I ordered a tuna sandwich and the basil pesto pasta. I do not eat pork/ham and they had the smoked ham bits placed near the pasta. At any point, if they serve the smoked ham bits to someone, it can very easily fall off of the serving spoon and into the same container as the pasta. Well, I just happened to be the one who was served the basil pasta with pieces of smoked ham bits in it.
I was eating the pasta when I bit into something that tasted like BBQ. I thought it was odd and upon closer inspection, noticed there was meat in my food. I instantly knew it was ham/pork and went to the lady who served me to confirm. I just wanted to know what it was so I can determine if I needed to toss the food and rinse my mouth. She proceeded to tell me that it was just onion and when she called over another lady, that lady seemed very confused and said it wasn’t pork/ham. I thought I was just being crazy so I walked back to my family. Well, my sister picked up the meat and smelled it and she instantly knew it was ham and not onion pieces.
We went back to counter and my sister checked the menu and saw that they were indeed serving smoked ham. The ladies proceeded to argue with us about it for minutes and were rude. They kept saying “there’s no meat in the pasta”. I told them that I know there isn’t supposed to be meat in the pasta, but there is. I just wanted to know if it was pork or not so I would know whether or not to throw the food away since I don’t eat pork. I showed them the meat and told them that it was clearly meat and that it smelled like BBQ. And when we pointed out that the smoked ham was clearly placed in a position to easily fall into the pasta upon serving, they still argued. The lady who served me just a few minutes prior then started questioning me about who served me and I said “You did. Just now.” They then whispered amongst each other in another language. Eventually, one of the ladies realized what I was talking about regarding that ham being placed right near the pasta and she finally stopped arguing. I asked them if I could have a clean serving since I couldn’t eat the pasta.
The fact that they 1. Served me ham 2. Had placed meat near a veggie dish and 3. Proceeded to argue with me and be rude about it just shows that they should not be in the food business.
Highly recommend you eat elsewhere and not here. These people do not deserve anyone’s business given their attitude and cross-contamination between veggie and meat dishes.
Eilaned Yian
Lovely server and wonderful food! BBQ beef brisket sandwich is my favorite one, taste soooo good!
Charles Geller
I ordered the BBQ beef brisket sandwich and there was very little beef on it, mostly onion crisps. I took it back and showed them how little beef there was on it and they said that is the way it is and they would not give me any more. This is a total ripoff for $ 12.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jeffrey Choi
It’s solid food and good portions for a great price
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
amin kanaan
The worst pastrami sandwich. Cannot be called pastrami sandwich
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kerstin Kunze
Very friendly service. Great sandwiches.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charles Chen
One of my favorite restaurants in Newport Beach. Reasonable price and food taste good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Travis Campbell
Food was pretty good and decent value, you get a good sized portion with a free side.Service was terrible though, the person making our food looked to have no sense of urgency, moving extremely slowly, usually I have patience but they really could have been just a little faster. To top it off, while waiting for my food a guy walked up to pick up his food and reached over the glass to pick up some trays and napkins and even put a napkin back while both workers stood there and watched. Then when I picked up my food I saw that they gave me one single napkin for two meals and it was the same visibly dirty grease stained napkin the guy put back with only 1 fork…
Food: 3
Service: 1
Ara Abarchian
Absolute junk, too suggy and very bad quality. Hell not recommended F rated
Shay G
I miss this place in SD!!! The salad and bread is to die for. It just suckssss they closed all the locations down in SD
Great Chinese Chicken Salad, and it comes with excellent fresh focaccia
Justin Fan
