Firstly and most importantly, they have a good selection of beer. That said, this is not a BevMo but you get the picture. As for cocktails, they have a full bar and generally serve well cocktails, but premium brand liquors are also available. FWIW, they serve good G&Ts, Moscow Mules, Vodka Sodas, Jack and Cokes. In short, the cocktails are often strong which is great! As for food, it's not special/meh. Don't order the chicken nachos as I have on several occasions (stupidly). There's barely any chicken on them, not much guacamole, just so so and you feel bloated after them. The overall experience depends on where you find a seat. Sitting at the bar? Great service, live sports on flat screen TVs, good company too maybe (ymmv). However, the further away you're seated from the bar, the further you are from the action. There are places to sit that are just downright dark and depressing, but maybe you prefer the privacy ;) If unable to get a better seat, try the patio which is cool except it's so far from the bar and kitchen, so not sure the service is top notch there. I wouldn't say there is one distinctive group of people that frequents this location. It's Irvine so you'll get anything from families to middle aged men to business people and some 20-something's. Not a college bar, not a pickup bar, music isn't too loud. Ultimately very chill, relaxed, low key even though it may seem more than that initially. There are other locations like in Costa Mesa and Long Beach. This is an Irvine spectrum mainstay so what you get won't shock you. Definitely worth trying. It's corporate and ain't Cheers but who cares? Staff is really really friendly btw. Keep up hard work!! Also great bartenders - not pretentious at all and not pushy. Tip your servers!! read more

I love coming here for happy hour! There's half off of the appetizers and the pizzas. I didn't get pictures of everything but I got the shiitake mushroom garlic noodles, the Wisconsin cheese curd, the queso dip and the gardein bbq pizza. Out of everything my absolute favorite was the garlic noodles. It was so buttery and flavorful. The mushrooms were tender and perfectly cooked. I loved every bite of it. It is pretty heavy with how buttery it is but ir is so worth it. The only thing I didn't like about the food J got were the cheese curds. They kind of looked like someone smooshed them and they were stuck together. The presentation of it was unappealing. read more

Yard House - New American Near Me - Irvine, California

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A bit loud but a fun atmosphere. Our server Kailey was very attentive and great with service. Was always around when we needed something. We were here to celebrate my son's birthday. Beer list is great. Highly recommend sticking to the local beers as this area has many great craft breweries. Food was delicious. I had the Spicy Beef Noodles had a bit of a kick and were Ono! Highly recommended! Kailey brought a Birthday desert for my son and we all greatly enjoyed. Thanks Kailey for a great experience! We'll be back. read more

The Yardhouse has such a solid selection of draft beers! The Ahi Poke Stack is my favorite appetizer. The service is top notch. The restaurant and bar are clean and always lively with patrons. I'll always have a special place in my heart for this place...I met my wife here. read more

Can't go wrong with YARDHOUSE at lunch. We always opt to sit at the bar and watch the sports. Can't miss with Wings or the Ahi Salad- always delicious. read more

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Amazing food! Our server wasn't very present with us but I can't blame her because it was so busy! Would love to come back when its not super busy!! The poke nachos were definitely our favorite! read more

Updating my review because I usually have a great experience here and the one time we didn't, I'm very happy with how they handled the situation. read more

Just had lunch for the second time in 2 days at the Yard House Spectrum, that's how great the service was with Dean (2 days) and Andy (1 day). " The Mean Team Beer Machine" not only was the food excellent, but they were very funny along with great attitudes which now days is very hard to find. We really enjoyed our time there. We will be going back to the best restaurant in the OC . And thanks to Daniel (day 2) who was our server today, polite and on it. Extreme shout out for Dean! Thank You, Yard House Beer Team read more

I love Yard House, especially their burgers. The quality and the test is always good. Always I have good moments there.

