Bluegold

Great appetizer and drinks. Awesome service and ambience.

Everyone (age range: 3 - 75) enjoyed the food and service, so you can't go wrong. Experience was heightened due to being seated by the window during golden hour (sunset). Would recommend.

Food is decent but somewhat overpriced compared to other restaurants in this category. It's just too slow here. The amount of time we had food to eat at our table added up to 23 minutes. The amount of time we were there from ordering to getting our dessert was 2 hours. That's an embarrassment.

Not entirely sure what the raving is about. It was okay, but nothing outstanding. Biggest disappointment was the Opera cake which was dry, crumbly, and sad. Nothing special to go back for.

We had one of the worst dinner experiences ever. We were seated on the patio, where they asked one server to take care of 12 tables. We ordered an appetizer that was so poorly described on the menu it was not funny. We ordered two separate bottle of wine from their list that were not in stock. We had to tell the server after 45 minutes that we needed to order our dinner. After being there for one hour and fifteen minutes, they finally brought our dinner that we never had because we had to leave for an engagement that we had made them aware of when we arrived.

Waited an hour for our entrees and ended up leaving. The manager and waiter had no explanation why the food never came and not once apologized.

Blue Gold is always a great meal! We go there often to enjoy a nice dinner with friends.

With panoramic view of the HB pier, California inspired cuisine, trendy ambience & friendly service, what’s not to love?

The food was delicious and the service was very good. Definitely oneofour new favorite places.

Had a new waitress but our sandwich was ok but our friends Ruben was outstanding

We took out of town guests to Blue Gold for the view of the pier. That is excellent and we had a window seat. The service was superb. The wait staff was always attentive but we never felt rushed. The drinks were inventive and beautiful. The food was par for the course and the servings were small. The noise is very loud and for a table of 4, hard to hear the diner sitting across from me. The main reason I wouldn't take out of town guests to this restaurant again was the food value. It really wasn't good enough for the price. We ordered a bone marrow appetizer and there was hardly any marrow. In the paella the shell fish was overcooked.

Was here for a conference dinner (everything came out timely and fantastic....zero complaints from everyone at the dinner). Came back with my wife for great drinks and appetizers (recommend the eggplant meatballs.....this coming from a meat eater). Highly recommend.

Not bad but definitely not the best experience. Food wasn’t as good as it usually is, service was acceptable.

Everything was perfect from start to finish! It was a little too noisy to hear our dinner guests but I guess that goes with a good popular restaurant!

It was a business/friendship meal. And I wanted to go somewhere that is nice with a great view. Bluegold never fails me. From the food to the staff everything is always top notion. I feel I am eating a healthy meal but also special meal.

Birthday Lunch

Service was poor. It took over 20 minutes to get our drink order in. It was 35 minutes before we received our drinks. The meal to over 2-1/2 hours. They forgot to validate our parking. Didn't bring serving spoons for the side orders. Very poor service for an expensive restaurant. The bar gets very loud.

One of the best Restaurants in Orange county!!! Great food and a gorgeous view!!!

Apart from a glitch with our OpenTable reservation, this was a great evening. We shared a ceviche starter which was excellent and we shared the parks which was simply superb.

The hostess needs to respect the guests request when we have a reservation and are there at 4:30. Plenty of empty window side tables and yet she attempts to put a twosome back next to a party of ten, and then cops an attitude when her choice of tables is not ok. That said, Erving was a great server and very attentive.

All the food was good with the exception of the New York steak. could not cut it with a steak knife.

We enjoyed dining outside. I don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much if inside because of the noise level. However it was Valentines Day. The meatball appetizers, both the veggie and meat ones, are a must. I ordered chicken, which was absolutely fantastic.

Beet salad appetizer was amazing but rib eye Vietnamese style main was slightly tough and therefore got a 4 star.
Service was fantastic.

