Reviews for Five Crowns in Corona Del Mar, CA
Excellent prime rib ($42 for the 6oz) and included 2 sides. Cream corn, cream spinach, or mash potatoes. Salad was extra ($14... for the wedge salad). It was all very, very tasty. Expensive but very, very good. We would go again if someone else is paying. Read more
A very upscale restaurant experience. We first heard about the bar, Side Door, and we loved it. Great selection, beautiful... building and atmosphere. Even though the restaurant itself is elegant and delightful the service was just ok. We had severalmistakes in our orders and the servers were constantly noticed...like we were being watched our whole meal. Being in the foodservice myself for years I always tried to be invisible but ever present when needed. A task that takes skill and attention. Ourservers did not have that skill. Also my Filet was mediocre, charred on the edges and bloody in the center. Everything else wasoutstanding. Read more
In many ways, this is a classic restaurant with a contemporary feel. The food is excellent, as is the service. I have been to... this restaurant many times, along with the Lawry's in Beverly Hills. However, the Beverly Hills restaurant has updated in a waythat makes it feel rather impersonal and efficient rather than traditional but refreshed. I prefer going to the Five Crownsbecause I get that personalized attention and excellent food that I've grown accustomed to. Read more
Fantastic service and delicious food, busy for mother's day but still felt well taken care of.
Five crowns (which is OC’s sister of Lawry’s) is always fabulous! The servers are very knowledgeable and the food is always... amazing! Valet parking is available across the street. Street parking is pretty hard to come by depending on the time of day yougo. Read more
Excellent dining experience and service here at Five Crowns. The ambience was beautiful and comfortable. You’ll definitely... want to stay a while. We decided to do the dinner for two special they had- which included a crab cake appetizer, spring salad,prime rib (you could also choose salmon or a risotto), and hot fudge sundae. We were able to get mashed potatoes as our sideinstead of the creamed spinach or creamed corn. The only reason I took off one star is because their potatoes weren’t as goodcompared to the outstanding quality of everything else we received. I loved the salad, crab cakes, complimentary bread andbutter, prime rib, and the ice cream sundae. My husband also had the Russian river valley Pinot noir and the cocktail infusedwith smoke (I think it included the words ‘red sky’ and ‘sailor’). I had sips of both drinks and they were verygood. The sundae I think was my favorite part of the meal. At first I thought it wouldn’t be special because it wasn’t thechocolate soufflé. But the way they served it, with the hot fudge on the side…it was delicious and anything but ordinary. Iwould come back literally just for this sundae and a drink. Read more
I was there for a wedding event, so I wouldn’t know the actual restaurant vibe and services, other than one of their dishes -... prime rib, and the patio bar service, which was open to the wedding guests. They rent out the space (the patio in the enclosedbackyard area) for events like weddings before their normal restaurant business service hours, which starts at 4 pm (accordingto Google Maps), and the event had to be over by 2:30 pm, and the guests were leaving immediately. When I asked one of the thefemale servers who was also tending the patio bar if they were fully open, she said up to 50% capacity and that the tables havebeen rearranged accordingly. The servers (I counted 3) seem experienced for the event. There were a couple of more girls in thefront but they didn’t participate in serving the event guests. They have turned two rooms upstairs into a bridal suite and agroom’s cave (you’ll see what I mean if you see it in person). The bridal suit was spacious with a large window in a cornerthat let in natural light. I don’t know if they turn it back to a private dining room when it reopens at 4 pm, but consideringthe 50% capacity, maybe it is not part of their usual business. But I wouldn’t know since I didn’t stay till later. Keep inmind that AT&T 5G (1 bar didn’t get me anything) is terrible in this area or at least in this corner of Newport, so you willwant to use their WiFi and you may have trouble joining the network. It was the case for me, so I had to ask and the girlsshowed me how. It wasn’t the straight forward way you topically do. They have a parking lot across the street, which is quitespacious, although I could picture that it would be packed in the regular business hours or the pre-pandemic times. And ofcourse the small number of wedding guests didn’t fill up much of the lot. And lastly, the meal choices for the event wereprime rib, chicken or salmon. I got the prime rib because one of the the servers told me that it was most popula Read more
We have been here twice now for Thanksgiving day lunch and while the service is great and the atmosphere is cozy, the food is... just ok. I had the fish option -- salmon at the time -- and it was well cooked but unfortunately just a little plain. Therisotto option was far far too cheesy. Yorkshire pudding, on the other hand, was very tasty. The Side Door bar off to the sideof the restaurant takes me back to the small random pubs I visited in England which was cool and it does have it's own menu solooking to try that next time perhaps. Read more