Yard House

My poke was frozen I sent it back. They gave me another after my entrée was almost done. Speaking of entrée, my halibut was so over cooked it was like rubber. Won’t be eating here again. Life is to short to eat bad food.

Holy crap service sucks. This is 2 times in a row. 1 hour still have not gotten our food. Never coming back to many other places to go in the area, it’s not worth it.

Service has always been subpar and slow. I never come with high expectations. One drink refill in a visit is expected. Two drink refills in a visit warrants praise and higher tip. Alas, two drink refills is a rare as the servers tend to disappear after food is delivered.
I ordered my usual chicken lettuce wraps but it was different this time around. The lettuce came with nats attached to the lettuce. I did not realize this till I was ¾ through the meal. I guess I can mark off fear factor off my bucket list.

Yard house has the best Chicken nachos! Specially during happy hour! My boyfriend and I usually go during happy hour because the nachos are 6 $ and their wings are 5 $ and we also get their sliders. I recently tried their chicken tortilla soup and it is pretty good I would get that again. During the week it is usually quiet but on the weekends it is a little loud but I still enjoy my time there. Their service is pretty fast as well never had a problem with any waiter.

Service was terrible. I ordered a bloody marry and it took forever to get it! When it finally did arrive I immediately asked for another to which my server condescendingly said «You haven’t even taken a drink of that one yet», to which I replied, bring me two more ASAP. As its taken 15 minutes to get this one and the reason I haven’t had a drink is because you want to argue with me now about why the hell I would think about ordering another drink! Jesus I am in a yard house correct? Its a bar thats what people do here!
Ordered a steak sandwich RARE it was grilled on one side and ice cold on the other! This restaurant sucks!!!

Very poor food with low quantity, and with pretty much no taste. Would not recommend at all

Came here tonight for Mother’s Day dinner with the whole family. Food here is always great. Service was also great except for a new runner who forgot a few things but it was cool. He was cool. I always love coming to Yard House for the good food and many televisions at all angles to watch sports.
Tonight I tried the Pastrami sandwich. It was good but a tad on the small side for what you pay here. The sever said it was huge but out came this tiny sandwich. I could have eaten two. Fries were also skinny and very small portion.
My wife got the Shrimp Vodka Pasta. She loved it.
But my brother and the rest of us really thought his Spicy Jambalaya was the best dish tonight. Very well made. Better than BJ’s and Cheesecake Factory.
Parents got the Korean Tacos. They were good. Not like a taco truck in LA but good tasting.
But what I really loved tonight was the Mac and Cheese. Thru have some of the best. Especially with the truffle oil they use. That’s probably why it tastes so good.
Had a great dinner tonight. But this place dies out around 8 pm. Probably because it’s Newport Beach and rich people all go to bed early to wake up at 5 am to go jogging in the morning!
Overall had a great time. No major complaints.

What’s not to love about Yard House? Huge beer selection, consistently good food and friendly service.
If you want to watch a game with a group of friends, YH is the perfect option. They have big tables, booths and bar seating to accommodate and the whole restaurant is set up with TV’s on every wall and corner. The food menu is going to satisfy just about anyone, ranging from pastas and pizzas to seafood and vegetarian dishes — chances are, you’ll find something you can eat, and, if you aren’t expecting 5-​star haute cuisine, you’ll probably like it.
I usually prefer to dine-​in during Happy Hour (M-​F 3−6PM), because their HH menu has a lot of options for great prices. Shareable appetizers are the perfect portion and entrees are pretty big for one person, so regardless of HH prices, you’ll get your money’s worth and your belly full. They also have a late night happy hour from 9-​close Sun-​W.
My boyfriend always… literally always gets their jambalaya with fettuccine. He absolutely loves it. Not too spicy and there’s plenty of protein on the plate. I like to try new things every time I go, the menu is that big that I can never decide on a «usual». Eventually, I will, but for now, the calamari and mac n’ cheese are the only things I usually come back to if I can’t decide.
However, I do have go-​to beers! I’m usually in the Hoppy/​Floral and Malty/​Balanced sections for some IPA’s and Amber’s. And if nothing on the beer menu tickles your fancy, they have rotating handles on tap at the bar, just ask!
Definitely one of the best chains out there. If you wanna watch a game, hang out with friends and chill on beers, Yard House is a great option.

This was our first stop at the Fashion Island Yardhouse after visiting the Dunes Resort while we were in town. We stopped by on a Saturday night around 10pm and the place was fairly dead. Plenty of open seating at the bar which is usually hard to find at some of the other YH locations (LB, Irvine, LA). We were able to get quick service and our food came out in a breeze. You can’t go wrong with any of the food here because everything is pretty consistent and good. What I did notice about this location is it’s the smallest that we’ve been to so I can imagine that the wait could be long during peak hours. Since the location is smaller, the bar and amount of taps are smaller compared to other locations, but it didn’t matter to me since they usually carry some the best local craft breweries available, so quality over quantity always wins out.

