Here is a list of some of my favorite places in South OC:
Fukada - Irvine - Excellent Japanese food - Very reasonably priced. Seafood salad and spicy tuna are excellent.
Gen Kai Sushi - Dana Point - Screaming O is a great dish
Coyote Grill - South Laguna - Best calamari tacos and margaritas -…
Ew coyote grill are you joking?? Calimari tacos are pretty good but that’s where it ends for good food from coyote grill unless you count chips and salsa which yeah there’s are fine and margs sure but margaritas are impossible to mess up. Don’t know that one good menu item is enough to call it a hidden gem, more like a waste of that prime location