One star because my daughters meal was waaay! more satisfying and price worthy then mine! I ordered 2 small shrimp tacos, a tiny sample size of beans and a small side of rice. Beans from a can rice from a microwave bag basically! Wait... and $8 each taco!!!!! I have never in my life heard of such thing, tiny shrimp probably from a frozen bag. I'm ok paying for an overpriced meal if it were delicious and satisfying. I'm sorry I have to say I will not go back ever. Just trying to figure out how my meal/drink and kids meal came to $65 lol I've been to some decent restaurants and paid maybe the same or less but with more portion more to offer and satisfying meals of course. Sad this use to be one of my go to places. Food went down hill bad. read more

Great restaurant. Only problem is the wait times. The place is extremely popular, and there are no reservations. They have a great selection of food and drinks. read more

I have been here four times in the last six weeks. Beer selection is great. Service is good. Food is mediocre. The hostesses are incompetent and rude. Don't put people with a stroller in a circular booth. It blocks the only way out from the booth. When someone asks for the TVs, put them in view of the TVs. The new General Manager is an outright mess of a customer service experience. Me and a friend used to order three beers at once to taste. Now the rule is one beer per person at a time. So the management and the people in charge of seating are crap, but the beer selection is good. Also multiple taps are out, worry about that GM. read more

The food is average here. The service is hit or miss it can be very pricey unless you go during happy hour the vibe is fun. They've got a lot of TVs lots of energy. I give it a 6.9. read more

The manager mel was absolutely horrible. We had a larger group and a couple of us were running late for a friend's birthday. They gave away part of our table which we accepted. As a table near us opened we asked one of the gentleman working if it was possible to shift one over to accommodate our group of 11 that was seated at a table for 8. He kindly moved the table over and we proceeded to order food and drinks. Shortly into our meal mel approached our table and said "next time you need to ask to move a table" we rereplied letting her know we did ask and she basically accused us of lying and said we didn't. My friend apologized but proceeded to let her know we did indeed ask and she rudely replied saying no we didn't. We were with a group for a birthday and she embarrassed our table treating us as if we were less then anyone around us. I would like to take this to a higher level due to the situation that occurred completely ruined my friends birthday and she immediately closed the bill to leave due to feeling embarrassed and out of place which is completely unacceptable read more

Came here with my friend for lunch. We sat at table 102, Dallas was our server, everything was going okay until I was still eating, she came and said "are you guys ready to check out?" it's kind of common sense that no we are not ready considering I am still chewing my food and my burger was literally still in my hand. In my head I was thinking "you're not serious right now". My friend and I took it as a hint hint wrap it up and go. She proceeds to ask if we were paying with cash or card. I said card my friend said cash. Again, common sense, I'll pay my part on the Ziosk and my friend will pay her the remaining in cash. She asked again cash or card and we said the same thing. She looked as if I was such an inconvenience to her. I ended up finishing my food after we had paid and left. I'm usually a pretty well tipper id say, as i've worked for a Darden restaurant myself too before, but today I left 18% please do better. read more

Kaelyn was amazing today - super helpful. She saw me waiting at the front for a table and grabbed me and seated me in her section. It wasn't until she said, "And I'm actually your server too" that I realized she was helping the hostess and was doing double duty. She was an excellent server, fantastic at what she does, and was super helpful. Thank you Kaelyn - I hope you get some recognition from your leadership for being fantastic and making a new customer want to return! read more

Great food and choice of beers. The staff was friendly and had a good atmosphere and their happy hour deals are awesome.

Tonight we celebrate my birthday at this location, i wanted it to be simple despite we made a last minute decision to drive from LA to irvine spectrum. We sign in for wait list and got checked in after 45mins. Our server kaetlyn was nice the whole time and sweet to greet me happy birthday as we leave. We ordered parm truffle fries and calamari for the appetizers the fries was nicely seasoned and so as the calamari, there's a few squid that's tough to chew (2-4 squid) but the rest is excellent. Our main dish was bbq bacon burger medium well it was well prepared and juicy We also ordered 20oz rib eye steak with bone in medium well but when i got my steak it was a little tough as i can see it was well done. I ask kaetlyn if she could ask the kitchen to make it medium as it dry and im so glad she did and very polite. They gave me a new plate of steak and it was excellent. Also i want to thank and appreciate the manager on duty tonight for personally coming to our table and talking to my husband while i was in the wash room to waived the fee for the steak. I wish I could've thank him personally or catch his name. We also got a free birthday chocolate cake which my daughter enjoyed. All in all the simple birthday experience at yard house was great. Thank you so much for the wonderful service. read more

