Ron Khoury

In short,
Best bang for your buck zoo.

With a few more details,
The OC zoo is at a beautiful location, within the Irvine regional park that has hikes and plenty of space for kids to play and many picnic spots. It also has the mini train and pony rides which kids love.
It has such a great amount of animals, a sheep petting area and reptiles section and most animals you get to get real close to them. It is not huge so easy for kids to walk and see. Even if it is crowded on the weekends it still is not too bad to see the bears or Bald Eagle or Peccary. Kids and adults alike will get to see a good number of animals with plenty of info on little wooden boards.
The staff are very friendly and will occasionally bring out a parrot it snake for visitors to touch or interact with.
We love this zoo more than any big zoo.
The biggest twist is that the price of entry is two dollars for adults and kids under 2 are free. Also, they do take donations if you’d like to do that too. To park inside the regional park is five dollars.
So if you were wondering what to do with your kids on a certain day, this is a great option. Def recommend.

In short,
It was a good burger, McDonalds fries, and limited seating.

With a few more details,
It’s located in an unassuming strip mall with plenty of parking. Seating is limited to a high top bar inside and 3 tables outside so if you want to chill better make it at noon sharp when they opened.
Service was good. Didn’t appear that they have many people working there.
Drinks were a bit pricey for what it was. $4 for a glass bottle soda.
I got the double cheeseburger with bacon. Loved that they used martin’s potato buns but the bun was cold for some reason. Bacon was crunchy which played well into the burger. Meat was dense but also somewhat crispy on the external extremities.
Flavor was good but it was a bit dense. Maybe it’s supposed to be like that?
Fry sauce was good and had a tint bit of bite which made me think they made it in-house.
Fries were McDonalds fries which I don’t care for but I know some people do like them starchy like that…overall it was a good experience but I tried it and on to the next one bec it was almost $25/person for a small burger and fries and a water. I’d still take innout over it any day.

In short,
Good bakery. Few seats. I tried it and moved on.
With a few more details,
Great location and nice entry way.
Staff seemed to have low moral although they were pretty friendly. They didn’t have much knowledge on what the main favorites are.
Lemon yuzu eclair tasted good. Creme inside was yummy and marshmallow on top was soft. The pastry was a bit dry or maybe it was baked a while ago though.
The display case was a bit foggy and seemed to be made out of plastic or plexi. The look of baked goods to the eye comes before the mouth and flavor and that look was a bit unappealing. Hope it gets replaced by a proper glass panel to make those goodies shine.
Anyway overall it was ok but not as good as I expected it.

Really good Beef Shawarma.
Authentic Lebanese flavor.
I wish it had more tahini sauce(tarator). Finally a place that makes it properly with NO lettuce.
Great thing about this place is that they have soujouk (Armenian Sausage) shawarma which started with Lebanese Armenians in the streets of Burj Hammoud in Lebanon. Especially if you like a little heat in your sandwich.
Owner was friendly and welcoming.
Parking might be an issue if the strip mall is full.

Very nice country club.
Clean and everyone that works here is very nice.
Easter celebration was fun and all the kids had a good time.

They had a petting zoo and an egg hunt and an egg drone drop which was cool for the kids.