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Bosscat Kitchen & Libations

Address 18169 Von Karman Ave, Irvine, CA
Phone (949) 333-0917
Hours
Monday11:00am-10:00pm
Tuesday11:00am-10:00pm
Wednesday11:00am-10:00pm
Thursday11:00am-10:00pm
Friday11:00am-11:00pm
Saturday10:00am-11:00pm
Sunday10:00am-9:00pm
Website www.bosscatkitchen.com/irvine
Categories American Restaurant, Bar, Cocktail Bar, Event Venue, New American Restaurant
Rating 3.9 20 reviews
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Bosscat Kitchen & Libations reviews

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Chris
January 01, 2022 10:58 am

Delicious food and well-crafted drinks. Happy hour is a great value. The bar, kitchen, and wait staff all clearly know what they're doing. Will definitely be back!

Leon
January 01, 2022 10:35 am

I have been looking forward to the shrimp and grits and it did not disappoint! Great vibe in this place and the service was amazing!

M Simons
January 01, 2022 8:51 am

Cool, dark vibe with good background music. Great selection of whiskeys and their old fashion is very good. Wish bar area was bigger as can be tough to get a spot eventhough there is plenty of surrounding open space.

Jefrey
December 29, 2021 3:05 pm

Food and drinks are amazing. The waiters are very quick. Our waitress was Danielle C (Danny).
Very nice music and ambiance.
Will be back!

Luis
December 24, 2021 7:23 am

Bosscat has a really unique venue and style for the area. Definitely feels like you’re in LA. The food is great as well! And the service is lovely. The chicken sandwich and burger were both great. We tried a cocktail that had banana and tamarind, very unique and would recc! Also tried the short rib and it was full of flavor.

collin
December 23, 2021 11:48 am

My parents and I stopped here for dinner to celebrate my Dads birthday and it was a great. The food tasted and looked great. The only ding I could give it was the prices on some items seemed high, for example I got the shaved pork chop sandwich and it was 15 bucks for just a sandwich no fries or anything.

Jon
December 21, 2021 3:47 pm

Terrible service at the bar, I won’t be back. Left hungry, as they never asked if I wanted to order food. People sitting to the side of me arrived after me and received their food before I was even asked if I wanted to order anything. Bartenders and even hostess wereunapologetic with that “too cool for school” attitude. Hard Pass.

Jerry
December 18, 2021 6:00 pm

We only got appetizers. They were good"ish". Waiter was amazing! Service was excellent. Beer was great (Octoberfest)! The entire staff was very nice and helpful. Great atmosphere! I saw some phenomenal looking steaks coming out of the kitchen! So I've got to come back! See all y'all soon!

Kay
December 14, 2021 6:24 pm

Visiting from out of town and came across this spot. Ordered a plate and the rice was cold. I informed the server Kate and without hesitation she said she would get me a new plate or make the same one again for me. The dish came out piping hot and was delivered by the owner Chris. He was very apologetic and said he was going to comp my dish, which I told him he didn’t need to do. He sat with me and my date and we had a great conversation. He is a super awesome guy! He made me feel like it was beyond important that they fixed my cold food and made me feel important as a consumer. Without a doubt, I will eat here again, knowing how important customer service is to this restaurant. I highly recommend trying this spot out.

Amanda
November 30, 2021 11:31 pm

I have been to this place twice and both times it was bad service.
I went here this afternoon with my boyfriend to celebrate a huge win that happened today. We picked this place because of the whiskey list and we wanted to buy a few different nice whiskeys. When we got there we sat down and looked at the menu. We asked for 2 whiskey's and the bartender went to the whiskey room and came back and said they didn't have one we asked for. The bartender then offered to take my boyfriend to the back room to see all the whiskeys. Then he said he was sending their whiskey specialist. The "whiskey specialist" walked up and introduced himself and then said he had to serve a coffee. After 20 minutes of waiting for the "whiskey specialist" we got fed up and walked out. We tell the manager why we are leaving he says it's not his fault there are only 2 bartenders and we should have gotten a table if we wanted quick service. We get to the parking lot and he kept making excuses instead of trying to make it right. Even as we started walking away he continued to instigate unproductive conversation. The focus was not about getting us back in or making the situation ok, it was on defending himself. It was a very disappointing experience.

