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Santa Barbara's finest table with a view! - The Harbor Restaurant, Santa Barbara, CA

The Harbor Restaurant

3.6
3.6
31 Reviews
$31 to $50
Seafood

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 9 times today
  • Great for scenic views
  • Good for business meals
  • Romantic
International Coastal Cuisine with Local Ingredients. Located on Santa Barbara's famous Stearns Wharf, the Harbor Restaurant is a 12,850-square-foot establishment on two floors that can seat 500 guests. Valet parking is available during dinner service. The restaurant features upstairs casual dining with an outdoor ocean view patio while the downstairs features a proper bar with craft cocktails, an exceptional dining room with international dishes featuring local ingredients, and two private event spaces including an 80+ person room and a private dining room for 20 guests.

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Elegant Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Seafood, International, Farm-to-table
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–8:30 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–10:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (805) 963-3311
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Private party facilities
    The very best venue in Santa Barbara with an overwater event space, outdoor dining, exceptional bars, gorgeous dining room, and stylish lobby. Several private event options from the Captain's Room of up to 16 guests to our event space for 80 guests to a full buyout of the restaurant, bar, or entire building, ranging from 110 guests to 500 guests.
  • Neighborhood
    Santa Barbara
  • Cross street
    On Stearns Wharf
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Patio/Outdoor Dining, View, Wine

What 31 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

3.6
3.6 based on recent ratings
  • 3.5Food
  • 4.1Service
  • 4.4Ambience
  • 3.3Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • California Central Coast

    Romantic

  • California Central Coast

    Great for scenic views

  • Santa Barbara

    Hot spot

  • Santa Barbara

    Romantic

  • Santa Barbara

    Great for scenic views

  • Santa Barbara

    Lively

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
The Harbor Restaurant offers a "beautiful" interior with "amazing ocean views" and a "breathtaking" atmosphere, perfect for special occasions. Guests enjoy delicious cocktails and standout dishes like crispy rice salmon and squid ink pasta. Some reviews mention room for improvement in food consistency, but overall, it's a "luxurious" dining experience.

31 Reviews
  1. Laura

    Los Angeles

    20 reviews

    3.0

    20 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    The Harbor Restaurant is a place you go for the view and ambiance - for years. Food has often been just above par, in this town with many incredible choices. Therefore, for my return here to see how it is faring under new ownership, I had an open mind. The decor is gorgeous, the views unchanged. The service was attentive. But we were there on a holiday weekend Saturday at 1:30 and there were a total of 7 tables occupied. The menu was pretty good, the food was average. I would have expected that before, but the prices now being charged motivated me to write this. $19 for a bowl of clam chowder. My salad with salmon was not large, but I liked that. The greens were okay, not that fresh. The salmon that cost an additional $9, to make this salad $27, was barely 3 oz, if that. It was cooked perfectly, however, so maybe there is hope! I am a local for 50 years, and would love to come here more often, partially to support local restaurants, and also to appreciate what we have. But at these prices, even my wonderful wharf side restaurant will be low on my list. I will stay tuned to see if anything adjusts.

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  2. Renee

    VIP

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The newly remodeled Harbor House is beautiful and elegant. The food was delicious and the service great. We enjoyed our experience!

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  3. foodforthought

    Central Coast

    149 reviews

    2.0

    149 reviews

    Dined on December 21, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    Feels like a wealthy couple's vanity project that ended with lack luster food for the market. Chief should spend more time at the competition. Clam chowder: too many potatoes, best at Brophies; beet salad: poor cheese, best at San Ysidro Ranch; Arroz Socarrat: dry rice, best Paella at Loquita; Octopus: Clark's knocks this out of the park!; Bread Basket: dry unremarkable, Lucky's is much better. Restaurant was very cold, windy and 52F outside, had to eat with our jackets on. Men's restroom smelled terrible with no flush urinals.

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  4. Ashleigh

    VIP

    Central Coast

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on December 15, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    1. Terrible menu 2. Disgusting food 3. Poor service.

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  5. steve

    VIP

    Central Coast

    26 reviews

    4.0

    26 reviews

    Dined on December 9, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    need to attend to up-grading bathrooms -- and, too, continue to improve food quality - off to a good start -- love location/service/concept and evolution . . . of this remarkable offering . . .

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  6. LYNDA

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 9, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Because there was a public boat parade it was difficult to enjoy the dining so we had cocktails and and left. When we got to the restaurant, they had a $95 buffet available for your service that was not in our plans. We’ll go there for dinner some other time.

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  7. Bethany

    VIP

    Los Angeles

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on December 9, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Incredible experience! We watched the parade of boats from our Harbor View window! Great service, wonderful food!

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  8. Scott

    Hawaii

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 9, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    I thought the staff at The Harbor Restaurant was well trained and friendly. The food was excellent and the location, of course was fabulous!

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  9. Laurie

    VIP

    New York City

    73 reviews

    1.0

    73 reviews

    Dined on December 8, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2
    The harbor Restaurant was disappoint in every level. The space is void of the romantic warm atmosphere- the food was not good - oysters had to be sent back - how can a beet salad be tasteless? The service was not friendly. We left so sad - the space and the community deserve better.

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  10. Susan

    Central Coast

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 29, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    Slow service, misdelivered courses, inedible food, EXTREMELY expensive given VERY poor quality. Nice setting.

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FAQs

The Harbor Restaurant is rated 3.6 stars by 31 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 9 times today
Google Map for The Harbor Restaurant

210 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Additional information

  • Cross street
    On Stearns Wharf
  • Neighborhood
    Santa Barbara
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–8:30 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–10:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Seafood, International, Farm-to-table
  • Dining style
    Elegant Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Patio/Outdoor Dining, View, Wine
  • Phone number
    (805) 963-3311
  • Private party facilities
    The very best venue in Santa Barbara with an overwater event space, outdoor dining, exceptional bars, gorgeous dining room, and stylish lobby. Several private event options from the Captain's Room of up to 16 guests to our event space for 80 guests to a full buyout of the restaurant, bar, or entire building, ranging from 110 guests to 500 guests.
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