17 Best Cocktail Bars near Aptos

“I had an amazing birthday here. The staff are so friendly and right there when you need them. The food….omg the food. I had lamb shank with mashed potatoes and sautéd veggies. Everything was cooked to perfection! I live 4 hours away. I can’t wait to come back.“

“A place where you could bring any of age family member and not be concerned of the atmosphere. Great spot to wait and have a drink before going into Manuel’s or Casa Rosa“

“Fourth time here and still left impressed. Pizza, gnocchi, ragu, and sole dishes were fantastic. Didn leave room for desert but tried the strawberry and cream and lemon curd, anyway. Glad we did. Drinks were great too. Nice enough for a date night. Casual enough to be a great neighborhood hang. 10/10.“

“I wrote a detailed review on 831 Best and Worst Facebook page and this was definitely the BEST category ! Cannot go wrong IMO !“

“Can be a lot of fun here!“

“BEST place to get drinks in SC. Atmosphere is fun and casual. FAVE drink is the Vodsod!! LOVE F&C.“

“Cool Place to have a drink with your friends and listen to live music🎶“

“Such a neat place! We really enjoyed this spot. Service and drinks! Their house drink menu is very unique and fun! Definitely recommend if you're visiting Santa Cruz! The entrance is around the back of motiv off pearl alley but if it's after 9:30p you'll need to go to motiv first to get stamped anyways.“

“Been there couple times now. Food is very good & staff friendly. View at sunset is amazing & constantly changing from the rotating floor. Will definitely choose Makai again!“

“The food was super good organic delicious and I will be going back for more“

“This was our first time there and the food was great and the atmosphere was great.. also had great service. We will be back again..“

“Excellent appetizers, amazing healthy food and great service.“

“Great food , Great Margaritas! , Great service, 😊“

“This is a review for low tide bar & grill - same kitchen and wait staff as high tide side.

Positives: nice decor. Excellent food.
Negatives: very poor service.

We have a reservation. We are seated (party of 2) and after us a party of 5 and a family with 3 small children are seated by us. Restaurant has one other table already seated with drinks. Bar is about 50% full. In other words, not exactly slammed.

Both parties seated after us get water, and then orders are taken for them. No one makes eye contact, or checks on us. After 15 minutes the first table gets their food. Still no visit from anyone to us (literally walking around us.)

We let the manager know we’re somehow ignored. The hostess (not a server) brings us water. Another 5 minutes goes by, and our server appears, explaining she was on break. Ok, so don’t seat people at a table with no coverage, or make sure one of the other servers (there were plenty, we could see them hanging around the kitchen) cover your tables. We put our complete order (one drink each, burger and chicken dishes) in. Drinks appear 5 minutes later. Food appears 30 minutes later. The restaurant is not busy. Not sure why it took 30 minutes to cook a small chicken breast and a 1/4 pound burger.

The server offered us free dessert, which we declined.

Total price: $110 before tip. Nothing was removed from the bill.

With excellent service, could have been 5 stars. With average food, 3. The food was good. The overall experience was very poor. We won’t be back.“

“Personally, I loved the beautiful life size paintings of majestic Horses all over the restaurant. Don't judge a book by its cover.
The service was Excellent! The food was Amazing! I recommend to everyone who lives Mexican food.
The fajitas were sizzling hot!“

“Rad Spot to enjoy a meal and drink“

“Food was good and Service was great.“