Aura Grill - Irvine

Decided to check this place on a Monday evening. it was an extremely slow night. . food: my friend and I ordered a lot of spits and grill items. also ordered garlic frying. Eat wasn't bad! was not the best

Great atmosphere with excellent cooking choices. I recommend this bar and grill.

Overpriced breakfast The breakfast bar was overpriced, if you want the convenience of eating in the hotel.

Service staff was friendly but not very attentive. Nice hotel-bar type atmosphere. $7.50 for a beer but I think that 's normal for the OC area. I was so disappointed in the food here I refused to pay for the 2nd meal. For lunch I ordered fish tacos. They came so overstuffed I could only eat them with a fork knife, I needed the knife to cut the tortilla shell it was so rubbery. They tasted like old fish and onions and tomato. I ate them both but later regretted it when the tacos had a fight with my stomach. For dinner I ordered the grilled cheese. I ate a few pieces of fruit that were on the side but the rest were hard and not ripe. The menu says cheddar, gouda, and jack cheeses. Sounded good but the combination has a weird taste like goat cheese, or like the cheese had gone bad. It was pretty awful. The server offered me another meal but I had already decided I wouldn 't eat any more of their food. Not sure why he didn 't offer to get a manager or comp the meal. I didn 't want to cause a scene so I signed the bill and then went to the hotel front desk, where they promptly removed the charges from dinner. April 2014) I gave the restaurant another try (October 2014). The service was better but the grilled cheese was still terrible.

The only bar and restaurant in the hotel lobby is the primary option for dining, as there are not many other nearby options unless you're willing to walk further out. The menu offers a variety of both drinks and food items.