .. Ok, here it is .. stay away if you have any taste buds and don't want to throw up .. if they want to do right by me, they should refund my money so I can buy a decent meal at MacDonald's .. Yes, I would enjoy a burger at MacDonald's than eat anything at this place .. Yuck .. read more

Friendly staff all the time ! Come here for lunch and get their chicken white rice & veggies bowl to go They have plenty of options and it super good! There is plenty of seating so never a struggle! read more

WaBa Grill - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Ana, California