Great happy hour values! $5.00 bubbles! The green chill fries @ $8.00 were amazing. The pork was very flavorful and delicious. Only con was it was very noisy. We were sat on the patio next to the street. Lots of revving engines. Our server Kelsey was great! We'll be back!
We can't express how much we love dining at the craft House. They have exceptional food, cocktails, and the friendliest staff in South Orange County. The menu offer such a wide variety of choices. It's always something new. Best best best thank you.
Goodcomfortandservice
A great place for comfort food! The grilled meatloaf is delicious and the fried chicken dinner will be ordered again. Portions are good size. Service was fine, but not excellent. Chairs are wooden and metal and a little uncomfortable. Dining room has a constant breeze in the winter so bring your sweater. And the noise from the bar can be heard everywhere. So overall, good food. Nice atmosphere —just not a super comfy one. We will go back. Food and drinks were the highlight.
PaulM
Craft House features a sophisticated menu with absolutely top level service. The bar pours a high quality beverage as well!!! It's not fancy, it's just great at every turn.
Amazing food. We had the squash and sage risotto and Santa Ana Chicken Caesar. Both excellent preparation and presentation. We took half of each home with us in order to save room for the Better than Nick's Butter Cake. Our favorite!
Great happy hour on the outside patio. Love the chili verde fries and sliders. Frank the bartender is awesome! He was so patient with me while I ordered my food and wine. Excellent cocktails but their wine menu needs to include a few good options in the mid-tier price point. Currently the only decent wines on the menu are $18-20 a glass. Overall, Craft House is a fun spot to grab a meal with good friends.
ccrider
There were new cocktails on the menu since we last ate there a few months ago. Try them! We were there on Valentines Day and it was great they had planned ahead. We had great service with the crowds despite it being a holiday. The halibut and smash burger are fantastic and don't forget to start off with some potato tacos! We are always pleased with our experiences at Craft House!
Patti Wallace
Good drinks, food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Craft House Old Fashioned
DubaR
Very disappointed with the guests' treatment. If you think the guests will feel happy to feel cold while eating at you restaurant, you are wrong. Next time, when asked, please close that glass door so we can enjoy our food without being freezing cold. You just lost four guests.
Ben Clicquennoi
Good fried chicken. Halibut dish missed (very small cut of halibut for $40+). Great waitstaff.
The waitress was super sweet,The spicy tuna crispy rice is really tasty!The shishito peppers are tasty too,The pan roasted sea scallops were ok.. we expected it to be crispier from outside.The risotto that comes with it is missing some flavors.I tried the "seasonal margarita" and the "smoke on the water" cocktails and I did not enjoy either - they put too much ice in the cocktails and they have watery taste because of that.I would totally recommend to ask in advance for less ice.The spicy tuna crispy rice was really tasty but we will probably not come back only for that..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
MrsB
Everything was wonderful. Mac and cheese is delicious Butter cake the best! Sad, the fresh clams were not available this time but chowder is so good. Please make the chicken dinner available with breast and not thigh.
Chef42
The menu was innovative, the food full of flavor without being over complicated, the quality of the ingredients excellent, and the service warm, personal and attentive. For a Tuesday evening, it was extraordinarily noisy, thanks to a group of local "professionals" who drank more than they could manage and embarrassed themselves while being an annoyance to other guests in the restaurant. Once they left, we were able to enjoy our dinner which was SUPERB!! Highly recommended: Scallops served over risotto with red curry cream sauce (meant to flavor the Mexican Sea Bass, but worked beautifully with the scallops which the chef was gracious enough to substitute). And the Butter Cake..... do NOT miss it!!
LLCAG
We dined here with friends while in town for a conference. Really cool place, atmosphere was super nice and cozy. We had the cauliflower, potato tacos, and shrimp for appetizers. The tacos were pretty average, but the shrimp and cauliflower were quite good! The halibut was very good, 3 out of the 4 of us had it. Service was good. The Mexican lager beer was great.
LeftMyHeartInTraverseCity
We were a party of four celebrating my daughter's wedding. Frank surprised us with a round of champagne to celebrate ☺️ We ordered apps, drinks and dinner and everything was outstanding.
