A+O Restaurant | Bar

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   Kimberly

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined today

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

   It seemed your hostesses were looking for payment or something to get a table outside during the boat parade. Reservations during the boat parade should be self explanatory to sit outside. Refusal to sit us outside plus charging a fee for the reservation meant we were stuck and had to stay or be out money. Our night was ruined. Server and bus crew were great. Hostesses and manager were awful.
   

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   David

   VIP

   Orange County

   128 reviews

   3.0

   128 reviews

   Dined today

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

   If you like a circus atmosphere… have fun… fair food at best, but service was solid. Build as a great place to watch the boat parade… not… unless you like seeing peeks of the boats between the docked mega yachts… don’t waste time or money
   

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   Tod

   Orange County

   10 reviews

   3.0

   10 reviews

   Dined today

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

   The food is fine. Not great, not bad. They are understaffed. Waitress did her best and was very nice, but too many tables. Never saw a busboy until we were leaving.
   

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   Brett

   Orange County

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   The venue was great & our server was great. The menu looked okay and we ordered a lot from the sushi menu. Unsure if that was a special menu just for the night because of the boat parade. However then sushi was awful, we left our plates pretty much untouched and asked to actually take one back. That’s okay, didn’t seem like the restaurants specialty. What actually was awful was the watered down alcohol, we were getting the actually alcohol & cocktails ordered. I get it’s an event night because of the boat parade, but that was waxk to have fake alcohol aka water or just no alcohol in general in alcohol ordered drinks lol. Oh well, ok to the next place to try.
   

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   Antoinette

   VIP

   Central Coast

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   I made a reservation and put a $750 deposit down for five people because it was the Wednesday evening of the boat parade. I had to go online after calling and make payment in advance. My confirmation stated that I would be outdoors because I wanted to view the boat show. When I arrived, there was no valet parking left so I had to drive a few minutes Away to a high school and be settled over. This wasn’t a huge deal, but I would have preferred that they let me know in advance so I could have timed my arrival better. Once I arrived, they showed me a table in the back of an inside room. I told them that I had confirmation That I would be sat outside. The woman at the reception told me that it was up to her discretion and that was what was available. She finally raised her hands in the air like she didn’t wanna deal with me after about 60 seconds and said she would just have the manager deal with it. She turned her back to me and started speaking to the manager in a low voice. It was very unprofessional and rude. After that, the manager came and said he did have a table for me outside, and we were sat outside, albeit in front of columns, which blocked the majority of the view. Our waiter Lucious was amazing- incredible energy and polite and on top of a busy night. He was our waiter a couple years ago as well.  theseafood Tower was good, the tomahawk steak was overcooked, but the potatoes that came with it and the mushrooms were delicious. The seating outaide is nice with plenty ty of heaters but we did notice several cockroaches on the floor scurrying around which was not great for my appetite. Overall, I will not attend the bait show here again. The big boats in the harbor block the most of the view and reception was incredibly disrespectful. Also, it was a $150 per person minimum for a location and parking that weren’t prime.
   

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   Laurie

   Orange County

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Always a lovely experience, beautiful day and always great food and service
   

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   Donald

   VIP

   Las Vegas

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on December 9, 2024

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

   Great food, service and atmosphere. The sea bream special was awesome! Worth a visit.
   

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   Michael

   Salt Lake City

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on December 9, 2024

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

   A&O is always a good choice. You can never go wrong with this place. We had steak and lobster and some delicious appetizers. It is expensive but it is worth it for a nice dinner by the water.
   

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   Jemima

   Orange County

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 8, 2024

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

   The server was lovely and gave a good recommendation for the meal choice. Service was very very slow though. I waited an hour after I finished my meal for my plate to be taken and to order desert. Desert was not worth the wait. I ordered the bill when I ordered the desert because I knew service was so slow. I asked for the bill three times and it still took nearly an hour to arrive. The server really was lovely though.
   

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    Bonnie

    Las Vegas

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on December 6, 2024

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

    Excellent!! Food was amazing! Atmosphere was perfect!
    

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