Food: 3/5Service and Setting: 1.5/5Value: 3/5Sometimes there are cravings that only one specific restaurant can scratch. For me this weekend, that was Stone Oven. Stone Oven in Fashion Island is the soul of the mall. To me, they are synonymous. The foodcourt space they occupy is large and the overall cooking space seems clean. The dude helping us was honestly a j**** more like a word that starts with “d” and rhymes with swoosh. He didn’t seem to want to listen to my order and even put it in wrong. The food came out pretty fast I think, but they don’t have a good system to notify you if your order is ready, so they just yell when it’s time to pick up your food. Make sure to sit close by and have a good view of the restaurant.Garlic and Basil Chicken Sandwich: 3/5I always get this sandwich and regret it. The garlic and basil mayo (basically pesto, they just trying to be fancy, but isn’t saying pesto fancier?) is bomb and super delicious. I would make sure to ask for extra on the side next time. The bread is also super good and baked to order. It is the perfect texture between crispy and chewy. Toppings are all super fresh and went well with everything else. The chicken though. When I hear jokes about white people cooking dry unseasoned chicken, Stone Oven manifests and creates it. Dry, tough, bland, the chicken alone dropped this sandwich into the 3/5 territory. Overall, this sandwich is good without the chicken, but because the bread is flat and hot, be prepared for all your toppings to fall out.Pesto Pasta Salad: 4/5Objectively, this pasta salad is bad. Soggy noodles, bland, watery and totally soaked dressing, and no other additions will make any Italian nonna cry and have a funeral for the poor farfalle noodles that met this fate. BUT, this was the craving. Something about the blandness, the sogginess, the coldness, resonates deeply in my gut and it is unexplainably soothing. The first time you eat this you might be mad because it is bland, but as you keep going it grows on you like that one cousin you never talk to at the family gatherings.Potato Salad: 3.5/5This potato salad straight-up tastes like those tubs you buy from the super market except with more potato. Sweet, tangy, and not overly dressed, I love this potato salad but cannot objectively give it any more points. If you like the taste of traditional potato salad this will be for you.
Sarah Zimmer
Thee best Asian chicken salad especially with the warm pita!
John Kim
Such an AMAZING Sandwich place. Very Sad that their closing down.. :(
Hairycalgrad
This lunch was so good and I am highly impressed with the quality and how delicious these sandwiches are. Great choice of sides. We both got the BBQ Brisket sandwiches, which I highly recommend. We love this place and will eat here again.
I ordered a tuna sandwich and the basil pesto pasta. I do not eat pork/ham and they had the smoked ham bits placed near the pasta. At any point, if they serve the smoked ham bits to someone, it can very easily fall off of the serving spoon and into the same container as the pasta. Well, I just happened to be the one who was served the basil pasta with pieces of smoked ham bits in it.
I was eating the pasta when I bit into something that tasted like BBQ. I thought it was odd and upon closer inspection, noticed there was meat in my food. I instantly knew it was ham/pork and went to the lady who served me to confirm. I just wanted to know what it was so I can determine if I needed to toss the food and rinse my mouth. She proceeded to tell me that it was just onion and when she called over another lady, that lady seemed very confused and said it wasn’t pork/ham. I thought I was just being crazy so I walked back to my family. Well, my sister picked up the meat and smelled it and she instantly knew it was ham and not onion pieces.
We went back to counter and my sister checked the menu and saw that they were indeed serving smoked ham. The ladies proceeded to argue with us about it for minutes and were rude. They kept saying “there’s no meat in the pasta”. I told them that I know there isn’t supposed to be meat in the pasta, but there is. I just wanted to know if it was pork or not so I would know whether or not to throw the food away since I don’t eat pork. I showed them the meat and told them that it was clearly meat and that it smelled like BBQ. And when we pointed out that the smoked ham was clearly placed in a position to easily fall into the pasta upon serving, they still argued. The lady who served me just a few minutes prior then started questioning me about who served me and I said “You did. Just now.” They then whispered amongst each other in another language. Eventually, one of the ladies realized what I was talking about regarding that ham being placed right near the pasta and she finally stopped arguing. I asked them if I could have a clean serving since I couldn’t eat the pasta.
The fact that they 1. Served me ham 2. Had placed meat near a veggie dish and 3. Proceeded to argue with me and be rude about it just shows that they should not be in the food business.
