Latest reviews from Santa Barbara
| 70 /100 120 SANTA BARBARA ST “Medium size place with a patio, garage decor; 14 beers on tap, sharing space with a wine bar and a restaurant ; very loud on Saturday afternoon between pounding music and the noise of the patrons;“ |
| 70 /100 205 SANTA BARBARA ST “Medium size place with a large patio, beach decor; 17 own beers on tap, some wine, kombucha, and cider; beer was mostly ipas and lagers, flights available 4 @$8 is an excellent value, decent beer, good WiFi, decent food“ |
| 78 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “We came in 22.10.2023. Very nice place unifying a winery and a brew pub. Great beer selection, a lot of stouts. Nice inner patio. Very crowded on a Sunday evening. Amazing burgers! One of my favourite beer places in SB.“ |
| 82 /100 607 STATE ST “We came here on 21.10.2023. So many new breweries have opened up in SB compared to 7 years ago, when we were here the last time. I like the atmosphere here more than in the other new breweries in town. It has it‘s own soul. Brewhouse is very present and a unique / not corporate atmosphere. Also like the service, very personal. The only place in town offering samples proactively. Had a Brut IPA and a Nitro tapped NEIPA. Great live music already at 5.30 pm. My favourite place so far in SB !“ |
| 80 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “We came here on 20.10.2023. Small beer bar with good atmosphere and nice outside patio. The building is shared with a brewery and a vinery. Great beer list! We had a Pliny the Elder which was excellent.“ |
| 68 /100 516 STATE ST “We came here 20th and 21st of October. Located very centrally in State Street, opposite side to James Joyce. U-shaped bar with open windows to the main road. Patios on both sides. Around 20 beers on tap. I had a Thai Chili IPA which was good. Overall more on the commercial side but beers are ok. Service is not too attentive.“ |
| 72 /100 120 SANTA BARBARA ST “We came here on 20.10.2023. Next to Lama and Fox Wine Co. 15 beers on tap. We had a single hop which was ok.“ |
| 8 /100 102 E YANONALI ST “Amazingly bad. Came here on 20.10.2023 and we were chased away as the whole place was booked for a wedding party. We were not allowed to drink one beer! The way how they communicated with us was unacceptable.“ |
| 82 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “Super sick spot in the barbs that may have the greatest 'biance of all time. Like it's the Beyonce of 'biances. The smashburgers are incredibly legit, just top notch food. Crazy awesome outdoor scene and you can even bring your rugrats to run around and knock beers over. The beer is good quality and they have loads of it, you can do flights and there are a million. Service is fine. I absolutely love this place.“ |
| 70 /100 516 STATE ST “Nice spot downtown SB. Modern feel, fairly spacious but gets a solid crowd. Good list, lots of taps and the beers are generally above average.“ |
| 72 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Chill spot well located in Santa Barbara. Nice outdoor patio, lots of drafts of beer of varying quality. Flights if you’re a ticker, which, I mean, why wouldn’t you be?“ |
| 72 /100 102 E YANONALI ST “Great spot, super open air, good for kids or just to chill. Not too crowded. About 8 taps of actual beer and some seltzer BS. Cornhole. Beers are solid. I like it.“ |
| 80 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “Really interesting bar that I happened to stumble into as it is literally connected with Topa Topa Brewery. They had about 15 taps, some interesting beers. Perhaps not unusual for CA, but I was happy to have Pliny the Elder on tap, they also had a rare St Bernardus extra 4. TVs, music, a nice place to enjoy a beer. Definitely worth a check, especially after stopping at Topa Topa.“ |
| 80 /100 120 SANTA BARBARA ST “Solid brewery in Santa Barbara. There is a large bar, next to a wine tasting area (which was closed in the evening I was there) and it also connects to a bar (Lama Dog). But don't skip this place- solid beer. Had a chocolately nitro stout, single hop IPA, hoppy pilsener with rose hips. Definitely a place to check out.“ |
| 78 /100 205 SANTA BARBARA ST “A nice brewery a few blocks off the main street in Santa Barbara. It was pretty dead on an early Tuesday afternoon, but it's a nice space. Some indoor seating, lots of outdoor seating on a patio, and they have a couple of outdoor ping pong tables. Kind of basic styles, but good beer. I believe they have food but I didn't order any. Chill vibe, good beer, nice spot to check out.“ |
