Shalhoob's Funk Zone Patio

220 Gray Ave, Santa Barbara
(805) 963-7733

Recent Reviews

Jason Bergstrom

OMG best fish taco & tri-tip sandwich ever!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tri-Tip Tacos, Oak Smoked Tri Tip Sandwich

Nicholas Grassano

Bad Business Practices.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Rachele

Awesome place with great food and drinks! Good vibe and friendly employees. The smoked Turkey sandwich was delicious and their Margaritas are yummy too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Funk Zone, Sandwiches

Seba Cava

We ate on a weekday at noon.The food was very well prepared and delicious.The service is to order and bring the food to the tables yourself. The people who work are very friendly.The tables are very uncomfortable and most of them were exposed to the sun.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 4

L S

Excellent Funk Zone Burger! You can tell that quality ingredients are used as one would expect from this well-known Santa Barbara family. Burger was cooked perfectly with tasty cheddar, served on a toasted brioche bun . Also had fries and a beer. Nice relaxed place to get a burger. I’ve purchased (excellent) meat from their butcher shop, this was my first time eating at the restaurant in this location. I’ll definitely return.Support small business, shop local!

Mary N

The tri tip sandwich was tasty, but the side of corn was really bland. It tastes like boiled corn without the street corn flavor. It was topped with some cotija cheese and chili, but it didn't seem to add any flavor to it. I think it might have been missing the mayo spread component? I added some of the garlic aioli from my fries and that helped it a bit. I wouldn't get it again for $8.50 for a tiny cup. I'm just glad I didn't invest in the full portion!The broccoli salad was really delicious and flavorful. I also loved that they provided blankets because it was super cold that night.Service was friendly but they kept forgetting to bring the things we asked for like BBQ sauce, forks (our table jar was out of forks), etc.The nachos looked tempting but they use real cheese vs that fake nacho cheese sauce that I love haha. If they ever get the sauce, I'm all about it ?

Kathy Leifeste

Excellent! Best fries I've had in a long time. So crispy! The kale salad was absolutely delicious, too!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries

robert ballard

The food here is so dang delicious! Been here a handful of times and all I have to say is make sure you don’t eat before! You’re gonna wanna eat as much as you can when you’re there because it’s that good. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork or Tri Tip Nachos, Pulled Pork Sandwich, Street Corn, Pulled Pork Sliders, Tri-Tip Tacos, Sandwiches, Queso Fundido

Gabriel Valencia

Loved the pulled pork tacos. Kept wanting more!

Paul Crow

I ate there yesterday and got food poisoning.Vegetarian options: Meat focused

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado Salad, Fried Chicken Sandwich, Sandwiches

Makoa Rios

40 dollar needled small tri tip, not a butcher place, more like a montecito, mesa, Los Angeles tourist money grab. Cut many local ties. I will not go here.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Fries

Steve L

Large outdoor space for food and drinks; be advised there is no indoor seating. Known locally for their butcher shop, the tri-tip sandwiches are great and there’s even a butcher shop on site to purchase various meats.There’s a selection of “bar food” including wings, nachos, etc. Frankly I didn’t find any of this bar food to be very good during my visit. The fried items were excessively heavy and a bit overcooked with an unpleasant aftertaste, almost as if too much time had passed since the fryer oil had been changed. The nachos were also unnecessarily heavy, completely drowning and cheese and toppings making the dish oily tasting.The drink menu is interesting here as it includes liquor but they don’t have a full bar. For example, if you order a whiskey soda they’ll hand you a shot of whiskey and ask you which bottle of soda do you want. Fine by me but not exactly what I was expecting. They have some other premix drinks here, along with regular beer and wine.Overall this is a good place to meet with friends or larger parties since they have the space. I recommend sticking with the beer and wine along with what Shalhoob is known for: their butcher meat dishes.Parking: Being the fun song, parking can be difficult at times. Most of the parking in the immediate area is free of charge but it’s limited to finding a space nearby can be tough on busy days.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Tri Tip Sandwich

Don W

Probably some of the best BBQ I have had. Staff is great, very friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Anna Browne

Exceptional tri-tip sandwich - so good I got extra to bring home to my parents. Also the street corn was beyond - incredible combination of flavors - will def go back! And loved the nice outdoor seating area on a quiet street with view of the SB

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tri Tip Sandwich, Street Corn

Carlo Hrndz

Service needs big time improvement, hostess but specially cashier girls are in LaLaLand most of the time and they mess up orders. Happened 3 of the 4 times I have been there.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

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