I was dining alone at the Newport Beach location, and it took 20 minutes for the trainee waitress to take my drink order. Another 10 minutes to get my salad. When my main food arrived, it was cold. I didn't complain because it took so long to get. It took almost an hour and a half for dinner.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Karla dovesss
Food was old. Chicken was dry you can tell it’s been sitting in a steamwell for hours. Bacon was soggy. Had to through it away.The ceased salad had no croutons in it.I’ll just stick with Olive Garden from here on out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ronald Rosenquist
Good food, great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Browned Butter
martie
It's alright.This place is nothing special. Just overpriced, but cheap quality Italian food surrounded by replica architecture to create an atmosphere.My family decided to eat here because we never had and thought it looked fun. Reviews were decent and the atmosphere of the restaurant looked cool from pictures. And stupidly we thought this was a local restaurant that we might not find elsewhere and didn't want to miss an opportunity.But the restaurant lived up to its "factory" name. It is just a chain of cheap Italian restaurants with cheap quality Italian food that is disgustingly overpriced. It was factory food. Pretty flavor lacking and tasted like it was fresh from the bag. I probably could have gotten the same meal for cheaper from a chef boyardee can lol. It was so bland and standard.The only thing this restaurant has going for it is the atmosphere. And that wasn't special either. Our table had us pushed up against a wall in the back of a packed but small room with a closed window that would have only faced the parking lot if open.I had seen a lot of original architecture during this trip to Cali so the building intrigued me. Just so I could find out that it's just the same "factory." Just replicas. Each restaurant factory made, each the same made to give an atmosphere. And hear me out at the time I thought it was a local restaurant and had the impression that it was original even though I should have known better. I was disappointed that I had skipped a better experience for the one I got at The Old Spaghetti Factory.My family had first wanted to eat at Ruby's Diner for dinner, but we went with the Old Spaghetti Factory because we wanted to try something new. We always eat at Ruby's when in Cali so we know it's good, but we also know there are other things out there. But sometimes you need to stick with what you know lol. I could have enjoyed the ocean and had a good meal, but had to venture. Needless to say the whole experience left me disappointed.And tomorrow I will be eating Ruby's for lunch lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Minestrone Soup, Italian Cream
Susan Hatton
I have been going to the Spaghetti ? Factory for many years. I especially like to go on my birthday ?. I love that they have the restuarant in many states. Yummy ?!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sally Olson
We love our whole experience at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Newport Beach and have made it a family tradition!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dzmitry Ivashutsin
Not the first time there, but this time everything was rather disappointing. First of all, paying for a valet in an empty restaurant parking lot, which is needed for the business to park more cars, is not exactly for guests convenience. Moreover, one needs to pay the flat rate separately from the dining, most likely to allow leaving a tip for it. The second disappointment comes with the service wait time. Just because our table "was assigned to another waiter", we had to watch how other tables came after us, ate and almost left, while we were still waiting for our water. Now getting to the food - mediocre at best. Ravioli were close to the ones you can get from a grocery store, pasta was average. Literally nothing special. The only thing on the bright side is the decorations.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 1
Ashley McCormick
Terrible service. We had a reservation and waited for about 15 minutes. We sat at the table and server didn’t come by for 15 minutes. Waited for drinks for 15 minutes. Waited for our food for longer. Waiter kept disappearing. Food sub par. We haven’t been to this place in about 20 years and we came back to bring our kids here to experience it. Super disappointed. Won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Michael Zastoupil
Parking: Valet Parking. They charge 5 dollars per car
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meat Sauce
Karoll Loughran
Just a bit too
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: White Clam Sauce Pasta, Our Famous Baked Lasagna
The service and the atmosphere were fine. The soup and the bread were tasty. The main course was not good at all. I ordered Angel hair pasta with meatballs, and sausage. The sauce was not edible the photo you see is the amount of food. I left on my plate. Good service and a nice atmosphere are fine but the reason I go out to a restaurant is to eat and the main course here we’re not edible. I’m sorry I know there are a lot of people who like this place however, I am not one of them. The interesting thing to me was that when they cleared the table and brought the bill out, no one even asked me how the meal was or seemed concerned about the fact that there was an entire plate full of food and I didn’t even want a to go carton for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
segomo5
As usual you get what you expect from here and it's always great!
