This restaurant is permanently closed and the restaurant owner didn't have the decency to at least notify the Internet and deactivate their open table booking system. Arrived at the restaurant for dinner and it was all locked up and dark.
eriks
At the time I dined here there were three people to handle the entire restaurant on a Saturday night. The staff did their best but, it was more than they should have to handle. The food was average at best. I was charged a split fee which equated to nearly doubling the price of the dish I ordered. I will not be returning.
chris
Same owner, new menu and delicious food. The prices have been reduced and this will be a go to for us, as locals. Service was also. We hope it gets busier as more folks give it a chance.
We had a terrible experience here and did not make it through the entire meal. The only bright side was the host was extremely nice and waiter also. We had an issue early during service of which the owner (which we did not ask for) came by and escalated the problems to unreasonable level. Obviously we won't be going back and I am sure the owner doesn't care. The food we did have was average at best.
Leanna M
I had a very different experience than most will as I came in and placed an order to go. I was staying at a hotel nearby and was honestly too tired to eat at a restaurant but the food and reviews looked good so I tried it out.Amber helped me with my order and really took care of me as I waited. She showed me to the bar for some water while the food was being prepared and checked in on me with an ETA so I never felt forgotten.My food was nicely packaged and quite good! I got the side of brussel sprouts as well as a steak and they even gave me their bread and butter to go as well.The actual location was really cute and I'd happily go back and eat in next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great service! Highly recommend! The Service was Awesome, the food was good, and the restaurant was classy. My wife and I came here for our wedding anniversary and let me just say the staff here was incredible. Thank you Sear Steakhouse, You were great!
Worst experience eating here. They had a limited menu on a holiday busy weekend with only 3 entree options, however that wasn't the worst part. We could have lived with 3 options, they had no ranch dressing, couldn't make a dirty martini, and they food was cold. Just poor quality overall. My husband ordered a Caesar salad and there was no dressing on it and the croutons were black and burned. The waitress was confused and tried bringing us silverware after we finished our meal and when we told her we were done she looked confused. She didn't even know our food had come out. Overall do not recommend this place at all.
Derya Topalli
This is a very nice restaurant in beautiful Solvang. Meal was very good but a little bit salty. Service was not how we expected, it was very slow.
JoeF
Over all the Sear was a wonderful experience. The patio out front was nice, very comfortable, however a sun screen is necessary if your sitting facing west. The setting sun at that time of day will test your patience. The wait staff was very attentive, all smiles. The only sour note was the bar ran out of gin, and their attempt to make a martini from some other concaution really miss the mark, we appreciated being comp for the try however - thank you.
Bonnie R.
Excellent food and service.My spouse and I ate dinner here while visiting Solvang for a couple days. They serve house made bread, spicy pickled veggies, and butter to start. The bone marrow appetizer was ample and ohhh so delicious. Highly recommend. We also had the center cut filet which was excellent with the béarnaise sauce. We loved our server, Lauren, who was friendly and attentive. The restaurant was really lovely without being pretentious. We felt fine dressed down in shorts after traveling that day but would have fit in dressier clothes as well.
Made reservations easily, showed up 20 minutes early and they still seated us on the patio with party of 4 (and 3 small dogs). The venue was pleasant with a warm sunset. Service was excellent.This is a steakhouse and my wife really likes ribeye steaks. Unfortunately they only had the huge Tomahawk version. We talked about sharing but went a different direction. One of the specialties of the day was a 5-lb Pacific Red Rockfish, which I was very interested, but it was intended as a table share and priced over $100. I didn’t mind the cost, but the others aren’t into fish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
JDLAIR
The food, ambience and service were all good. Our experience would have been much better if there were not very loud and obnoxious people next to us, but that's not the restaurant's fault per se. Crème brûlée was great and both are steaks were very good! Krystal was a lovely waitress.
NancyA
Love this gem of a restaurant. The bone marrow is one of the best dishes I've had in my life. Everything I've ordered has been delicious , this particular night we also got the French onion soup which paired beautifully with the bone marrow. By the time my main entree which was filet came I was stuffed but will definitely be coming back for the bone marrow.
Charlyann M.
This was delicious! It exceeded my expectations in regards to taste. It is a 4.5 for me! The show stealer was the smashed fingerling potatoes with garlic, parmesan and lemon. They were the best potatoes I've ever had in a restaurant. The filet came with compound butter on top and a demi glace. It was cooked exactly to my specifications. I have 2 tiny complaints. One was there was no bread basket. I'm a carb addict and love a good hot sourdough. The other little was that all the entrees were al a carte. So you have to purchase your sides separately. Most high end steakhouses are similar. Im just being nit picky. The service was good. I would return just based on the potatoes.
nathan brockus
Very slow service. Was seated for almost an hour before any food was brought to us. It may be a one time occurrence, but the kitchen staff doesn't seem to know the difference between meat temperatures. Everything is "passable" at best.