binky
November 30, 2021 3:31 am

Absolutely delicious everything we ordered! No complaints. Every one of the staff was nice helpful and just awesome! Thank you all! We’re from out of town and decided on this place before our drive home and we are so happy we did! We will definitely come back.

Joe
November 24, 2021 4:01 am

The Waiter didn’t recommend anything. Told me I couldn’t get the burger without some toppings as the chef “ wants it that way” get off your high horse.

He didn’t offer any insights on what meals came with sides, couldn’t even ask “ do you want fries with that? ”

Oh you’re known for a whiskey bar? (As he put it)
But he couldn’t recommend a single whiskey drinks?

All the apps were lacking. Corn bread was ice cold. The chicken and cheese dip resembled something my dog threw up, and tasted similarly.

The Candied bacon+kimchi struck awe to the table. Like how could something possibly taste this bad? What’s their secret? (And I like Kimchi)

My advice: get cocktails here, eat elsewhere.

Amy
November 22, 2021 5:55 pm

Food was wonderful from the sides and drinks to the entree we shared. (One of the best lemon drops I've had in a while) fresh and clean was a bit sour but it was nice. We shared the pulled pork hush puppies and portobello fries. For dinner we had the cajun brick chicken with dirty rice, absolutely delicious. We shared a desert of apple pie and while I did find the crust a bit on the sweeter side it was a succulent filling. Definitely recommend this place.

Andy
November 12, 2021 8:41 pm

The short rib dish is one of the best i have ever had.chef's interpretation of au gratin potatoes was amazing.happy hour was a bit crowded.will definitely be back. A+

Dick
November 12, 2021 3:03 pm

Excellent food and awesome service. The guy who brought us our food seemed genuinely stoked about the delicious experience we were about to have and he was absolutely right, it was fantastic. We'll definitely be back.

eric
November 12, 2021 2:22 pm

Just gross. We had the famous fries: they were burnt. We tried brussel sprouts: they were soaked in oil. I had a $25 salad that I could have made from a bag at home with five little "grilled" shrimp that didn't even have grill marks on them. My friend had the $30 salmon, which looked like a TV dinner-pale salmon on a bed of lima beans. We would have complained if the waiter was ever around. Definitely our first and last visit.

Mouni
November 09, 2021 12:34 am

The food was incredible, we got the Totchos (must have), the Shrimp and Grits had a a nice kick to them, the Chillaqueles were awesome and definitely add the egg and finallt the Apple Cheesecake Waffles were unique and the perfect finish.

I had the Wakeup call tail which comes with a Pocky stick in it. Great vibes and good times overall.

Thankful
October 16, 2021 6:01 am

Restaurant was nice and I got a meatloaf that's cost $12 for like 5-6 pieces of cubes and it didn't taste that great. My friend got a turkey burger that I recommended it taste way better than the cubed meatloaf. The staff are overall nice.

Jimmy
October 11, 2021 12:38 am

Although 53 dollars seems VERY expensive for a sandwich, a side of Mac n' Cheese and two beers, I enjoyed the atmosphere, friendly service, and good food. I also appreciated them still serving food at 10: 30, as I get off work late, often working all day with no dinner. It's been really hard this year to find late night restaurants to go to after work. Thanks, Bosscat!

ted
October 07, 2021 8:22 pm

Shouldn't badmouth a place for being busy but I was there for 10-15 minutes by myself (yes I go out alone.sometimes!) and nowhere to sit nobody said hey man can I get you something to drink and there were lots of other people standing around in the same boat. Might be a nice place but I didn't wait around to find out

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