Mastro's Ocean Club - Newport Beach Orange County

Mastro’s Ocean Club sits on East Coast Highway, a twenty-five-minute walk from the Newport Beach Pier. The room runs smart and elegant, serving a menu of seafood and classic grills that earned a 2024 Wine Spectator Excellence Award.

Most restaurants along this stretch of the coast rely on proximity to the water to do the heavy lifting, but Mastro’s focuses its energy on the wine cellar and the grill. While its neighbors often lean into a casual, sandy-floor aesthetic, this dining room demands a bit more formality from its guests. It is the better choice for those who want a structured, high-register meal rather than a quick bite after the ferry, even if the result feels more buttoned-up than the rest of the Newport scene.