Great happy hour values! $5.00 bubbles! The green chill fries @ $8.00 were amazing. The pork was very flavorful and delicious. Only con was it was very noisy. We were sat on the patio next to the street. Lots of revving engines. Our server Kelsey was great! We'll be back!
We can't express how much we love dining at the craft House. They have exceptional food, cocktails, and the friendliest staff in South Orange County. The menu offer such a wide variety of choices. It's always something new. Best best best thank you.
A great place for comfort food! The grilled meatloaf is delicious and the fried chicken dinner will be ordered again. Portions are good size. Service was fine, but not excellent. Chairs are wooden and metal and a little uncomfortable. Dining room has a constant breeze in the winter so bring your sweater. And the noise from the bar can be heard everywhere. So overall, good food. Nice atmosphere —just not a super comfy one. We will go back. Food and drinks were the highlight.
Craft House features a sophisticated menu with absolutely top level service. The bar pours a high quality beverage as well!!! It's not fancy, it's just great at every turn.
Amazing food. We had the squash and sage risotto and Santa Ana Chicken Caesar. Both excellent preparation and presentation. We took half of each home with us in order to save room for the Better than Nick's Butter Cake. Our favorite!
Great happy hour on the outside patio. Love the chili verde fries and sliders. Frank the bartender is awesome! He was so patient with me while I ordered my food and wine. Excellent cocktails but their wine menu needs to include a few good options in the mid-tier price point. Currently the only decent wines on the menu are $18-20 a glass. Overall, Craft House is a fun spot to grab a meal with good friends.
There were new cocktails on the menu since we last ate there a few months ago. Try them! We were there on Valentines Day and it was great they had planned ahead. We had great service with the crowds despite it being a holiday. The halibut and smash burger are fantastic and don't forget to start off with some potato tacos! We are always pleased with our experiences at Craft House!
Good drinks, food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Craft House Old Fashioned
Very disappointed with the guests' treatment. If you think the guests will feel happy to feel cold while eating at you restaurant, you are wrong. Next time, when asked, please close that glass door so we can enjoy our food without being freezing cold. You just lost four guests.
Good fried chicken. Halibut dish missed (very small cut of halibut for $40+). Great waitstaff.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
The waitress was super sweet,The spicy tuna crispy rice is really tasty!The shishito peppers are tasty too,The pan roasted sea scallops were ok.. we expected it to be crispier from outside.The risotto that comes with it is missing some flavors.I tried the "seasonal margarita" and the "smoke on the water" cocktails and I did not enjoy either - they put too much ice in the cocktails and they have watery taste because of that.I would totally recommend to ask in advance for less ice.The spicy tuna crispy rice was really tasty but we will probably not come back only for that..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Everything was wonderful. Mac and cheese is delicious Butter cake the best! Sad, the fresh clams were not available this time but chowder is so good. Please make the chicken dinner available with breast and not thigh.
The menu was innovative, the food full of flavor without being over complicated, the quality of the ingredients excellent, and the service warm, personal and attentive. For a Tuesday evening, it was extraordinarily noisy, thanks to a group of local "professionals" who drank more than they could manage and embarrassed themselves while being an annoyance to other guests in the restaurant. Once they left, we were able to enjoy our dinner which was SUPERB!! Highly recommended: Scallops served over risotto with red curry cream sauce (meant to flavor the Mexican Sea Bass, but worked beautifully with the scallops which the chef was gracious enough to substitute). And the Butter Cake..... do NOT miss it!!
We dined here with friends while in town for a conference. Really cool place, atmosphere was super nice and cozy. We had the cauliflower, potato tacos, and shrimp for appetizers. The tacos were pretty average, but the shrimp and cauliflower were quite good! The halibut was very good, 3 out of the 4 of us had it. Service was good. The Mexican lager beer was great.
We were a party of four celebrating my daughter's wedding. Frank surprised us with a round of champagne to celebrate ☺️ We ordered apps, drinks and dinner and everything was outstanding.