The Grille

Food is delicious and cheap. It’s a nice, small mess hall in a corporate building. Kitchen staff is nice. Would rate higher if it had Free Wifi or free refills on sodas. Two dollar fountain drink with no refills is a bit off-​putting.

Love this place. Chava, Cruz, Sonya and the rest of the staff have become friends and are always personable.
Good food always!

I do believe this is the most convenient place when I’m at the WATG building. The staff is always warm kind and nice and I do enjoy their grilled cheese sandwich. One of the best things here is their salads and they are very reasonable from price and the good portion.

I have never once had anything bad here, and that’s saying a LOT as I come here at least once a week. Food is typically significantly under $ 10, even for combo specials, so Unilocal is significantly off on their price. I typically order their grill special. It is fast (less than 5 minutes!), a great deal, and it is delicious! This usually comes with a soda, but since I don’t drink soda, I usually ask them for a cookie instead.
As for my favorite menu items, they tend to change. When I first ate here about 4 years ago, my favorites were their chicken enchiladas and chicken pot pie (which they don’t make anymore :(), and then my favorite became their turkey chili. Now it’s their carne asada nachos, which is basically generous amounts of carne asada, their homemade chips, and other toppings drenched in queso. YUM. My mouth is watering as I write it now! I also just tried their taco Friday and it was also soooo good! Their grande breakfast burrito is also fantastic.
Service is awesome. Everyone there is really friendly and loves to joke around. As I mentioned before, price is really reasonable. Also, if you buy a gift card, they give you an additional 10%. I usually spend $ 100 and get $ 110 added onto the card.

I don’t know who rated this place as $$$$, but it’s more $ or $$. It’s your average corporate office café, deli or what have you. They have the basics… breakfast sandwiches, burritos, pancakes, etc for breakfast and salads, burgers, etc. for lunch. I’ve only been here twice and ordered the breakfast items. Pretty decent. Not overly delicious but respectable enough to please that hungry palate so you can get your work done the rest of the day.
P. S. The customer service isn’t bad either. You can call your order in so that when you get there, it’s ready.

Yummy place to get lunch if you work in the area. Parking is by ticket only, and the Grille DOES validate, but the first 15 minutes are free anyway (in case you’re just picking up). Plenty of places to sit inside, or outside.
They have weekly specials, and their carne asada nachos and turkey chili are the best! Nachos come loaded with the meat, beans, guac, sour cream, cheese, salsa and jalapenos. Yum! Their chili is on top of a bed of brown rice, and it’s served with cornbread. Probably their two best things on the menu.

5 star for friendly service

Not good, not bad, typical sandwich spot for employees. Came here with a friend because we were on the hunt for the OC weekly paper which we found out was quite hard to find in Irvine.
Sandwich was under 5 dollars and came nicely cut into four small triangles, held together by a toothpick and a pickle in the center. Nothing amazing or out of the ordinary but the pickle was a nice addition. Parking is non-​existent unless you’re an employee or a visitor (1.50 an hour) so you’ll probably have to walk from Spectrum parking to here. But to even know about this place, or even be reading this review, you probably are an employee around the area because it’s located inside the office building.