Hook & Anchor

1773 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa
(949) 423-7169

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Paige tam

Tasty lobster Roll. The crabcake was very average though.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

ken behzadi

Food is great. Price is too high

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Charles Shapiro

Kind of a ho hum experience here on our first trip. I got the lobster roll, and my wife got the fish and chips. Both had a serious lack of seasoning. The lobster mac and cheese was quite tasty, though. The service was just okay. They were attentive but felt very rushed. Parking is an absolute nightmare. Give yourself plenty of time if you have reservations

Parking: Very few parking spots in a very busy area

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Carol A

Yesterday went for an early dinner and was given a Happy Hour menu with 25% discount so happily ordered 2 items. Both were delicious but when I got the check neither was discounted. When I asked why my server said Happy Hour was only for bar seating so why was I given the menu? My dinner was $62 for 1 person. If I had known, I would have been more careful with my ordering.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Luis Espinoza

6oz Lobster roll was really good, with good chunks of lobster meat. The cioppino was decent, with nice amount of fish. Margarita was ok but the glass was really full of ice. Service was ok.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll w Cajun Fries, Seafood

Andrew Sharp

Good seafood, friendly service, strip mall setting. Feels more like a bar with good food than an actual restaurant.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 5

Sheri Carter

Was not impressed with the lobster roll or crab cakes. The service was excellent!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Lourdes Jaramillo

Nice place to eat

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll w Cajun Fries, Lobster, Fries, Seafood

Emily D

Disappointed.

I found this place through an Instagram reel where their lobster rolls went viral. Placed a to-go order and enjoyed the food as soon as I picked it up... The lobster roll was $33+/- for 4oz and $47+/- for 6oz. Such a let down. The flavors were lacking, with the bread being the star of the show and the lobster needing more butter and aioli sauce for the roll to have any decent taste. The clam chowder with bread bowl was decent. Nothing spectacular. The only food item that stood out were the fries that came with the lobster roll. They were well seasoned and retained their crispyness perfectly. But that shouldn't be the shining star for a seafood restaurant at this price point.

Disappointed. Spent $55+tip for two mediocre seafood dishes.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fries

Zinger Learns

Was in the mood for seafood and decided to try this place out.
The place was packed on a Friday evening, definitely would recommend a reservation.
Service was friendly, but slow. It took a while to just get the initial waters and to be greeted by the waitress. They may have been shorthanded, but service was consistently pretty slow, but again friendly and we were not in a big hurry.
Their soups are great and can work well as appetizers.
We had the risotto and cioppino and both were great. Generous portions of seafood and well done in both cases. The risotto had a nice bite. The cioppino was spicy, but not overly so.
Portions were generous and enough for multiple meals for us.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Seafood Cioppino, Seafood

Simon Oakes

Lobster roll delivered as promised. All other seafood was delicious too.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll w Cajun Fries, Fish & Chips, Lobster, Seafood

Kamal Chohan

It's kinda small so make sure to make reservations or to actively work on getting a table. Food is pretty good. Overall - 4/5 from me. The lobster roll was nice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Patrick P

Staff here are not friendly. Another overrated OC restaurant. I've had better service up in the Central Valley. These people are miserable. Hard pass.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Bonnie B

They won’t take a Togo order on the weekends.

Fred Luxenburg

Felt like a sportbar. The service was good and the lobster roll was ok served with parmesan and French fries. The soup was missing flavors and was not as good as I expected. Might try this place again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

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