Peppinos Italian Family Restaurant - Foothill Ranch
| Address: | 26612 Towne Centre Dr, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610, USA |
| Phone: | +1 949-951-1210 |
| Site: | peppinosonline.com |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–9:30PM |
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Chelsea Madren
A bread basket of French bread and tomato cheese focaccia are brought to the table. The French bread has a good crisp crust on the outside and is slightly chewy on the inside. The focaccia is soft yet chewy like a good pizza crust with a light tomato flavor and melted mozzarella cheese. Caesar Salad is fresh romaine tossed with Caesar dressing, mozzarella, Romano cheese, and topped with seasoned croutons. This was a very flavorful salad. The dressing was on spot with flavor and the mozzarella cheese was a pleasant creamy change to parmesan. Rating: 5/5 Fresh Jumbo Scallops sautéed in a white wine sauce with fresh garlic, seasoned, and served over linguini. The scallops were huge and cooked to perfection. The sauce was flavorful and clung to the linguine which was cooked to a perfect al dente. Rating: 5/5 Linguini Imperial is diced shrimp, baby clams, fresh garlic sautéed in white cream sauce, and served over linguini. The shrimp and clams were perfectly cooked. The clams had a sweet briny flavor and the shrimp were sweet with just the right amount of snap. Just like the prior dish, the sauce clung to the linguine. Rating: 5/5 Tortellini Imperial is diced shrimp, baby clams, garlic sautéed in white cream sauce over ricotta filled tortellini. The shrimp and clams were cooked perfectly. The seafood and sauce work really well with the tortellini. But be prepared to take some of this home as it is a large serving of pasta and very filling. Rating: 5/5 Pescatore is clams, mussels, halibut, jumbo shrimp, calamari, crab sautéed in fresh garlic with white wine sauce and served over linguini. The seafood bounty on this plate was incredible. I loved that they sautéed the mussels and clams in the shell so the flavors and juices from inside the shell were incorporated into the sauce. Each piece of seafood was perfectly cooked. Rating: 5/5
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Madde J
Tonight Me and a friend went to Peppinos in Foothill Ranch for some appetizers and drinks before watching a movie. There were only a couple of ppl in the restaurant and at the bar, we got a table in the restaurant part and I asked for the Happy Hour menu. I was told we werent allowed to order off the menu unless we were in the bar-section. I asked if they have regular chairs in the bar, cause I cant physically sit on a bar chair (as Im 9months pregnant) without feeling like Im going to pass out or getting excruciating joint pain.. No they didnt.. so I ask if its OK for us to stay in the restaurant as its not even close to full . The waitress asked the manager, came back and told us No sorry we cant do that. I again pointed out that its not that i dont WANT to sit at the bar, but I physically cant do it! The manager come up to our table and tells me that its not fair to the other customers if they let us sit in the restaurant and order off the happy hour menu. I AGAIN point out that I would GLADLY sit in the bar if they can provide me with a regular chair and table. But he pretty much rolls his eyes at us and tells me it not fair to the other customers. Ive never felt so discriminated against EVER!! So we just got up, left and ate somewhere else. I REALLY encourage EVERYONE to BAN Peppinos and Im going to make sure none of my friends never come back here ever again!
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Tony M
Waitress was so-so, good about getting our order in, however food servers need to pay better attention, ordered salad w/ dressing on the side, showed up drenched instead, sent back, never got a refill on water. Meanwhile busboys are clearing tables and clanking silverware & plates into the tubs, couple times it sounded like a tray of plates dropping, nice background ambience to the guitar player entertaining the patio crowd. Recd to go boxes, but no inquiry for dessert or offer to see the menu, table in front of us got seated, had desserts, got their check and left while we waited and waited. After 30 min of no check or dessert we moved up a couple tables to see the musician, as everyone up there had left by now, and hung out for the last set. Staff saw us, but no one even came by to check on us. Set finished I hit the mens room and on the way out our server sees me and says I thought you left! Yeah observant to the end, I reply No, we were there for quite a while before we moved up, do you have our check? Nice enough gal but needs training. At a full service restaurant I should have to ask for anything. Food was average decent Italiano, music was the best part, service eh.
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Nancy Q
This is one of the BEST AUTHENTIC Italian restaurants in southern OC! Ive been going to all of their locations since they opened their first location in Lake Forest over 30 years ago. Their food is fantastic and is as good as the authentic Italian food on the east coast where Im originally from. If you want quality authentic Italian, this is one of the finest restaurants in south OC to get it. I love the Lina Rolls and the Stromboli for a quick bite or for dinner. My favorite sit down meals are their Fettuccini Superiore!!! or their eggplant parmigiana or their Puttanesca pasta. Their minestrone soup is so good that I sometimes just go in to get soup only. Meatballs are tasty too. I only wish that their prices had not gone up, because my income hasnt really gone up...if it had, Id visit them much more often like I used to. Any coupons???! ;) Thanks for the authentic quality Italian food all these years and the family owned caring customer service!!
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Jackie Ganahl
Peppinos provides awesome service and amazing food! Large menu with lots of choices for everyone - including gluten free items. They offer entertainment on the heated patio - talented local bands perform several nights a week. Peppinos has a great selection of specialty cocktails or their bartenders can mix up whatever you want. The bar includes large TVs for sports enthusiasts and offers several tasty appetizers. Whether you are stopping by for a cocktail or meal, save room for a scoop of spumoni ice cream or an order of tiramisu!
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A Private User
The food is FANTASTIC. The ambiance is nice and the staff is friendly. The service was a little slow, but the food made up for it. Try the Rib Eye Floetine - DELICIOUS! I was the only one in the place at the time. I eat early and they had not been open for long, so I give them a bit of credit for the slow service. Family owned and family run. They did everything they could to make my dinner pleasant. I cannot recommend this place enough. I can stand slow service if the food is good and the food here was GREAT!
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Veronica Hernandez
Went for Saturday dinner with some friends. I had the meat lasagna. It was delicious! It is very meaty, the sauce is good. Personally, Im obsessed with cheese, so I would prefer more cheese. lol. Also, service was great...quick and pleasant. There was live music outside, a few sports TVs inside but not distracting. Recommend!
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Jamie Link
Food is consistently great and service is awesome. Love the calzones here, the ricotta filling is perfectly seasoned, just enough mozzarella and yummy, fresh "toppings" make it hard to beat. Ive been coming here almost weekly for take out and recommend this place to everyone I know.
