The Stand - American Classics Redefined

The team that works here works hard and go over the top to chat and be polite. They even have signs up that they buss your tables and are so nice! Hope management rewards the Sunday 5:30pm team! Spot on!The short rib grilled cheese, burger, fries and root beer float were all delicious

I love The Stand and have dined at a few of their locations. This is most definitely the smallest one I've been to. Although located in a large plaza where there is plenty of parking, the interior is cramped compared to other locations.I visited on a Saturday around 4pm and the place was fairly quiet. Only two guys were working, one at the register and the other at the grill. I ordered a Stand Burger, cooked medium, along with a regular order of fries and a cookies and cream milkshake. The friendly fellow taking the order also offered some complimentary pickles and a cup for water.As my food was delivered to my table, a very large group of young adults from the nearby LDS church walked in. The place suddenly had a long line and was about to become packed. The two worker-guys didn't panic and worked as quickly as possible yet provided good service, one by one. I started to eat but realized my milkshake hadn't been delivered. As I looked up, I saw the fellow at the register dash out the front door and return with a milkshake in his hand which he took with him back to the front counter and continued to help the long line of hungry youth. I quickly figured out that a delivery driver had come in to pick up an order and also walked out with my shake which had been set out but not yet brought to my table. I walked up to the front counter, grabbed the milkshake, and asked the now frantic guy at the register if it was mine and he told me "yes". Not sure why it wasn't brought to me...I just hoped he saved it before the delivery driver sucked a few sips through the straw!The burger was superb. The thick, juicy beef patty was obviously top-notch quality beef. Betweeen the delicious brioche bun the lettuce and tomato were fresh and the pickles and sauce added to a perfect burger. Their fries were excellent and the milkshake was as good as a milkshake can be. Although my experience was a bit odd I still enjoyed my meal very much.

T'was the day before Christmas, and I was planning on heading out to celebrate the end of year holiday when all of a sudden, my lunch plans changed. Inside my inbox was a message from The Stand with the subject line "3X The Cheer: We're Closing Early Today."I was originally planning to have lunch elsewhere in Irvine, where they have a Stand location, but when I was Google Mapping The Stand in Orange County, this location in Newport Beach showed up! It's in a shopping center called The Bluffs, which is on the corner of MacArthur and Bison where the 73 meet, forming a nearly isosceles triangle, and that shopping center is the only entity within said triangle.Its close proximity to UC Irvine makes it a rather favorable spot for students who attend that university, but its rather small location wouldn't be able to accommodate as many groups unless they were to take their orders to a lounge area between Chipotle Mexican Grill and Stacks Pancake House.I don't take the 73 because it's a toll road. I took the 405 and got off on MacArthur where John Wayne Airport is. From there, you'd have to go south about 4 miles to The Bluffs. If you're trying to find The Stand, it would be on your left, but you also have to be careful that you don't pass it the first time. When you go southbound, you don't see a sign for "The Stand" since 1) The restaurant is located in the far corner of The Bluffs, which may be difficult to see with many a tree on MacArthur, and 2) You can only see The Stand on The Bluffs' streetside sign when you are driving northbound, but please know that you can only enter the plaza through Bison; if you're driving north and try to enter on MacArthur, you'll end up paying a toll.When I got in, Evan was at the front taking orders, and he was much more friendlier than the other cashiers who rang me up on my first visits to Long Beach, Tustin, and San Juan Capistrano. He stumbled a bit, however, when I asked him about their new turkey sandwich, and he proceeded to tell me about The Grand Stand Turkey, a regular menu item, and The Turkey Reuben, which had just come out a few days ago. I had him explain both, but it took him a while to bring up the descriptions on the register, and he even needed help from a female co-worker on The Turkey Reuben. Once Evan said sauerkraut, I was sold!Evan asked if I'd like any sides, which are a la carte. I asked him about Mac & Cheese, but I lost interest once he said the word "Kraft". I decided to go with Stand Slaw instead. This brought the cents portion of my subtotal to 9, and I wanted to see if the app would round up like Cafe Rio and MOD Pizza would do. Spoiler alert, it did not.I asked Evan how long I'd have to wait, and he said my order would be ready within the next 10 minutes. He became much more friendlier when he saw that I was a rewards member, but I sincerely hope that doesn't mean non-members don't get the VIP treatment as well!I hid at a two-person table by the wall with somewhat, though not terribly, wobbly chairs just to see if the server would notice where I was sitting, and she had no problem finding me about 9 minutes after I placed my order. She handed me a basket of Stand Slaw and The Turkey Reuben, but I noticed something was missing."No napkins?" I asked. She went to get some. They really expected me to eat a messy sando with no napkins? lolThe slaw wasn't too bad, but I felt there wasn't enough slaw dressing; either that, or it had all dripped to the bottom of the cup. However, it was quite small for $4. I may not get it again, but it was nice to try.The Turkey Reuben was much better, but also super greasy! I dropped the last 20% of my sandwich into my basket and ate it with the fork that came with The Stand Slaw.Shortly after, an employee whose name starts with a D and has the letter Z in it checked up on me. I told him I wish I had gotten some aioli to go with my Turkey Reuben, but he must have interpreted it as they forgot to include it in my order. He would have gotten me some, but I told him it was fine since I was almost done with my meal. What he did next shocked me: he gave me a chocolate chip cookie on the house! Just because I forgot to say the word "aioli" to Evan? lol the cookie itself was just your ordinary chocolate chip cookie that you could get anywhere else. If it had sea salt like in the olden days of Blaze Pizza, it would seriously taste that much better.Cookie or no cookie, I still would have given 4 stars overall. I was a little disappointed I didn't taste sauerkraut in the sandwich, which wasn't as much of a flavor explosion as I'd hoped, hence why I lamented not getting aioli. However, this was my best experience at any Stand location ever. I also gave the SJC location 4 stars, but that 4 stars was more like a 7.5 out of 10. This was closer to 8.25 out of 10. The last 4 words of the first paragraph may have also explained why service was better here; I still feel guilty about that free cookie lol

