Reviews for Aqua Restaurant and Lounge in Lake Forest, CA

Great hotel restaurant.

Good place and great customer service

Convenient if you stay at Holiday Inn.

Very pricey and the happy hour is horrible! Apparently they are Under New Management, and the old happy hour times and prices... are out the window. Friday happy hour used to be from 5 until 9 and has now been reduced to 5 until 6:30. We got there alittle after 7, expecting the happy hour price of $4 per well drink, and our 4 drinks ended up costing us $40. Two well rum andcokes at $8 apiece and 2 call scotches at $12 apiece. Granted, the well Scotch was something I had never heard of before andI've been drinking scotch for 50 years, so I ordered a Glen, expecting it to be 2 or $3 more than the well. I guess I shouldhave asked. Even the happy hour price for a well drink went from $4 to $7, so even if we had made the happy hour it wouldn'thave been much different. In addition to the drinks, the pair of us shared a $12 sampler platter which consisted of 3 onionrings, 3 tiny hot wings, and about a half a dozen deep fried veggies about the size of my pinky. At least it was hot. In factthe veggies were so hot, they were still burning our mouths 5 minutes after they were delivered, but I don't consider that a badthing. The one Shining Joy was the bartender Dani who was quite attentive, pleasant, and understanding. She gets 4 stars but Aqua's gets only one. I can see why most of the reviews on Yelp started by mentioning they had come with a Groupon. I will notbe going back. Read more