BLACKBIRD

36 State St, Santa Barbara - 93101
250 reviews
Cocktail Bar Tapas/Small Plates
(805) 882-0135

Beautiful Bennie and amazing experience. I would recommend 10/10. The river is one of the best I have ever had, hands down!

Great interior, modern and unique. Food was good, prepared well and fresh. However, our server was incredibly awkward- interrupted at inopportune times, mumbled, and either too attentive or not at all. We poured most of our own wine. A good experience that could have been great.

Wonderful experience Top shelf drinks, service, food!

This restaurant is yet another attempt to be a fancy five star vogue experience, but really results in a type of pretension and routine over-designed meals. My fish was “seared”although that was not in the description. Most disappointingly they had only one item for dessert. They somewhat compensated for that by serving us champagne

Just meh. Food wasn’t very good. Drinks and service were good, but ridiculously overpriced for what we got. Locals who won’t be back.

Poor execution, disorganized

small portions; good food; excellent service; reservations were midweek

I made a reservation for my managers here and unfortunately, the experience was less than desired. Their comments below: Tourist trap. Poor quality food and overpriced. The caesar salad had dirt on the lettuce leaves and not even close enough dressing to cover even half of the salad. The Ribeye was overcooked. We asked to swap out the potatoes for any kind of Veg but they said no—they could not accommodate that. We then asked if they could just remove the potatoes and we’ll have just the ribeye. They said no they couldn’t do that either. There are hundreds of great restaurants in Santa Barbara in the Funk Zone. Give this restaurant a hard pass.

Food was amazing, expensive but well worth it. Service was sub-par. Felt rushed and like asking for coffee was an imposition. No dessert available.

Went early and it was quiet. They were out of a few items which was unfortunate. Food was good. Presentation very nice. By the time we left it was pretty busy and much louder. We would go back again.