Stateroom - Laguna Beach

What a surprise after reading some of the reviews I did not know what to expect . We had a nice table inside but near the door so a lovely breeze . The food was very good and so was the service . We will be back !

The food was okay but the service was horrible! First the server was put out when we asked him about the dishes on the menu and we had to wave to get his attention a couple of times after he brought our food...He was not interested in giving us good service right from the beginning. After ordering an appetizer our main course, we ordered desert and another glass of wine. We finished our desert before I had finished my glass of wine. I had about a half a glass left when our waiter came up and said that I needed to hurry and finish because there were other people waiting for a table. I was surprised that he said something because he didn't mention anything about people waiting for a table when I ordered the desert and wine. I told him I was going to finish my wine and then we would go. Right after he left, the hostess came up to us and said the same thing. By this time, I was furious! What kind of restaurant asks their guests to hurry up and finish and leave? I asked to speak to the manager and she wouldn't even come over and talk to me. So I tried to call the restaurant and got a recording. I left a message for the manager to call me back but its been over 24 hours and no one has called. The whole experience was unbelievable. This is supposed to be one of the nicer places to dine out in Laguna Beach but the food was only mediocre and the service was awful! Don't waste your time or your money going here.

After been told of how nice was the Orange County area, we were offered a dinner with a 93 years old grandma of a future daughter-in-law which turned out to be one of the worst experience and expensive dinner EVER attended too. Daughter-in-law booked this restaurant as it was recommended to her from friends. Highly mentioned was to see the sunset around 7 to 730 pm which supposed to have been the highlight of this celebration! Well this occasion was marred by the awful arrangements of the management team which after complaning too much on respect to delays, she didn’t even had the courtesy to apologize or making things better especially to the celebrant. However we were offered a basket of chips, (very thoughtful of her)!!! Drinks in bar were mish mush, mexican lager was flat, cocktails were overwhelmed with ice, glass of wine was 25% filled. Were they short of measure or this enterprise dont use measures? We had to pressurize waietr to take food order due to lateness of being seated, food arrived well presented and correctly, however one of dishes ordered was spaghetti carbonara with lobster pieces. It did sound very appealing but reality hit me when it appeared with a large fried egg covering the entire dish, the carbonara must have been unknown to chef of provenience or ingredients which didn’t appear to have egg yolk or bacon in it. As an Italian individual, this dish is an insult to the nation the way it appeared. Next the seared salmon did look good, but it tasted salty and very dry! Shame that the restaurant spoiled the occasion and hope their future will be better and rosey if they treat customers with respect and politeness by compensate what they do wrong accordingly.

The food is very good here. we had the grilled octopus and the butternut squash ragu. Both outstanding. oysters on the half shell very good also... Beautiful spot

We had reservations at Driftwood to celebrate my best friends 40th birthday, this past Friday. Meal was amazing, but service was exemplary! My husband requested a specific scotch and they actually had it! Ryan the manager on duty kept checking on us to make sure everything was good, and kept the scotch's coming! Overall just an amazing experience. Sea Bass was the BEST I have ever had! Ryan, come visit us in Nashville!