| 74 /100 516 STATE ST “A new taproom location in Santa Barbara. Located along the main pedestrian only street. A pretty large space, large square bar, somewhat crowded even on a weekday evening. Sports bar vibe, with TVs. Pretty solid beer list - some solid IPAs and flavored stouts. They have a food menu as well (mostly pizza I believe, didn't have any). Service was a bit rough, as the bartenders were distracted by this drunk lady who kept making a scene, trying to pay with a torn $1 bill and arguing with staff. And rather than kicking this non-paying customer out, they continued to indulge her while we sat without beers trying to place another order. Hopefully just a one-time situation, but left with a sour taste.“ |
| 82 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “Nice brewery in Santa Barbara. Large space, some indoor and plenty of outdoor seating at tables. Open space, quiet. Fairly long tap list - slight focus on Belgian/farmhouse beers, some hoppy beers and stouts as well. Beers were good (had a nelson sauvin saison and coffee stout). The food menu rotates depending on the day (burgers, pizza, chicken are the 3 options). The food looked good but I didn't order any. Nice ambiance, good beer, a pleasant stop.“ |
| 82 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “Visited November 2017. Small tasting room space inside The Mill in Santa Barbara which has some other businesses like winery tasting rooms and coffee shops. Tasting room has a bar where you order that has a video of the brewery. There's a nice patio area with communal tables. We ordered a flight of the draft beers and split a bottle of the port barrel aged quad. Seem to be focused on Belgian-style beers, but also have some hoppy stuff. I thought the beers were generally pretty good. Not a place I'm likely to get to often, but would happily return here.“ |
| 82 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “Downtown Santa Barbara. Very cool location. 13 beers on tap, including 1 barrel aged beer. Sort of quiet for a Saturday night. 5 tasters for $10. Awesome place!“ |
| 60 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Endroit moyennement grand avec une dominante de bois massif et de tôle en terme d'ameublement. Présence d'une sympathique terrasse. Unité de brassage au fond de la salle. Bref, ça fait vraiment bar dans l'esprit, et c'est plutôt sympa. Pas mal de déceptions au niveau des bières cependant. C'est souvent très light et aqueux, malheureusement... Lors de notre passage, seule l'Imperial Red Ale s'en sortait vraiment bien.“ |
| 80 /100 120 SANTA BARBARA ST “This is right next door to Lama Dog, and has both this brewery tasting room, a winery tasting room, and a permanent restaurant window thing. Definitely a hip place to hang out, with decent beers and reasonable prices. Worth stopping by.“ |
| 78 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “This is a tap room and bottle shop in the middle of a high density brewery/winery area in Santa Barbara. The selection was pretty great, but the prices were on the high side. It's technically kid friendly, but it seems to get crowded pretty early. 100% worth stopping in during a Santa Barbara bar/brewery crawl.“ |
| 72 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Visited after Lama Dog, later in the evening so the place was slowly emptying. Wooden and industrial interior. 12 taps of their brews were on, wasn’t thrilled with the beer quality. Flights available. Good prices. Loud music. We sat at the bar, few quite drunk guys at the table behind us. I don’t have a problem with that, but the whole place didn’t strike me as a place where everything is about beer. Looking at the high score I expected something else.“ |
| 84 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “Expected a small shop, but this turned out to be a fairly big and quite busy bar and a bottle shop. Very lively, lots of people inside, having a good time. 20 taps, all craft beers, 6 fridges and a large shelf full of beer. On top of that they have a cold room with couple of hundred beers inside. Good amount of BA bottles, Pugachev’s Cobra, one or two Rare Barrel, Avery, Almanac, Smog city, Abyss, Firestone Walker...