This location closes earlier (@ 11pm) than the other ones in OC. yard house is usually consistent but for some reason this location isn’t. last time i was here, they got the garlic noodle dish off but that dish is usually hit-​or-​miss so let’s forego that critique for now (btw it’s no longer on the happy hour menu) however, i always get the spicy tuna roll substituted with poke and the chicken tortilla soup but today was a disaster.
For some reason, the tuna roll was out of proportion in terms of ingredients — usually there is a bunch of edamame and a thin layer of cucumber to fill in the holes and a good chunk of carrot/​cabbage garnish on top but this one had the amount of cucumber that should have been edamame and reverse while also lacking the seaweed encircling the roll tower. this wasn’t too bad — just the fact that it was noticeably different was slightly unsettling.
The chicken tortilla soup on the other hand was bad news bears. As soon as the dish came out, I thought two things: 1 Why is it yellow and not a creamy orange? 2) Why did we get the bowl and not the cup?. Usually, I think the chicken tortilla soup here is pretty awesomepants compared to other chain restaurants and even mom and pop shoppes but the one I had today had a grossly heavy hand on the cream. The entire dish tasted off and slightly nauseating b/​c of the cream overkill.
The waitress and manager were coolpants. The waitress promptly notified her manager when we said something about the soup. The manager was awesomepants and chill about our opinions about the dishes we got. She said she’d have the GM taste it b/​c this location is supposed to be known for strictly adhering to the set recipes (though I’m inclined to doubt this). Surprisingly, they took off both dishes when we only wanted them to take the soup away cuz it was activating our gag reflexes.
Overall, I wanted to give 4 stars but the aforementioned (early close and inconcistency) made me take pause for too long to stick with it.

I like the chain in general– some solid food options (like the kale caesar and the crab and lobster artichoke dip) and tons of beer and other drink options. This one is conveniently located in Fashion Island with plenty of parking (at least at night)

Every meal here has been delicious! Great atmosphere, music, drinks and the TV’s for watching sports make it all work. Excellent customer service!

The average 3 star rating here is pretty adequate. Not terrible but not great. I don’t tend to frequent Yard House in general because even though they have a great beer menu and their food it good, it’s way too pricey for what you get. They do have a happy hour and late night happy hour at least.
The nice thing about this location is all of the patio seating. We arrived on a pretty non-​busy Saturday afternoon around 3 and they weren’t seating anyone on the side patio that was totally empty so we had to wait a few minutes (which we had to ask for, the hostess just told us they «had nothing» on the patio). The wait was worth it since we were seated on the much less crowded side once they started seating people there.
The service started off well. Our waiter was quick. But once he gave us the check he pretty much forgot about us (which I noticed someone else had posted in one of their pictures). He also charged and gave me the wrong size drink even though I’d asked for a «Shorty». He did offer to take off the $ 2 difference but after the temperature dropped on the patio, we were just ready to leave and not risk having him forget about us again.
The food was good. My Truffle Cheeseburger was really good (though the menu doesn’t say it comes with onions even though it does). My mom enjoyed her enchilada stack also. I always like that they have Lindeman’s Framboise by the glass.
Just a mediocre experience. We were looking for a place with a nice patio outside but next time I think we’ll stick to Wahoos or the Nordstrom Café.

Yardhouse has become a go to at fashion island! I had the Classic Cheeseburger that comes with: lettuce, tomato, red onion, garlic aïoli, and your choice of cheese. This dish comes with fries; however you can substitute that fora salad or sweet potato fries instead. Even though there isn’t much of a presentation you get a great tasting burger!
Price: $ 10.95
For dessert we ordered the mini trio sampler;which was probably the best part of the meal. The trio comes with three mouth watering desserts: crème brûlée, peach apple cobbler, chocolate soufflé cake (each amazingly tasty)
Price: $ 9.95
The staff at this restaurant are super friendly and the service is great :)

I’m giving the 4 stars, but there are some menu items to avoid. Beer selection– awesome, service, great. I’ve been here many times, most recently for Superbowl– the atmosphere in here for a big game is fun.
A few of my favorites:
Truffle Fries: These are my favorite truffle fries in the area. They are so good, I advise if you get a burger or sandwich that comes with fries, you ask to substitute the truffle fries, it may cost a little extra but it is worth it. I literally come here just for my truffle fry craving.
Beer Selection: Could it get any better? I’m not a huge beer drinker, but I love white/​pale ales, they have a great selection of these as well as ciders.
Spinach/​Cheese Dip: Just order it, amazing.
Sliders: they are good, not great though, come with a side of fries.
The chopped salad is really good, you can get them to put iceberg lettuce in it too which makes it even better, and I believe you can also add grilled chicken.
As for the disappointments, I recently ordered the Queso dip… we were hungry and ate it all, no dish of cheese will go uneaten when put in front of me, but not enough spice to it for a queso. Skip ordering that. The margarita pizza was edible but not good. We actually left most of it, didn’t even bother packaging it to go.

