CUCINA Enoteca Newport Beach

We totally enjoyed the restaurant. Nice wine list! We were visiting from NY and stayed across the street at the VEA Marriott. Glad we made the choice to eat outside the hotel

I rarely write reviews, but felt compelled to bring this out: we sit at the end of the bar that is my preference with a party of 2. Service was very mediocre, but not the bartender mistakes when she briefly appeared staff. What was really annoying is a lady sitting at the bar upstairs with her 8 or 9 year old son. I've never seen this in a bar EVER... in California or in the USA or out of the country. How is that allowed? What was really disturbed is the 8-year-old who broke orders to the food runner over the bar. It was incredibly rude that this is obvious from poor education. You could have been sitting at a table at the bar, just not at the bar upstairs. The food was just fine. I'm sad to say that the quality of food opened a few notches since Enoteca first. Probably not choose, back...

Our waiter was terrible, had an attitude and could just say he didn't want to be there. The whole morale in the restaurant is out. All employees look like they don't want to be there. Food is still very good, but overpriced and it is $5 for a diet...

Great food, service and ambience. I would have liked to sit on a 2-top instead of a 4-top for an intimate Valentine's Day dinner date, but I had nothing too much.

We always enjoy going there when we are in town. I always order the grilled branzino and it’s always very good. We’ll see you again in the summer