Cordelia Chinel O, MSN, FNP-BC

Review of Orange County Mining Co.

Ambience: This place has an Old World Charm that c...

Ambience: This place has an Old World Charm that cannot be overlooked. It's rustic, metals and cast iron doors and stone burning fireplace display adds to it's essence of feeling like "you're inside a cave or underground." The decor k ocks it out of the park in that sense.

Food: Food fit for peasants with reasonable pricing but also the "unhealthy" components that goes with Peasant eating. If you don't care about your cholesterol count and can afford to cheat from time to time, it's the place.
SALAD BAR: A very large assortment of soup and salads to fit everybody's style in this category. Good option and a major plus to feed a large family without busting the bank.

The classic Cheese Bread is plain, bleached flour bread lathered over with butter and cheese and melted till it crusts over. Kind of like the cheese bread slices you would make at home with all it's guilty pleasures. It's basic, tasty and filling for cheap...not a bad business concept.
MAIN COURSE: They have a nice selection of Fish Meals as well as an assortment of steak( fillet mignon, Prime Rib and Too Sirloin just to name a few) but there's something for everyone who likes beef or fish.
The preparation is appropriate and satisfying. Tasty with a little heavy in the salty components but if you don't like that, yo have the other options to choose from. All PORTIONS ARE GENEROUS.

DESSERT: Not much to write home about but enough to soothe a sweet tooth and reasonably priced. You may not have room bc you fill up on almost everything else.
THE SUNSET: This is worth coming here multiple times. They are sitter at the prime location on a hill top that lends itself to an amazing view of the City as far back as Los Angeles and a Gorgeous Golden/Orange California Sunset to die for. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SEATED BY THE WINDOW.

WHY ONLY 3 STARS:
Seats by the window is limited.. probably only about 20 seats area or less gets the privilege of watching the Sunset view. I suggest making reservations and Begging them for Window seating and hope for the best.

Other NEGATIVE: The carpet is so worn and disgusting it looks like it hasn't been cleaned in centuries. When you have food debris and high traffic carpet is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Besides the fact that it likely doesn't get any sort of good cleaning beyond sweeping if that...it will harbors unspeakable growth of the worst bacteria and Fungus bc of water and sugary beverage spills. This is also an attraction for RODENTS.. They are a surrounded by fields and wildlife which is not a far stretch of imagination.

ATTN: MINING COMPANY--TIME TO REMOVE THE CARPETS AND DO A PLAIN, RUSTIC, DISTRESSED WOOD FLOORING TO KEEP TO YOUR THEME BUT EASY CLEANING AND LOW FALL RISK..