Tap list was good, would be surprised if there was a better place in Santa Barbara. Glad we decided to check it out.“ |
| 84 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “Kind of on the pricey side, a little hard to get service. Very good selection of beers both on tap & in their bottle shop though, by far the best for miles around.“ |
| 86 /100 406 E HALEY ST, STE 3 “This is a short walk from SB Brewing Co. What an interesting space - this is kind of an eclectic outdoor arts mall area where a brewery and a winery are side by side; not sure if they share ownership or not. From what I can tell these guys are doing everything right so far (they have been open about 18 months). They space is cool - open and airy, small bar and a few tables. This could easily be a challenge to find a seat in busy times. Interesting taplist, barrels and brewing equipment in the back. Great service and a bottle to go already. Unfortunately I had time only for two samples (sold individually for about 2-3$ each), but both were solid beers. They are doing a wide mix of styles already - I tried a Weizenbock with Persimmon and a Brett Saison, but they also had IPAs, stouts and porters on. This is certainly a place to watch. Beer quality is already high and could easily become a hot spot.“ |
| 68 /100 229 W MONTECITO ST “Got here right after open on a Monday. Needless to say, it wasnt busy. The first room you enter is more of the restaurant area; bar is to your left. A few regulars were seated when I walked in. Street parking was not an issue at this time of day at least. Bar was a beautiful copper top, and there were a few tables to supplement the fairly large bar seating. No flights per se, but all beers available in samples that look to be about 3-4 ounce pours (shooter glasses, as noted by GT). Prices about $3 apiece, which gets spendy quick. Beers were actually not bad. Service was friendly. Didnt try the food.“ |
| 84 /100 116 SANTA BARBARA STREET “This is located in the Funk Zone section of Santa Barbara. Nice clean place. Fast service. Enjoyable time had by all.“ |
| 66 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Only beer stop in SB on a Labour Day afternoon. The place was busy. Weird rule, that you could not bring in your wine bottles you’d bought up the street - in my book that is bad service. Also hard to figure out who was in the door, who was cleaning tables, and who took orders, so inspite of having a table I bought beer at the bar, because the floor service was very slow. In the bar thing where different, good service, fast, and only 6 USD for 4 samplers. A bit weird decoration, concrete floor, lots of wood, get a feel of uptown, and a feel of surfer joint, extremely dark inside in the middle of the afternoon. Outside beergarden was full.“ |
| 56 /100 229 W MONTECITO ST “We were seated in a outside table for a nice sunset dinner. When the waitress finally came out, she apoligized that no one told her we were out there. We got our drinks quickly then. The reset of the night we did not see her very often. When we finally got our bill she told us we were the least needy table she had all night. I just think we were the most polite table all night. I’m not going back there again.“ |
| 78 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Stopped in here on the way to dinner with Patty, Andy and Kara. This is in the ’Funk’ zone of Santa Barbara they say. Yea, it’s mostly for the younger age set. Loud music, but very good beer!“ |
| 88 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Located in the Funk Zone, on the Urban Wine Trail, what a great location! Had been to the brewery, so wanted to check this out. The two of us had samplers and picked up a 6pk of their Double Red to go. Good service, no food but the server said that you could bring in or have it delivered. Figueroa makes solid beers, nice to see they are branching out with other locations.“ |
| 80 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Cool atmosphere, near the beach, fun and friendly staff and patrons. Beers were pretty good. I’d visit again.“ |
| 82 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Been here often. Great location near state street. Friendly staff and nice outdoor seating. Beer is some of the best in Santa Barbara. Only sell beer they brew and a few local wines, but a good variety of styles of beer. No food but will help deliver food from local place! Always a good time“ |
| 76 /100 Eureka! Burger - Santa Barbara (Restaurant) 601 PASEO NUEVO “Date. . . . . . . . . . ...5.2.15 Type. . . . . . . . . . ..Restaurant+Bar Location. . . . . . . ..Downtown SB Prices. . . . . . . . . ..Above Average, $8 Pints Tap Selection. . . .Extensive Local Craft, Special Releases Bottle Selection. .Unknown Full Bar. . . . . . . . .Yes Samplers. . . . . . ..Unknown Full Pours. . . . . . .Yes Beer Level. . . . . ..Above Average Food Level. . . . ...Very Good Staff. . . . . . . . . . ..Sharp, Attentive Growlers. . . . . . ..No Noise Level. . . . ..Lively Décor. . . . . . . . . ..Dark, High Ceilings, Dark Wood Kid Friendly. . . . .Yes Dog Friendly. . . ..Patio Perhaps Parking. . . . . . . ...Street Enforced, Pay Lot Cash Only. . . . . ..No Recommended. ..Yes Comments: Easy, upscale casual place for very good burgers and a well-curated beer list featuring a large variety of local producers and a few special releases. Prices can be high to around $8 for full pours, but almost everything was served in 16oz glasses even stronger beers. Food was good as always from this local "chain." “ |
