This place is 10 star everybody needs to go there one time before it closes or something might happen we never know it's a true Santa Barbara restaurant with all the most beautiful pictures on the walls of old school Santa Barbara's and their families all the actors that come through are so gracious to sign and leave a print on the wall
Let me start off by saying "I'll be back." This place has been a staple in my wife's family over the years. Our last experience was ok tho. I got the surf and turf pasta. I'll pass next time. $30ish for 2 pieces of ? and one piece of ? I thought was light but the pasta noodles were great.y wife got what she always does and got the opened faced ? ?. Hard to mess that up so she liked it. Best part was when being served the waiter said "What the heck is this? Oh it's ?." Our waitress was nice and attentive. Thought the ? fried steak bites were good.
My husband and I love Harry's. It is a historic staple of SB. Both my husband and I grew up coming to Harry's with our respective families for years and years! We came here yesterday for our anniversary and once again, Mike, the best weekday bartender in Santa Barbara County took care of us. We travel all the way from Santa Ynez Valley to go to Harry's and try to at least 2-3 times per month. Food is always on point and all staff are always friendly and welcoming! If your visiting SB and looking for a unique dining experience but with some old-fashioned style, try Harry's!
Once again this place hit all the right notes! Generous pours, wine and a martini to a great meal for my wife and I
Good food with large portions. Vibrant and welcoming. I liked the cajun chicken pasta and the meatloaf. Would like to visit again for a drink.
My family has enjoyed Harry's for many, MANY years! My grandmother had a regular booth by the bar every Tuesday night. Rene was an absolute gem, and treated my grandma with such respect and kindness. We miss her dearly...The last few months have not served Harry's well... the managers are absolutely horrible, and the restaurant is suffering under their supervision. Not only do they appear dirty and unkempt, but they are unable to effectively hire, train, and manage their staff. Tonight, our experience was awful, and in reflecting back over the past few months, we haven't had one pleasant visit.Our visit began with the hosts unable to identify whether they had tables available or how long the wait would be. They took our name & number down and let us know they would call when a table was available. Our family decided to browse Chaucer's while we waited, but my son had to use the restroom, so we headed back. When we arrived, my husband took my son inside while the hosts laughed to each other and said that our table had been ready, but yet they had neglected to call? I was confused... I then stood at the door while two hosts argued over who would take us to our table, both refusing. The manager just stood there watching them and didn't give either of them direction or feedback. The other two hosts were dressed in dirty clothing, not the typical uniforms, rather baggy band sweatshirts and distressed jeans -- not that I'm judging, I just didn't know they actually worked there by their appearance. On our way to our table, there was a very nicely dressed host who excused himself as we passed, and I appreciated his kindness.When we sat at our table -- the closest to the back kitchen entrance, our waiter arrived and while he was efficient, he was very rude and off-putting. He rarely checked on us, rushed our orders to clear the table for the next customers, and just was generally unpleasant. Looking around the restaurant, I saw a few waitresses that were kind to their tables and wished that they could have been helping us instead. I also observed the managers standing around again, not helping their staff bus tables, serve food, or check in with customers -- this is VERY typical of our experience at Harry's. The managers typically stand around gossiping with other waiters or regular customers, rarely actually working or supporting their staff.There were a few busers that worked hard, and a few who looked rather filthy, sneezing into their hands as they washed tables, only adding to the rather dirty environment that has been festering for the past decade. Which if you like cleanliness, don't EVER use the bathrooms at Harry's; they are always DISGUSTINGLY filthy, smelly, and often broken.Harry's is a staple in Santa Barbara, and I want to see local restaurants succeed... BUT, unfortunately, the service here is just awful, and the food is just regular bar food. They make a good stiff drink, and it's always nice to run into familiar faces, but it's just not worth it anymore. My family will not be returning after years of disappointment. Sadly, I still left a 20%+ tip this evening as I know restaurant workers are grossly underpaid and need their tip money to survive in Santa Barbara, and I didn't feel like taking out my frustration on our rude waiter.My hope is that the management will see this review and begin to change their practices and attitudes. Good luck in the future, Harry's!P.S. As we were waiting in line at the entrance, a 75 year-old gentleman who was GROSSLY over-served at the bar, struck up a rather disturbing conversation with our 7 year-old son. My husband and I were surprised that the bar staff would serve someone until they were obviously inebriated, and we were shocked to see him stumble out to his vehicle without the manager, who was standing close by over-hearing our conversation, offering him a cab ride home. We know Harry's serves stiff-drinks, but enabling a clearly drunk person to be in the position to harm others is simply irr
My sister and I went after our father's memorial service. It was Daddy's favorite place to take us whenever we would visit him in Santa Barbara. The place hasn't changed since we were children and it was comforting to be in a place that reminded us of things with him. The patty melts are still the best I've ever had.
Our first and it's not going to be our last. Talk about a blast from the past and classiness added to it. Restaurant front very deceiving. Food was excellent, we had the meatloaf, which was Thursday nights special. Drinks are spot on. Highly recommend this place. Oh yeah, the employees are very welcoming.
Great place to share drinks with friends. The food is not outstanding but the cocktails make up for it. The staff is very attentive and very friendly.
Enter a historic throwback with walls covered by large scale photographs and red flocked wallpaper. A Sunday dinner was very busy reflecting Harry's popular and loyal following.The food portions were generous and tasty, served steaming hot. Dinner finished with a good laugh as the waitress instructed us in how to click the pen.