Hush Restaurant
858 S Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: (949) 497-3616

Located in beautiful Laguna Beach where the ocean air is refreshingly crisp and the people are enjoyable.  Unfortunately, hush is a fish out of water here.  Being native to LA, coming to hush felt like I was back in Hollywood with the bustling bar scene and tighlty knitted 2 person tables which squeeze out just about every ounce of intimacy left. 

Parking lot pimpin
Pulling into the valet is definitely something of a sight, not surprising given you're in Laguna, but not seen everyday, Bentleys, Ferraris, Benzs, and just about every other luxury/exotic you can think of fill the lot.  I'm in frequent attendance to Hollywood and have not seen a lot like that ever.

Service
We were given a table that actually would've been perfect given we were a 10,000 piece puzzle and we were the last piece to be plopped down.  I can understand from a business perspective, dollar value per square foot, fine, I'm in absolute agreement, but in the middle of our first bottle of wine they actually come over to us and ask us to move over a table becuase the larger group aside wanted more privacy.  That is incredibly ridiculous, especially if I were to calculate money made.  2 people, ordering appetizers, dinner and multiple drinks pound to dollar to time is much more profitable than a large group socializing.  Preposterous! I digress, the want to be LA restaurant is failing at that, as most "nice" restaurants in LA would make a compensative offer for the inconvenience, perhaps a drink, an appetizer, even a new napkin would've won me over.

Food
The menu is fairly expensive, plates averaging around $30 - $40, not a problem, the food must be good.  Don't eat the complimentary bread, it's a waste of calories.  They are very similar to the kaiser rolls you buy from Costco, strike 1!.  She'll have the scallops, filet mignon for me please!  Raaarrrree...  Our food arrives, we're a bit seasoned given our drinks, definitely prepared to delicately devour our meals.  I cut open my steak, drooling as I lift the fork to my mouth, and boom.  For what seemed to be an eternity of waiting to experience heavenly bliss of my juicy rare $40 filet mignon completely utterly was destroyed by a well done carcass sitting in my plate limp with what I thought was a bite of beef jerky in my mouth. Strike 2!  Waiter returns with a new plate, this time rare, good steak, I enjoyed it, not Ruth's Cris, but very good.  The scallops were lovely as well.  Full and sated, a look over the plain dessert menu made me hang the menu off the table, close my eyes and pin the tail on the donkey.  Prick! Choc lava cake it is.  As it comes out, it looks good, but tastes like a brownie.  Scratch that, I wish I had ordered a brownie. Strike 3!  Food is definitely not worth this price.

Drink
Wine selection is insane, a bit overpriced if you know your wines, but a wide variety to choose from.  Drinks are somewhat stiff which very much pleased me.

In the end
Definitely not a place to go if you're a frequent diner in LA, this place will only leave you laughing at how bad they failed at copying a typical LA spot, but in the hopes of rubbing elbows with some of Laguna's money, you'll be sure to find home here.  P.S.  Don't wear a hat here, they made me take it off in the middle of dinner! Aiyaiyai.  I wont go here again, unless I'm bored and looking to waste a few bucks.