Ocean Grill

268 Front St, Avila Beach
(805) 595-4050

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Peggy

Our service person (I'm pretty sure her name was Shannon) was the best eVer. I felt like I knew her forever. She was fun and efficient and you are lucky to have her..

keith

Had a really nice time at Ocean Grill. The food was good, but needs to be served nice & hot, we had the beet salad & the lettuce was a little wilty I'm sure it was fresh a few days ago. We always try and make a reservation when in town, sorry to see that they are not serving pizza anymore it was one of the best in town.

joelle

Flavorable brussel sprouts not too salty! And side of gilled chicken very good not dry. Great view and service.

Mark

Have note had a bad meal here. Three dishes we recommend are the salmon piccata, seafood pappardelle and the seafood stew. Also the wait staff, in our case Shannon, we're warm, welcoming and attentive.

Emilio

Service was awesome. Zach and others very attestation and engaging. Gave great suggestions and were on point on all our ask. Definitely return!

Marina Alfaro

A delicious ceviche and their super delicious tiramizu dessert. I highly recommend this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cameron Barksdale

Ate well with family was somebody here thnx go chargerz jesus

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Glazed Salmon

Cindy

My first Time booking and when we arrived at the place looked very outdated and not very clean, we were like oh well let's give it try. We ordered fish Taco, Cesar Salad Wine and beer, also I asked for Bread. Bred was stale with green mold all over it, nasty I informed our server that this really bad,, after that I was little not sure if the food is fresh. Still we stayed and I received my salad , again the lettuce were old was the most horrible salad I ever had in my life, my husband fish taco was bad, the tortillas was not even cooked Cold and nasty, We paid $90 and left and will never ever go back . Nasty ?

Shady Xiong VanDusen

If I could rate this restaurant a zero star rating I would. Giving this restaurant a one star review is still very generous from what they did to me and my sisters, it’s so unbelievable and does not deserve a star review. I’m not making this up when I say they didn’t want to serve us because we had a “big group”. What’s even more ridiculous is that we saw big parties being seated before us and bigger parties leaving together. We had 11 people in our group, 5 adults and 6 kids, and what’s crazy is that when we went to another restaurant, because Ocean Grills didn’t want to serve us, they sat us perfectly fine and had better customer service than this restaurant did. We had a long stressful day driving, planning, and going to the beach so when we saw that ocean grills was open and closely convenient for us we decided to go, we had to wait over 15 minutes to get seen by the host and when the host came to talk to us she told us we had a “big party” and couldn’t serve us. I’m not making this up because I’ve NEVER seen a restaurant reject a BIG party like ours. There’s a saying that goes, the bigger the party the bigger the tip but I guess this restaurant can care less about that. I’m not that type of person that likes to cause problems or make a scene, and that day I should’ve because we had a LONG day. We were all very exhausted and didn’t want to drive anywhere else other than drive back home. Customer service is very poor, this restaurant is terrible compared to the other restaurant we went to, their customer service was COMPLETELY opposite from ocean grills, which makes lead to writing this poor review on this restaurant. So if you have a big group and you’re hungry, DONT go here because they apparently don’t need your money and will tell you that they can’t serve you due to your size group. Ocean grills, do better because if another restaurant is doing way better than yours, you can kiss your restaurant goodbye. Yes, I’m being very petty about this review because this host didn’t talk to me and if she did I would’ve asked for the manager and complained. That will be our first and last time ever going to ocean grills and I will not recommend this restaurant to anyone else nor families and friends. Take the drive and go to another restaurant because ocean grills does not deserve anyone else coming to dine here and then being treated like this.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Shady Ndusen

If I could rate this restaurant a zero star rating I would. Giving this restaurant a one star review is still very generous from what they did to me and my sisters, it’s so unbelievable and does not deserve a star review. I’m not making this up when I say they didn’t want to serve us because we had a “big group”. What’s even more ridiculous is that we saw big parties being seated before us and bigger parties leaving together. We had 11 people in our group, 5 adults and 6 kids, and what’s crazy is that when we went to another restaurant, because Ocean Grills didn’t want to serve us, they sat us perfectly fine and had better customer service than this restaurant did. We had a long stressful day driving, planning, and going to the beach so when we saw that ocean grills was open and closely convenient for us we decided to go, we had to wait over 15 minutes to get seen by the host and when the host came to talk to us she told us we had a “big party” and couldn’t serve us. I’m not making this up because I’ve NEVER seen a restaurant reject a BIG party like ours. There’s a saying that goes, the bigger the party the bigger the tip but I guess this restaurant can care less about that. I’m not that type of person that likes to cause problems or make a scene, and that day I should’ve because we had a LONG day. We were all very exhausted and didn’t want to drive anywhere else other than drive back home. Customer service is very poor, this restaurant is terrible compared to the other restaurant we went to, their customer service was COMPLETELY opposite from ocean grills, which makes lead to writing this poor review on this restaurant. So if you have a big group and you’re hungry, DONT go here because they apparently don’t need your money and will tell you that they can’t serve you due to your size group. Ocean grills, do better because if another restaurant is doing way better than yours, you can kiss your restaurant goodbye. Yes, I’m being very petty about this review because this host didn’t talk to me and if she did I would’ve asked for the manager and complained. That will be our first and last time ever going to ocean grills and I will not recommend this restaurant to anyone else nor families and friends. Take the drive and go to another restaurant because ocean grills does not deserve anyone else coming to dine here and then being treated like this.

The service rating does not reflect on our server that evening, she was very nice and very apologetic that our food was delayed. The review is mainly for the general manager/ owner of the establishment to reevaluate staffing, especially your kitchen staff. More than 1hr wait time for food and kids food came last. It's unfortunate because my MIL really enjoyed your restaurant on her last visit.

Opentable Diner

The service rating does not reflect on our server that evening, she was very nice and very apologetic that our food was delayed. The review is mainly for the general manager/ owner of the establishment to reevaluate staffing, especially your kitchen staff. More than 1hr wait time for food and kids food came last. It's unfortunate because my MIL really enjoyed your restaurant on her last visit.

S Sorrick

Great light dinner and delicious dessert. Music playing was a bit loud and country genre.

Vegetarian options: Salads beet,cesar, etc.

Kid-friendliness: Hamburgers

Wheelchair accessibility: Flat entry surface

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Creme Brûlée

Amelia Guerrero

Almost every dish we had here not only looked amazing, but tasted amazing. The only thing I was disappointed with was the clam chowder even though I added bacon it wasn’t the clam chowder that you would expect to get somewhere like in Monterey Bay. The bread was delicious though, all the other food had amazing flavor and the plating was amazing as well. The service was great as well. If you look out the windows, there’s a perfect view of the ocean. Will definitely come back here if I’m ever in ever in the area again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Calimari

Susu48

Great location with ocean views and fresh air. The ravioli and chicken parm were delish! They only serve Wine and Beer and their Wine selection was very small. Particularly being so close to Paso Robles and Santa Barbara is was very disappointing. Service was adequate but no attention to us or to detail.

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