Chad’s Cafe

216 W Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara
(805) 965-3269

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Tony Villa

The food is very good at Chad's and on a nice sunny day you can sit outside and it's almost as if you're eating right on the beach. I did give Chad's 4 stars for the atmosphere because they are always so busy and the parking lot is small. Chad's is well worth the wait and if you have to park a short distance from the restaurant the walk is right along a beautiful Santa Barbara Beach.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bill Braggins

Beautiful location beside the ocean. Good food reasonable price. With friendly service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Austin James

Amazing food. Mediocre service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Henry H

Experienced Chad's in Santa Barbara this week. What a great restaurant. Great food, great service, plenty of on-sight parking , great ocean front place to enjoy a meal. I had eggs Benedict and was very happy with the flavor, price and atmosphere. Highly recommend Chad's! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tara Bitton

Exceptional Santa Barbara omelette, and the delightful little muffins that they give you when you first sit down, literally melt in your mouth

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mini Muffins, Hash Browns

Sean Jones

I don't understand why people are lining up to go here! It's just okay.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Cristian Voicu

Solid food, friendly cute waitresses and good service overall. The breakfast burrito was satisfying and on the larger side of the spectrum.

My gripe was with the pricing and the fact that the real prices were about 50% more than advertised on their “Google Menu” I’m aware they are “not in control “ of that but I’m confident with a simple request that would take someone about an hour’s time to correct. It’s an obvious fortune for you but people should be aware of it. For example in the good menu the breakfast burrito ? is $16 and in the restaurant it’s $24

Our server Sophia was great. She was super polite and sweet.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Alex Al

Food quality has gone down. Moist bread and price wasn't particularly inexpensive to justify the poor quality. Used to be better

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Edgar Magana

Great place to visit! Definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jolie Wu

It took very long to get a server to order. The bagel was really good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Toast, Mini Muffins

Clara Wu

The cream cheese bagel was good and tasty but the French toast was honestly so bad!!! The service was okay and view was very good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

The “Same thing” Guy

This restaurant is okay and very popular. Keep in mind that you have to wait a long line usually if you want to eat in the morning. The French toast is terrible but others was mostly good. Do not get the French toast it was the worst and was extremely sweet. The service wasn’t the best but the atmosphere was good located across a road from the beach.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger, Corned Beef Hash & Eggs

Samuel Thorne

As someone who works in the service industry it pains me to write this review. Came in on a pretty slow Monday, was seated first but served last. Took about 20 minutes to even put in a drink order, which we ordered from the busboy, not our server. Asked for water 3 separate times and each time the server came back out to the patio, she did not respond and ignored our request. Never received said water. Got up to use the restroom and while in line watched 3 other servers including ours just hanging about, chatting, and ignoring nearly everyone in the restaurant. Terrible service, please do better.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Jasmine Ahmed

Never given water though asked 3x. 20 minutes for drinks. 40 minutes for food. It was Monday at 10:30am so a medium-sized crowd of people. We were a table of 2 and it may as well have been as if we were a table of 15 on a Friday night.
Save your coins.
Save your appetite.
Eat somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

David Medina

Excellent place for family good food beers

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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