PANINO Montecito

Very good Italian sandwich. Solid all around. Great crew.

Good, not great

Horrible service and very rude workers. Me and my mother went in and have never been in before we were looking at the menu while the girl at the register continued to give us attitude and made rude comments. We were nothing but nice and still tipped 20% just to still be treated terribly. Trust me go somewhere else the food was no better than the service.

First visit on our way out of Santa Barbara. The hospitality is great! We had a turkey sandwich. The turkey is good. The avocado is very fresh and perfect! And so is the sourdough bread! We highly recommend and will revisit.

Aidan was very helpful and super kind. Helped me with a problem with my sandwich and showed great customer service.

Cobb salad

I don’t understand how a panini cafe does not have a grill press to make a toasted panini?

My favorite is the curried chicken salad on focaccia. It tastes the same as it did when I used to work at the local college in the aughts. During my holiday, I knew I had to make sure to get here. However, my only gripe has nothing to do with the restaurant but how it’s impossible to walk safely to this location. Personally it feels like (and I felt this way when I lived in the area) it’s an intentional effort to keep “certain types” of people out. It’s ironic because Panino is not a fancy place yet makes great sandwiches.

Excellent sandwiches! The chicken pesto was the winner in our eyes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Not just the worst salad in Montecito, but probably the worst salad you could get anywhere. Bitter lettuce, underripe toppings, and dressing that had the consistency of peanut butter. Seriously — look at the photo. Disgusting.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Great sandwich shop in a very crowded parking lot and busy mall

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered a Greek salad to go and when I opened it it had a few pebbles of feta cheese like when you ask for pepper on your salad and they barely give you half a turn? and NO olives. Basically a NON Greek Greek salad? When I called them and told them they mentioned they will give me a free bag of chips next time?

Food: 1

Service: 1

The staff is always wonderful and so attentive! I look forward to my lunchtime at panino in Montecito. It is by far my favorite sandwich shop in town.. it’s a little on the pricier side but you get what you pay for because the sandwiches/salads are humongous. All the ingredients are so fresh and yummy, the honey mustard is the best!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gracie was so pleasant & helpful! She recommended to us the #1 with added avocado & sun-dried tomatoes. It was our first time here as we were visiting from the Bay Area. It was delicious & we can’t wait to come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Not a bad sandwich spot, decent sandwiches but we've had better. Location is great, and customer service was good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3