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Santa Barbara Brewing Company
501 State St, Santa Barbara
Phone: (805) 730-1040
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Reviews by the General Public
Hit & Miss, 7/13/2010
Reviewer: Karen
from California
My husband and I visted for the first time on 7/11/2010. It was not very busy, but was still really loud inside with drunk patrons. But, what do you expect - it is a bar! Ordering at the bar is really no big deal. They were very friendly and bring your food to your table. You just have to remind them to bring you everything because they forget your side dishes. My husband had a BBQ chicken pizza that was delicious. I had the tri tip dinner. It was disappointing. It was dry and tough. I thought the cheesy bacon grits were awesome, and I don't even care for grits. The sweet potatoe fries had the potential to be great, but they were served cold :(
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Great time, awesome fish dish, 6/4/2010
Reviewer: Sue
from Valdosta, GA
My husband and I visited SBBC for the first time on May 29 and had a fantastic time watching the Lakers v. Suns game, even though we aren't basketball fans. The service was great... our hostess sat us right away and had to boot some people off a table because they had gone ahead and seated themselves. Our waitress was very pleasant and bubbly, and just a joy to deal with. I ordered the sole, but she came back to let us know that they had run out of it, but she suggested anther fish dish and that turned out to be awesome! My husband enjoyed the beer and his steak very much also. We really enjoyed it and will return if we're ever in Santa Barbara.
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WAISTE OF TIME!, 4/21/2010
Reviewer: Bob Simmons
from Santa Barbara, CA
our waitress only came to take our order and give us our check... the busser did a BETTER job then she did, he re filled our drinks and came by and asks us if we needed anything.... the waitress was being dumb because the place wasn't even packed... Will NEVER go their again... they treat you like crap!
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I want the old Brew Co back...., 12/5/2009
Reviewer: Damon Claussen
from Ventura, CA
This USED to be a place where I'd go to enjoy hot waitresses, good food, and great beer. I went there to hang out with a buddy, drink some beer, and enjoy my favorite appetizers, the Steak bites with veggies, and a side or rosemary garlic fries.
The Santa Barbara Blonde beer was fine, the service was fine, but WTF Brew Co....what happened to the way you used to cook steak bites, and where is that delicious sauce that used to accommodate the bites? The bites were a lot smaller, and on the verge of being burnt. Bad steak bites and no sauce did it for me. Upon asking the server what happened, she said there's a new kitchen crew. Hmmmmm.... well the changing of the guards at Brew Co. was a bad idea.
Sad to see such a cool place change. Perhaps they'll get enough feedback and realize the new chefs don't have what it takes to do simple things such as appetizers.
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Best Burger in Santa Barbara, 11/28/2009
Reviewer: Travis Wilson
from Santa Barbara, CA
The Santa Barbara Brewing Company is reborn! The New Burgers are about the Best in Town now(best at medium rare!).They are better than even the local beloved Habits burgers. Also their fish is some of the best,freshest in Town(loved the Alaskan Halibut).Sure you can get an over cooked burger in any restaurant.SEND it back!I have been back several times since Summer,and has been very good each time,and even all my Beer loving Buddies say the Beer is great, probably due to their new Brewer(I hear!).Where are the "BEER" Reviews!
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It used to be incredible., 10/21/2009
Reviewer: Brandon
from Santa Barbara, CA
In the last couple of weeks or so it fell off a cliff. I confirmed that they got a new chef in that time and, though the new menu seems to have the old food on it, it's the most plain jane cooking I've ever had. For ex: the steak bites, which used to be lightly seasoned, cooked as rare as you wanted, and delicious on their own (with the sauce making them even better) are now guaranteed to be medium at minimum and smothered in a different barbecue sauce that doesn't complement their flavor at all. The burgers were also medium or medium-well when ordered medium-rare. My sister was a giant fan of the chicken tenders but apparently they're now more like over-battered nuggets from McD's. I haven't been back because I've been worried about what other past favorites they've changed.
Please please *please* bring back the old chef or have him teach the new guy or something. It's nothing personal. It's about me coming back in my usual 2-3x per week with all of my housemates.
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Trashy sex toy party.
Reviewer: Brittany
from Santa Barbara, CA
Last tuesday I went to the lounge to watch the Laker game with my boyfriend, what I didn't realize was I was going to a stip club. The waitresses hardly had any clothes on. Not only that, but they were hosting a sex toy party. I came in that night for the basketball game and food not to have a bunch of sex toys at the table next to me while I am trying to eat. I know the economy is bad but I don't know what kind of crowd the ownership of this restaurant is trying to bring in. I know I will not be back.
