M3 Live Anaheim Event Center

I must say I was a little apprehensive about going to David Mimkin magic and wine show. The banquet theater was quite nice. The bar had a nice selection of liquors and the appetizers were plentiful and good. The wines were awesome and the interactive magic was phenomenally performed. Such a pleasing and different experience for a Friday night outting. I enjoyed it very much thanks David.

Update: I dealt with El Nuevo Mariachi who leased M3Live for functions.
This venue is beautiful! That is why I pushed our company Christmas party to be held here. There was great follow through on booking, getting answers to questions and the tasting. Then the night of the event came. Pure disaster. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was with how they handled our party.
I sent Junior a copy of our itinerary for the evening. Specific things were happening at specific times to keep the night rolling. I event plan on the side so I put a lot of faith in their promises. They told me our room would be set up the night before. They were still setting up when I arrived early to prep the raffle table and tickets. From 6−7pm I had scheduled greeting of guests and time to get a drink, eat appetizers and mingle. The appetizers did not go out until 6:45pm and that was only after I repeatedly asked about them. Dinner was to be served at 7pm. Salad was finally served at 8pm and dinner at 9pm which should have been out at 7pm! I had to literally go to the kitchen to see what the hold up was only to be confronted by a server who told me I was being rude. Livid is more like it! By this time we were to have had dinner, had a champagne toast to long term employees (I had to chase them down to make sure they brought the champagne and glasses out so we wouldn’t be delayed anymore), and prizes were to be raffled at 9pm. They did not mention to me when I contracted them that there would be $ 20/​car valet parking set up. Our employees can’t afford that. I had to chase them down again to ask why they were valet parking when we never discussed it. I was fortunately able to get most of my employees refunds but literally had to go room to room looking for Junior to get the refunds. The bartenders were a joke. Each one made the same drink differently as well as charged different prices for the exact same drink. The looked like brainless bimbos walking in circles trying to find what they needed to make a drink. They were very nice girls but didn’t seem to have any training at all. The DJ (they provided) (the first one because apparently the original dj had a prior engagement) just put on a soundtrack and proceeded to spend the rest of his night at the bar getting free drinks. Dancing finally began around 10pm (it was supposed to start at 8pm) and our contracted evening was to end at 11:30pm. So not lots of time for dancing. The 2^nd DJ was great. Several times Junior, JJ and the girl who we dealt with most of the night (I forgot her name but she was great) took me aside asking how they could make it up to me. I didn’t see any way for them to do anything by that time as the everything has been a complete mess by then.
I could go on but $ 18,000 plus later I felt like the party was a disaster and that I let my company down. If you book an event with M3Live I want to warn you that they are not the least bit organized and go at your own risk. It is really too bad because this place has so much potential.

I was there for an event and the place looks pretty cool. I definitely will make it a point to come during regular hours.
I must say when they feel you it is kind of like being herded like cattle. There was a little confusion when they sent everyone to one room only to find out the food was being served on the other side.
Anyway, cool place for an event. Parking was also easy.

I’ve had the pleasure of being here on several occasions from just coming in for happy hour, to private events, and regular nights. The venue, the bar, the eating area and the huge theater in the 2^nd half of it that they use for concerts are elegant and beautiful, but dont worry everything is still fairly priced and wont hurt your wallet. Both the food & service is on point you can constantly see the owners here too being attentive to the customers and always making sure everything is okay. The venue is very big with rooms that can be rented for private parties as well. You must stop by and check it out!

Here for the IFS love events like this! The things that kill it for me are the extremely late start times and poor lighting! One would expect that if they are paying for the luxury of watching a professional fight, that the logistics would have been worked out better!
Do note: I thought it was REALLY SUSPECT that they ran self-​parking so quickly and charged $ 20 to force valet… there wasn’t even ¹⁄₅ of the total audience here when we arrived, so how could they have run out quickly? Unless it was just a side hustle…
The sound needed some adjusting as well, as many patrons were wincing from the screech of the speakers frequently.
Don’t you guys have professional techs working on this?
At the end of each round, the sponsors come out and a quick 30 second spiel about their product. Not bad, but definitely distracting and drags on the show. This wouldn’t be an issue if the show didn’t start 1.5 hrs behind schedule.
Fortunately, the venue was very spacious and there literally was not a bad seat in the house. The ring was optimally placed so it made for a great show from all angles.
All in all, I would love to go to more fights but hopefully they will work out the details so it’s a smoother more enjoyable event for their paying patrons!

