The Sand Bar Capitola

211 Esplanade, Capitola
(831) 462-1881

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Dulce Rebollar

Worst experience ever. The waitress was nice but she got our order wrong and was being is random food. She also charged us for three kids quesadillas when we ordered 2 and when I told her she says she charged us 3 because we had three kids (one is a 4month old, we clearly did not get a quesadilla for a newborn)That’s no excuse. My brother also asked for the receipt and the waitress handed him a blank piece of paper. The lady behind the counter was extremely rude and told us that we sat down when there was a 20 min wait so therefore we threw them off. There was no one waiting and She had actually told us to sit where we wanted to and told the same thing to the family behind us. The restaurant was not busy at all and it had open tables. With a sign that said please sit yourself. She was also talking behind our backs when we were leaving. Very unprofessional and rude.

Paul Connell

Best place to grab a drink in the Village! Highly recommended.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Flip flop Realtor Denise Stuart

Live music and people are always friendly. You may run into a legend here.

C Ben

The Sand Bar is amazing for live music, they often have local bands and artists during the week. Lots of locals go dancing and enjoy the ambiance.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Alejandra Garcia

Never have been so disappointed in a restaurant and service. Not only did we wait an hour to get seated, by the time we placed our order it had been another hour and we didn’t even get our drinks. When we received our food it was extremely bland, not seasoned whatsoever. My brothers order was even missed and he even had to wait an extra 30 minutes. It was super cold and multiple people asked if we could close the doors and the server refused. The people were so hostile and the servers were racist. There was a black family that came in that they completely ignored until they left. Did not even seat them. The whole 2 hours we waited we saw the chef eating the food while he was making it and not washing his hands in between. Extremely unpleasant experience. 0/5 if I could. The utensil were also clearly dirty and unwashed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Fries

Angel Garcia

a horrible experience. Horribly understaffed, waited 2 and a half hours to be served food, took about 40 mins just to get waters and drinks, food was fine but wasn’t worth after 2 and a half hours of wait. Auto gratuity is wild after all of this. Wouldn’t recommend to anybody who is looking to get the most out of their time. Oh yea also room was freezing cold, one food item was even EXTRA LATE so on top of the already late serving time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

KG Freebird

Yes! A must! Great staff, food, drinks and live music most nights. Happy Hour specials weekdays. Beautiful views. Back patio sits on the water. One of the Happy Hour Specials: $10 Burger, fries & drink (beer, wine, well, soda) ... Mention Happy Hour Burger special when ordering. And absolute pleasure. Have enjoyed multiple visits... breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Parking: The Esplanade has paid parking spaces, card not cash. 3 hour limit. Free after 8 PM. And multiple paid parking lots in the area

Wheelchair accessibility: Easy access, to patio as well . No ramps or stairs. Large single bathroom.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nicole Blackwell

Had a great lil lunch today. I tried The cheeseburger and my hubby had the fish tacos. Was such a great view and the service was super fast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Iroc Jay

The food was not good at all the food was very expensive we had to get our own straws and they were not covered, also the bathroom smelled like piss throughout the place as if they didn’t clean it and when I didn’t leave a very healthy tip the server asked why didn’t I get a good tip, I chose not to respond to avoid conflict she had a very rude face and was ready for a confrontation she was lucky my wife had already left cause it wouldn’t end well, it was our first time to Capitola and I won’t be going back to this place.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Ceviche, Clam Chowder

Laura Duran

Excellent customer service, had dinner and drinks, then stayed to enjoy the live music, The Mighty Sons played and they were fantastic! I had steak tacos and my husband had the shirt steak with grilled mushrooms and onions, we both loved our dishes, delicious. We also had the crab cakes as an appetizer and A Couples Paradise is what the drink is called.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

eduard smit

Food was good but service substandard. Pay particular attention to your change because the cash is counted incorrectly on purpose, causing her to say that you have paid a shortfall.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Julie Bryson

Beautiful location and views. Food was very mediocre.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

JEssr Smith

There was a hair in my fish and chips and a hair in my clam chowder. Not sure if it was on purpose since my wife is black and they were rude to us the whole time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Heather Taylor

Only ordered their garlic fries that came with a small cup of Ranch dressing. A spoonful of minced garlic was tossed it under the fries. I had to add my own salt and pepper. They did not taste like they were seasoned in any way. The view from their outside deck was pleasant and the service was great.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

Willie Taitano

Great music,
Bar food is great,especially the nachos!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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