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Read the reviews for the lettuce wraps last night while at the table and noticed that some people had said they had gotten food poisoning or something from them. I decided to give it a try anyways thinking it was something else these people ate. Let me just tell you I was 100% wrong, I have full on food poisoning (as I type from my bathroom). Would recommend the company seriously looks into why this is happening to multiple people with the same dish, very concerning. read more

Favorite Happy Hour Appetizers: - Poke Nachos: 5/5 Stars - Calamari: 4/5 Stars - Chicken Nachos 4/5 Stars - Garlic Fries: 3/5 Stars The last time I sat in to eat was March 2020 before COVID. Totally worth it to come during Happy Hour! The absolute standout are the Poke Nachos, with great-tasting fish. We usually order 2 per table. Calamari also has the perfect crunch to it. The only thing is that is it can be pretty hard to call a server when it's crowded and it gets loud inside the restaurant. read more

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Hailey is amazing!! Her energy was the best, she literally broke down every dish and all her drink recommendations were sooo good! I'm so happy with her service and for being on top of everything. Even though she seemed busy, she made sure to cater to me and my friends' needs. Thank you Hailey!! I hope we get seated with you again, bc I'll for sure be back thanks to you!! read more

Saturday 4.29.2023-9 pm -Ordered 2 Mojitos and plate of lettuce chicken wrap, Both me and my freind all night vomiting afterwards. Be carefull what you order. Plus bar tender had a lousy attitude, I regret leaving a tip. That's besides the point. read more

So COVID-19 has struck the restaurant industry hard. Places that have been around for years have been closing their doors for good after being closed for 2+ months. OC has entered phase 2 of reopening as of May 23rd. Last night was the first day that Yard House was seating dine-in customers since the March stay-at-home orders. I was walking by with my date and we were hungry. We were actually looking for a takeout place that didn't close at 8 pm on a Sunday night and we stumbled into the Yard House. Now, I've had many a date here but this was a new era. First of all, the staff is masked up and gloved up. The seating is staggered and I believe no more than 50% capacity is allowed. There weren't too many people out so this was not an issue. When we were being seated, the hostess wiped down the table with wipes and handed us paper menus. They even have this new electronic ordering system that has an electronic unit at each table. The unit has the menu and allows you to pay at the table for contactless payment. What?! It's true. You can even split checks with it too. Awesome! Our server came by to take our drink and food orders but we could have placed a request on the electronic unit. She even stopped by to see how everything was going after our food arrived but if we needed her, we could use the electronic unit to send a beacon up for the server to stop by. It's pretty genius if you ask me and about time that US restaurants start employing some more of these things. Our food was brought out promptly and I was ecstatic to be dining out again. We paid using the unit and it even accepted Apply Pay. While dining out will never be the same, I'm glad that places like Yard House is making it easier for us to do so in a time of social distancing. read more

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The two stars is for the quality of our food. Our food was amazing. But I have never had that terrible of service in life. We initially let things slide because we figured our server had a long day or was new here. We had a child in our party, and when it came to ordering his food she was very rude. We've been to many Yard Houses including this one and we asked for a kids Mac and cheese, which they didn't have, so she proceeded to suggest an adult loaded Mac and cheese, minus everything in it. $16 for a Mac and cheese minus the bacon, chicken, and truffle. We said it's fine. Four of us ordered some type of burger with fries. We asked for ketchup and ranch initially. She brought back one ketchup. When I asked if we could get 3 more, and two more ranches, she looked at me and said "Do you actually really need that?" I told her we all had burgers and fries and we would like that. She then continued to argue with me on how to split that small ramekin of ketchup among us four. I just stared at her and said nothing because I was so shocked. If you go to McDonalds, you can ask for any amount of ketchup and they will happily give it you. But for some reason she wouldn't bring it. After I told her it just wasn't enough and we needed more, she brought it 10 minutes later. She was very very slow. I took note of how quick every other server was and how on top of it they were. She brought out one of the drinks after the food arrived, despite it just being a water and reminding her of it. When we finished eating she asked us to clear out our table and stack up our plates for her to make it easier, which she actually never picked up in front of us. When it came to the bill I was paying cash, I figured they would still bring out the booklet tab because she mentioned she would bring the bill. She didn't, and she said to use the little machine despite mentioning I would pay cash. I left a $100 on the table and she walked past it, hastily said "That's it?" Pocketed the money and walked off. No receipt, no thank you, no good bye, no change, nothing. I spoke to the manager. He said he would talk to her and that he was sorry. He failed to compensate, he failed to do anything as a manger to be honest to make his guests feel even a little better about the situation. We go to this location and Newport all the time, I have never ever ever seen service like this. read more