This restaurant is permanently closed and the restaurant owner didn't have the decency to at least notify the Internet and deactivate their open table booking system. Arrived at the restaurant for dinner and it was all locked up and dark.
At the time I dined here there were three people to handle the entire restaurant on a Saturday night. The staff did their best but, it was more than they should have to handle. The food was average at best. I was charged a split fee which equated to nearly doubling the price of the dish I ordered. I will not be returning.
Same owner, new menu and delicious food. The prices have been reduced and this will be a go to for us, as locals. Service was also. We hope it gets busier as more folks give it a chance.
We had a terrible experience here and did not make it through the entire meal. The only bright side was the host was extremely nice and waiter also. We had an issue early during service of which the owner (which we did not ask for) came by and escalated the problems to unreasonable level. Obviously we won't be going back and I am sure the owner doesn't care. The food we did have was average at best.
I had a very different experience than most will as I came in and placed an order to go. I was staying at a hotel nearby and was honestly too tired to eat at a restaurant but the food and reviews looked good so I tried it out.Amber helped me with my order and really took care of me as I waited. She showed me to the bar for some water while the food was being prepared and checked in on me with an ETA so I never felt forgotten.My food was nicely packaged and quite good! I got the side of brussel sprouts as well as a steak and they even gave me their bread and butter to go as well.The actual location was really cute and I'd happily go back and eat in next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great service! Highly recommend! The Service was Awesome, the food was good, and the restaurant was classy. My wife and I came here for our wedding anniversary and let me just say the staff here was incredible. Thank you Sear Steakhouse, You were great!
Worst experience eating here. They had a limited menu on a holiday busy weekend with only 3 entree options, however that wasn't the worst part. We could have lived with 3 options, they had no ranch dressing, couldn't make a dirty martini, and they food was cold. Just poor quality overall. My husband ordered a Caesar salad and there was no dressing on it and the croutons were black and burned. The waitress was confused and tried bringing us silverware after we finished our meal and when we told her we were done she looked confused. She didn't even know our food had come out. Overall do not recommend this place at all.
This is a very nice restaurant in beautiful Solvang. Meal was very good but a little bit salty. Service was not how we expected, it was very slow.
Over all the Sear was a wonderful experience. The patio out front was nice, very comfortable, however a sun screen is necessary if your sitting facing west. The setting sun at that time of day will test your patience. The wait staff was very attentive, all smiles. The only sour note was the bar ran out of gin, and their attempt to make a martini from some other concaution really miss the mark, we appreciated being comp for the try however - thank you.
Excellent food and service.My spouse and I ate dinner here while visiting Solvang for a couple days. They serve house made bread, spicy pickled veggies, and butter to start. The bone marrow appetizer was ample and ohhh so delicious. Highly recommend. We also had the center cut filet which was excellent with the béarnaise sauce. We loved our server, Lauren, who was friendly and attentive. The restaurant was really lovely without being pretentious. We felt fine dressed down in shorts after traveling that day but would have fit in dressier clothes as well.
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Made reservations easily, showed up 20 minutes early and they still seated us on the patio with party of 4 (and 3 small dogs). The venue was pleasant with a warm sunset. Service was excellent.This is a steakhouse and my wife really likes ribeye steaks. Unfortunately they only had the huge Tomahawk version. We talked about sharing but went a different direction. One of the specialties of the day was a 5-lb Pacific Red Rockfish, which I was very interested, but it was intended as a table share and priced over $100. I didn’t mind the cost, but the others aren’t into fish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The food, ambience and service were all good. Our experience would have been much better if there were not very loud and obnoxious people next to us, but that's not the restaurant's fault per se. Crème brûlée was great and both are steaks were very good! Krystal was a lovely waitress.
Love this gem of a restaurant. The bone marrow is one of the best dishes I've had in my life. Everything I've ordered has been delicious , this particular night we also got the French onion soup which paired beautifully with the bone marrow. By the time my main entree which was filet came I was stuffed but will definitely be coming back for the bone marrow.
This was delicious! It exceeded my expectations in regards to taste. It is a 4.5 for me! The show stealer was the smashed fingerling potatoes with garlic, parmesan and lemon. They were the best potatoes I've ever had in a restaurant. The filet came with compound butter on top and a demi glace. It was cooked exactly to my specifications. I have 2 tiny complaints. One was there was no bread basket. I'm a carb addict and love a good hot sourdough. The other little was that all the entrees were al a carte. So you have to purchase your sides separately. Most high end steakhouses are similar. Im just being nit picky. The service was good. I would return just based on the potatoes.
Very slow service. Was seated for almost an hour before any food was brought to us. It may be a one time occurrence, but the kitchen staff doesn't seem to know the difference between meat temperatures. Everything is "passable" at best.