Address: | 16278 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, USA |
Phone: | +1 562-592-1321 |
Site: | donthebeachcomber.com |
Rating: | 4 |
Working: | 3–9PM 3–9PM 3–10PM 3–10PM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–9PM |
JA
Jason Lum
"In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki room. In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki room". Dont worry they didnt play that song, but it still brought back memories of Disneyland. Don the Beachcomber is better than Disneyland no crazy kids and stinky diapers just clean drunken adult fun. When I first walked in, I was blown away by all the Hawaiian decorations. It reminded me of a cross between the Hawaii Polynesian Culture center and the Tiki Tiki Room only no fire blowers or Tahitians in grass skirts. Don the Beachcomber is a legit party destination and it didnt feel cheap or have a franchise feel. MAN I wish I could go to Hawaii. It is BIG FAT HAWAIIAN event time! I was starting to regret not coming with a PLUS ONE, because it is a wedding right?.. Okay I did plus one, but that ONE decided to Minus One. Thats okay no problemo. I started to mingle with a few members, but no one seem to remember me. GOSH How could you forget the good looking Asian guy? Just kidding. I guess most people drink a lot and the Black & White Christmas was pretty packed. Like all VIP events, I decided to get in line for drinks and look for a table. Only this event was different everyone seem a lot more relaxed. Some other events most members worry about not getting a table or food and drinks, but trust me you can not out drink this place. The Mai Thais, Champaign, and mojitos were flowing quicker than Cris in a Jay-z Big Pimpin video and we were drinking rum like its H2O. With 4-6 server/ bartenders and a staff of about 6 for food, waiting was minimal. After about 30-40 minutes there was no alcohol line. Thats always a good sign when bartenders can poor faster than people can drink. Its hard to spell alcohol I admit.. I spent a few minutes getting the right spelling. Its okay you dont need to spell it to drink it :) After getting a pirates ration of Rum filled drinks and a cupcake, it was time for the Hawaiian style buffet. I decided to take a sample of everything. A small helping of garden salad, macaroni salad, some kind of cold spaghetti noodle salad, a fluffy roll, mix veggies, salmon, chicken, shredded pork, and ham. Dang that was a lot of food! I know Im crazy, but I had seconds when no one was looking. Individually, each item was just okay. I like the pork the best because it was tender and slightly salty. If you eat the items as a combo, it taste a lot better. My favorite taste combo was combining the shredded pork with a little garden and macaroni salad and a roll. YUM! I wish I could have made a sandwich like that. The salmon was slightly undercooked and the chicken was decent. I usually never rate service, because its all about the food, but Don the Beachcomber staff was exceptional! Ive gone to real weddings with less service. The servers constantly clean the tables like a 5 star restaurant and a server came around with champagne. Also, bonus points for the staff for taking the time to listen to drunken stories. I will seriously consider Don the Beachcomber for parties.
DE
Dents Suck Brandon David
Lets start off by say that our actual server Ashley was really great and this bad review has nothing to do with her. We made a reservation for 6, at 7pm, arrived at 7:05 because parking was horrible, and was told buy the hostess that our reservation was just given up for the party that walked in before us, that had no reservation I might add. Then when we asked why our reservation was given up, especially to people that didnt have reservations, she replied Im sorry it was a mistake but theres nothing I can do about it, it is what it is, youll have to wait for the next available table. We were obviously pretty pissed at this point by this little teenage hostess smug attitude, and for having to wait now. Then she purposely sits us right in front of the loud playing music out of spite, and sits another smaller party in a booth that should have been for us. We asked to speak to the manager 3 times, the hostess flat out ignored us. Finally we ask our server, she gets the manager , we tell the manager as were getting ready to pay a decent size Bill after all this crap, and she simply says Im sorry Ill talk to her, THATS IT!! No discount, not even a coupon or anything, after we put up with this crap. Well Don The beach Comber, sorry you will never see a dime from me, or any of my friends and family, because Ive Done nothing but tell everyone I know how horrible your restaurant is. Fyi your food is crap, expensive, and small portions!!
JE
Jenefer Jackson
We made reservations for out 25th anniversary for 7 pm last night. We showed up at 6:40 And the bar was packed, but restaurant had a few empty tables. The young lady at the front (who was missing in action for the first 5 minutes we were there) when she approached us, said"its going to be a while!" I let her know we had a 7 pm reservation. There were 3 other parties waiting who were upset because the restaurant wasnt full, but they werent being seated. The young lady at the front told one woman waiting the server wouldnt let her seat anyone else because only one server had showed up. 2 of the other parties keft because they were frustrated She then finally approached us and said, "I can seat you now". I asked if there was only one server wouldnt we have to wait forever to get our food and her response was, "Well, you could give it a try..." at that point we cut our losses and let her know wed just find someplace else to eat. I can say with certainty that no one was managing the restaurant when we went there. The young lady at the front was trying her best, but WAY overwhelmed. I am glad we left and found a nice restaurant even though we had to wait 45 minutes to be seated or our anniversary would have been totally ruined. :(
NI
Nicholas Moore
We stopped in for a quick drink and appetizer on our way home from the beach Saturday. Nice surprise that they had a Karaoke thing going on in the bar on a Saturday afternoon. This place is charming in that is feels like an authentic Tiki Bar, and weve learned about its very interesting history. Very cute, and definitely something we enjoy. However, the bathrooms are absolutely abysmal and I tend to equate clean, tidy bathrooms with clean, tidy kitchen, and vice versa. It immediately made me wonder how sanitary the kitchen and food prep were. The drinks were reasonably priced. Appetizers good. Service was mediocre. In fact, the bartender who came on around 4pm was somewhat rude to our friend who specifically ordered unsweetened ice tea with no lemon, and when it showed up as Passion Fruit tea WITH lemon, the bartender said to our friend, "well, you didnt say you wanted it that way!" No apology at all. ANYHOW, the bathrooms alone were enough of a reason we are not likely to return.
M
M Strain
I was SOOOO skeptical. Im pregnant and very hungry all of the time. We visited this place after two weeks of vacation in CA and our share of crummy restaurant food. We showed up at 12pm on a Sunday and were the only ones in the place at first (the entire building could seat hundreds) which made me nervous. But it was great! The drink menu is divine and my husband was very happy with his cocktails. The hidden gem is the food. The popcorn shrimp was above and beyond delicious. It contains all of the components I look for in a dish: crispy, hot, tender, sweet/sour/salt/spice were perfectly balanced with cool condiments. So satisfying. Even the kids chicken tenders were freshly made in-house.