Yard House - That's what she argued with me about sharing with four people who ordered fries and burgers. - New American Near Me - Irvine, California

I'de die for their Mac n cheese. It's high quality and tastes like heaven!!! They have drinks galore sports playing inside and the staff was so amazing. Last time I was there our server had an amazing conversation with my dad! It's a necessity to come here hundreds of times in one's life. read more

They put an ICE CUBE in my damn Lavender Drop cosmo...an ICE CUBE!! You're suppose to shake my cosmo in ice not place a huge a** ICE CUBE in my cosmo for it to be watered down?! Who came up with this. The calamari?!! Is Yardhouse about to file bankruptcy?! Why are they being so stingy with their portions?! Get it together. I'm so disappointed. I should've just ordered the onion ring tower unless they're only serving half of that portion too. OHHH! The music? Are we here to be sad? Holy crap...lighten up this place. Are we in our sad era? If you're here for shitty drinks, stingy portions of food, and listen to music that will make you sad then this place is for you! read more

I would like to start of by saying thanks to yard house for hiring this guy name Kyle. He was an amazing person and great customer service. Never had someone so amazing and helpful like him. Definitely I'm coming back and I will ask for Kyle. read more

I would like to start off by saying thank you for hiring this amazing guy name Kyle was an amazing person and very helpful and great customer service. I would definitely come back and ask for him to service me and my friends. Best guy ever and he made our night great. read more

This was my first time to a Yard House establishment. They have a wide variety of menu items, and from what I can tell more than 80 beers on tap. We first ordered the guac and chips. The guac was not very good so we had them replace it with the queso. it was definitely a great decision as it was incredible, and had some good spice to it. I also had the jambalaya which I enjoyed immensely. There were a couple issues that happened while we were there. But like a good establishment, should, the manager Carlos handled it very professionally, and made us feel like our business was something that he valued. The server I want to say her name was Mindy, if I am incorrect, I apologize. She also was very professional and did a great job. We will return at another date and enjoy some of the good food that we had while there. Thank you again Carlos for being a very professional and caring manager. read more

This review is strictly for the happy hour I have been coming here for years sometimes for afternoon drink or for dinner however, in the past couple weeks, we came here couple times for the happy hour and I was really impressed with the quality of food, the value for the $ and overall experience. Now this place has become my favorite go to for afternoon drinks and lunch dinner. The service is outstanding here and yes it gets very busy here but they manage to satisfy every guest and I appreciate that. read more

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Better than most places in the Irvine Spectrum because of its large seating area and consistent menu items. The Cheesecake factory chain has gone to hell in a handbasket so we decided to come to Yard House instead. Our first impression unfortunately was a fail because about 10 staffers were milling around the check-in station yet nobody seemed interested in getting us a table. We had to initiate the process but service from that point on was great. We were here for their food not for their twin beer towers. Even so, I was hoping to get a sour to drink. Despite offering so many beer options they only offered one sour.. A bit disappointed in only have one option but my selection was good. Food was on par with other locations, and both the roast turkey club and the chicken bowl (with noodles not rice) were very satisfying. When we walked out nobody acknowledged us ( just like when we first arrived). Same staff were just milling around talking to each other. - All time favorite is the Chicken Enchilada Stack read more

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Good good service , I get the rib eye omg amazing my Daughters and wife everybody love this restaurant, Ashley Thanku for everything ..!!