| 70 /100 229 W MONTECITO ST “Date. . . . . . . . . . ...5.2.15 Type. . . . . . . . . . ..Brewpub Location. . . . . . . ..Downtown SB Prices. . . . . . . . . ..Normal Tap Selection. . . .15+ House Beers Bottle Selection. .Unknown Full Bar. . . . . . . . .No Samplers. . . . . . ..Yes Full Pours. . . . . . .Yes Beer Level. . . . . ..Average to Below Average Food Level. . . . ...Okay Staff. . . . . . . . . . ..Friendly Growlers. . . . . . ..Unknown Noise Level. . . . ..Lively Décor. . . . . . . . . ..Awkward Wide Spaces, Concrete Floor, Open Brewhouse, Wooden Rafters Kid Friendly. . . . .Yes Dog Friendly. . . ..Yes Parking. . . . . . . ...Street Only Cash Only. . . . . ..No Recommended. ..Sure Comments: Fun brewpub with a full menu, lots of options, our appetizers were quite good. Good variety of house beers on tap, served in shooter glasses as samplers. Quick service, amiable. Would return definitely for the vibe and for some interesting ticking. These beers are probably on tap nowhere else. “ |
| 74 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Date. . . . . . . . . . ...5.2.15 Type. . . . . . . . . . ..Bar, Beer + Cocktails Location. . . . . . . ..Downtown SB Prices. . . . . . . . . ..Normal Tap Selection. . . .15+ House Beers Bottle Selection. .Bombers To Go Full Bar. . . . . . . . .Cocktails, Beer Floats Samplers. . . . . . ..Yes, Flights Full Pours. . . . . . .Yes Beer Level. . . . . ..Above Average Food Level. . . . ...None, Outside Food Allowed Staff. . . . . . . . . . ..Quick, Attentive Growlers. . . . . . ..Possibly Noise Level. . . . ..Very Loud, Live Music Décor. . . . . . . . . ..Señor Frogs Bahamas Kid Friendly. . . . .Nope Dog Friendly. . . ..Probably Not Parking. . . . . . . ...Street Only Cash Only. . . . . ..No Recommended. ..Yes Comments: Fun place, great location, crowded as hell with a bouncer at 2pm and live music inside. Outside seating as well. Interior is like stepping into a college Spring Break bar in the Bahamas. Beer cocktails and beer floats all around, we tried the beer daiquiri mixed drink. It was much too sweet, our group could not finish it. Loud and lively, perhaps overwhelming for a RateBeerian getting their tick on. As a regular venue, it is much more fun than your typical brewery tasting room. Flight available, customizable. Fun. “ |
| 54 /100 Union Ale (Restaurant) 214 STATE ST “Nice place to grab a local craft beer“ |
| 76 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Visited on Thursday 1st May at 10.55 am, the doors were already open and they were happy to serve me.
Finding this venue wasn’t totally straightforward and you need to go past A, B, C and D at the far end of block 137.
It’s about a 5 to 10 minute walk from the main downtown area.
FMB is a medium sided taproom with an outside patio, brew kit on display.
Friendly service, although there were only 3 other customers during their first hour of trading.
18 beers on tap, all their own, $6 for 4x4oz samplers.
Beers are displayed on electric menus.
Got chatting to the brewer who was a friendly guy.
I’d definately head back here again if I return to SB.
Decent enough beers, good for ticks.“ |
| 66 /100 229 W MONTECITO ST “Visited on Wednesday 30/04/14 around 10.20pm.
Twin roomed venue about a 10 minute walk from downtown SB.
The place was starting to thin out when I arrived.
Service was prompt and friendly, they about 10 of their own beers on tap, $1.50 for a 4oz sample.
The food menu looked good but I’d already eaten.
I had 3 beers on my visit, no world beaters, but nothing bad, 3.36 average but I was picking the styles I prefer.
In all an OK place to pick up some ticks but wouldn’t be my first port of call on a visit to SB.
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| 82 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Overall awesome brewery, 12+ taps, all house beers, one barrel aged, a couple funky ones, several IPAs, good food, awesome.“ |
| 64 /100 Dargan’s Irish Pub (Bar) 18 E ORTEGA ST “Awesome Irish pub in Santa Barbara, normal beers on tap but occasionally special craft beer or two, pool, good food, fun times.“ |
| 92 /100 229 W MONTECITO ST “There are now a few brew pubs in town but this is our long time favourite place. No fancy decor but the beers range is superb. The food is good too.
Very close to Santa Barbara Amtrak station so you can sit outside drinking waiting for your train to arrive if you have already paid the bar staff.“ |
| 70 /100 137 ANACAPA ST “Visited July 26, 2014.
This is my third attempt to get in and finally decided to just stand in line and tick this place. This time the line seemed the least offensive and it surprisingly "only" took 15 minutes to get in. I think the bouncer got tired of looking at us standing there because I didn’t see anyone leaving and the place was at capacity. There was a band playing and the guitar player was pretty good. I didn’t stick around long, just long enough to try a glass of the IPL and move on. The place was packed and while the music was good, the beer was decent, and the crowd was fun I still had 150 miles to drive. I was surprised to not see any house beers unique to this location on tap. Kind of irritating actually. Oh well. If I lived close by or was spending time in Santa Barbara I’d consider stopping in a little earlier so I could have a seat for when the band started but as it was this was more of a house party vibe. Meh.“ |