Long time Unilocaler (since when it was only available in SF), 1^st review… Just never had the urge to post anything in the past. Well, I do now! I booked M3 to host a dance competition, and it was a big success, thanks to M3! I worked with Kim initially. She was very responsive friendly, and professional. Then I worked with the other staff members, as well as the owner himself, before the big day. EVERYONE was super helpful and supportive! As someone who’s organized many performances and worked with many theaters, I’m so glad I was able to find M3 and had my big competition there. They are friendly, supportive, fair, and professional! I did not have to deal with crew members who think they are too good for the job, if you know what I mean… M3 took good care of me, and I would definitely have my other events there.

What a great experience we had for my Wife 50^th Birthday Party. We had the entire area to ourselves and it made the event much more intimate. Erica and staff did an outstanding job from set-​up to food service we had a great time and our guest had a fantastic time. The food was amazing, the Salmon, Chicken Marsela, and the Ribeye Steak was absolutely delicious. If you have an event see Erica and will take great care of you.

I’ve noticed there seems to be a surge of people here who experienced the same Mother’s Day situation as we did. Thought I’d pop in and contribute.
This place is a mess. Some may immediately jump to the defense of this establishment and claim it was because Mother’s Day is a busy day. I have spoken with others in regards to how the event center is run, and it is apparently similar on non-​holidays as well.
So where to begin? Well, to start we had reservations for a specific time. What that means, apparently, is that when you get there at your reserved time, you wait in the same line as walk-​ins and receive no priority anything. I’m not necessarily complaining about waiting in a line (despite the fact that it was unmanageably long it seems because they only had one person checking parties in), but if the reservation isn’t going to do anything what’s the point in having them.
Eventually we were seated and they took our drink order (unlimited mimosas and water… so every brunch buffet). The din was nigh unbearable. When we entered they had a «bar band» playing (think bands that will start their sets with Brickhouse). We weren’t even near the speakers and we could not hear each other, even when we were right up at each other’s ear. If we were here for a concert, fine. But this is a Mother’s Day brunch. No one appreciated the volume level. And even still they had it balanced so poorly, to the point where the guitar player could’ve been playing anything and no one would have noticed.
And somehow, throughout all of this, the buffet line was the biggest disaster. First of all, the buffet line consisted of probably 7 trays total and a carving station. None of the items were particularly good, the closest they got was the lasagna (of all things). I didn’t care for the unidentifiable meat in soup or the other meat in also soup. They had salad, then dressing, then more salad, so I guess if you wanted the second salad you had to work backwards through the line for dressing. Our first pass through the line was disappointing since they were out of half the items available with no sign they were working on refilling them. Throughout the whole meal I actually never got any rice, because they were consistently out of it. Sometimes they would replace a tray and remove the serving spoon so I guess we can’t have that either (even when someone was told they needed a serving spoon for a tray he had to go searching for one, not sure if that ever got resolved). Because of this, the line had a tendency not to move because people would get to what they wanted, realize it was not there, and stop and wait.
I feel bad for the employees because a lot of them were running around and looked like they were trying their best at least. One guy came out with a tray of fish, only to realize there was no fish there before and nowhere to replace a hot tray so he just kind of had to stand there and hold a tray of fish. Will someone please help this man with his fish? His fish are homeless, I will take in the homeless fish.
I’m also not a stickler for carving stations, but it really, REALLY looks like they just dropped a cooked pig down on a board and grabbed a random guy and told him «serve this to people» with no further explanation. Again, trying his best, but put in a terrible situation.
The mariachi band was pretty good when they started up, also ear-​bleedingly loud. But they wandered through the restaurant and played in different areas, so at one point we were physically unable to leave our table for a couple of songs. This is not an ideal situation.
Dessert was magical though. It disappeared is what I mean. There was no dessert. We saw people with dessert. No idea where they got it. When we asked our server she apologized and informed us they had run out and they were out picking up more… so Costco, we can only assume. Don’t have a problem with Costco in general, but realize that is what food you must be getting. Even after she said that I saw people carrying dessert back to their table. Where? How? Did you grab it half an hour ago and have just been wandering about with it? Did you somehow craft it yourself from the food scraps you were able to find? As far as we saw, the dessert didn’t come, and we weren’t waiting around for it.
One of the reasons we actually came here was to sort of scope is out for a rehearsal dinner for our upcoming wedding. Even after all that you saw above, we thought «Maybe it’ll be better when it isn’t packed like this». No, apparently not. This is not an anomaly, this is business as usual. No chef on site. No organization. Nothing but chaos and noise and fleeting glimpses of food.
I understand that more things happen here besides food and service, and maybe the management is more focused on that portion of the business. If that’s the case, drop this half of the operation or bring in someone who knows how to run it. I just ran out of characters for this place.

