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Cafe Shell (formerly Barcliff & Bair)
1112 State St, Santa Barbara
Phone: (805) 965-5742
- Category: American
- Hours: Mon-Thu 9am-3pm, Fri-Sun 9am-5pm
- Price: < $10
- Serving: Breakfast & Lunch
- Reservations: No
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Reviews by the General Public
How is this place making it?, 8/9/2010
Reviewer: Jeff
from Santa Barbara, CA
Myself and 2 friends came through last weekend...Bland food, slow service and a rotten attitudes. Makes us not come back EVER!
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What is going on here?, 4/23/2010
Reviewer: Ben
from Santa Barbara, CA
Went here for a lunch meeting with four co workers. We ordered the club which had no flavor and the bread was as hard as a rock. The soup tasted like it was from a can and the side salads only contained lettuce. The place is a nice building but the food needs serious work. The server who might have been the owner should also watch how she dresses because her boob was hanging out while she served us. It would have been sexy if she was in her 20s but not in her 60s. I hope they get it together and hire some good staff to make this great location great.
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Overpriced!!!!!!!, 3/23/2010
Reviewer: Taylor
from Santa Barbara, CA
Great place for patio sitting on State St but the prices are outragious! $18 for a salad come on!!!
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horrid!, 2/21/2010
Reviewer: ryan
from Santa Barbara, CA
The food was overcooked and cold we sent it back only to get our $18 eggs benidict with raw eggs! Absloutly terrible. The 2 bites of potatoes I ate were unflavorfull, cold and disgusting. I think for an $18 plate of eggs benicict the food would at least be good if not excellent. This was down right bad..bad enough that we left without eating. Will never return!
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Disappointed, 10/23/2009
Reviewer: Jeanette Carpenter
from Santa Barbara, CA
Much to my surprise, my chicken sandwich was so bland that I poured my salad dressing on it. The chicken was a grilled breast which was totally without taste. Very over-priced. Side salad was only a pile of greens. Service was just fine.
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Wow so good...
Reviewer: Amanda
from Santa Barbara, CA
We tried Cafe Shell last Sunday and were really impressed. It is without a doubt our new Sunday breakfast/lunch spot. The bread they serve before the meal was perfect. I had the pasilla quesadilla for lunch with a lemon bar for dessert, they were both amazing. Shelley is doing a really good job, I don't know how people could not enjoy eating there, in fact we heard other patrons sitting near us also saying their food was delicious and that they wanted to come back as well. I would definitely recommend Cafe Shell to others; they have a large diverse menu full of delicious options.
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Shell Cafe, makes me want to come back to Santa Barbara!
Reviewer: Aja Talbot
from Charleston, South Carolina
My three girlfriends and I were on a road trip up the coast and decided to stop in Santa Barbara for some shopping and lunch. We happen to find Shell Cafe by walking by. We were greated by the owner, which at the time we were unaware she was the owner. She sat us outside with a heater, as we had requested. She and the staff were very accommodating. We ordered drinks and brunch. The food was excellent and the drinks hit the spot! The owner came up and talked to us a few times and by the end of the meal, we felt like we were good old friends with her! Before the end of the meal we had all agreed that we were wanting to come back the next time we made it out to Santa Barbara. Everything was great about the whole experience...not one single complaint! I totally recommend Shell Cafe to anyone that's looking for a relaxed place to have a great meal with friends!!!!!
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Tried it three times but struck out
Reviewer: annelyn callahan
from Santa Barbara, CA
After having to listen to the owner tell us about her "background", we were expecting a superb meal. The tuna sand was dull and just plain tuna without the pizazz. Service was slow and the servers seemed confused...not trained well. No introduction, not sure about the soup choices and please get some real potato chips...kettle chips rather than cheep ones we got in a bag. I would love to buy this place and restore what has been lost. The owner disappeared in the office and when we asked to speak to her "She was in a meeting!" What has happened to customer service. We tried 3 times but were disappointed each time. I now to to 3 Pickles....that's a sandwich.
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Needs to step it up a notch
Reviewer: Smith
from Santa Barbara, CA
The crab sandwich wasn't anything special, nothing an average Joe with basic sandwich assembly skills couldn't put together. The bagged/"Ruffles" style potato chips were a bland and uncreative side, and the bread on the table was blah. The service was decent and good. They need to get more creative and put some love into their food. Good, not great.
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Baby-friendly Service and Delicious Food
Reviewer: Pamela Hoyem
from Pasadena, CA
Food is great - light meals consist of hearty soups or tastey salads. The amazing thing about this place is the way they cater to families. Sweet waitresses, babyfood and snacks on the menu, and diapers & wipes in a clean bathroom that housed a proper changing table.
This was our favorite place to stop in Santa Barbara when we were a young couple stopping at Barcliff & Bair, now that we're a young family it's going to be a long time family favorite.
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basic fare and shaky service
Reviewer: chee
from Santa Barbara, CA
me and my friends went to Cafe Shell for brunch, and we ordered the pancakes, two egg breakfast, and ricotta scramble. though our drink orders were provided pretty quickly, it took a LONG time for the waitstaff to come back to take our orders. seems like they are a bit understaffed. everything tasted fine, but we were underwhelmed by the offerings (e.g., small details like their use of sandwich meat for breakfast ham, not providing enough cheese in the scramble, and chewy pancakes). the thing that made the meal "worth it" was the discount card deal for breakfast--buy 1, get 1 free, but still, 2 brunches and 3 drinks came out to $40.
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Rude.
Reviewer: Patrick
from Santa Barbara, CA
We chose this place ONLY because Andersen's was closed. The food was fine, although a bit overpriced. I pretty much got a Root N Tooty French n Fruity minus the fruit for $10 and TEA for $3.99 (Did the teabag really cost them $4?) Anyways, the food was fine (note my 3.5 rating) but the service was abysmal. We had four different servers, none of them introduced themselves. None of them came to the table other than to bring or take a plate. One of the servers asked my friend if he was finished, he said "no im still eating" and he still tried to take the plate. Our brunch took two hours because we didn't get our orders in until 20 minutes into the debacle. The owner found it "hard" to split a check and tried to have us go outside and wait 10 minutes because of the "difficulty". The owner was rude and immature and tried to give us the red bulls that the Red Bull Girls (who were walking down the street giving free soft drinks) to appease us. Rude rude rude
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