My boyfriend and I frequent this Yard House location for to-​go dinners. The location is great! We love bringing our dog to walk around Fashion Island, and then getting food to-​go when we’re ready to go home.
The staff is always really friendly… but they take forever with to-​go orders! I always order in and they usually tell me how long it will take for the order to be ready… usually around 20 – 30 minutes. When I get there, they always have me wait.
The food itself is pretty good. I have no complaints there. They have your usual American food yumm!

The Yard House at Fashion Island is just like the Yard House everywhere. Clean, loud and full of ice cold beer on tap.
The menu features standard American fare that offers little in the way of surprises but what they do offer is better than it has any right to be, particularly their burgers. My personal favorite is the Pepperjack Burger that features roasted green chiles, pepper jack cheese and garlic aïoli on a grilled bun. The Black Truffle Cheese Burger (boasting house made truffle cheese, no less) and Béarnaise Burgers are also admirable, especially a few beers into the night. All burgers are accompanied with a decent helping of Fries and Yard House seems to get the cooked temperature right every time.
These guys also have an exemplar Happy Hour Menu offering an Ahi Poke Bowl, Ceviche and Truffle Fries that I can vouch for at very reasonable prices. The service has always been up to snuff both at a table or bellied up to their gigantic bar.
Which brings us to their best asset; the nearly 200 beers constantly on tap. If you are an adventurous beer drinker, it is pretty damn tough to beat this selection. Every imaginable craft brewery from Coast to Coast and across the ponds seem to be offered. Naturally, this makes the Yard House a great place to catch a sporting event.
If nothing else the beer selection alone will guarantee my return.

I ate all of my food before I could get a picture of it. It was delicious and I had the lunch special.
I had the chicken pizza and the chicken noodle soup. The soup was good but I needed to add a little salt. I loved the pizza. It was a perfect lunch after spending a few hours at the beach.
We had onion rings for an appetizer and they were great. I loved that they add garlic to them. It gives them the perfect amount of taste. They came with ranch and a zesty sauce.
My guy had they ribeye and I tried a bite. It was good but I think I make better at home lol. The mashed potatoes that come with it were so yummy that I can’t compare.
The drinks are why we all really want to come to yard house. They have so many drinks and who can turn that down.
The guy greeting us looked like Harry Potter but was super nice.

I have always been a big fan of Yard House because they carry my favorite beer (Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat) on tap. I have to also praise them for their food because although they serve bar food, it is well prepared and well presented bar food.
They used to have the best Happy Hour deals, where beer was half off. But now those deals are all gone and it is like $ 1 or $ 2 off.
Today I was craving my favorite beer so headed toward YH. Our server named Adam got our drink order. And came back to get our food order couple of minutes later. We ordered the egg rolls, french fries, banh mi sandwich and a bowl of soup with a side of lemons.
After about 10 mins a waitess brought our beers out. My beer was missing the piece of orange which I had asked originally. But it wasn’t a big deal so whatever.
Having seen on their menu something about the app called «tappd», I asked Adam what it was about which he responded that he doesn’t know anything about it and he apologized. So again I was thinking how do the waitet doesn’t know something that is in the Menu! But I was like whatever.
So the food came out after another 10 mins by again different waitess. Everything looked great except there was no sign of the french fries. After almost finishing our food, Adam came to see if everything was good, which I mentioned that the fries is not out so he can cancel the order. That was when he said, «oh, I didn’t even put the order in, in the first place and I apologize…». I mean really!!! Why would you even write down the order in the first place… I was sooo upset at that point… Plus the fact that he forgot to bring my side of lemons…
The bottom line is that, I wasn’t happy with this dining experience at all. Yard House needs to train their staff better so they know what they are doing!!!

This Yard House is usually the primary restaurant for my family and I. While it has less selection on the menu than Cheesecake Factory, it makes it easier to choose an entrée.
The food is delicious, the drinks are great, and the staff are polite and friendly. I have yet to try any of the desserts bc I become full after devouring my delicious entrée.