Coast & Olive

"Beautiful restaurant at the montecito inn. We had breakfast there and it was wonderful. Highly recommended if passing through or staying at the inn"

"Food and wine were great. As far as service, taste, execution and timing. BUT how do you rate the restaurant if they seat you by the door in the empty restaurant in the chill weather with door being constantly left open? And you ask for the other table right away..response: “all tables are reserved.” Well, by the time we finished our dinner, those tables were still empty. Oh.. one more thing.. no one offered us “Valentine’s specials” either.."

"What a great lunch. They have a huge outdoor patio or a cozy interior to choose from. We enjoyed a delicious charcuterie board among the four of us. Our entrees were delicious and the staff was cordial and friendly. A great place to enjoy a meal."

"Located in the Montecito Inn right on the corner in the cute village of Montecito. We stopped here as we were out for a leisurely day of bike riding from Ventura to Santa Barbara and wanted to have an appetizer and a drink. The outdoor patio caught our eye, along with the many tables that were open. I walked into the restaurant to ask if we could be seated outside and the hostess informed me that the kitchen was closing in 10 minutes (at 3PM) and if we wanted to order any food we had to do so quickly. That was going to work out for us so we found a place to park our bikes and sat down. The menu that was given to us was the brunch menu which was limited on appetizer choices. However, we found a charcuterie plate that we thought would work for us. We ordered that along with 2 Aperol spritzers and 2 beers. When we received the charcuterie board it seemed quite smaller than what we have been accustomed to. There was 10 slices of hard meats, 2 pieces of 3 different cheeses, 5 crostini pieces, 2 figs, 2 dried apricots, small slice of honeycomb and some pecans. (The menu said there'd be Marconi almonds and pecans were included instead) The cheeses and hard meats were of good quality and were fresh. I did like the honeycomb, which was excellent with the cheese. After he put down the plate he told us the kitchen was closing and if we wanted anything else we had to order it then. Because the charcuterie plate wasn't looking like it would be enough food we decided to order the duo dips. The dips, delivered pretty fast after ordering, were served nice and hot with a hefty basket of flatbreads. The two dips were smoked pimiento cheese and the other was an artichoke dip. The pimiento dip was very tasty but had a thick layer of oil on top, which didn't stop us from eating it (cheese is full of fat so it wasn't too much of a surprise). This was my son's favorite thing that we ordered. The artichoke dip was primarily artichokes with a little bit of fresh spinach leaves, red peppers or tomatoes (hard to tell) and what tasted like some melted cheese. We all liked that it wasn't laden with a creamy sauce like many of the artichoke dips we are used to. This dip was fresh, simple and delicious. On the menu it did mention that the duo dip plate included truffle oil. I didn't see any truffle oil that was served. Maybe I misunderstood what it meant with it being part of this dish. Truffle oil on the flatbread, maybe? One of the reasons why I rate this a 3.5 star (I put 4 but only because there aren't half stars) is because of the service. Our waiter kept coming by asking to clear our charcuterie board when there was food still on it, coming by wanting to clear our plates, bread basket, etc. when we were still eating. We felt almost like he wanted to clear our table so he could leave. Perhaps that wasn't the case but we felt that way. I do appreciate when servers clear plates when we are done but I do not appreciate feeling rushed through either. The second reason why I rated it this way was simply for the price we paid for what we received. Granted, we are in Montecito and the prices are much higher than other areas. I get and understand that. However, I still felt they were a bit high. Would I visit here again? Probably not. For the price we paid, a "WOW" experience is what would justify a reason for going back. A "WOW" experience is not what we experienced."