Wow, this place was packed and so busy. I loved the menu, there's so much to choose from. I wanted to try so many items. But I opted for the brisket grilled cheese and the salad that I keep hearing about. Both of them were excellent and would recommend it. I loved everything. Even with all the chefs being busy, they noticed I was waiting and made sure I was taken care of and that my food would be ready soon. They reassured me it was coming. Also I was looking for the sauce bar, I kept hearing on other people's videos that they have a good selection of sauces. I guess it's not at this location??? Anyways, wish I would've seen what they offered. I'll be back soon though, i heard they introduced some new bowls.

Went to this location yesterday. We had a 7 kids with us who were all able to eat at a large table. The staff was very patient and nice. I ordered the teriyaki chicken bowl and it came out looking just like the way it was pictured which made me surprised. It was very good! I would come here again. Relaxed atmosphere with sports on big TVs playing. My friend ordered a sandwich and it looked really good. Bathrooms were very clean.

The food and milkshakes were so good!The only reason I took off a star is because I found a wire in my onion stack burger among the onion strings. It was battered and fried so luckily when I bit into it i got more the batter sliding off the wire then the wire itself. The cashier was mortified and apologetic as well as refunded me for the burger and made me a new one. The cook seemed annoyed and unfazed so I was hesitant to eat the 2nd made burger there and kinda lost my appetite.Before all that the onion stack burger was really good and was very flavorful.My friends got a turkey burger and the steak salad which they both devoured.I also got the toasted marshmallow shake. That was amazing, it was fluffy and tasted like smores!

This was a pleasant surprise as we don't have this chain in Vegas (I wish we did). It's a casual kind of place, order at the counter and then they bring your food to the table. The service was great though! Someone came and checked on us a few times while we were eating. They brought us to go Bo's when needed and cleared dishes away as we were still chatting before leaving. I loved this southwest chicken salad! Full of lots of good stuff. It was filling and really delicious. I also had the sweet potato fries which were very good. My friend had the southwest wrap which was similar to the salad but wrapped in a tortilla. Would definitely eat here again!

The service here was so quick and staff were very kind. My friend and I shared the southwest chicken wrap and it filled the both of us. If there's anything else you should get, it should be the chips. Potato chips and a chicken wrap just goes so well together!

I'm not the biggest fan of American food but this was a decent place if you're ever in need of a burger or sandwiches! I'm a bit sensitive to oily stuff and definitely felt the grease hit afterwards just a headsup- Food: Sweet potato fries were the star of the show 10/10, not too oily nor salty and fried to perfection. The turkey sandwich was 8/10, good but nothing special. My friend told me the French Onion was good but the soup portion was a bit salty. Both went really well with the spicy aioli. - Atmosphere: Service was great! They were quick, attentive, friendly and keep the place very clean. It's a small-ish and casual restaurant but there were plenty of seats.

BEST CHICKEN SANDWICH I'VE HAD! I had the lettuce wrapped Buffalo Chicken grilled sandwich earlier today and already made plans to come back next week! For 2 sandwiches, 1 fri, and 1 drink was $35 but was worth it!