Wow!! What great food! My wife had an Ideal top sirloin that was tender and cooked to perfection! My salad with oak grilled chicken was excellent! We look forward to visiting again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ideal Steak
Chris Unzueta
I've been to this restaurant a couple times the service, steaks, and desserts were perfect. I definitely recommend if your a die hard carnivore like me!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
T Sweeney
I was in Santa Maria for the first time. I asked the Santa Maria people in the class where to go for tri-tip, since tri-tip originated in Santa Maria. The Swiss Restaurant was a near unanimous recommendation. I went for lunch. I got the half-pound tri-tip sandwich with onion rings as my side; it also comes with a side of pinquito beans. Your sandwich comes with a ramekin of salsa. They make their own onion rings; they were fantastic. The tri-tip sandwich was one of the best I’ve ever had. I don’t know how to describe the salsa other than to say it’s very, very flavorful; it does not have very much heat, which is perfect for this sandwich. The bread was great — fresh, stood up to the liquid that came off the salsa without falling apart.
I liked it so much I went back two days later for dinner. I got the same sandwich and it was just as good. Dinner comes with soup or salad; I ordered the broccoli cheddar soup, which is made from scratch; excellent. The garlic mashed potatoes didn’t have enough garlic for my taste, but they were good and obviously made from scratch. I highly recommend The Swiss for their tri-tip sandwich!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Dean
We truly love The Swiss and have been coming every other week for our date night. With three little ones at home, getting away is rare for us — so our visits here always feel special. Unfortunately, our experience tonight fell short of what we’re used to.
We ordered our steaks medium rare, but they arrived very overcooked — closer to medium well and quite dry. It was about 10 minutes before our server checked back in, so we didn’t have the chance to have them corrected. I ended up adding ranch just to try to make mine more enjoyable, and my husband took his home. The scalloped potatoes also weren’t fully cooked. Our server apologized when we mentioned it, but there was no follow-up beyond that.
We’re disappointed because this is usually one of our favorite places, and we’ve always had great meals here. We hope this was just an off night, because we really do love coming and would like to continue doing so.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Aaron Caldwell
Loved this place! Great atmosphere and old school vibe, prompt, friendly service, and one of the best steaks I've had in awhile! Will definitely return next time I'm here for work!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Frank Hernandez
The food is always amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tim Durnin
This is a great meal, every time. There isn’t an entree I don’t recommend and my favorite dish, an appetizer, is the artichoke. For BBQ fans order this and understand why SM style BBQ is simply the bast in the world. No distractions from rubs or sauce, this is BBQ in its purest form, meat over a red oak flame. This is God’s BBQ.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
David Hammons
Had a group of 5 people, 4 of us got their food, but mine never came, everyone finished to eat and I still not have my order, worse service I seen in my life, waitress said the mess up my order with another table and give my order to them. I DO NOT recommend that restaurant at all I gave one star because don’t have a ZERO ⭐️
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
G L
Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steak's were impeccably seasoned and cooked to perfection. We have never been disapointed, as the Swiss is the best place for BBQ meat in the SM valley!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Lisa Lovitz
We had another excellent, delicious experience here for our 40th anniversary!!!!! Thank you Swiss!!!♥️
Great fire grilled bbq. Down-home, been around forever kind of place. Delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread, Prime Rib Sandwich, BBQ, Baby Back Ribs, Santa Maria Style Tri Tip Sandwich, 14oz Filet and Baked Potato, Half Rack Baby Back Ribs, Scalloped, Ideal Steak, Beans and Salsa
Joshua Gage
Great time. I eat out once every 3 months, took a friend here for dinner for his BD. Food was amazing, service was even better. Nothing but money well spent. Even treated myself to a Cadillac. Amazing service and great food for someone who is usually tight with going out.
Shelly Langwell
Great food and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Prime Rib Sandwich
Jeanelle Ridge
Very friendly and low key. Food is always fresh and served quickly.
Wow!! What great food! My wife had an Ideal top sirloin that was tender and cooked to perfection! My salad with oak grilled chicken was excellent! We look forward to visiting again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ideal Steak
I've been to this restaurant a couple times the service, steaks, and desserts were perfect. I definitely recommend if your a die hard carnivore like me!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was in Santa Maria for the first time. I asked the Santa Maria people in the class where to go for tri-tip, since tri-tip originated in Santa Maria. The Swiss Restaurant was a near unanimous recommendation. I went for lunch. I got the half-pound tri-tip sandwich with onion rings as my side; it also comes with a side of pinquito beans. Your sandwich comes with a ramekin of salsa. They make their own onion rings; they were fantastic. The tri-tip sandwich was one of the best I’ve ever had. I don’t know how to describe the salsa other than to say it’s very, very flavorful; it does not have very much heat, which is perfect for this sandwich. The bread was great — fresh, stood up to the liquid that came off the salsa without falling apart.
I liked it so much I went back two days later for dinner. I got the same sandwich and it was just as good. Dinner comes with soup or salad; I ordered the broccoli cheddar soup, which is made from scratch; excellent. The garlic mashed potatoes didn’t have enough garlic for my taste, but they were good and obviously made from scratch. I highly recommend The Swiss for their tri-tip sandwich!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We truly love The Swiss and have been coming every other week for our date night. With three little ones at home, getting away is rare for us — so our visits here always feel special. Unfortunately, our experience tonight fell short of what we’re used to.
We ordered our steaks medium rare, but they arrived very overcooked — closer to medium well and quite dry. It was about 10 minutes before our server checked back in, so we didn’t have the chance to have them corrected. I ended up adding ranch just to try to make mine more enjoyable, and my husband took his home. The scalloped potatoes also weren’t fully cooked. Our server apologized when we mentioned it, but there was no follow-up beyond that.
We’re disappointed because this is usually one of our favorite places, and we’ve always had great meals here. We hope this was just an off night, because we really do love coming and would like to continue doing so.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Loved this place! Great atmosphere and old school vibe, prompt, friendly service, and one of the best steaks I've had in awhile! Will definitely return next time I'm here for work!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is always amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is a great meal, every time. There isn’t an entree I don’t recommend and my favorite dish, an appetizer, is the artichoke. For BBQ fans order this and understand why SM style BBQ is simply the bast in the world. No distractions from rubs or sauce, this is BBQ in its purest form, meat over a red oak flame. This is God’s BBQ.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Had a group of 5 people, 4 of us got their food, but mine never came, everyone finished to eat and I still not have my order, worse service I seen in my life, waitress said the mess up my order with another table and give my order to them.
I DO NOT recommend that restaurant at all
I gave one star because don’t have a ZERO ⭐️
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steak's were impeccably seasoned and cooked to perfection. We have never been disapointed, as the Swiss is the best place for BBQ meat in the SM valley!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
We had another excellent, delicious experience here for our 40th anniversary!!!!! Thank you Swiss!!!♥️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
By far the best food I had so far in Santa Maria
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great fire grilled bbq. Down-home, been around forever kind of place. Delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread, Prime Rib Sandwich, BBQ, Baby Back Ribs, Santa Maria Style Tri Tip Sandwich, 14oz Filet and Baked Potato, Half Rack Baby Back Ribs, Scalloped, Ideal Steak, Beans and Salsa
Great time.
I eat out once every 3 months, took a friend here for dinner for his BD.
Food was amazing, service was even better.
Nothing but money well spent.
Even treated myself to a Cadillac.
Amazing service and great food for someone who is usually tight with going out.
Great food and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Prime Rib Sandwich
Very friendly and low key. Food is always fresh and served quickly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loading...