During lunch at RH Ocean Grill in Newport Beach, the Pacific Ocean feels almost within reach. Sure, you have to look out over a parking lot to see it, but the sea stretches far and wide across the horizon from the restaurant’s rooftop perch. From here, it’s easy to see why RH Ocean Grill is often credited with being one of the most gorgeous restaurants in Orange County. And considering that it’s located on the top floor of a sprawling RH Gallery (formerly known as Restoration Hardware) in the upscale Fashion Island mall, that’s no surprise. 

Done up in neutral tones and rich fabrics, RH Ocean Grill, which opened in 2024, is one of the luxury furniture line’s many in-house restaurants. It has locations in major cities like San Francisco, New York and Paris, wealthy enclaves like Montecito and Yountville and even exotic locales like ... Cleveland and Jacksonville. (The first RH restaurant opened in Chicago in 2015.)

In 2022, CEO Gary Friedman told the New York Times that RH’s ambitious restaurant ventures are essential to promoting the company as a luxury brand, and that each location earned an average of $10 million annually — more than 10 times the average annual revenue of an independent restaurant in America, depending on size. SFGATE reached out to RH for comment, but was told that Friedman was unavailable for an interview.

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The exterior of RH Gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif.

The open kitchen at RH Ocean Grill in Newport Beach, Calif.

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