Longboard Cafe

The seafood here is awesome. We ordered the seafood pasta which was delicious it came with scallops, shrimp, and lobster meat with pasta and bread. Also got the scallops which came with some rice and green beans. Burger with fries for the kids and Kraft Mac which was literally Kraft Mac I would skip this and get something else.

We have been here twice. When the weather was nice we were able to eat outside with our puppy, which was great. Check for daily specials! We have had the Longboard burger (no pic sorry), tacos, chowder and their wings (delicious). Must have had a newbie bartender the one day because the pour on the margarita was so strong I had to ask for something to dilute it, and I like a robust margarita. Will give them another opportunity soon!

It’s been a couple of years since we last visited OC, a gap we never had before and only due to SARS. With our 45th Anniversary we are staying a week to relax, see the bench dedicated to our parents and see what’s changed especially restaurants. This year we discovered Longboard Café and it definitely ranks as one of the best and not just in OC! When you visit a restaurant and you see the owner greet and mingle with his customers ( many who clearly have come time and time again),, as well as helping staff clear tables, you know you are in for an intimate experience and this restaurant clearly succeeds. Located on 67th Street, in small shopping mall (OC Towncenter Midtown Boardwalk) with clothing and other stores, Longboard was fortunate that it has an expanded outside seating area that spreads the length of the shopping area. It has a nice inside with tables set apart. It is noisy as many reviews have pointed out with a bar area packed. It was jam packed inside and outside Caroline G was our main server, awesome, very busy and helped by the rest of the team. She and everyone else stopped by to check on our food and the Owner came by to let us know our dishes were on their way. There is an extensive menu and I know we didn’t do justice to several items listed as both appetizers and entrees. We didn’t want to fill ourselves up so ordered the guac and chips. Also, some warm bread and butter was also served (so nice that unlike Northern Virginia there is no separate charge). For our main course we order the special fresh catch lime in coconut fish, my wife the mahi mahi and I had the Rockfish. Both excellent, tasty and delicious and well presented. I almost had the salmon. We were so full and about to leave when we were served a complementary dessert beautifully prepared for our Anniversary. Totally unexpected and another reason why this restaurant ranks so high. Its rare for me to give an unqualified outstanding rating but Longboard belongs in that category . Owner Rick Vach and your staff, you ROCK!!!!!