Big Sur Restaurant 9290 Castillo Drive, San Simeon, CA 93452

"Service was excellent! The fish was the worst I have ever had from a restaurant!!! We had a take out order. I could not even eat it! It was frozen fish fillets and the clam chowder was like Campbell's potato soup!! The French fries were the only thing edible!!! $35 bill!! Will not recommend nor eat there again."

"We had dinner and breakfast, everything was pretty good and all items come with sides included. The servers are very nice and efficient."

"Went there for breakfast very early in the morning while visiting Big Sur Area. The restaurant was almost empty at that time. The server welcomed us nicely and sat us. We ordered Spinach & Mushroom Scramble with toast, Pancake with sunny side up eggs. The foos was great but it took a long time to come out the kitchen. That is the only complaint."

"Intimate dinner! The service was amazing! Family owned. Had the chicken fried steak and eggs, which was well seasoned and crispy outside, as of now best one on the central coast. Location is perfect right by the highway with a peak of the ocean. Thank you, Manuel and family for your hospitality."

"We had dinner in the Big Sur Restaurant in June, 2023 while staying overnight. I liked this little restaurant, even though it wasn't the fanciest. We had a nice server who was nice and seemed to do a decent job. Well except one thing. I'll get to that in a second. She took our order promptly. Our food came out fairly quick. There were other tables, but they were not crowded at the time. The food was pretty good. The portions were large enough that neither of us finished our dinners. And the prices were arguably, not too bad. They were not cheap. But they also were not overly expensive either. I guess I would say somewhat fair in this day and age. Now the one thing. What is it about this area that no matter where we sit down to eat, they get the order wrong. Is this a normal California thing? I ordered a steak rare. She even read it back to us as raw. But when the steak came, it wasn't remotely rare. As such, a good dose of A1 sauce made it a little better. But not all that great. I put on a smile and ate my dinner when she asked. I will not say anything. If in a rare situation, I do. Well then that won't be until after we are done eating. So she probably never knew. The part that aggravated me, was the check came with it reading, well done instead of the rare or raw she read back to us. This was the only blemish worth mentioning. Other than that, it was a decent dinner. It would have been better had my steak been rare, the way I like it and always order it. But I ate the well done steak anyway. But mistakes like that should not happen. Why read it back if your going to still put in the order wrong?"