RED O Taste of Mexico - Newport Beach

RED O Taste of Mexico - Newport Beach reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Tina VIP

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always enjoy eating here. Food and service is always great.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Orange County10 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great restaurant! Went for brunch. Food was delicious & service was 10/10!
   

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   Debbie VIP

   San Francisco49 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous evening with family and friends in a lively atmosphere as usual and delicious meal. Veronica , our server was a star.
   

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   Tim

   Portland4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The best! Truly an experience. The ambience is incredible!
   

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   Bruce

   Orange County4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   All happy hour items were prepared extremely well. The ingredients were very fresh. Service was outstanding. Staff even asked us if we wanted a container so that we could take home the left over salsa. Enjoyed the sample of their featured tequila. Based upon the sample, I was offered a sample of their spicy teqila mule. I ordered this happy hour cocktail. All happy hour portions were quite geberous.
   

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   Laurie VIP

   Orange County6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent cocktails, salsa, guacamole, and carne asada!!
   

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   ray

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on April 22, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The ambiance was great, and I can see the potential of this being a solid restaurant. However, my personal experience fell short. I found myself having to flag down a couple of servers and other staff members just to get consistent service. While the food was good, the attentiveness from the staff could definitely use some improvement.
   

   RED O Taste of Mexico - Newport BeachResponded 7 days ago

   Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're glad to hear you enjoyed the ambiance and saw the potential in what we’re striving to create. That said, we’re truly sorry to hear that our service didn’t meet expectations during your visit. Attentiveness is something we take seriously, and your feedback is being shared with our team to ensure we’re making improvements. We hope you'll consider giving us another chance to provide the level of service that matches the quality of our food and atmosphere.
   

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   Daniela

   Orange County1 review

   5.0

   Dined on April 20, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious food specially the carnitas, chicken mole
   

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   Sherri VIP

   Orange County23 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 20, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   I’ll have to say we won’t ever do a Easter brunch buffet ever again first of all not a lot of gluten free options didn’t give us chips and salsa there was no guacamole nats we’re flying everywhere at our table food was just ok the guy couldn’t make an omelet it was scrambled eggs by the time it was finished just not a lot of food options
   

   RED O Taste of Mexico - Newport BeachResponded 7 days ago

   Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear that your Easter brunch experience didn’t meet your expectations. We understand how important it is to offer a variety of options, including gluten-free choices, and we’re disappointed to hear we fell short in several areas—from food selection to presentation and service. Your comments about the chips, guacamole, and the overall buffet experience have been shared with our team so we can address these concerns directly and make improvements moving forward.
   

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    Richard VIP

    Orange County10 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on April 20, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Service: Ourstanding Food: very good Noise: very very loud. Difficult to have a conversation. Boom boom appears to be standard in some restaurants. I believe u can lower the level or discontinue the boom/boom. I suggest u discontinue it. Front check in: we check in & advise the other couple would be arriving & to look out & send them to our table. Waited until 8:20 & they arrived. BUT the front check in could not locate our resv when the couple arrive at 8pm. We almost did not connect. U may have problems.
    

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