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Eladio's
1 State St, Santa Barbara
Phone: (805) 963-4466

  • Category: American, Seafood
  • Hours: Sunday thru Thursday, 7am-9pm, Friday & Saturday, 7am-9:30pm
  • Price: $10 - $20
  • Serving: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner
  • Reservations: Yes, but usually not needed
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Reviews by the General Public

What service?, 7/8/2009
Reviewer: Linda from Oxnard, CA
We had breakfast last year at Eladio's and enjoyed both the service and the food. But this year, once we were seated and given our menus and beverages, they never came back to take our order! We sat there for over 15 minutes waiting with our menus. It wasn't even a busy morning since there were several tables still open. When we asked to see the manager, Israel came over and my husband told him we were angry about the lack of service. We told him we'd been waiting for a long time and that two other tables that were seated after us had already been served. Israel's response was, "What do you want me to do?" Naturally, we left. We'll probably give them another chance when we return to Santa Barbara next year. But this story did have a good ending. We took a trolley uptown and went to the Shell Cafe on State Street, and they were perfect! The food, service, and ambience were sheer perfection. And our waitress, Fei, made the experience memorable. I wouldn't recommend Eladio's to anyone, but would highly recommend the Shell Cafe.
Stick to sambos ...even with an hour wait, 4/5/2009
Reviewer: Zima from Santa Barbara, CA
My boyfriend and I usually go to sambos for brunch but we decided to venture out of our comfort zone and try eladios down the street. We were greeted by a flustered hostess who understandably was under a lot of stress but theres no need to constantly sigh and roll your eyes. You're in the service industry honey. Their patio is really nice - featuring a fountain a beach view and lots of sun. My boyfriend ordered a Belgian waffle with carmelized bananas and pecans but ended up with a dry childs menu waffle... When we explained this to the expedited he said the waiter entered it wrong and offered to fix it for us but we were in a hurry so we had to decline. When we got the bill we saw there was very little price difference between the totally delicious waffle ordered and the boring lame waffle we got so we told the waiter about the mistake and he blamed it on the kitchen and sort of shrugged it off. Basically eliados is a nice place but the service is definitely not on par with the price. Go to sambos the people are cooler and you get mini muffins (and what you actually order)

Service was as lousy as it can get...
Reviewer: Lynda C. Whitley from Santa Barbara, Ca
Location good, food OK, prices a tad high, service was the worst I've experienced. An 18% gratuity was automatically added to our bill and that is the only reason the server and staff got any gratuity at all from our party of 5! We had to repeatedly ask for coffee or a part of the meal and then wait. Clearly the kitchen and wait staff cannot handle even a moderate crowd. One wait person does not help any other wait person. If we asked one person for something s/he would not do it and only our server would respond. Neither can they handle multiple credit cards. Not only were the amounts billed incorrectly, after we had asked to split the bill into four equal parts, the manager told us their system couldn't void out the incorrect charges! We were incensed. Then they said they didn't take multiple credit cards. After waiting interminably for our meals and then getting into a time-consuming snafu over the charges, we were unanimous in declaring Eladio's service ruins an otherwise good location.

Ok Food, Worse Service
Reviewer: KN from olympia, Wa
This was probably the worse place i have been to in a long time. As a college student i had been saving to have dinner with my boyfriend and I so we chose Eladio's thinking it would be very good. Our order was wrong, the server didnt come back to ask us how our meal was after we recieved our meal, and after we ate he never came back to give us our bill. About 20 min. of waiting we walked up to the Hostess to have her get our waiter. After, we but the money on the table and the waiter still did not come... I was very disapointed and left. I do not recommend this place.
Lunch is good
Reviewer: Larry from Santa Barbara, CA
I have lunch here almost weekly as I work just down the street. Service is good the food is quite good and it's fun to watch the parade outside. The patio is quiet.

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