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Much Better Than Previous Visits
Reviewer: Nicole
from Santa Barbara, CA
Last night (St. Patrick's Day) I stopped by Dargans and saw a line extending almost all the way to The Habit. I decided to keep walking and saw SB Brew co. I remembered previous bad visits but my bf really wanted to go so I went. Boy, was I surprised! The service has improved a lot and I had a great time. I went to their back room, sat at the bar and the bartender (Chris) was great. He took our food order, drink order and let us get up several times to play pool, video games, etc and watched our stuff for us. We had an amazing time, the fish and chips were pretty good and the fries are excellent. The only thing was the tartar sauce is actually more of a mustard sauce. I don't like mustard or tartar sauce so I wasn't keen on that. However, I had a great time and will definitely be back!
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Great brew pub!
Reviewer: Paul
from Goleta, CA
I try to go downtown once a week. I always visit the Brew Co. while I am there. Sports, fresh beer and great food. The bartenders and servers all know me and are great. It's hard to believe some of the reviews, maybe those people work for the other brew pubs in the area......
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Great beer, atmosphere, poor service and food
Reviewer: Nicole
from Santa Barbara, CA
SB Brew Co has great pitcher deals and their room in the back is a wonderful place to start a night of fun downtown. I go there with the guys often and they love watching sports, getting pitchers of beer and catching an occasional game of pool. The food there is ok, it's not terrible, I mean, it's bar food! But it is overpriced so I'd avoid ordering it. The waitresses are cold and seem to think they're being paid to wear skimpy clothing instead of serving customers. The girls there are beautiful (well...mostly) but need to be told that looking good isn't enough in a customer service oriented position. I will continue to go back for the beer but always place my order at the bar in the back.
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Go for the beer, skip the food
Reviewer: Mark
from San Diego, CA
seems like this is fairly consistent with everyone else's opinions. I ordered the fish and chips and and it was average at best. just not a lot of taste. and the "garlic fries" weren't all that great either. my wife had a crab cake sandwich and she stated it was just OK. we were pretty disappointed with the food. the 2 beers I had (Rincon Red) were tasty but overall, pretty poor experience. service was OK, nothing spectacular but it's just a brew pub, not a 5-star restauarant.
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Very unimpressed - it's like they don't even care
Reviewer: Sonny
from Santa Barbara, CA
I came here once before and had a good meal. My second trip, however, was much, much worse. The hostess was actually very nice and with little trouble the lady and I ordered our meals. When they came, the order (both plates) was obviously wrong. We told the server who brought out our food and he, obviously within earshot - he was RIGHT next to me - simply walked off as if nothing had happened. After flagging down our waitress the food was brought out again and one of the two was still wrong. We finally got the right order after 2 attempts but I was very disappointed with the food. The bleu cheese wrap was absolutely tasteless - there was no bleu cheese in it at all, it was smothered in some Caesar dressing. I kid you no, I had to ask the waitress if she was sure this was the right order and she said that they didn't even have a Caesar warp. Didn't even finish my food before paying and leaving. Highly doubt I will ever go there again, I don't know if it was just a fluke or new staff, but after being ignored like that, they don't deserve my money.
Long story short: Good beer, lousy service, tasteless food.
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Took us 15 minutes to pay
Reviewer: Chris
from Santa Barbara, CA
Average American food, but the service was terrible. We felt like we did all the work. I usually am not picky about service. We had to wander the restaurant to find someone to bring us more water. Again for tartar sauce. When we were all done, our waitress gave us the check and didn't come back. We approached the hostess who told us to go sit down and some one would help us. We waited 15 more minutes! My dad finally had to go all the way into the kitchen to find anyone who was interested in taking our money. We seriously considered leaving without paying, it was that hard.
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Bad service
Reviewer: Mike
from Los Angeles
Went up to Santa Barbara for the first time for my 1yr anniversary. I talked my wife into going here because I wanted to try some of their beers. Ugh. Big mistake. I'm not gonna knock the food because everyones taste buds are different. But I know bad service when I see it and this cant go unnoticed. The female server just greeted us with a very dry "How you doin?" and then silence. Didn't offer to start us off with drinks or anything or tell us her name! It was very awkward. We were only sitting for about 2mins and we werent ready to order food yet. But if she offered a drink we woulda taken it. So I order a beer and my wife orders a water. My wife liked my beer so I gave it to her and asked the server if I can order a 2nd one. She said sure. About 5mins go by and I look over to the bar area and I see my beer sitting on the bar table. The server was not to far away in the server area gossiping with the other servers. I point at my beer and say to my wife, "my beer is ready but its getting warm on the bar." The server sees me point to my beer. This definetly reminded her that it was for me and she brings it over and hands the beer to me over the rail. She was too lazy to walk around to the table and hand it to me. If the beer was in a closed container, she probably wouldve said "Here, catch!" and tossed it to me. She then went back to gossiping. Our food arrives and it wasn't even brought by our server, it was brought by some guy that was cleaning off the bar 2mins earlier. If I remember correctly, this girl was our server and was the one working for a tip, not the guy cleaning tables. This has to be the most dissapointing dining experiences I've ever had. I'm usually a generous tipper and my wife told me that I better not even leave the girl a tip. This was the only time I agreed with her regarding tips but instead of leaving zero. I left 1 cent for her.
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