Back Bay Tavern - Newport Beach

HOLY GUACAMOLE ! On Saturday we decided to beat the heat by shopping exclusively at this Whole Foods Market starting with lunch right here. My wife and I thought our first lunch visit here a couple of weeks ago was spot on so a return visit was on the cards. After parking our wheels in the huge Fashion Island undercover parking garage we simply walked across to the Back Bay Tavern and entered via a side door. LOVELY AND COOL ! Even walking across the street just after midday felt darn hot so it was a treat to be inside a cool air con space for lunch. Juana the friendly switched on bartender server recognized us from our last visit and gave us a welcoming smile. We stood at the bar to order.....Jose the cool bartender also remembered us from our last visit...even recalled which craft beer I ordered on his expert recommendation. FIRST UP ! My wife wanted the CHICKEN STRIPS FRIES Crispy chicken tenders, French fries, ranch while I had to have the COCINA NACHOS Corn tortilla chips, shredded pork carnitas, queso, pico de gallo, black beans, jalapeño, avocado cream . BEER ! Now Jose remembered my beer profile clearly......hazy IPA 's so he offered me samples of a couple of hazy IPA 's that were new to me. We both agreed that the Roadhouse Brewing The Walrus Hazy IPA 8% abv I ordered last time was too good to pass up. YES PLEASE ! I joined my wife at our long bench table with my ice cold beer in a classy stem glass. VERY RELAXING SPACE ! Given it was near 90F outside and I am enjoying my fabulous ice cold beer in this cool space....a combo too hard to beat. LUNCH ! Our lunch order came out courtesy of a smiling Juana.....talk about big serves. There was no way my wife was going to get through more than half of her gigantic serve of Chicken Strips Fries.....enough for 2 people. The only time I have seen a bigger serve of nachos than my humongous Cocina Nachos was at home when I make my own. TALK ABOUT DELICIOUS ! The big chunks of shredded pork carnitas, the jalapeños and the avocado crema took it to the next level. Between sipping away at my fabulous ice cold hazy IPA and jammin ' nachos down my throat.....I was in LUNCH HEAVEN ! Hard to beat delicious food, great beer fabulous service in a relaxing space !

HOLY GUACAMOLE ! On Saturday we decided to beat the heat by shopping exclusively at this Whole Foods Market starting with lunch right here. My wife and I thought our first lunch visit here a couple of weeks ago was spot on so a return visit was on the cards. After parking our wheels in the huge Fashion Island undercover parking garage we simply walked across to the Back Bay Tavern and entered via a side door. LOVELY AND COOL ! Even walking across the street just after midday felt darn hot so it was a treat to be inside a cool air con space for lunch. Juana the friendly switched on bartender server recognized us from our last visit and gave us a welcoming smile. We stood at the bar to order.....Jose the cool bartender also remembered us from our last visit...even recalled which craft beer I ordered on his expert recommendation. FIRST UP ! My wife wanted the CHICKEN STRIPS FRIES Crispy chicken tenders, French fries, ranch while I had to have the COCINA NACHOS Corn tortilla chips, shredded pork carnitas, queso, pico de gallo, black beans, jalapeño, avocado cream . BEER ! Now Jose remembered my beer profile clearly......hazy IPA 's so he offered me samples of a couple of hazy IPA 's that were new to me. We both agreed that the Roadhouse Brewing The Walrus Hazy IPA 8% abv I ordered last time was too good to pass up. YES PLEASE ! I joined my wife at our long bench table with my ice cold beer in a classy stem glass. VERY RELAXING SPACE ! Given it was near 90F outside and I am enjoying my fabulous ice cold beer in this cool space....a combo too hard to beat. LUNCH ! Our lunch order came out courtesy of a smiling Juana.....talk about big serves. There was no way my wife was going to get through more than half of her gigantic serve of Chicken Strips Fries.....enough for 2 people. The only time I have seen a bigger serve of nachos than my humongous Cocina Nachos was at home when I make my own. TALK ABOUT DELICIOUS ! The big chunks of shredded pork carnitas, the jalapeños and the avocado crema took it to the next level. Between sipping away at my fabulous ice cold hazy IPA and jammin ' nachos down my throat.....I was in LUNCH HEAVEN ! Hard to beat delicious food, great beer fabulous service in a relaxing space !NOTE Of course with over 22 million views of my Yelp reviews and pics in 2022 I can tell you what is great !

EXCELLENT LUNCH ! My wife and I were over at Fashion Island on Saturday to do a spot of shopping......with my wife 's son who was visiting with us for a few days. LUNCH ! We decided that this Back Bay Tavern inside Whole Foods Market was our best option for lunch. At around 1.30pm we placed our lunch order at the bar with lovely cashier server Juana for 1 x CAULI-FORNIA TACOS Crispy cauliflower, cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, avocado crema, corn tortillas , 1 x TACOS DE CARNITAS Braised pork, cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, avocado crema, corn tortillas , 1 x PUB-STYLE FISH CHIPS Beer-battered cod, French fries, tartar sauce . We also ordered 2 craft beers from their huge craft beer list....1 x Roadhouse Brewing The Walrus Hazy IPA, 1 x Offshoot Beer Escape West Coast IPA and 3 Iced Waters. We took our beers with us to a long bench table inside quite hot outside and waited for our meals to come out. Our craft beers tasted very refreshing.....my hazy IPA tasted exceptionally good. FAST SERVICE ! Within a few short minutes Juana brought our our lunch order.....everything looked sensational ! My wife and her son thought their 3 well presented on taco racks humongous Tacos tasted fabulous. WOW ! Even though I 'm an Aussie it 's been a million years since I 've had Fish Chips. The beer-battered Cod was cooked perfectly....I loved it. And my hand cut fresh cooked French Fries hit the spot. We loved our lunch and the very good service by Juana !

Very casual. great place to grab a beer after work. awesome food specials as well. i especially love their Thursday burger beer special. they will give you a larger beer with an upcharge for the difference.

A hidden gem in the back of a WholefoodsPark in the parking structure next door.It’s free!