When in Carp eat a "loose" ribeye at the Palm !!, 9/7/2009
Reviewer: Bruce B
from Oak Park, CA.
I have been here dozens of times. I have never had a bad steak. I have never ordered anything else. Baked potato, basic salad bar... all good, an excellent value all around.
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Love the Palms!!!, 8/6/2009
Reviewer: Heather G
from Granada Hills, CA
Never been to a restaurant where you cook your own food. Very fun idea! The Palms was really good and I enjoyed cooking! Love the salad bar! My server was excellent! Can't wait to come back!
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A unique casual dining experience., 7/22/2009
Reviewer: Lil and Glenn Snow
from Camarillo, CA
Our family have been patrons of the Palms since it's beginnings. We discovered it during a beach camping vacation when our children were young. Now, our grand children and friends love joining us. We have dined there well over a hundred times. It is a unique dining experience. We use any excuse to drive up from Camarillo for dinner. The Palms is family friendly, we love cooking our own meat on the grill, love the CRUTONS on the salad bar and the staff is the best. We never hesitate to include the Palms on our out of towner's itarary.
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missing, 6/9/2009
Reviewer: juan zamarripa
from carpinteria/tijuanaCA
ten years since ive been there i love that place
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love the palms, 12/30/2008
Reviewer: rhonda auclair
from thermal ca
love the music love and that you could barbecue your own meat loved it. the food is great and the service was the best i dine here when i come to carpinteria to visit i been here three times .and i live three hours away some times i come here just to eat here.
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It's homecoming everytime, 12/24/2008
Reviewer: Joh
from Modesto, CA
Going to the Palms is a must for any Carpinteria visitor. It's fun, quick, cheap, and most of all, it's a local institution. Eating at the Palms is automatic when I'm in Carp. I see family and/or old friends. If I don't recognize anybody, then the Palms itself serves as the old friend.
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SIMPLE AND DA BEST
Reviewer: Ken Hazlewood
from Ventura
I am originally from Los Angeles and have been eating there since I was kid on vacation, living closer now and eating there 1x per month says it all. Out of town friends request to return. Most of the time the meat is excellent, once in while a steak is tough. Love the basic salad bar, baked potato, all the fixins are basic and excellent. We know exactly what were going to get on a CONSISTENT BASIS. If were lazy we order the staff to cook for us. Never had a complaint. Many of my coworkers from Ventura enjoy it and make the drive from Ventura/Oxnard area. For ten bucks you get a great meal, way better than chain steak houses.In addition my vegetarian friends find it satisfying and there chicken and kids menu is excellent. Salad bar alone is just 5 bucks.
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A new experience
Reviewer: Jackie
from Santa Barbara, CA
We come up from LA to The Palms for a friend’s birthday and had a wonderful experience. It’s in a small little beach town south of Santa Barbara with a relaxed atmosphere. With the exception of the redheaded womanizing jerk of a bartender the staff there were extreme fun to have serving us. The food was reasonably priced and the cook your own steak was an experience in it self. Had the opportunity to meet one of the owners and found out that the restaurant once hotel has been in the family for upwards of 100 years.
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Anticipation better than experience
Reviewer: Donald
from Santa Barbara, CA
Have been a few times during the years - mostly for work meals. This time it was a two families for a casual dinner. In short, the meat was good, the salad was boring, the bread was of lowest quality and the service was poor - the food was given to the wrong people and just tossed on the table, spilling a drink and flattening the butter container. All in all, the anticipation of going there to cook our own food and have a good grilled meal was much, much better than the experience. Both families agreed that the meal would have been better cooked and eaten at home.
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Best place for a good drink! and chicken wings!
Reviewer: Maggie
from Carpinteria
This is our favorite place, for the reasonable prices, and great service from Suzie! We love going as a family, because we can enjoy a great meal, at a reasonable price. The big plus is that Suzie is the best waitress! she knows what we want without even asking! love this place, I highley recommend it for any family with small children.
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Carpinteria Local
Reviewer: johnny Angel
from Springdale Ar
The palms is the bomb place to eat i suggest u all try it once i lived in carpinteria most of my life,Just back from living out of the state for awile and i tellu i missed this place i rate it all a ten and as a chef myself ill come and cook a steak anytime.
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Carpinteria Institution
Reviewer: Chandler McCarthy
from Los Angeles, CA
Been coming here for all of my 33 years.It is a Carp institution. If they re-did the restaurant it would lose something, if they added more than the basics (and TO DIE FOR CROUTONS) to the salad bar it would be sad. It is the best restaurant because you know what you are going to get every time you walk in the door. With all the Starbucks popping up where Mom and Pops once were, this place is a glimpse of life before the Chains took over.And that even goes for the so-so service from lifer-wait staff.I LOVE IT!!!
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Carpinteria Funky
Reviewer: Mike
from Santa Barbara, CA
The Palms is definitely an experience. It's a funky place with charm. It's the only place where I've ever prepared my own steak. That might be a turn off for some folks, but you have to go there to understand it. I'll give it high marks for the quality of the steak.... Mediocre salad bar, but the baked potato was excellent, as was the bread. The interior seems a bit rundown but you don't go there for the decor, you go for the food. High marks for value, as my filet mignon with every thing was a great value at $14.95. A perfect beach town eatery.
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awsome.
Reviewer: john ford
from Carpinteria, CA
bomb.
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WOW BEST FILET EVER!!!!!!!
Reviewer: Dawn
from Bakersfield,CA
Wow what can I say we were visiting our friends this weekend and tehy took us to The Palms!!!!! What an experience it has the best food and it is sucha cool concept to cook your own meat!! We will diffantly stop here again the staff were just great!!!
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I LOVE this place
Reviewer: Mike
from Santa Barbara
I've been coming here for years and look forward to it every time we go. The owners really make you feel at home. The staff is friendly and pleasant, from the bartender to the busboys. The premise is simple and simply delightful. The steaks are always flavorful and the salad bar is like candy cuz you always want to go back for seconds! Great beans, piping hot potatoes, soft bread and salsa. YUM!! I had the best time last night and a great meal. Thank you!
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The most Awsome place ever
Reviewer: Katelyn
from Carpinteria, CA
The palms is the best place to eat ever!
There you can get great service and enjoy a nice piece of juicy steak!
i love how you can cook the food yourself because then you can customize your own piece of meat!
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Love The Palms!
Reviewer: Kristine
from Sacramento
I had heard about the Palms and decided to take my husband to dinner. When I told him the concept about cooking your own steak, he wasn't thrilled. He soon changed his opinion during dinner. It is a great family atmosphere and quite frankly, I've never had a better steak! The side dishes were a bit lacking as the salad bar has just a few items and the baked potatoes were a tad dry. The beans weren't to die for, but the steak alone takes the grand prize. We are soon to move to Carp and we will be thrilled to eat at the Palms again. Great steak!
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