Highly recommend you eat elsewhere and not here. These people do not deserve anyone’s business given their attitude and cross-contamination between veggie and meat dishes.
Lovely server and wonderful food! BBQ beef brisket sandwich is my favorite one, taste soooo good!
I ordered the BBQ beef brisket sandwich and there was very little beef on it, mostly onion crisps. I took it back and showed them how little beef there was on it and they said that is the way it is and they would not give me any more. This is a total ripoff for $ 12.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
It’s solid food and good portions for a great price
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The worst pastrami sandwich. Cannot be called pastrami sandwich
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very friendly service. Great sandwiches.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of my favorite restaurants in Newport Beach. Reasonable price and food taste good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was pretty good and decent value, you get a good sized portion with a free side.Service was terrible though, the person making our food looked to have no sense of urgency, moving extremely slowly, usually I have patience but they really could have been just a little faster. To top it off, while waiting for my food a guy walked up to pick up his food and reached over the glass to pick up some trays and napkins and even put a napkin back while both workers stood there and watched. Then when I picked up my food I saw that they gave me one single napkin for two meals and it was the same visibly dirty grease stained napkin the guy put back with only 1 fork…
Food: 3
Service: 1
Absolute junk, too suggy and very bad quality. Hell not recommended F rated
I miss this place in SD!!! The salad and bread is to die for. It just suckssss they closed all the locations down in SD
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Great Chinese Chicken Salad, and it comes with excellent fresh focaccia
Food: 3/5Service and Setting: 1.5/5Value: 3/5Sometimes there are cravings that only one specific restaurant can scratch. For me this weekend, that was Stone Oven. Stone Oven in Fashion Island is the soul of the mall. To me, they are synonymous. The foodcourt space they occupy is large and the overall cooking space seems clean. The dude helping us was honestly a j**** more like a word that starts with “d” and rhymes with swoosh. He didn’t seem to want to listen to my order and even put it in wrong. The food came out pretty fast I think, but they don’t have a good system to notify you if your order is ready, so they just yell when it’s time to pick up your food. Make sure to sit close by and have a good view of the restaurant.Garlic and Basil Chicken Sandwich: 3/5I always get this sandwich and regret it. The garlic and basil mayo (basically pesto, they just trying to be fancy, but isn’t saying pesto fancier?) is bomb and super delicious. I would make sure to ask for extra on the side next time. The bread is also super good and baked to order. It is the perfect texture between crispy and chewy. Toppings are all super fresh and went well with everything else. The chicken though. When I hear jokes about white people cooking dry unseasoned chicken, Stone Oven manifests and creates it. Dry, tough, bland, the chicken alone dropped this sandwich into the 3/5 territory. Overall, this sandwich is good without the chicken, but because the bread is flat and hot, be prepared for all your toppings to fall out.Pesto Pasta Salad: 4/5Objectively, this pasta salad is bad. Soggy noodles, bland, watery and totally soaked dressing, and no other additions will make any Italian nonna cry and have a funeral for the poor farfalle noodles that met this fate. BUT, this was the craving. Something about the blandness, the sogginess, the coldness, resonates deeply in my gut and it is unexplainably soothing. The first time you eat this you might be mad because it is bland, but as you keep going it grows on you like that one cousin you never talk to at the family gatherings.Potato Salad: 3.5/5This potato salad straight-up tastes like those tubs you buy from the super market except with more potato. Sweet, tangy, and not overly dressed, I love this potato salad but cannot objectively give it any more points. If you like the taste of traditional potato salad this will be for you.
Thee best Asian chicken salad especially with the warm pita!
Such an AMAZING Sandwich place. Very Sad that their closing down.. :(
This lunch was so good and I am highly impressed with the quality and how delicious these sandwiches are. Great choice of sides. We both got the BBQ Brisket sandwiches, which I highly recommend. We love this place and will eat here again.
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