Best Restaurants with a Vibrant Bar Scene in San Juan Capistrano

Once again, Nic’s delivered. Our meals and drinks were outstanding. Service was top notch. Will be back and highly recommend.

Beautiful view! Food was reasonably priced for Dana Point, and the staff were outstanding! We will definitely eat there again! Janet B.

What a sublime dining experience! Thanks for making it so memorable.

When we arrived at the restaurant I approached the hostess and gave her my name. I told her we had a reservation for a party of nine. She looked shocked and repeated “ A party of 9 ???? “ This was extremely disappointing to me. I expected … hello Mrs. Ranta please follow me we have your table ready. Our server was excellent!!! She congratulated the bride and groom and gave all 9 of us excellent service. I brought a cake and she took it upon herself to place candles on the cake so the newlyweds could make a wish. The total of the bill was over $600.00 and we left her a $100.00 tip. Again I was expecting to be greeted as though I was expected since I had a reservation and it would have been nice if the manager had come over and introduced themselves and inquired if we needed anything. I’m believing the food was good … I didn’t hear anyone complain about their meal.

We were there in the afternoon so very quiet but perfect for conversation. Food was delicious. I strongly recommend the Ropa Vieja. Delicious. Great vibe at the Irvine Spectrum location.