Oh lord where do I even start!!!
I picked this location to celebrate Mother’s Day after someone recommend it to me. I figured you can’t go wrong with bottomless mimosas and mariachis for brunch right?! WRONG!!!
First of all it was incredibly busy (I understand it was Mother’s Day) but this place was a complete mess. They only had one cashier helping the never ending crowd. We had reservations but I guess they overlook that. Once inside, we were sat by the sound speakers so it was super loud! (Keep in mind they had mariachis singing the whole time).
Now here’s the worst part of all, the food!
Oh my sweet baby Jesus! (No offense to my Jesus lovers out there) One line for the hungry, angry crowd to get their food!!! The line was soooo long people had to stand in the waiting area all the way out the main door! I don’t think they organized this correctly. They should’ve had different stations so people could part different ways but nope they did not.
The omelet station… It was the cook’s first time there and he didn’t know how to make omelets. My cousin had to physically teach him how to make them!!! I am not kidding you! They didn’t have enough supplies so I had to get an omelet without cheese because they ran out =\
The food itself… Bland, flavorless, disgusting! They kept running out of things and they took forever to replace them. Such a huge disappointment!!!
Save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else instead. It’s truly not worth it!

I give this rating based on how rude the hostess was, how mediocre the food was for the price.
Only good thing I saw was the mariachi band, they were exquisite, but a seperate entity so…1 star is being nice. These folks are super rude and unhelpful

M3 Live opened a couple of months ago, but I never would have known it. Located in the Battle of the Dance building, formerly my local Toys R Us, the restaurant is nicely decorated, and I have yet to make my way in to see the live entertainment in the main show hall (I hear their Polynesian Luau show is very good) But this is about the food, which was excellent. I have the Lemon Herb Chicken and it was very well prepared, aside from maybe being a little over salted, which many might frown upon; however, not I!
I am going to have to make it to the Sunday Brunch they put on here one day and get me some bottomless mimosas!

Saw M3 on my running during the Disneyland Star Wars half marathon. When I googled them, I saw bottomless mimosas as the first thing that popped up! Score!!!
I walked (my hotel was less than a mile away) into the restaurant at around noonish. I asked how the bottomless mimosas work. (I’m from South Florida, mimosas and brunch on Sundays is what we do). I was surprised that a brunch buffet and mimosas were only $ 25 per person!!! Of course I jumped on that deal. The décor of the restaurant is very appealing. You can tell a pretty penny was spent on decorating the whole place up. As soon as I walked in I heard a mariachi band!!!
I let the bartender know I would be getting food, but sitting at the bar. Mario, the bartender, immediately asked what I would like to drink and set a place setting.
The food on the brunch buffet: fruit tray, cheese platter, mashed potatoes, potato salad, steak with someone there cutting it, 2 kinds of salads, loads of BACON, grilled veggies, a pasta dish, desserts and loads more that I didn’t even get to try! For the kids (and grown adults) they had a cereal bar, chicken tenders and fries.
My first drink was a hibiscus juice with champagne. It was yummy, but I’m very fond of my oj mimosas. Mario, the bartender was very attentive and would perform bar tricks when he was serving customers. Seriously, just sit at the bar for a friendly chat and a show!
Midway through eating, Latoya Jackson walked in to eat!!! What a great dining surprise!!! And she was nice enough to pose for a pic!
Long review short, I recommend this place to anyone in the area! You get your money’s worth on just the drinks alone!!!
Oh, and Mario made the BEST dirty martini I have EVER tasted in my life!!!

