Upscale Restaurants in Santa Barbara and the Central Coast

Restaurants Overview
Name	Price/ Cuisine	Location

71 Palm Restaurant This elegant restaurant occupies a 1910 house, and it still has... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, French	Ventura

Artisan Innovative renditions of traditional American comfort foods... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American	Paso Robles

Bistro Laurent Owner-chef Laurent Grangien has created a handsome, welcoming...	$$$ Cuisine, French	Paso Robles

Black Cat Bistro Jazz wafts through the several small rooms of this intimate East...	$$$ Cuisine, American	Cambria

Cracked Crab This traditional New England-style crab shack imports fresh seafood...	$$$ Cuisine, Seafood	Pismo Beach


Deetjen's Big Sur Inn The candle-lighted, creaky-floor restaurant in the main house...	$$$ Cuisine, American	Central Big Sur

The Hitching Post II You'll find everything from grilled artichokes to quail at this... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American	Solvang

McPhee's Grill In an 1860s building in the tiny cow town of Templeton (just... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American	Paso Robles

Nepenthe It may be that no other restaurant between San Francisco and...	$$$ Cuisine, American	Central Big Sur

Olio e Limone Sophisticated Italian cuisine (with an emphasis on Sicily) is...	$$$ Cuisine, Italian	Santa Barbara

Palace Grill Mardi Gras energy, team-style service, lively music, and great...	$$$ Cuisine, American: Southern	Santa Barbara

The Ranch House This elegant yet laid-back eatery has been around for decades...	$$$ Cuisine, American	Ojai

Root 246 The chefs at this chic restaurant tap local purveyors and shop... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American	Solvang

Roy Owner-chef Leroy Gandy serves a fixed-price dinner (selections... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, Eclectic	Santa Barbara

The Sea Chest The best seafood place in town—readers give it a big thumbs-up—this...	$$$ Cuisine, Seafood	Cambria

Sides Hardware & Shoes: A Brothers Restaurant For more than a decade, chef-owners and brothers Matt and Jeff...	$$$ Cuisine, American	Los Olivos

Suzanne's Cuisine Peppered filet mignon, linguine with steamed clams, and pan-roasted...	$$$ Cuisine, European	Ojai

Villa Creek With a firm nod to the rancho and mission cuisine of California's... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American: Southwestern	Paso Robles

Windows on the Water Diners at this second-floor restaurant view the sunset through...	$$$ Cuisine, Seafood	Morro Bay

Wine Cask A reinvention of a same-named local favorite that closed a few... Reserve	$$$ Cuisine, American	Santa Barbara
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