True Food Kitchen - Newport Beach, California

Eunice C.

I came with high expectations but left not really wanting to return. None of the dishes were memorable or something I would crave again.

Pros: Ingridents and atmosphere
Cons: Unclean tables, execution of dishes, and plating

The ingriednts they used are fresh and leaves the gut happy. 🌱✨️ The atmosphere is nice - the only suggestion would be to not play songs with profanity considering there were toddlers and seniors around. 👶🏻👵🏻

The tables were deceivingly fifty... I usually wipe down tables for my toddler before sitting- and when I wiped this table...I went through more sanitizing wipes than a patio seated restaurant. 🫠

Hummus - It did not have a creamy, traditional taste but tasted closer to a heavily seasoned americanized dip. It's flavorful, but not a hummus. The pita(?) was also seasoned - the texture was too hard and not that enjoyable.

SZA salad - I was excited for this one b.c. of the heavy marketing launch- but it was ok. Cucina's salads are more memorable and joyful to the palette!

All Americna Burger - It's a burger.

Teriyaki Bowl - It was too salty - I had to send it back with one bite.

Seasonal pizza - The pizza dough was too dry and hard. The ingredients on the pizza (ex. butternut squash) were all bunched on one side of the pizza rather than being well spread out - so it wasn't to my surprise that it wasn't well cooked. (I'd understand if the restaurant was busy - but it was realtively empty-the dish felt rushed.) The ingriednts were beautiful- but the dish was poorly executed.

Danessa G.

If I could give this 10 stars, I would! The food was amazing; texture, taste, portion, & price! I left feeling 0 guilt and that is unheard of for me. The service was gold! Chloe and Nicole were so awesome, attentive, and accommodating. I went solo and sat at the bar and had myself a grand ole time. I had the Pineapple Spritzer, the Charred Cauliflower, Seasonal Salad with strawberries, pistachios, and thai basil dressing and Air Fried chicken, as well as the Passion Fruit Tart (also seasonal) with a Decaf Americano for dessert. The whole experience made my day! Thank you!

Jessica J.

Food and service were amazing! My husband and I ordered the Butternut Squash Pizza. It’s Vegan and something I would never think to try but glad I did. We absolutely loved and it’s on a sourdough crust! We also ordered the Mediterranean Hummus Wrap. It was excellent with a delicious dipping sauce. It’s also Vegas. It comes with two options of side salads however, I decided to upgrade to a small bowl of Mac and Cheese to try (not vegan) which was also very delicious. Didn’t order any drinks but they have lots to choose from. Aaron was our server. He was very friendly and gave great recommendations. Atmosphere is very nice with plenty of seating indoors and out.

Roxanne L.

It may look like a Korean glass noodle bow but it’s not. It tastes nothing like it, not even tasty in anyway. HARD PASS! If you don’t know how to make a good dish, you should take it off the menu, don’t give people hope then crush it. The added $7 shrimps tasted like old frozen shrimps which has been cooked for a week. The star is for the endamame dumplings. That’s very good. But that’s about it. My families order burgers and salad, none of them good

Ariel

I love the food here! I was a little saddened by the gluten free changes but informed me that they plan to change it again in the summer. The manager, Gracia, was super sweet and rectified the issue I had with my food, absolutely superb customer service! I genuinely love True Foods and highly recommend to try for yourself if you have not!
Some of my favorites; The OG burger, butternut squash pizza, alll the sides, the hangover drink (SOOOO GOOD & REFRESHING), and their vegan & gluten free cookie (it’s huge and also sooo good)! And so much more!

Frank A.

As always, a great experience, food is outstanding, service friendly, organic and no seed-oils. I can highly recommend it.

Alyssa K.

Don't even waste your money here. I got a delivery last night with the chicken sandwich, tomato soup, market salad (added chicken for $7.80) and pesto pasta. The chicken was supposed to be airfried and was burnt to a crisp. Completely inedible! The tomato soup had zero flavor and ended up getting tossed. My market salad was good however there were only 3 bites of chicken The only item I was happy with was the pesto pasta. This was such a disappointing meal and I horrible value.

Stacey A.

Visiting from out of town. Thought it might be nice to have something familiar. I didn't recognize my favorite Terriyaki with Chicken at all. It didn't have any flavor, very dry without any visible Terriyaki sauce. Maybe they threw it together because it was a kid's meal. But some of us have limited appetites due to health concerns. I would expect the same quality, no matter what. Very disappointing...