EMC Seafood & Raw Bar
14346 Culver Dr, Irvine
(949) 748-3979
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Omg. This place is so delicious! Why isn’t this place a 5 star?! So happy with service and how fast the food came out. Food was freaking amazing!
I had the uni pasta, grilled oysters, garlic noodles, spicy tuna roll, and yellowtail carpaccio. Came for the happy hour. Good selection of bottles of beer and on tap.
Love this place! Especially their happy hour. Pretty much I come just for the oysters, but the rest of the menu is good too.
7 of us walked in at 11:30 for lunch without reservations, we were seated within 5 minutes of waiting. We ordered Cajun Seafood Broiled, Seafood Tower, Uni pasta, Lobster Ravioli, Shrimp Tempura Roll, Lobster Roll, and Fries with Truffle mushroom. Plenty of food we got here, more than enough for 7 people.All seafood dishes were very fresh. The Cajun dish could have been spicier or a little stronger flavor. It would be nice if they offered some disposition apron to prevent your dress from getting messy. However we asked for the latex gloves which helped a lot. I love their Seafood Tower - plenty of raw pacific oysters and others goodies such as whole lobster, Alaskan King Crab and fresh Uni. Their pastas were so amazing with rich and creamy sauces, you can literally smell the ocean while having the Uni pasta. Staffs were so friendly and attentive but we had to ask for fresh plates when they were overwhelmed with all kind of sauces on them.Five stars would be given if they could bring out more flavor on the Cajun dish and provide more proper tools to execute the shell fishes without messing your favorite shirt.
Stopped by here since I saw they serve lobster rolls. Came during lunch time and was quickly seated and the waiter was very nice.The lobster roll was really tasty. There was a lot of meat and they give you a little cup of melted butter to use as a dip.Saw other people ordered appetizer types of dishes and they also looked delicious.I will definitely come back here and try other things on the menu. I recommend this place if you’re looking for some lobster rolls!
We have been here several times. Can't get pass the appetizers. The clam chowder and seafood soup are amazing. Real clams and lots of seafood. And then there is the fantastic calamari. No rubbery texture and light batter. Some day we will try a main course. Maybe get the soup to go. If you like fresh seafood this is the place.
Been here twice so it is safe to say that this place is excellent! The oysters are so fresh, I like the other dishes as well (sushi,dimsum, garlic noodle) however I’m mainly here for the oysters! :)A plus to this place is that all the staffs are always smiling!
Super busy and understaffed. Everyone is hurting right now with being low on workers. But they were incredibly kind, made up for the delay. And the food is wonderful. The lobster raviolis and Siu Mi is extraordinary. It’s worth it. We ate here two night in a row. And the atmosphere is quite pleasant.
Shrimp tempura roll good, yellowtail roll ok, albacore not good, garlic noodle ok , oysters average , BBQ buns not good
everything is good. Good fresh oysters and everything else!
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Great food and a great happy hour menu
The food is incredible! So delicious. Loved everything I ordered. The dumplings are heaven and there's lots of different options. Oysters were super fresh. Uni pasta is SUPER filling and rich, but delicious (however the noodles were slightly overcooked). The scallop carppacio was so freaking yummy! The service was amazing, the dude with the tattoos is wonderful! Overall this is my new fav spot and can't wait to come back for happy hour ?
The happy hour is one of the best happy hours. I would avoid the calimari and the lobster dumplings but the oysters were, easily, the best.
This is THE NEXT BEST Restaurant and BEST of both worlds...Fresh Seafood and Dim Sum! Yasss please!!! The Lobster Pasta, Real Clam Chowda, the Oysters...yum!
Honestly the best clam chowder I've had in quite some time. Also recommend the emc martini it's sooo smooth
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