Rodney's Grill

Best steak in SB hands down. Superior service. Our server Burton was attentive and very knowledgeable about the menu. I've been back twice in two months. The Ribeye melts in your mouth. Don't get fooled by that "steak" place on State. This is right across from the beach and provides a stellar ambience.

Stay away, this restaurant was a complete rip-off. I had a three course meal and none of the courses measured up anywhere near the price range. My starter of a burrata tasted expired. The main course of salmon was tough, with a flavorless purée and undercooked asparagus. The dessert of a berry shortcake tasted store-bought. And they served the food on black plates, not a good look unless you want your diner to see all your fingerprints. All in all the worst meal I've had in Santa Barbara. I doubt the steak is better if they can't even cook salmon right. It looks like they need a new chef.

It was awful and very pricey. Very ambitious with complete lack of skill! I went with a party of 4 to dine at Rodney's on the 25th of December. We made the reservation a couple of days earlier, at which time nobody told us that it was to be a menu prix fixe for the 25th. So, out the door with my plans of a New York Strip "bleu charre". There was an amuse bouche, 2 courses and desert. about 5 choices for the 2 courses and 3 for the desert. my duck confit for the first choice was acceptable although only warm , the second plate however was a disaster. The California Pheasant was darn near disgusting. It was cold, dry as paper and had no flavor whatsoever. For desert warm berries with rhubarb crumble. This one I had the server bring me another dish because the first one was so hard and baked into the dish, that I thought I would break the silverware attempting to consume that. The second was equally as poor. Should have heeded the warning of the server to choose another dish. That is how confident the staff was. In the end we walked out of there with a US$ 400.00 + tag and felt like we got robbed. Beware! Rodney's should stick to Steaks only or fire their Chef and half the kitchen staff with him.