The Harbor Restaurant
210 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara
(805) 963-3311
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A great venue for outside dining; and inside is nice too. Bars on both levels. Something for everyone!
We opted to dine out for Thanksgiving and they presented an impressive menu with a truly exceptional meal!!! It was incredibly delicious!! Happy Turkey Day!!🦃🦃
The food are definitely worth the price! Definitely recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My first time ever at this restaurant, beautiful view, food was good but the bartender who served out table was very rude, roller his eyes and acted like we were an inconvience to him, very dissapointing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 1
We had a celebration dinner fall through due to negligence at Loquita and needed another restaurant ASAP. The Harbor pulled THROUGH for my party of 18 people. Big props to Yoko for her assistance and willingness to host my party. Her professionalism and the staff at the Harbor made our celebration especially wonderful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
TLDR: POOR SERVICE SO WE LEFT.
Our table stayed over 15 minutes here without a waiter even so much as walk towards us (just giving us awkward glances as they serve the other tables). For context, we seemed to be the only fully asian party there and we were led to sit in the very furthest table. The view would have been nice but the ambiance is a little sterile and unfriendly. Can't say anything about the food as we never even got to order—but the prices seem to be enthusiastically high. We tried to call any waiter's attention for the longest time but no one showed up even as the hostess was just standing about 10 meters from us chatting with other guests.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Beautiful view of the marina great service
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Food had good flavor, they could have left out the hair, that did nothing for the flavor. I notified the server, but no discount was added or an apology from the manager. They should probably put a net to prevent the pigeons from attacking the customers. Then there was the $11 bottle of water.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
We weren’t expecting to eat here, but my wife was in the mood for a specialized cocktail and it was happy hour so I also got a reasonably-priced beer. I ordered the cheeseburger and it was welldone even though I ordered a medium. But it was so tasty, i didn’t want to take it back. My wife had a grilled cheese which was disappointing. Two grilled texas toast slices with hardly any cheese on it. I tried it, we should have sent it back, it was really dry! The location was perfect as the sun was setting and prior to sunset, you could lower the shades as well. The bartender was attentive and knowledgeable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We were able to park on the wharf, and enjoy a wonderful meal with views of the ocean, the harbor and the mountains. The scallops appetizer, the blackened pacific halibut, the prime rib sandwich and key lime pit were outstanding. My choice of a glass of the Fess Parker Merlot was so so.
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Nice restaurant! Filet mignon WOW! Very good service! Wine price and food excellent! Night quality and look beautiful!
We had a lovely experience at The Harbor Restaurant. They accommodated our request for a table with room for a walker. The wine list was very good, and the selection was excellent. The dishes we indulged in were fantastic and both my husband and I enjoyed our selections immensely. The service was stellar and the ambience wonderful. I was surprised at how lovely our experience was at The Harbor and would highly recommend to all who love good ambience, service, fresh seafood and even a solo guitarist who was excellent. We hope you will enjoy the fish offerings as much as we did. We will certainly be returning when we are in Santa Barbara in the future.
We just didn't like, the way we were treated , The guy in the front desk look at me front top to bottom. He made us wait for our table, another couple just walk in, we had a 5:00 p.m., we got there at 4:50, there were many tables empty. So I told my wife let's go, we're not welcome here cause we're Latinos, So we left, wouldn't return there anymore. 0 to 10 I give them - 10. No look at all.
Food: 5
Service: 1
This restaurant should not advertise that they can do a vegetarian pasta well. I called to Make sure the week befor and that they could accomodate my MIL with a chimichurri veggie pasta. My daughter could have made a better pasta than the one that came out. It was flavourless with barely any sauce. Place is overpriced for what you get.
 they did a beautiful job on the restaurant, the renovation was amazing. Service was a little slow. I don't think they expected that many people, but it was a Friday night. I think they should've had more staff.  food presentation needs to be worked on. Also the menus were just paper and they didn't have enough to go round. I think a fine dining restaurant should have a nicer menu presentation. 
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