If you are a big fan of new, interesting and tasty food, Starfish is perfect choice. All things super tasty and fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame
Jay Jerrier
The food was fantastic. Huge menu with tons of choices. Jillian D. Our server was very friendly and helpful. Can’t wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Janet Henry
Really beautiful interior finishes. Food was tasty, but one of the dishes was ridiculously spicy. Our server warned us and we asked for the broth on the side. Thank goodness we did, the dumplings would have been inedible soaking in it - it was straight chili oil.Braised pork bun was really tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised BBQ Pork Buns, Mixed Herb Calamari
Sam Qureshi
Kylie should be president of this god damn country! She’s super friendly and pours great drinks. I will keep coming back as long as she works here. Dominique also provided great service! She walked me through the menu, gave me great recommendations and provided 10/10 service, I felt like I was on a first class flight these two girls they were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason Ip
Food was excellent, wait staff was also great. Hostess was rude and not welcoming. (The older lady, not the younger ladies) older lady ignored us when we walked in. She was off-putting and rude. Hosts are the "face" of the restaurant and should be warm and receptive as that is the first impression of front of house operations. Otherwise new favorite restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Amy Welton
I ordered the Szechuan scallops and edamame. Both were absolutely fantastic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
cassie ellison
Favorite place! Food is amazing and the service is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame
Maureen
Make sure you have reservations. With the spring/summer months coming up, those tables, inside and outside will fill up fast. The Opium hours were great, but so were the regular price entrees. Everything was delicious. Ambiance is fabulous, service was fantastic and food was sooooooooo delicious.
Valerie Van de Zilver
Small, but spacious enough. Excellent food & service. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skirt Steak, California Roll
Devan Rouse
We had a reservation on Saturday at 5. The service was terrible. The drinks took forever to come out, our table wasn't fully set, and our server was nowhere to be found for the entire meal. He did not come check on us at all from the time we placed our order to the time we finished eating. The one time we tried to get his attention he didn't acknowledge us. We had to flag other people down for the place settings and soy sauce we were missing.We tasted the spicy tuna roll, lobster macadamia roll, chicken satay, Korean tacos, and edamame. The edamame was surprisingly delicious but the rest was pretty mediocre. The lychee martini did not taste anything like lychee. The lemon drop was good. Happy hour pricing is decent for food and drinks.Atmosphere was fine but it was pretty loud and cramped. Our reservation was for inside but we were sitting right by the double doors that were wide open so it was basically outside.Not likely to come again or recommend.
Starfish was good!! The shrimp lettuce wraps could have used more shrimp, it was mainly veggies in a sauce, the tuna roll was good! For the entrees we had the candy dragon prawns & miso black cod. The prawnswith the side of coconut rice was good & miso black cod was perfect but I feel like the bed of vegetables didn’t really go with the black cod… lastly the flourless cake with ice cream were good but too full to eat!
Recommended dishes: Coconut Rice, Candy Dragon Prawns, Spicy Tuna Roll
Nicholas Van Der Sluys
Dined at Starfish on the recommendation of a Newport local. It absolutely did not disappoint. The spicy margaritas were the best we found in California, and the dishes we cherrypicked from all sections of the menu were each fantastic. We'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Crissy E.
So so so good!! From the salads to the sushi to the fabulous cocktails! Highly recommend
TCY123
We invited our friends to try Starfish today. And Starfish hit it out of the ballpark today. From the hostess' greeting when we first walked in until the end of our delicious lunch, everything we ordered was pure PERFECTION. So so glad we gave them another try.
Valeria C.
Starfish is such a great spot for lunch, happy hour, or dinner. So happy for find a great spot for Opium Hour!!!!!! The food is so good, the ambiance is comfortable and the staff is so friendly. Thank you for a great experience.
If you are a big fan of new, interesting and tasty food, Starfish is perfect choice. All things super tasty and fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame
The food was fantastic. Huge menu with tons of choices. Jillian D. Our server was very friendly and helpful. Can’t wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really beautiful interior finishes. Food was tasty, but one of the dishes was ridiculously spicy. Our server warned us and we asked for the broth on the side. Thank goodness we did, the dumplings would have been inedible soaking in it - it was straight chili oil.Braised pork bun was really tasty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised BBQ Pork Buns, Mixed Herb Calamari
Kylie should be president of this god damn country! She’s super friendly and pours great drinks. I will keep coming back as long as she works here. Dominique also provided great service! She walked me through the menu, gave me great recommendations and provided 10/10 service, I felt like I was on a first class flight these two girls they were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was excellent, wait staff was also great. Hostess was rude and not welcoming. (The older lady, not the younger ladies) older lady ignored us when we walked in. She was off-putting and rude. Hosts are the "face" of the restaurant and should be warm and receptive as that is the first impression of front of house operations. Otherwise new favorite restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I ordered the Szechuan scallops and edamame. Both were absolutely fantastic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Favorite place! Food is amazing and the service is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame
Make sure you have reservations. With the spring/summer months coming up, those tables, inside and outside will fill up fast. The Opium hours were great, but so were the regular price entrees. Everything was delicious. Ambiance is fabulous, service was fantastic and food was sooooooooo delicious.
Small, but spacious enough. Excellent food & service. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skirt Steak, California Roll
We had a reservation on Saturday at 5. The service was terrible. The drinks took forever to come out, our table wasn't fully set, and our server was nowhere to be found for the entire meal. He did not come check on us at all from the time we placed our order to the time we finished eating. The one time we tried to get his attention he didn't acknowledge us. We had to flag other people down for the place settings and soy sauce we were missing.We tasted the spicy tuna roll, lobster macadamia roll, chicken satay, Korean tacos, and edamame. The edamame was surprisingly delicious but the rest was pretty mediocre. The lychee martini did not taste anything like lychee. The lemon drop was good. Happy hour pricing is decent for food and drinks.Atmosphere was fine but it was pretty loud and cramped. Our reservation was for inside but we were sitting right by the double doors that were wide open so it was basically outside.Not likely to come again or recommend.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Edamame
Restaurantji Recommends
Starfish was good!! The shrimp lettuce wraps could have used more shrimp, it was mainly veggies in a sauce, the tuna roll was good! For the entrees we had the candy dragon prawns & miso black cod. The prawnswith the side of coconut rice was good & miso black cod was perfect but I feel like the bed of vegetables didn’t really go with the black cod… lastly the flourless cake with ice cream were good but too full to eat!
Recommended dishes: Coconut Rice, Candy Dragon Prawns, Spicy Tuna Roll
Dined at Starfish on the recommendation of a Newport local. It absolutely did not disappoint. The spicy margaritas were the best we found in California, and the dishes we cherrypicked from all sections of the menu were each fantastic. We'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So so so good!! From the salads to the sushi to the fabulous cocktails! Highly recommend
We invited our friends to try Starfish today. And Starfish hit it out of the ballpark today. From the hostess' greeting when we first walked in until the end of our delicious lunch, everything we ordered was pure PERFECTION. So so glad we gave them another try.
Starfish is such a great spot for lunch, happy hour, or dinner. So happy for find a great spot for Opium Hour!!!!!! The food is so good, the ambiance is comfortable and the staff is so friendly. Thank you for a great experience.