Coliseum Pool & Grill - The Resort at Pelican Hill

V day lunch was amazing and the service - outstanding

We loved Coliseum Pool & Grill, we will always share ths place to our friends and family, for special occassions or for just a day to unwind to enjoy food and an amazing view of the ocean with a great service.

This was most wonderful experience my wife and I have had.
The location and ambiance were perfect.
The waiter was extremely attentive and made us feel like we were his only customers.
Then the food arrived and took us to another level. We shared a Caesar salad that they graciously split and ordered Chateaubriand which came prepared perfectly.
We would recommend this restaurant any time.

Enjoyed an early-delicious dinner with a sunset view, perfect for families with children. Thank you.

Servers were very friendly but not well trained. Entre was delivered with no plates, steak knives or serving utensils and we had to ask the server for these items several times. They rarely came back, until the end, to ask if we needed anything. Very disappointed for a property like Pelican.

This is a repeat of the type of service we have experienced in the past and why we’ve not been back for months.

This restaurant is our go-to place when we have guests from out of town.
Everyone we take here enjoys the view and service.
My friends want to go back again when they are in town next time.

Terrible service, a McDonald’s breakfast would’ve been better

We LOVED the vegan menu!!

Perfect spa day for me time with great service enjoying a healthy breakfast and beautiful ocean view...

Birthday celebration

The wine is overpriced. The veggie burger was tasteless.

Mostly, food was good. Lettuce wraps not as good as expected. Wine list on general menu limited and overpriced. But ambiance and view makes up for a lot.

Great place to have breakfast, lunch or dinner. Great ambiance and the food is good. After your meal take a walk in the beautiful resort.

Enjoyed a nice lunch during Newport Beach restaurant week. We both choose the ahi appetizer and swordfish sandwich which were absolutely delicious!

Husbands bday thank you for the complementary Fruit bowl . Love dinning at the PH. We are regulars

The whole experience was beautiful and our waiter was amazing I would recommend anyone to go there!

Went for lunch on Newport Restaurant Week and thoroughly enjoyed it. I ate off the regular menu, Club sandwich and a small salad, my wife had short rib tacos off the RW menu. Nice view from the terrace overlooking the circular pool and golf course beyond. Nice place, complimentary Valet Parking

We had great food and service. It was not a busy night so it was very peaceful, and the view is amazing. I would recommend.

With panoramic views on a large heated patio - I couldn't have asked for a better setting amongst new found friends. Our entire table dined from the Restaurant Week dinner menu, which included a few of their best selling plates. We were very happy with how everything complimented each other. Service was on par with the rest of the evening. Overall a pleasant experience!

Having dined here numerous times before, we are very disappointed with this recent experience. We feel the current level of service and professionalism is below the standard we have received in the past. Sitting inside the restaurant, tables piled with used plates sat too long as we repeatedly witnessed service staff walk by those tables empty handed back and forth. And our own piled up used plates were not removed in a timely manner. Our waiter mentioned endless mimosas with our NYD brunch, but fell so very short of refilling our champagne flutes that we had to refill our own from the champagne station. The presentation of the buffet stations were sloppy, some food items missing identifications, and were not refilled in a timely manner. Hot plates were provided for cold seafood and salads? We will reconsider returning in the future.

We sat for about half an hour without seeing any server. I finally asked about being served and they sent us a server. The server came over, and we placed our orders. He forgot to bring us lemon and honey as requested. I’m a regular diner and found the service crews are constantly changing here. Service has generally been slow but the view is always spectacular. The menu prices went up quite a lot this year.

Surprise!
Our server was so attentive---on Christmas evening! She surprised us with a piece of birthday cake for our son. She said she overheard us say something to him. Another nice surprise, a Hanukkah menu. We started with chicken soup and a couple of orders of potato pancakes, and were not disappointed. We usually go to the Coliseum for breakfast; but it was great to have someplace nice to go for dinner on our son's Christmas birthday!

For a casual lunch only. The $24 crab cake was a joke, the salmon salad was nice, the cheeseburger was average. Ambience too daytime casual. I won’t return again for dinner, maybe lunch but there are better options.

I have dined at this restaurant many times for special occasions etc. and I am generally very pleased, however, I dined over there with my children on Christmas Eve (12/24/19) and was very disappointed. Our wine order was delivered long after we completed our steak dinner. This was extremely disturbing and a major embarrassment for a restaurant of this caliber.

Service was super slow and the restaurant wasn’t busy. The upside is the food was good.

This is a fabulous restaurant..amazing views & great food. We will be back.

I have been to Coliseum several times before, however, was a bit disappointed in the food this time. The service was excellent but the food was underwhelming. The food quality has deteriorated quite a bit from the last time we ate at this restaurant. I am hoping it was just because it was on a holiday weekend. I love this location and will try it again, however, if the food quality does not improve will probably not go back again as there are many other resort restaurants in Orange County.

Been there many times, this time service was just awful.

The ahi poke was very tasty and fresh. The margarita pizza was good (though a little small) and cooked perfectly. Our server, Karen was very accommodating and listened to our specific instructions. Love the beautiful setting of this property. We have stayed in the bungalows and dined there on multiple occasions. We brought our friends who were very impressed with the tranquility and beauty of the grounds and structures. We look forward to returning.

Been to the Coliseum more than 30 times. This is the first time the staffs under-performed. Service was very slow and not up to par for some reasons. Maybe overbooked or understaffed. Still gave them 20% even though they probably did not merit it.

Service was not good. Dessert was below average in taste.

We had enjoyed a salmon salad fo dinner a year ago for about 16.00. This time it was almost double the price. We wanted a table on the outer view area, and had to sit under an overhang with plants and columns in the way of the view.

Birthday lunch

The service was fantastic from the hostess to the waiter to the bus boys. The food was tasty and presentation lovely. We all enjoyed our family dinner out.

The service was nonexistent. The servers forgot our orders, did not refill our water glasses while standing in the corner talking among themselves.

Service was great 👍! Place is very nice! We will go back again!

The best view!!!

Wonderful treat to take people that are out visiting from the East coast, perhaps just to let them know what we have to offer😱😉😎

I've been to Coliseum many times and have really enjoyed the food, great service and fantastic location. This visit was not good due to the service. The waiter dropped off our food and never returned. Very frustrating as the order was not correct. Eventually another waiter came to our table and took over. We were told our waiter went to another section. ???

No one waited on us after we’d been seated for over 10 minutes. When a family sat down next to us and was immediately waited on, we left. When a manager asked how our experience was, I let him know how unacceptable things were. He said he was sorry but made no effort to improve our impression of the restaurant. Needless to say, we will not return.