Best Seasonal Restaurants in Santa Barbara

Everything about this place is outstanding except for one thing: the sound level. It's deafening. If you want to have a wonderful meal, mostly consisting of delicious food and drink and sharing smiles and a few shouted words now and then, this is the place! If you want to actually have any kind of *conservation*, better be there right when they open, and be quick about it (before it gets busy). Otherwise, you'll need to bring those headsets that folks use in helicopters. Or you can just text each other. Becoming fluent in ASL would also work.

Aside from the exquisitely prepared and presentation of our three shareable dishes, the service received from Liana was top-notch. It’s about time Santa Barbara has a restaurant that raises the bar of a culinary experience without the excessive prices or haughty atmosphere.

Attentive and knowledgeable service. We started with the cauliflower potato-leek bisque and caesar salad. I enjoyed the bisque and my partner enjoyed the Caesar salad but mentioned smaller pieces of lettuce would have been nice. There was a mix up with a main but they were very speedy and accommodating. The coq au vin was a little too acidic and needed some more of the puree but it was very delicious, almost too much meat which is a good thing. My partners salmon was delicious and well prepared. We skipped dessert but they looked great. Overall a wonderful experience and if we lived in Santa Barbara this would be a regular place for us.

I love this place; have been several times. I’ve only had dinner at the bar, so can’t speak to table service, but the bartenders work hard, and are funny, attentive and very knowledgeable about wines. The atmosphere is lively and sophisticated. Did I mention the food??? Pizza is amazing here. NY steak & frites is fantastic. Enjoy!

The Caesar Salad was fresh and the dressing was a tasty surprise. The Veal Milanese breading was crispy and paired nicely with the buttery, cheesy fettuccine. My friends both enjoyed their Spinach Ravioli and Pappardelle Vodka. Topped it off with us all sharing the Warm Lava Cake...delish!