Amazing steak great beer good server Haven't had such a good meal in a while! Will be back!!! read more

Yard House - 8oz Filet Mignon - New American Near Me - Irvine, California

Wasn't the greatest experience regarding the food selection. I ordered the whiskey salmon, which was not fully cooked. The carrots were very hard, almost raw. The broccolini was hard to cut and chew. The onion rings were great. I did send it back for the salmon and carrots to cook more, which was better the second time, but the mashed potatoes were cold. Aylin was great serving us. read more

Yard House - Whiskey Salmon - New American Near Me - Irvine, California

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Everything was good and perfect and tasty and my kids enjoyed the food too and it was not over priced

My son and his girlfriend went to Yard House Irvine Spectrum tonight for a nice little dinner after some shopping, spending their hard earned money as summer interns. After dinner, sticky hands got ahold of a bag that was left behind and Vee the server serving them on the evening of July 10 returned the bag but the Lulu lemon merch was missing!!!. I'm so thoroughly disappointed in this. "Someone" took the Lulu bag which was in another bag to the back of the house instead of handing it over to the host/hostess. My sons girlfriend left it behind by accident then went back to get it only to find that the Lulu lemon bag had been taken out when Vee returned the outer bag. This is so disheartening. To take something that doesn't belong to one is one thing but from young people who work so hard for their money is just down right unconscionable. It hurts to see her so sad about this. Such a bummer. To boot, the Yard House manger and Vee didn't even try to make good for her. Disappointing because I really like their Poké nachos. I guess now I'll just have to order them from Sushi On Fire in Hunt Bch. They're an off menu item and delicious!!! Hope that helps read more

Great front staff. Chaz and Holly also great waiters. Had to take off two stars because I noticed the kitchen staff preparing the food without gloves, using their bare hands to touch all of the food. In 2024 just seems a bit unsanitary not to wear gloves while preparing the food. This may be policy across the board at all the Yard House restaurants. read more

The Yard House is really growing on me. I recently stopped in and I started with the Poke Nachos. I actually started with a glass of rosé, but whatever. The nachos were so good!! The poke was very high quality and plentiful. It was dotted with perfectly ripe avocado, scallions, nori strips and sesame seeds. What puts it over the top is the well-balanced blend of drizzles that include a sweet ginger soy, sriracha aïoli and white truffle sauce. Yum! The crispy wontons are perfectly light as well. Then, I had the Mini Cheesecake Brûlée...sooo good! And I love that it's too small to feel guilty but big enough to feel awesome! I stopped in today for just a glass of wine and one bartender, Daniel, remembered me and he was super knowledgeable and informative when I was here earlier in the week. The other ones were very attentive and friendly. Finally, I appreciate that there are multiple TV screens with multiple sports that you can see from EVERY seat in the house. I'm definitely coming back! read more

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I love this place. Their Happy Hours are what I live for. AMBIANCE // This location is enormous. Located in the Irvine Spectrum, many of their customers are people who are relaxing after a long day of shopping. It is quite loud and busy in here but I prefer that over super quiet places. You can just tell everyone is having a good time in here. There are always folks in big groups just hanging out with friends. My friends and I love coming here to catch up over Happy Hour. FOOD & DRINKS // I rarely come here for their entrees/non-Happy Hour related dishes so I can't speak to that. However, their Happy Hour dishes are off the chart. My favorites are the calamari, spinach​ and artichoke​ dip, onion rings, mushroom lettuce wraps, poke nachos, and (sometimes) mushroom and pepperoni pizza. For drinks, I get a gin & tonic or a beer. Regardless, I am never disappointed. SERVICE // The service is good here! I don't have much to say besides... they're good? OVERALL // 5 stars One of my absolute favorite places. Would recommend. (And definitely have recommended many times.) read more

The 2 stars are for Quentin's great service and our food. Otherwise we would have left zero. The host stand has been an issue for my family 2 times now. They're rude and inexperienced. It's basically impossible to go there with small children. While I appreciate the family restroom, they should consider put a changing table in the main restroom as well. Also they were out of multiple beers and our server informed us that they're not allowed to get customers 2 beers at a time...which must be a new rule and it's definitely not a California law. read more