Steven was AWESOME! Great server! We will request him all the time!

I had been once before and the food was excellent- so brought my husband for our Anniversary. The fresh raw seafood was outstanding (shrimp and oysters). You could customize it for exactly how many you wanted. The scallops were delicious. My husband had the clam chowder- it was good but contained clams in a half shell that were gritty. The calamari was delicious. Loved the cocktails (my husband had a margarita- super fresh juice and the delicious warm cookie dessert.

Everything excellent as usual!!

My favorite place to go. Always the best service

Love ❤️ everything about this restaurant! Excellent cleaning procedures and felt safe eating there. Second time this week.

Our server Stephen was absolutely amazing. We came in after getting married and they made it so special.

With friends for drinks and appetizers. It was great. Just felt like they were understaffed. The servers and staff did a great job. But took for ever to get our drinks, munchies, straws, napkins. It wasn’t they’re fault, staff is great they just need more people

This restaurant is a great eating expereince that must be expereinced for yourself. Service is outstanding!

We sat at the Bar and Service was excellent. Sushi appetizer was fishy not so good, Halibut entre was excellent.

Great ambiance. Amazing service, especially Kiersten. They made my son’s 21 birthday celebration fantastic.

Everything is always wonderful at the Water Grill! They are also following healthcare guidelines closely and have partitions between the tables to make everyone feel comfortable.

Tabatha was great ! Shes our new recommended server

I do appreciate the safety precautions that they put in place.

The place to be anytime and especially during pandemic. Beautiful place to dine

We came for a work lunch and it was great We sat on the patio and it was so nice. The food was amazing, the halibut tail was tasty, and the service was spot in. We will be back for sure.

Lovely birthday dinner and wonderful service. Too bad for strict Covid guideline that kill the ambiance 🤷🏻‍♀️

More choices without fish please

The fish was super fishy and salty not good at all

Rough start to lunch. We had a 1:15 reservation and weren’t seated till 1:45, this was frustrating. There was no communication between hostesses to us - the guests - on why we had to wait. After being seated our server came over and brought me a black linen ( usually they give white) which I thought was very nice since I was wearing all black. She took my partners drink order and disappeared for 15mins which felt like forever. We waited so long to be seated and hadn’t eaten yet that day, so waiting 15 mins for even bread, let alone to see her and have an order taken was an eternity. I kept checking the time so it made it worse knowing how long it actually was before the drink even made it to the table. I could see it sitting in the well where other servers and managers kept walking by it. Another server finally dropped it off and I placed my drink order with her because I wasn’t sure how long I’d wait again - our server was taking a large party’s order behind us. She finally came back and we mentioned the bread never coming and that I ordered a drink, we also ordered our food then. The food was amazing and always is, even though our fries were forgotten and came out late. Our server was just stale and unaware of her tables experience and her own service. I understand it being busy, but if she just acknowledged that to us and empathized with what was going on it would’ve saved this review from happening. She was too unaware. I don’t expect that when spending $200+ at a quality restaurant. Hopefully the next visit isn’t the same.

Food is always amazing! Wish I saved room for dessert.

Always a pleasure! Service is the best in OC - my favorite restaurant.

Great food, drinks, and atmosphere!

When we first arrived we had to stand in line to be seated although we had reservations.
The service was exceptionally bad to the point the manager came to our assistance. I had been the Water Grille previously and anticipated this would be a good choice for dinner, but ended up very disappointed in the overall evening.

As always, another fantastic experience dining at Watergrill. It was my girlfriends birthday and we celebrated together here and had a lovely time. Service is always outstanding and extremely attentive to everything. I always enjoy myself at this restaurant and that is why I always come back here. The location is superb and valet is easy and quick. The food is phenomenal. The clams with chorizo, grilled octopus, salmon sushi, spicy lobster sushi, and the calamari are magnificent. Also, can’t forget the fresh oysters and scallops. Lastly, their cocktails are great; we ordered the margarita and the mezcalero. Looking forward to coming here again. I’m Always impressed!

Great restaurant - great good - great service! Love it!

Great service, delicious meal!

We love the fact that everything was fresh! Attention to service was great. We will definitely return here when we want fresh seafood!

The service was impeccable but the food was marginal. Most of the food we had was under seasoned and overpriced.

The food was very bland. To be so overpriced, I was hoping for better tasting food. They were nice enough to remove one item from our bill however, we still paid for $32 “lobster Mac” which we didn’t even eat because the sauce was so bland and way too watery. Huge chunks of lobster on top of the noodles though that was a plus. Honestly, The best thing was the drinks they were definitely friendly with the pouring.

Did not get a seat by open window as requested.
Sat in a tight table without proper social distancing from neighboring tables. Not ok.

Water Grill is one of my go to places for great food, wine and ambiance. The service is fantastic and the setting is beautiful.

Very nice ambiance and extremely friendly and attentive service. Very knowledgeable servers who had every answer about the menu and/or drinks. The menu has something for everyone.

Family and I enjoyed every moment! Such a treat!

Anniversary

I went for a business lunch and it was great. We were able to talk and it was a good environment.

The food was so good! Service was great. The chefs cocktail was amazing. Wish I was there right now having another one! I had the scallops and they might be the best thing I have ever eaten- So yummy!

We dined in the patio area, so felt more confident of airflow. We felt very safe and that the staff was following COVID precautions. The food and service was magnificent, as usual. One of my favorite things about Water Grill is no corkage fee.

Great food and atmosphere, lots of choices. Perfect choice for business meetings.

Amazing food. The ambiance suffers from COVID restrictions, barriers and masked service staff.

I love coming here especially for the oysters! Service is always great, food always tastes great and cocktails are a must.