View At Vea Newport Beach

Evil xmas dinner experience. unfriendly, uninterested, not helpful host. price fixed dinner $95pp drinks. in the bar area with tw and very loud patrons in shorts and baseball caps. not quite the atmosphere we expected. the restaurant was practically empty for 7:30 reservation, but hostess did not want to move our table to a quieter location, so many empty tables there were only 3 or 4 tables occupied. she left us standing after we insisted that she looked at another table. Apparently, the manager told her to move us what she did. from the bar literally prevented us from hearing each other. server was very apologetic. they drove us outside and put together 2 small bar tables for 2 to host the 3 of us. the manager came several times to apologize. $400 dinners didn't enjoy at all. no accommodation offered. we will not be back and suggest that they either train or get a new host. very unpleasant experience and sad way to celebrate a holiday.

First time at new reworked hotel. Great service and will come back on a non-holiday to check out regular menu

They did a nice job with this property, and we will be going back for an event in a couple weeks, but probably not going to be back to the restaurant itself until summer time. The food was good, but other places in this same price point are better. It was really noisy and hard to have an intimate conversation over the noise from a neighboring table. While the restaurant bar has a good vibe, it really feels like you are in a part of the hotel lobby, and not in an upscale restaurant. We are thinking it will be better in the summer when the outside area is open and you can enjoy the view and sunset.

The view and cocktails are incredible! Make sure to visit with special people who appreciate a good view!

Great service, nicely decorated restaurant, but the food was pretty bland. It was poor enough that we cancelled our Thanksgiving dinner reservation and went to another restaurant.