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Molo, Newport Beach, CA

Molo

4.7
4.7
241 Reviews
$31 to $50
Italian

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2 people
7:00 pm
Booked 53 times today
  • Neighbourhood gem
  • Great for outdoor dining
  • Good for special occasions
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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Hours of Operation
    Tue–Sun 11:00 am–9:30 pm
  • Phone number
    (949) 723-0621
  • Dress code
    Business Casual

What 241 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.7Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.5Ambience
  • 4.4Value

NoiseModerate

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Molo is a vibrant Italian gem in Newport Beach, offering "delicious food" and an inviting ambiance reminiscent of coastal Italy. Known for its authentic dishes like Cacio e Pepe, patrons rave about the "great service" and "wonderful atmosphere." The outdoor patio dining is particularly praised, making it a "great spot" to savor Italian cuisine. While some guests mention noise and service inconsistencies, many highlight the "amazing" and "authentic" Italian flavors and friendly staff, ensuring a memorable dining experience.

241 Reviews
  1. Andrew

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Nice patio and lots of easy parking . Clean vibe . Food is pretty decent, but the pizza was a little bit average .

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  2. Sally

    Orange County

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent food and service. Love the location and laid back vibe. Very warm and friendly.

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  3. Blaise

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Best Italian restaurant in the OC! I’m obsessed and can’t wait to go back!

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  4. Cheryl

    Los Angeles

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Fabulous dinner. Everyone had something different and loved their meal. Everything is delicious. Service is great. Will definitely return again. Fabulous Xmas Eve dinner.

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  5. Rose

    VIP

    Orange County

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Good is amazing and excellent service. We went with our 2 year old granddaughter and family. They did not miss a beat.

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  6. Jane

    Orange County

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Molo’s has the best and most authentic Italian food outside of Italy. Everything from the appetizers to dessert were perfect. Our favorite dishes to share are the Cacio de Pepe and Caesar salad. The lasagne, tortellini, and shrimp seafood pasta were incredible. Glad we saved room for the gelato, and spumoni bomb desserts. The service was 10 star. Cannot wait to go back.

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  7. Jess

    VIP

    Orange County

    33 reviews

    5.0

    33 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Delicious. Had Dover Sole and Cacio y Pepe. Both could not have been tastier. Efficient service.

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  8. Gautam

    Chicago

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    The food was actually excellent, the Affogato was delicious! Service was very much lacking. We brought a special bottle of wine,  our server  looked at it, annoyingly, left and took 10 minutes before he came back. Then he opened the bottle of wine and left it there without bringing any wine glasses we had to flag him down and ask for glasses. The food was good, and over the course of the remainder of the dinner, he came by once or twice very ambivalently. It’s unfortunate because the food was really good, but the service makes a difference.

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  9. BRIAN

    VIP

    Orange County

    13 reviews

    1.0

    13 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    A terrible experience overall. After waiting an hour for entrees to arrive and our wait person absent, I had to leave our table to get some attention. I was told the "kitchen lost your order." Within a minute, one entree arrived. A second entree arrived a few minutes later cold. I canceled the third entree, however, it still arrived five minutes later. I sent it back. I suspect the wait person never gave the kitchen our order. No one from wait staff to the manager seemed very interested in how diners were doing by ever visiting or monitoring the tables in the dining during this visit. On reaching the door to exit, the manager stated that my terrible experience was my fault because I didn't complain sooner. Insulting. Clearly, the popularity of this eatery has created complacency on the owners' part who never offered to comp any part of this ruined dinner. Be careful and be aware of poor service and bad attitudes. We all know what it looks like, and when it is happening.

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  10. Victoria

    Palm Springs

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 18 December 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 5
    We were super excited to celebrate a special birthday at Molo. We had been loyal customers of the previous restaurant at this location, Sabatino’s. The restaurant was very busy for a Tuesday, but expected since it’s the holiday season. Was pleased to see the sausage platter offered, delicious as always. However, the rest of the food was fairly pedestrian, just average. We ordered ravioli with sausage, truffle risotto, spaghetti with meatballs, seafood pasta, chicken parm and eggplant parm. We also had the Caesar salad and the Mediterranean salad. I wish we could say the service was good but it was extremely poor. For a party of 6, we were crammed into a very small table. Our server was extremely inattentive and disengaged. For a bill that came to just shy of $400 for average food and extremely poor service, we won’t be returning.

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Molo is rated 4.7 stars by 241 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 pm
Booked 53 times today
Google Map for Molo

251 Shipyard Way, Newport Beach, CA 92663

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Additional information

  • Area
    Newport Beach
  • Hours of Operation
    Tue–Sun 11:00 am–9:30 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    None
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