bouchon Santa Barbara

Definitely the best place if you want good French food in Santa Barbara. If I were to treat my special guest or celebrate a special occasion, I'd pick this place. It's on the pricier side even in SB. The scallops were amazing. And the lamb, too. Friendly staff and great service. I'm personally not a big fan of their interior design, but I can see its appeals.

Hello everyone! I wanted to share my experience of visiting this establishment! The quality of the food, the presentation of the dishes, everything was great. But the service is not so good, and it seems that the waiter tried and seemed to be a professional, but he brought one dish instead of the two ordered, although he repeated everything before leaving. And in the end we asked to split the payment, there were 5 of us, for 2 and 3 of them and he mixed up the bills again. But overall everything is good. Thank you

Lovely place with warm atmosphere and delicious food. Not to mention great wines list from local and northern wineries. We enjoyed fresh salad with arugula peached and burrata, and warm goat cheese salad. Ahi Tuna was the best I tried so far. And profiteroles for the special birthday desert. Lovely dinner experience at lovely place. Special thanks to their wonderful people who made the evening even more memorable 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

We ate inside and were able to easily hear each other at our table of 7. The music is also very nice background sound. The escargot is on par with any other nice restaurant that serves it but the Pepper Crusted Venison is to DIE FOR!! I inhaled it, try as I might to take my time with the flavors. Rare is the way to go

My niece graduated from Westmont College and my sister reserved the Cork Room on May 4 at 6pm. The room was big enough to accommodate 18 people comfortably. It was our first time at Bouchon and they did not disappoint. From the food to the service, it's 5 stars! First, they customized the menu with my niece's name and the school's logo. The table set up was really cute with flowers, with music you can customize to your liking. Nick was very attentive to our needs. Making sure everyone's glass is filled with sparkling water; bread and butter on the table (we all loved it, toasty on the outside but soft inside, making me salivate right now). For the appetizer, I had the crab cake, loved it, not like most crab cakes with lots of fillers, you can really see and taste the crab on this one. My main was the Pan Seared Sea Bass, the serving was a lot bigger than expected. The combination of the lentils, tomatoes, artichokes and the sauce worked well (but hoping for rice 😂). Very tasty and very satisfying. For dessert, I am not really a dessert person but we split the molten lava and creme brulee so we can try it. I believe it was Mitchell who asked who graduated. He approached my niece and congratulated her. The whole family was happy with the experience and when we visit Santa Barbara again, we will definitely come back here. Thank you Bouchon!!!

Bouchon has been on the bucket list for years now. The Santa Barbara location was fantastic! Food, service, and atmosphere are awesome. Our server was also one of the sommelier at the restaurant. He was very informative regarding the wine and beer selection. We were here during the celebration of Anthony Bourdain's birthday so we tried a couple of the small plates that were made in honor of him. The French Onion soup with bacon lardons and the cassoulet were amazing.

Bouchon is literally the restaurant that always nails the absolutely perfect flavors and textures, in a single, gorgeously presented bite. Never disappoints. Took my mom for her birthday. Rose petals on the table and a card from Bouchon, just for her. She was thrilled. Rack of lamb with saffron risotto was perfection, as was the sea bass. A MUST: try the scallop appetizer for two. Explosion of flavor via perfectly executed cooking. Top notch service. Consistently outstanding.

Tried the Christmas special menu and it didn’t disappoint. Personally love the decor and atmosphere. Highly recommend and definitely book ahead of time as it is really packed.