So very loud. The food was a different type menu. Not much regular choices. Too spicy. Onion soup delicious

Celebrated a birthday over the weekend. The ambiance is always nice and the view of the sunset and ocean is spectacular. It did get very loud once it became more crowded and it was hard to hear from across the table. This is troublesome if you are with someone who is hard of hearing. The appetizer of the eggplant meatballs was delicious and the sauce was flavorful and spicy. However, the main courses lacked the same sense of flavor. The salmon was very bland with minimal (if any) seasoning. While it states that the salmon dish comes with brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and butternut squash, it’s 85% mushrooms, 10% butternut squash, and maybe 1 brussel sprout, which was disappointing as I was looking forward to brussel sprouts and prefer that to mushrooms. The birthday dessert was like a funfetti cake with some sprinkles on top. Again, felt like it was lacking in flavor. Overall, nice environment to celebrate but the food was not great.

Tyler was a very attentive waiter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Service was “so-so,”. Our waiter was not very attentive as we had to ask twice about why two of the three drinks ordered had not been delivered. An ice tea was brought to table but no sugar nor did waiter ask if we wanted sugar. Difference between great service an okay service.

We have been to the restaurant several times and I am happy to say that the food is always consistent and the service excellent.

Had reservations but it took 25 minutes to get seated event though there were lots of empty tables. The hostess seamed overwhelmed. My family was the first to check in but we were the last to be seated. All the white people were seated before us even though they came in after us - I'm just saying...
The manager was inexperienced. It was my daughter's birthday and I reserved BlueGold because I expected a special meal. The food was good, but I felt like I was constantly looking for our server to bring drinks or utensils. $300 for three people with terrible treatment. Never again.

Food was ok but didn’t live up to price or description.The biggest problem was the long gaps between seating ,drinks, food,dessert,check and the waiter was like a ghost
2 hours total with a 1/2 full restaurant. I can’t see myself coming back unless for happy hour. Too bad for a very nice location.

Beautiful restaurant with a beautiful view. Immaculately clean. Food presentation is on point.
Excellent food.
Service is a bit slow but that’s partly because everything is made fresh. I think of all the wait staff should wear a uniform. Staff looked a bit rumpled and messy. Doesn’t go with the high end restaurant presentation.

Our server Tyler was great! We will definitely be back again soon!

The food was fantastic! Enjoyed a lovely brunch overlooking the ocean with great service.

The food was amazing!! It was one of the best seafood dishes I've ever had. It was very loud though.

Food is amazing with a great view of the ocean. Highly recommend for any occasion!!

We were in town for a weekend and wanted to check this place out. It was easy to make reservation on Open Table and were immediately seated upon arrival. We originally booked for outdoor seating, but it ended up being colder than anticipated. The host was great with helping us find seating inside instead—we were sat at the chef’s table similar to eating at a sushi bar. This was great because we got to see the kitchen preparing all the dishes and guessing what each was. We ordered a variety of dishes, but had trouble with a few. For instance, many of the clams in our daily steamers weren’t cracked open and the sauce was missing butter. Also, the uni risotto was overcooked. Our waiter was great with helping us sending back the dishes to be remade and ensured that it was better the second time around. Overall, we had higher expectations for what we ordered, but had a good experience nonetheless.

This experience was a mixed bag. We had a reservation for 7 people. Our first table squeezed 7 adults into a very tight space. After a bit of gentle complaining, a larger table was found. Our server was good, the food was very good, but we waited more than an hour for our entrees. It looked like a very large group (30 plus) was served before we were. Very frustrating since several of our folks were east coast folks already pushing their endurance. (I had explained to our server that this was a business meeting of folks from all over the country.) I’d try the restaurant again, just because the food was excellent and I’ll assume the slow service an anomaly.

It was so disappointing! We never got our food. The waitress obviously forgot to put our order in and we sat there for 50 minutes waiting for 3 easy dishes, breakfast & a salad. The waitress checked on our order and said that the food was ready and sitting in the kitchen but she was waiting for the third dish. We asked her if she could kindly bring whatever was ready out and she completely ignored us. We sat there and watched how people got all their food delivered and they came in 20 minutes after us. The restaurant was not busy when we went in so it was such a disappointment would never go back or recommend it.

Very loud and the service was not up to past standards. Had to wait a long time to be seated. Server forgot ordered items. I still love the food and will go back as this has not been my typical experience.

I love blue gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold! I took my girlfriend there for our anniversary brunch and it was a very nice experience. We were seated with a very nice view of the beach and the food was amazing. We are definately going back 😀