Loved this place! The kitchen is very visible, as is the young chef and the owner. I started with a delicious root vegetable salad. I asked for a vegetarian entree since there was no vege main dish on the menu, but they assured me it was not a problem, and they produced a wonderful risotto with lots of fresh vegetables.... more

Food delicious, fresh, sourced from locally producers. Service wonderful, wait staff Eric, good job, very professional Relaxed dining, not rushed, highly recommended..enjoy!! more

Elegant and delish... not a very hip crowd. more

Shocking to see some negative reviews. As locals who have been here since the start, this is the center of Santa Barbara's eclectic food scene. It might be too laid back for the uptight New Yorker or Los Angeleano, but for the rest of the town this is where you have your rehearsal dinner or intimate first date. Take some... more

I was expected a very good quality restaurant but: food was very old fashion and heavy on sauce. The sevice was terrible ,behond weird ,they try to mutch like telling u every thing onthe menu for 10 minute and goin to the next table and do the same word by word like robots on drug. Way overated . more

We just returned from the Bouchon restaurant. The food was wonderful; I had the duck which is their "flagship" entree, and my husband had the scallops which were fabulous. The setting was lovely and the service excellent. The only complaint was the pretentious manner of our server who insisted on calling us "you two" as if we were 15 rather... more

The last time we had a dinner at Bouchon was three years ago. The experience was so memorable we decided our fist dinner of this trip would be to hit Bouchon right away. The look from the outside, the décor on the inside all stayed the same as I remembered, the service is still fantastic, but the food was disappointing.... more

We went to this restaurant a year ago and it was ok. Food was average for the hype and price point. We decided to give it another try recently. This time the service was awful. Our waiter was very "jittery" and distracted. We ended up deciding to just leave and go next door to Olio y Lemon, where we were... more

great food/service; kind-of wierd atmosphere more