Wonderland

Four visits in seven days.  Yup, I love this place!  

The view is spectacular like Shore Club (even better, some might say) and the space is open and nicely decorated like Beachwood (even nicer, some might say).  Haven't tried any of their food yet, but drinks have been great -- easy-drinking wines on tap, great local beer selection, and interesting cocktails.  It's split into two rooms -- the one to the right of the entrance has the best ocean views, and the one to the left houses the DJ booth (no dance floor though).  Friendly staff.  Friendly patrons.  It's pricey for OB standards, but worth every penny.

You gotta come here for the view!  I don't know what the place was before the remodel, but this version 2.0 is just fantastic.  And it's divided into 2 separate grand rooms, but everyone likes the grand room on the right because it faces the beach.

My girlfriend and I shared their crispy coconut chicken strips (with the white sauce - delicious!), their steamed mussels (in a broth of lemon, spinach, garlic, and something else - still so delicious), their steamed kale salad with garlic and lemon (I'm making this at home, so good), and I had their firebird sandwich - it's okay, but to call it firebird and put all these hot things on it, it shouldv'e been hotter.

I had their vodka mule - nothing to cry home about, in fact, a little weak -- I make better cocktails.  Decent beer selection.  

You go here for the people, the company you keep, some of the food items, and definitely the view.

Anybody know about their Sunday champagne brunch???

This is a new place in OB that took over Nick's.  The restaurant has a nice layout and some really great tables for large parties.  I came with a group of almost 12 people, and the server was great. They seem to be known for burgers, but have a decently extensive menu from appetizers, salads, some nice entrees, sandwiches and burgers.  The restaurant has a very aquatic, underwater-like ambiance maybe related to the mermaid on their logo but the restaurant is SO dimly lit it's really hard to see.  My friend and I weren't really hungry and decided to share something but nothing was really jumping out at us as super appetizing.  We settled on splitting a burger of some sort (I tried finding their menu to tell you the name of the burger but I can't seem to navigate the overly fancy website that has no menu) and some waffle sweet potatoe fries.  When our food arrived, it was an ordeal determining who's food went to whom because it was like a cattle call.  The restaurant is a bit loud and so getting everyone's food to them took a few minutes.  When our waffle sweet potatoe fries arrived they were cold.  Cold fries are never good.  Of course, we requested new, hot ones and our waitress was more than happy to exchange them.  Unfortunately, even hot they didn't really improve in taste but we had to eat them, because we weren't willing to wasted $3.50 on some waffle fries.  The burger was around $14 and came with no additional sides.  The seem to a have a decent beer selection although neither of us drank but several other people at our table ordered beer.  I'd probably have to give this place another try but based on my first impression, it's a decent go-to but there may be other places that will definitely beat this one out.