A+O Restaurant | Bar

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   Sharon

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful setting and warm outdoor seating with perfect view. Carolers during dinner made our Christmas dinner extra special. Would be nice to see holiday dinner that includes appetizer, main entree and dessert. Thank you!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Orange County

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We’ve been here dozens of times. The food recently has gone downhill. The burger was greasy and overly sweet. The Cesar salad was doused with Parmesan cheese making the salad gritty - the Parmesan was also tasted like the kind out of a shaker can and they put it in everything including the broccolini. The croutons in the Cesar salad were stale. The fries were decent but one plate was well done and the other was soggy? Coca Cola even tasted off. I’m chalking it up to an off day but this was really a terrible meal. We all decided we won’t be back but for food but still like the location for ambiance and drinks.
   

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   Barbara

   Orange County

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Don't go during the boat parade! Too crowded, terrible service and mediocre food
   

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   Cheri

   New York City

   25 reviews

   5.0

   25 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was a festive experience made delightful by all the staff. Everyone clearly knew their job to serve the customers and enjoy the evening
   

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   Hakop

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience with amazing views. Staff was super friendly and helpful.
   

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   David

   VIP

   Orange County

   128 reviews

   3.0

   128 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   If you like a circus atmosphere… have fun… fair food at best, but service was solid. Build as a great place to watch the boat parade… not… unless you like seeing peeks of the boats between the docked mega yachts… don’t waste time or money
   

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   Tod

   Orange County

   10 reviews

   3.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   The food is fine. Not great, not bad. They are understaffed. Waitress did her best and was very nice, but too many tables. Never saw a busboy until we were leaving.
   

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   Brett

   Orange County

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 19 December 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The venue was great & our server was great. The menu looked okay and we ordered a lot from the sushi menu. Unsure if that was a special menu just for the night because of the boat parade. However then sushi was awful, we left our plates pretty much untouched and asked to actually take one back. That’s okay, didn’t seem like the restaurants specialty. What actually was awful was the watered down alcohol, we were getting the actually alcohol & cocktails ordered. I get it’s an event night because of the boat parade, but that was waxk to have fake alcohol aka water or just no alcohol in general in alcohol ordered drinks lol. Oh well, ok to the next place to try.
   

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   Antoinette

   VIP

   Central Coast

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 19 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   I made a reservation and put a $750 deposit down for five people because it was the Wednesday evening of the boat parade. I had to go online after calling and make payment in advance. My confirmation stated that I would be outdoors because I wanted to view the boat show. When I arrived, there was no valet parking left so I had to drive a few minutes Away to a high school and be settled over. This wasn’t a huge deal, but I would have preferred that they let me know in advance so I could have timed my arrival better. Once I arrived, they showed me a table in the back of an inside room. I told them that I had confirmation That I would be sat outside. The woman at the reception told me that it was up to her discretion and that was what was available. She finally raised her hands in the air like she didn’t wanna deal with me after about 60 seconds and said she would just have the manager deal with it. She turned her back to me and started speaking to the manager in a low voice. It was very unprofessional and rude. After that, the manager came and said he did have a table for me outside, and we were sat outside, albeit in front of columns, which blocked the majority of the view. Our waiter Lucious was amazing- incredible energy and polite and on top of a busy night. He was our waiter a couple years ago as well.  theseafood Tower was good, the tomahawk steak was overcooked, but the potatoes that came with it and the mushrooms were delicious. The seating outaide is nice with plenty ty of heaters but we did notice several cockroaches on the floor scurrying around which was not great for my appetite. Overall, I will not attend the bait show here again. The big boats in the harbor block the most of the view and reception was incredibly disrespectful. Also, it was a $150 per person minimum for a location and parking that weren’t prime.
   

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    Andrea

    Minneapolis

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 19 December 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4

    It was really loud where we were sitting, and the service could have better. But the food was great!
    

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