The Southern Pacific Depot

207 E Oak Ave, Visalia
(559) 732-8611

Recent Reviews

Kathy N.

Restaurant seems to be closed as of 1/22. Unfortunate if they didn't survive covid. I would have loved to try it after moving to Tulare just a few years ago.

Kenechi Nnamani

EVERY BODY SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, IT REALLY SURPPORT MY BUSSINESS AND HELPED ME ALLOT IN MY FINANCIAL NEEDS.

Patrick Adler

A nice restaurant. At first you think it's an upscale atmosphere, as the waiters wear cloth gloves. However, on the toilet there is an extremely kitschy train model that regularly whistles like a steam locomotive.

Ernest Randolph

californian food and the atmosphere at this location is excellent. Great food with quality ingredients. I'll return with my friends. The bill won't shock you.

Walsh Maurice

A 5 star experience. This is a very cool place. It’s an old train station that was turned into a high-end restaurant. What made this place really special was the staff. Victoria was exceptionally nice to me, and I really enjoyed her personality. She made the experience 1 million times better.

ED A.

Unfortunately I didn't have a good experience, the food wasn't great and the waitress ignored us for more than 20 minutes. We asked for drinks and bread to the other two waitresses but we didn't get help. I expected more from this place.

Courtland Ranker

This night out at the Depot was an excellent dining experience for our group

CynthiaN

Although I had a reservation , the server(who also seated us) didn't bother to take my name, so had no idea of “special requests “. She was friendly, but distracted, and got several parts of both our orders wrong. Got the shrimp jambalaya, instead of snapper, which she returned to the kitchen and an additional 15 minute wait. Did not get the Yukon potatoes. My sister didn't get avocado on her hamburger. Stale, hard bread was served when we were seated. Cocktails were “so-so”, certainly NOT worth $13 each. AND, although I declined a second cocktail, server brought it. Food was good, atmosphere was relaxing. BUT....This wasn't a $145 meal, by any means....and I did leave a $20 tip, but reluctantly. I have eaten here before, always good service, but this was an extremely disappointing occasion.

RobertC

Hostess set us down and soon our server will be right with us then see our server for about 20 minutes just to order our drinksonce our drink orders were placed didn't receive them for about another 15 minutes sat down for about 20 minutes 25 minutes before we even got to even place a order for food food came out wrong steak wasn't cooked like I asked and also got charged for twice baked potatoes $9 when we only received regular baked potatoes don't think I'm going to be eating here anytime soon again just wish the experience would have went a little better

TimoLin

We came for the steak and it was outstanding. The bread and sides were fine but nothing special. Desserts were disappointing but the accompanying coffee was excellent. So overall, it was hit-or-miss but we enjoyed the ambience, had a pleasant server, and would probably give it another try some day.

We were celebrating Valentines Day with friends. We had a nice quiet table in the bar, in front of the fireplace. We enjoyed the tomato bisque, the chopped salad, pork chops, and citrus cheesecake. After lunch, we lingered to visit with our friends and listen to the music that was played at just the right level to enjoy without making conversation difficult. We never felt rushed. It was a wonderful, relaxing meal - with great leftovers to take home.

Excellent food and great service! The steak was prepared perfectly! The ambiance was a bit kitschy but relevant to the history of the building, so overall this is one of the best restaurant experiences we have had in Visalia.

Mdwaugh2001

Excellent food and great service! The steak was prepared perfectly! The ambiance was a bit kitschy but relevant to the history of the building, so overall this is one of the best restaurant experiences we have had in Visalia.

Constructive C.

Holy moly! I wanted this place to be fantastic in one word "service" The worst service I have received in a while,but in general Visalia restaurants lack service. food was overpriced and mediocre to be honest... tighten up. truly underwhelmed at this experience and bummed out by this iconic location.

Carmen Drake

Great place to eat and visit with friends and family--Services was great

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