Lava kitchen and bar

416 W 4th St, Santa Ana - 92701
47 reviews
Asian Fusion Vietnamese
(714) 858-6600

Honestly… I just came to support my girl and her new job venture. However I have such a good time the staff the food and the vibe was so great!!! ❤️ can’t wait to go back. I will definitely spread good words about lava?

Quality food authentically Vietnamese and reasonably competitively priced for the made to order. I enjoy the garlic noodles and shake and beef and spring rolls with noodles both be deliciousLight show wonderful atmosphere sufficiently loud to appreciate rap music quite entertaining.Responsive very friendly helpful staff always looking out for us.I don't usually go out to party but I had lots of fun

Great music, awesome atmosphere, but the bar staff left a little to be desired. They were hard working but seemed a little unknowledgeable about pretty standard cocktails and they took way longer to make than necessary. I think they may have had to step away to look em up, and in all fairness for them it was during a rush. While the place is super nice, I'd recommend sticking to shots and beers here

Great music, awesome atmosphere, but the bar staff left a little to be desired. They were hard working but seemed a little unknowledgeable about pretty standard cocktails and they took way longer to make than necessary. I think they may have had to step away to look em up, and in all fairness for them it was during a rush. While the place is super nice, I'd recommend sticking to shots and beers here

this place is dope!

Came here with a 15+ large party with a reservation beforehand and so many things felt unacceptable. For me and my partner, it took probably two hours for our order and to come out. This also happened very, very slowly with dishes trickling out one at a time around the table. Some dishes were overly seasoned or had too much salt (notably the fries and seared salmon). It took 10+ min for water after asking for it, and some of us received a plastic to go fork instead of metal utensil. We were seated outside, but their heat lamps were all out of propane for at least an hour before some got delivered. To top it all off, it was not even busy, but felt severely understaffed. One would think knowing ahead of time for a reservation, they would have enough staff to handle.

Best pho around

Great place to eat and chill very comfortable seating and staff is amazing