About Haven Craft Kitchen + Bar
Beyond their size, small businesses are defined by their spirit. And at the helm are their intrepid founders—scrappy, ambitious, and resilient. They invent and build things despite uncertainty, because it’s what drives them. Their risks lead to innovation that moves the world forward. And we need them.
The food was spectacular, the drinks well made and the service was great! We stared off strong with the cornbread, and mac & cheese. We still talk about how amazing the cornbread with the honey butter was. Our main dishes were delectable, and ended off the night with the toffey pudding. We all agreed that it is a hidden gem of a dessert, it is decadently sweet and just perfect with the ice cream scoop. We will be coming back to this establishment to try out more of their amazing food.
If you're looking for a restaurant that truly challenges your preconceptions about food safety, book a table here immediately. My Caesar salad featured what I can only describe as "chicken tartare". The strips were pink, gelatinous, and so rare they hadn't finished reading the menu. This level of dedication to moisture retention is truly appalling. The $26 hamburger, marketed as being "engineered to touch all 6 of your tastebuds," was the main disaster of the evening. In reality, it was a perfectly uniform, catastrophic mush that defied both logic and gravity. I’m fairly certain the engineering process involved a blender and a prayer. But the real star of the show was the structural element: the wooden skewer holding this sloppy monstrosity together gave my father a complimentary finger splinter. Our server was kind but if you’re hungry I’d skip Haven’s. Save your money and protect your hands, you deserve a meal that doesn't physically fight back.
I am surprised their score isn’t a 5. I have been coming here for over 10 years, multiple times throughout the year and have never had a bad experience. Their food has always been fantastic and I am very particular about food quality. Also, they have the best ice cream in the Orange circle and maybe in OC. I’m an ice cream person, and their homemade ice cream blew me away. I was not expecting that. Go to this restaurant, you will not be disappointed.
Haven Craft is a bustling, contemporary restaurant in the heart of Orange. The host stand had a few issues finding and crediting us for our OpenTable reservation, and the service slacked a little toward the end of our meal, but in general it’s an inviting space with good food. The octopus dish was well cooked, albeit more of a tapas size than a main, and the arancini, cornbread, and sticky-toffee pudding were all delicious.
absolutely delicious food!! we had a couple beer flights and shared the pesto pasta, risotto, and corn bread and everything was divine!! our server ryan was very attentive and kind as well.