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2932 E. Chapman Ave. Orange CA 92869

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  • Fine Dining, French, Wine Bar
    Sun, Wed-Sat 7pm-11pm
    $$$$ $$$$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible
    Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended, Online Reservations Available
    Free, Lot Available
Description

The Hobbit is from a dying breed, a group of the proud and the expensive that once included La Vie en Rose, The Arches, and The Riviera at The Fireside—places that had their heyday when eating out was still called dining, men were required to wear dinner jackets, and the cost per person was about the same as a ticket to Disneyland. But even among those, The Hobbit is distinguished. Instead of succumbing to changing attitudes about what it meant to be a restaurant in the new century, The Hobbit forged on. It even recently remodeled. Its longevity may have something to do with its business model. It has always offered a prix fixe even before pop-ups made them cool again. And it does so to full houses, one seating per night, five nights a week since 1972.








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  • The Hobbit Is Orange County\'s Precious

    The Hobbit Is Orange County's Precious

    The Hobbit is from a dying breed, a group of the proud and expensive that once included La Vie en Rose, the Arches, and the Riviera at the Fireside—places that had their heyday when eating out was still called dining, men were required to wear... More »

  • The Hobbit in Orange Makes OpenTable\'s 100 Best Restaurants for 2011

    The Hobbit in Orange Makes OpenTable's 100 Best Restaurants for 2011

    Restauranteurs might loathe them, but diners love OpenTable. Over the years, it's evolved into its own app and even allowed members to submit ratings and reviews. A San Francisco-based company, we can... More »

  • 2007 | Best Restaurant for Tolkien Geeks

    You wouldn't want to work where two of the unluckiest Disneyland "cast members" do: inside a truck with a deep fryer parked at the end of Main Street. But their sweat and toil produce one of the best (if not the only edible) treats inside the park: the corn dog. Theirs is a thick and juicy wiener, hand-dipped in cornbread batter and deep-fried to the lopsided and gnarled shape of a caveman's club. Inherently greasy and decadent, it begs for a thorough slathering of yellow... More »

Main Menu
Spring
 
Champagne & Hors Doeuvres
 
New Zealand Grouper
rainbow baby beet salad, white asparagus tips, mint & chive beurre blanc
 
Roasted Spring Onion Stuffed Quail
warm new red potatoes, micro corn shoots, fresh sauteed english peas
 
Watermelon Salad
sweet mint vinaigrette, hydroponic mache greens, goat cheese crumble, delicate sliced yucca crisps
 
Sorbet
meyer lemon & thyme
 
Garlic Crusted Rack Of Lamb
spanish chorizo demi-glace, or this evenings alternate entree $7.25, prime filet mignon with bearnaise sauce, or pan seared sea bass with ginger rice, freestone peach tart tatin, house made creme fraiche, brandy flamed caramel sauce
Spring / Summer
 
Champagne & Hors Doeuvres
 
Seared Pacific Halibut
assorted french fingerling potatoes, baby artichokes, blood orange & sweet beet emulsion
 
Allspice & Black Pepper Dusted Kurobuta Pork Loin
sauteed fresh brussel sprouts with applewood smoked bacon on a bed of orzo, rosemary scented natural jus
 
Mixed Heirloom Tomato Tartar
micro frisee lettuce, humboldt fog cheese, black pepper caramel vinaigrette, ciabatta bread crisp
 
Sorbet
clementine orange
 
Filet Mignon With Spice Cured Foie Gras
porcini mushroom demi-glace, or this evenings alternate entree $7.25, new zealand blue nose bass with beluga lentils
 
Lace Almond Cookie Cup With Mocha Espresso Mousse
sweet chandler strawberries with mint tops
Summer
 
Champagne & Hors Doeuvres
 
Roasted Ahi Tuna Loin
hass avocado & smoked red onion salad, fresh assorted micro herbs, heirloom tomato consomme
 
Grilled New Zealand Lamb Loin
marinated in garlic & rosemary, bed of israeli cous cous, crispy spanish chorizo, sweet corn broth
 
Baby Frisee & Watercress
dressed with pineapple vanilla vinaigrette, summer melons, manchego cheese curls, baguette plank crisp
 
Sorbet
white peach
 
Prime Aged New York Steak
sauce bearnaise, or this evenings alternate entree $7.25, grilled swordfish, court bouillon beurre blanc
 
Meyer Lemon Cake
golden raspberries & chandler strawberries, candied kumquat syrup, star fruit chip
Fall
 
Champagne & Hors Doeuvres
 
Cherrywood Smoked Alaskan Salmon
grilled baby asparagus, chanterelle mushroom jasmine rice with bacon, shellfish broth
 
Fire Roasted Lamb Sirloin
stewed white bean cassoulet, merguez sausage, micro herbs, brown butter sauce
 
Braised Belgian Endive On A Bed Of Frisee
thai basil vinaigrette, delicate blood orange & grapefruit, supremes, crumbled gorgonzola, toasted walnuts
 
Sorbet
blackberry
 
Cote De Boeuf, Seasoned & Trimmed Prime Rib
with fresh horseradish, or this evenings alternate entree $7.25, grilled new zealand grouper, lemon grass cream sauce
 
Boca Negra Cake
dark stout creme anglaisepine, pine nut brittle crisp, strawberry coulis
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