He opened Nigel\u2019s last month with the goal of bringing a new level of whimsy to Long Beach \u2014 and to the dock where he\u2019s worked for seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tucked behind Nordstrom Rack in the Marina Pacifica shopping center, Anchors Away Boat Rentals started with just one vessel and has since turned into a thriving rental business with a fleet of 21 Duffy boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ohrberg said people \u201cwere just so enthralled\u201d with taking short trips on the small motorized boats. As the rental business boomed, Ohrberg brainstormed what to do with the extra space he had along the water and, ultimately, landed on starting a restaurant so that the fun didn\u2019t have to stop when people debarked from their boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople got off the Duffies and didn’t want to leave the water here, so we wanted to create a fun space for them,\u201d Ohrberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With its champagne wall and dancers adorned in frills and feathers on weekends, Nigel\u2019s is an experience. Ohrberg himself can often be found greeting people in his signature pink suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming from the north, you\u2019ll have to take an unassuming staircase tucked between the Nordstrom Rack and the entrance to the lower-level parking. But soon, you\u2019ll be greeted by a small bar cart and the champagne wall, where you can ring a bell and receive a glass of bubbly through a pink curtained window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond that, pink Duffy boats sit in the water, inviting people in. After lunch every Wednesday through Friday and after dinner on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Nigel\u2019s offers a free, 20-minute boat ride through Alamitos Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe just thought it would be fun to create something different here in Long Beach, something no one’s ever seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It took three years to get Nigel\u2019s open, but for Ohrberg, his hard work has paid off, and, he said, they had over 12,500 customers come in during the first month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Popular items on their menu include the Chicken Picatta Perfection for $24, the Viva Petit Trio Plate, which includes a 4-ounce steak, Nigel\u2019s chopped salad and a cup of roasted tomato soup for $28, and the Admiral\u2019s Salmon for $32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Subtle nods to Ohrberg\u2019s family can be found in the menu, with a couple of drinks named after his wife and daughter \u2014 Leah\u2019s spritz and the non-alcoholic version called Lily\u2019s spritz. And the chicken picatta comes right out of his mom\u2019s recipe book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What makes Nigel\u2019s really work, according to Ohrberg, is how close they are to the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot of restaurants say they’re on the water, but literally every table here is on the water, and some are even floating,\u201d Ohrberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tables \u2014 including the plush cabanas that can be reserved for groups of up to eight \u2014 line the dock overlooking the water. Pink floating booths will also soon be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/9-17-25-crash-7-647920-l4kblvkz-028530-LnmZIj5X-1024x783.jpg\")
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