The Hobbit

The Hobbit offers a 7 course prix-fixe menu Wed-Sun with one seating per evening. Cost per person is $86 (plus tax, tip & beverage). Our food is "Contemporary Continental" a reference to its encompassing many world cuisines.

We begin the evening in our wine cellar where you are handed a flute of Hobbit Champagne. Hors d'oeuvres are placed throughout the cellar, sommelier Amy Cody & wait staff...

"Not just dinner, an experience", this Orange fine-dining destination offers a seven-course "adventure" that begins with champagne and hors d'oeuvres in a "cool" wine cellar and follows through with "memorable" French-Continental plates from chef-owner Michael Philippi matched with "rare", "divine" vinos; add in "impeccable" service and a "charming" setting in a "redone old house", and it's...

The Hobbit, which has been running pretty much the same since 1972, is one of a handful of OC restaurants that truly combine elegance, tradition and flat-out comfort. Located in a three-story former house next to office buildings and strip malls, it is the second home of proprietors Michael and Debra Philippi. The seven-course extravaganzas start out in the wine cellar with appetizers around a...

Few restaurants combine elegance, tradition and flat-out comfort like this Orange County landmark. We're constantly amazed by how friendly and fun Michael and Debra Philippi, the proprietors and hosts, are---they seem like longtime friends or perhaps relatives, not like highly-respected culinary figures who set perhaps the best table in the area. Their seven-course prix-fixe dinners are...

The Hobbit offers a 7 course prix-fixe menu Wed-Sun with one seating per evening. Cost per person is $82 (plus tax, tip & beverage). Our food is "Contemporary Continental" a reference to its encompassing many world cuisines. We begin the evening in our wine cellar where you are handed a flute of Hobbit Champagne. Hors d'oeuvres are placed throughout the cellar, sommelier Tiffany Cox & wait...