Restaurants in Irvine Spectrum

10 restaurants with published source evidence. 1 have a mapped location and enough distinct comment text for indexing, drawn from 1 source threads.

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Capital Seafood Restaurant

Dim Sum · Irvine Spectrum · 5 source comments

I’ve catered from Furiwa, Beijing Noodle House, and Capital Seafood. All solid choices. But nothing lit up my guest faces quite like Panda Express…

u/Fearless-Valuable820 · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Jul 2025

Capitol Noodle

Chinese · Irvine Spectrum · 1 source comments

Just in regards to Irvine Spectrum, Capitol Noodle is Chinese and they do delicious dim sum in the morning on weekends.

u/joanie-baloney · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Sep 2023

Robata Wasa

Japanese · Irvine Spectrum · 2 source comments

ah, the all important meeting between the parents. i would choose a quiet japanese restaurant. why? because from past experience going korean or chinese skews things. i would consider izakaya osen or jinbei or robata wasa. not the biggest fan of the food at the latter two but lets face it, no one's really going to concentrate on the food during this meal.

u/ssibalnomah · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Apr 2026

Brio

Italian · Irvine Spectrum · 1 source comments

Not fast food, but Brio in Spectrum does an Italian burger, which is on the happy hour menu, and it is RAD! It comes with fries. I think it’s $9. My hubby and I split the burger and then get other appetizers too. Best burger in Irvine IMO.

u/Mommayyll · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Nov 2024

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream Irvine Spectrum

Dessert · Irvine Spectrum · 1 source comments

As far as beaches go, I would head to the Peninsula. There are two piers, Newport and Balboa. Around both, there are quite a few places to eat and explore. If you want it a bit more quiet beach wise, I would stop right in the middle by the elementary school. Park on the street and head over. Balboa…

u/blownhippie · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Aug 2021

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Banquet style · Irvine Spectrum · 1 source comments

PF Chang’s is def not Chinese food 🤣 Options and styles: • Capital Seafood in spectrum good for dim sum • Tasty Garden pretty good Hong Kong style cafe food • A&J’s for Taiwanese style stuff • Tim Ho Wan in Diamond jamboree for contemporary Hong Kong dim sum (capital is more traditional) •…

u/bobabenz · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Sep 2023

Javier's

Mexican · Irvine Spectrum · 1 source comments

• Sup Noodle and Orobae for boba • Baekjong - kbbq • Phan’s 55 - pho • Marugame Udon • Fukada - Japanese • Javier’s - Mexican

u/Taterdogg · Read the full comment on Reddit

Last mentioned Jan 2023

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