Forte Kabob

2233 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach
(949) 873-5450

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Matt R

Really good food. The spicy sauce they have sort of tastes like Louisiana hot sauce, but more tangy. Overall good food and service up front very good. Ordered over the phone and they picked up immediately.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Irina Popa

When in Newport Beach, I highly recommend to stop by Forte Kabob! Very fresh and delicious food with a lot of flavors.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Akeel Hasan

Good food in Newport.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Erika Cote'

So GROSS and rude customer service! Food had barely any flavor, everything tasted like it was strait out of a frozen dinner box. Walked 4 blocks in the rain and bought dinner for a family of 4. Walked all the way home to true disappointment. Walked all the way back for a refund. They refused to apologize for the food and refused to give me my money back. Walked all the way back home in the rain and tossed it. The lady was truly poor on customer service. Still pissed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ted Coté

Ordered spicy chicken kabobs, lemon garlic chicken kabobs, hummus, falafel. Every item was frozen and pre-cooked, devoid of all flavor, mushy falafel- no seasoning. No lemon. Salad was iceberg lettuce and carrots. Not spicy. Shrimp was not seasoned or grilled. Spicy sauce was a weird Tabasco concoction and not remotely Mediterranean. Ate a few bites, then packed up everything to return for a refund. Meh!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

mansoor alyafie

He served me cold corn

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Ahmad Nawid Poyan

This restaurant is clean, delicious food and perfect customer service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robert

Chicken kabob was good. The hummus was too bitter.

Joe Johnsen

Most delicious chicken kabob I’ve ever had. The chicken stays tender and moist. Super friendly establishment and awesome atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Kabob

Lars Boehringer

Excellent Little Restaurant in Newport Beach. I had the Ground Beef and Ground Chicken Kabob. Was Awesome. Their Garlic Sauce they served with my meal was really good. The folks in here were super friendly. Thank you for a great experience and meal.

Lars Boehringer

Found this restaurant while wondering around Newport Beach down by the Pier. I had the Ground Beef and Chicken Kabob. Both were amazing, and their Garlic Sauce was incredible. Wonderful People and Wonderful Food.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maria Haddad

The worse food I’ve ever had. Falafel did not have any taste of falafel idk what it even taste like. Ground beef kabobs are so thick and not seasoned I could not eat any of the items. Hummus was also terrible! I usually do not write online reviews because service industry is already tough enough. However I think this food they are serving to the public is despicable. I would not feed it to my dog!!!

Food: 1

Jacqueline Tsao

The staff was so attending and the food was so gas. 100% recommend because it honestly was so refreshing and delicious and authentic. I would eat here every day if I could tbh!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Flipnote Hatena

Such an incredible place with a super delicious meal! I ordered the Gyro and was super tasty.
100% recommended
Wonderful workers in there!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sarah Abraham

Oof. This was hands down one of the worst fish and chips meals I’ve had.

The “fish” barely had any actual fish in it — mostly batter, no seasoning, and it tasted like something frozen was pulled out, dunked in a fryer, and served. For $14, I expected at least something fresh or flavorful. When I asked for a replacement (since this dish was recommended), it came back just as bad.

But worse than the food was the customer service. The atmosphere felt cold and disinterested. No greeting, no warmth — just a flat energy that made me want to leave immediately.

I don’t usually leave bad reviews, but this experience was honestly terrible — mostly because of how unpleasant and unfriendly the entire interaction was. I left feeling like I had wasted my time and money

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Wraps

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