The Cats

17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos
(408) 354-3060

Recent Reviews

Susanne Millar

We haven't been here since the new owners. We had pulled pork plate with pineapple slaw & onion rings plus a baked potato. Pulled pork was so tender and moist. Bake potato was cooked to perfection. Beer and wine list are a little slim.Great service.Live music with Crossing Dana... They were very good with a great lead singer.We'll be back for sure!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Mackenzie Card

Our food was cold and half our order was messed up our drink of choice ran out. The music was good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Parker G

Terrifying odor. Strange aura.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Jay

Cool place with good service ruined by mediocre food at high prices.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

William Anderson

Wow, I lived next to this place for years. Throughout out new ownership and new ownership. It seems to always stay the same. Never have I had to wait over an hour for the waitress. To tell me that they do not have the cocktail that I ordered. Somehow after thirty minutes of them being open they ran out of mezcal. Two of the 4 drinks on the menu . let alone the miss understanding of what we ordered. I guess we ended up with the ham hocked plate. It really only had about 5 bites of meat. The rest was all fat and bone. For 48 bucks. Not worth it at all. Garlic herb french fries thats had no garlic. Maybe a few flakes of dill. Overall the few bites of food was decent. Just the staff was bad.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Stephen Hoefler

Lots of potential but The Cats failed to deliver.We ordered St. Luis ribs (w/ pineapple slaw and garlic fries) cornbread, roots medley, and two drinks.The starters and main arrived at the same time. The ribs arrived with the wrong side so we asked that it be corrected and it was relatively quickly. The roots medley never came out.Honestly, the food was not good. Our favorite item was the cornbread...! The ribs were lukewarm and very dry. They had good color but we had to drench them in the spicy BBQ sauce to get them down. Pineapple slaw might as well be called regular cole slaw and garlic fries were very oily. Can't comment on the root medley because it never came out but it sounded like it would be a well balanced vegetable plate. The whole meal left some to be desired (from a quality perspective, portions were adequate) but we didn't dare order anything more.The drinks were not done being made when the food came out and then they sat in the back of the bar for another 5-10 minutes waiting to be picked up by the waitress before we took matters into our own hands, got up, and asked if we could get them from the bartender.As for the drinks themselves, also not great. However, I can't honestly blame the bartender as they appeared to be one of the only employees pulling their weight with servers vanishing or otherwise not being helpful. We ordered the pineapple mezcal and summertime blues. Pineapple mezcal didn't live up to the hype and seemed a bit underpoured and the summertime blues was badly over poured almost entirely muting the flavors. We typically order 2 drinks each but we had a mutual unspoken understanding that we wouldn't be ordering more drinks.Finally, about 20 minutes after the food arrived and 10 minutes after we got up to grab the drinks that were waiting to be delivered by the waitress at the bar, our waitress returned and asked if everything was looking alright. At least she asked but 20 minutes afterwards is not the time to do it. Our waitress vanished a second time after checking in and we eventually asked the bartender if she could prepare the check so we could pay.There was live music playing which added to the ambiance so that's a plus.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

Annette Steiner

It was too much like a sports bar for me, although the gentleman singing Sunday night was very

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: St Louis Style Ribs Front and Pulled Pork Back

Shreyas Gupta

Promise is the best person i have ever seen in my life, if you ever go to cats hope you guys get Promise to server you. She made my day.Amazing service by her!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mary Jo Sowinski

Food and beer choices were limited because they're not open enough to stock a large inventory.Vegetarian options: Very limited.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Corn Bread and Butter

Elle Rae Knowles

A fun find. We went at about 5 pm on a Saturday and it was pretty mellow, I assume it picks up more in the evening. We got the brisket and beef wings. The flavor was pretty good, and it was fairly tender. The cornbread was super unique. I LOVED the spicy bbq sauce; it had some heat but mostly it was full of flavor. Service was good and the staff was friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Jorge Martinez

Live music and very good music. We tried the ribeye and the brisket and it was very good. The place is very curious and cozy. Only dinners and

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Jeff Bruton

Walking in to a Live band was awesome!! Food was great too...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Frank Thibeaux

The food is excellent. The staff is excellent and the music is excellent. People should stop sleeping on this treasure.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kyle Fox

Awesome and relaxed atmosphere. Promise’s prompt and friendly service will keep me stopping

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Arend Barneveld

My wife and I went here for our anniversary and the food was amazing. The beef ribs and crispy ham hock were tender and flavorful. The table bbq sauces were excellent. There's live music, which I could take or leave. But I think most people would appreciate the band.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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