After a busy day at Disneyland, my girlfriend and I wanted to venture out and discover some local dining options. Since Harbor Blvd full of them, let’s try one of them out. I believe my girlfriend found a restaurant because it catered to my love for BBQ Chicken Salad. With an interesting name like this, you’d think this would a local hot spot. We are headed off to M3 Live in Anaheim.
Just located about one block south of the Toy Story Parking Lot on the southeast side of Harbor Blvd, you will find a huge building called, M3 Live Bar and Grill. When we came up onto the parking lot, we got concerned right away. We saw pictures of dancing on the wall and live music. We were only there to EAT! M3 has a huge parking lot, but no one there. There was a huge drive way in front of M3 for Valet and there was no one there. I think it was after our stay that one of the employees was looking outside. It was a Saturday Evening… Where is their CUSTOMERS?!
When we walked in, it was a huge entrance a long way to the counter. My girlfriend asked if we have to pay to dine and watch a concert when we just wanted to eat. The clerk said, «No». We were taken into the dining room that could fit an airplane. It almost felt like an airplane hanger. There is an area for the live band to play, a bar area and lots of tables scattered through the place. The only thing missing: CUSTOMERS! It was just a family and us for a room that could fit a couple hundred in. I was in total shock that on a Saturday with a name like M3 that the place was empty. Yeah, it was 5pm, but smaller restaurants get more business than this place.
Our waiter for the night was Sean. I am surprised that the other waiters that were waiting around the restaurant did not fight to get our business. He took our drink orders and I had a feeling he would of thought we were going to be spenders. Nah, we just ordered a Cherry Coke or Roy Rogers ($ 3.50) and Lemonade ($ 2). A few minutes later, one of the waiters brought the bread, but Sean came with the drinks and the other guy felt like he was being shooed like a pigeon.
Now onto the main order. Again, we ordered the simplest thing. My girlfriend ordered Fish and Chips, but substituted the Chips with Jasmine Rice ($ 15) and I ordered my favorite, BBQ Chicken Salad ($ 13). OK, that was very cheap. I thought it would be like $ 20+ for the meal. For the huge overhead that M3 has, I am surprised that the business is still lasting this long. Throughout the day, it was just quiet. You could hear a conversation across the dining room. They even started the band when no one was even there. This feels wrong.
Our food came out very quickly since there wasn’t really much going on at M3. Michelle got Fish and Rice and my BBQ Chicken Salad was elegantly presented to me. Each ingredient was separated like a piece of pie. Black Beans on one side, the tomatoes, cheese, and the tortilla chips spread throughout the salad. I believe the chicken was hidden right under with the ranch dressing spread across. It was delicious and at moments forget that I was in an empty building with people I can hear across the room while the music is playing.
Overall, I am confused about the place. It feels like it should be more of an auditorium or private party banquet hall versus a daily restaurant with some events on certain weekends. I remember walking to the restroom and one of the waiters just standing with a blank stare. I have no idea how long this place will be here, but the food alone was the only thing that I like. It felt like I rented out the whole place for just my girlfriend and I. Maybe I did… Got to check my credit card statements now…
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Beautiful environment, friendly staff, good prices.
Bruschetta app was delicious! The M3 Pastrami Burger is HUGE but delicious as well.
Kinda empty, but if enough people give this place a try, it’ll fill up and become a staple for many folks. :)

Really nice looking restaurant. That’s about it. We were charged $ 15 for parking.
We came to an empty restaurant last week. Literally, empty. We had the Al Pastor Jumbo Shrimp and M3 Pastrami Burger.
The Al Pastro Jumbo Shrimp was edible. The M3 Pastrami Burger was another story. Almost cold and greasy. Thinly sliced pastrami that looked like greasy cold bacon. I swear. I think there were only 4 more tables that occupied the whole restaurant.
Decent price and low quality food. I’m not sure I’ll be back.

Really fun spot across from all the hotels by disney. Mario, one of the bartenders is great, he does some fun tricks while making your drink and after too. There is also live music, the night we were there it was Porter singing some old school jazz with a drummer, was a really great performer!
Next time I’m back in the area I’ll be sure to pop in here!

Wow this place is amazing. Great service, very welcoming, romantic, great food, and amazing prices. Deserts are out of this world. Very nice place and totally worth trying out. I’d definitely recommend it

Random Sunday night in Anaheim. We were tired and hungry. Staying at the Hyatt Regency. Wanted really good food and did not want to regret the place we picked. So to Unilocal we went. Like many of the random places we have tried off Unilocal,we would not have thought twice about walking in M3 Live. On a Friday or Saturday I am pretty sure it is busy. Sunday it was very very quiet.
Jennifer was our server and super polite and attentive. We hit happy hour perfectly without knowing so we decided to try 4 appetizers at half price– all were yummy! The hot wings were by far the best I have ever had.
For main course we kind of whimped out and ate more appetizers, I had the sliders and they were amazing — a wedge salad that was also fantastic. Caesar salad was REAL– homemade dressing, perfect amount.
Hummus, ceviche and bruschetta all good–
Next time your near M3 Live in Anaheim give it a try don’t drive by wondering what it is and why it has been named M3 Live — food and service are fab — thanks Jennifer and the magic chef in the kitchen

This place is amazing. And palatial. Delicious food at a reasonable price. My wife and I had a great time and she wants to return for the Sunday Brunch with bottomless Mimosa’s (less than $ 22.00!)
They must have spent $MILLIONS decorating the bar and restaurant. You have to see it to believe it. Great service and the chef even came to our table after dinner.

Brand new restaurant, Continental menu with great food & excellent service. We had a group of 12 to serve. Water glasses kept full. The appetizers arrived promptly w great presentation. I enjoyed the Atlantic Salmon w potatoes, brussel sprouts. Others had filet mignon, pasta, shrimp, Mahi Mahi. Was too full for dessert.
Located @ the former Battle of Dancing venue.