Was in the area of Newport Beach. Thought we could get some quick food there. The wait was 20 minutes. We sat down our drinks were given to us and then salads were given to us. After that we didn't get refills till about an hour later and than shortly after we got our food and our food was lukewarm. Horrible experience. Others in the restaurant were complaining too. I was kind of fed up so I just took my food to go and left. Probably stick to the one in Fullerton. Newport Beach really dropped the ball on this one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Doug Review
The salad looked and tasted like bagged salad from Ralphs Supermarket. They only had spaghetti noodles and no.other choices. The meat marinara was ok nothing great just average for a Dennys. We tried to order hot toddy and the bartender didnt know what to.make, we got whiskey and rum in 2 drinks with some kind of tea with lemon, the lemon was good at least. Mizithra spaghetti wasnt bad just needed a little something to stand out, basically took noodles and clumped cheese over it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Debbie Adams Murtagh
Dietary restrictions: Gluten free pasta available, not much taste, sauce was excellent though
I was dining alone at the Newport Beach location, and it took 20 minutes for the trainee waitress to take my drink order. Another 10 minutes to get my salad. When my main food arrived, it was cold. I didn't complain because it took so long to get. It took almost an hour and a half for dinner.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Food was old. Chicken was dry you can tell it’s been sitting in a steamwell for hours. Bacon was soggy. Had to through it away.The ceased salad had no croutons in it.I’ll just stick with Olive Garden from here on out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Good food, great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Browned Butter
It's alright.This place is nothing special. Just overpriced, but cheap quality Italian food surrounded by replica architecture to create an atmosphere.My family decided to eat here because we never had and thought it looked fun. Reviews were decent and the atmosphere of the restaurant looked cool from pictures. And stupidly we thought this was a local restaurant that we might not find elsewhere and didn't want to miss an opportunity.But the restaurant lived up to its "factory" name. It is just a chain of cheap Italian restaurants with cheap quality Italian food that is disgustingly overpriced. It was factory food. Pretty flavor lacking and tasted like it was fresh from the bag. I probably could have gotten the same meal for cheaper from a chef boyardee can lol. It was so bland and standard.The only thing this restaurant has going for it is the atmosphere. And that wasn't special either. Our table had us pushed up against a wall in the back of a packed but small room with a closed window that would have only faced the parking lot if open.I had seen a lot of original architecture during this trip to Cali so the building intrigued me. Just so I could find out that it's just the same "factory." Just replicas. Each restaurant factory made, each the same made to give an atmosphere. And hear me out at the time I thought it was a local restaurant and had the impression that it was original even though I should have known better. I was disappointed that I had skipped a better experience for the one I got at The Old Spaghetti Factory.My family had first wanted to eat at Ruby's Diner for dinner, but we went with the Old Spaghetti Factory because we wanted to try something new. We always eat at Ruby's when in Cali so we know it's good, but we also know there are other things out there. But sometimes you need to stick with what you know lol. I could have enjoyed the ocean and had a good meal, but had to venture. Needless to say the whole experience left me disappointed.And tomorrow I will be eating Ruby's for lunch lol.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Minestrone Soup, Italian Cream
I have been going to the Spaghetti ? Factory for many years. I especially like to go on my birthday ?. I love that they have the restuarant in many states. Yummy ?!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love our whole experience at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Newport Beach and have made it a family tradition!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not the first time there, but this time everything was rather disappointing. First of all, paying for a valet in an empty restaurant parking lot, which is needed for the business to park more cars, is not exactly for guests convenience. Moreover, one needs to pay the flat rate separately from the dining, most likely to allow leaving a tip for it. The second disappointment comes with the service wait time. Just because our table "was assigned to another waiter", we had to watch how other tables came after us, ate and almost left, while we were still waiting for our water. Now getting to the food - mediocre at best. Ravioli were close to the ones you can get from a grocery store, pasta was average. Literally nothing special. The only thing on the bright side is the decorations.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 1
Terrible service. We had a reservation and waited for about 15 minutes. We sat at the table and server didn’t come by for 15 minutes. Waited for drinks for 15 minutes. Waited for our food for longer. Waiter kept disappearing. Food sub par. We haven’t been to this place in about 20 years and we came back to bring our kids here to experience it. Super disappointed. Won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Parking: Valet Parking. They charge 5 dollars per car
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meat Sauce
Just a bit too
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: White Clam Sauce Pasta, Our Famous Baked Lasagna
Restaurantji Recommends
The service and the atmosphere were fine. The soup and the bread were tasty. The main course was not good at all. I ordered Angel hair pasta with meatballs, and sausage. The sauce was not edible the photo you see is the amount of food. I left on my plate. Good service and a nice atmosphere are fine but the reason I go out to a restaurant is to eat and the main course here we’re not edible. I’m sorry I know there are a lot of people who like this place however, I am not one of them. The interesting thing to me was that when they cleared the table and brought the bill out, no one even asked me how the meal was or seemed concerned about the fact that there was an entire plate full of food and I didn’t even want a to go carton for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
As usual you get what you expect from here and it's always great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Browned Butter, Mushroom Sauce, Garlic Mizithra
Was in the area of Newport Beach. Thought we could get some quick food there. The wait was 20 minutes. We sat down our drinks were given to us and then salads were given to us. After that we didn't get refills till about an hour later and than shortly after we got our food and our food was lukewarm. Horrible experience. Others in the restaurant were complaining too. I was kind of fed up so I just took my food to go and left. Probably stick to the one in Fullerton. Newport Beach really dropped the ball on this one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
The salad looked and tasted like bagged salad from Ralphs Supermarket. They only had spaghetti noodles and no.other choices. The meat marinara was ok nothing great just average for a Dennys. We tried to order hot toddy and the bartender didnt know what to.make, we got whiskey and rum in 2 drinks with some kind of tea with lemon, the lemon was good at least. Mizithra spaghetti wasnt bad just needed a little something to stand out, basically took noodles and clumped cheese over it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dietary restrictions: Gluten free pasta available, not much taste, sauce was excellent though
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meat Sauce