
Originally Posted by
ketel&tonic
Then there's also the strip of places on PCH by Rusty Pelican, in between Newport and Dover.
There's Bayside Restaurant near the entrance to Balboa Island. I've only been there for company parties - pricey, but good.
Oooh! Garlic Jo's!!! That place is GOOD. You'll stink for 3 days afterwards, but it's SO worth it. It's in the old Margaritaville place, across from Joe's Crab Shack.
Javier's in the Crystal Cove shopping center. Yummy.
The Quiet Woman for the cougar hunters out there.
The Royal Hawaiian or Blue Hawaiian or whatever that place is blows.
Newport, CDM, and Laguna are chock full of places to eat.