True Food Kitchen - Newport

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   katie

   Los Angeles

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   On of our favorites. Food was delish. Service was excellent. It was so noisy we could hardly hear each other talk. Next time maybe we’ll wait for the weather to warm up a bit and sit outside where the noise isn’t so bad.
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded today

   Thank you for your wonderful review, Katie! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the food and service, and we hope your next visit will be more comfortable with outdoor seating.
   

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   Jennifer

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   16 reviews

   3.0

   16 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Clearly some problems in the kitchen today. Waited over and hour for 2 enters, one of which was a salad. Restaurant was not busy.
   

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   Sonia

   Los Angeles

   13 reviews

   4.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Food was excellent, other than they were out of some items on the menu. The wait for the food was extremely long, even the dessert took longer than usual.
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded today

   Thank you for your feedback, Sonia. We're glad you enjoyed the food, and we apologize for the long wait and unavailable menu items; we'll work on improving these aspects of our service.
   

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   Tasha

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 12 January 2025

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

   They sat us 20 minutes late and then we sat for an hour and were not served our food we ordered, so we had to cancel our order and leave .
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 2 days ago

   We apologize for the long wait and inconvenience you experienced, Tasha. Thank you for your feedback, and we will work on improving our service to prevent this from happening in the future. Please feel free and give us a call so we can hopefully recover this experience.
   

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   Christopher

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   11 reviews

   1.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 12 January 2025

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

   Maybe it was a bad night… place was slammed! Service was rough, could not get water (ran out of glasses), took an hour between reservation time and starters, every table around us was complaining and the food was completely mediocre (at best). Nothing about True Food is on point, entire experience, food quality, vibe and service were off. This place has lost its mojo for sure!
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 2 days ago

   We apologize for the disappointing experience you had, Christopher. Thank you for your feedback, and we will work on improving our service and food quality to better meet our guests' expectations. We would love for you to give us a call or provide an email where we can reach out to you to hopefully recover the experience somehow.
   

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   Mylinh

   Orange County

   22 reviews

   1.0

   22 reviews

   Dined on 12 January 2025

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

   We came to celebrate a birthday, group of 9 of us. Service was slow, drinks came slow, wanted to order more drinks but server only asked 1-2 people in our group if we wanted another drink. Drinks: watery, no flavor to the cocktails ordered Food: Underwhelming overall, bland salads (Kale and spring), dry chicken sandwiches with 2 pieces of tender/ no sauce/ 1 pickle/boring bun...worst than any fast food sandwich....and my husband orders a fried chicken sandwich everywhere. Other bowls taste like a cheap lunch...not a $20-30 dinner. My pot roast sandwich was decent- bread and meat were tender....but overall still lacked a good sauce/aioli- the one given needs some sort of spice-horseradish We will not be back ever under this new direction of management and food.
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 2 days ago

   We apologize for the slow service and disappointing food and drink experience during your birthday celebration, Mylinh. Thank you for your detailed feedback, and we will work on improving our offerings and service to better meet our guests' expectations.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Orange County

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

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

   Great restaurant! Love the food, service is great but a little noisy. Our server found us a spot that was a little less noisy. We had a great time. Thank you.
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 7 days ago

   Thank you for your wonderful review! We're happy to hear you loved the food and service, and that your server found you a quieter spot.
   

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   Julie

   Los Angeles

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

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

   I meet my niece n family here for lunch to catch up. I drive about 35 miles so when I come out to her with them we stay awhile eating n talking. This time our lunches were good n service was good the only thing I could say is we would have like our water refilled.
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 7 days ago

   Thank you for your feedback, Julie. We're glad you enjoyed your lunch and service, and we apologize for the oversight with the water refills; we'll work on improving this aspect of our service.
   

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   ferial

   VIP

   Orange County

   12 reviews

   3.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

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

   Long wait to get served food was cold with reservation we were late to attend the show .server was a great kid but food was not
   

   True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded 2 days ago

   We apologize for the long wait and cold food, Ferial. Thank you for your feedback, and we appreciate your kind words about the server; we'll work on improving our service and food quality.
   

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    Sayeh

    Orange County

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 6 January 2025

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

    Great food, great service. They don’t use seed oils!
    

    True Food Kitchen - NewportResponded on 9 January 2025

    Thank you for your wonderful review, Sayeh! We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the great food and service, and appreciate our use of seed oil-free options.
    

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