Stopped in to get breakfast and was not disappointed. The shredded pork, fresh squeezed oj and rancheros was good. They have gluten free options and will make dairy free dishes by request. Nice outdoor sitting too. I would go back

Delicious and the staff was friendly. Ordered the Quinoa oatmeal, pancakes and shrimp & grits. The oatmeal was perfect to my liking and you can make it sweeter with the syrup on the side. The shrimp & grits was buttery to eat . They are also dog friendly and will bring a bowl for your pet.

After hearing about this restaurant on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, we stopped in on Saturday Afternoon/Evening for dinner on our way back to the L.A. area. What a nice experience! Staff were friendly, Service was excellent, and the food? We both ordered the Cheeseburger. My wife had the side salad and I ordered coleslaw with mine. My wife claims hers was the best burger shes ever had, and Im right there with her! She loved her salad and my coleslaw was very good. We took a Cinnamon Roll to go for desert, and talked for miles after about how much we enjoyed our experience. Were already planning a Brunch meet-up with our daughter. Thank you for a wonderful dining experience! (... AND theres FREE PARKING ... or at least there was at the time we were there)

Food was great.Employee conversing with customers with a mask (technically on, but) dropped down below her mouth was lame.We opted to take our food to-go instead of spending time at an establishment that seems to take a lax approach to mask guidance.No -- this wasnt a brief, gotcha moment, their conversation continued exactly as pictured for the better part of our ~20 minute wait. Without politicizing anything, this puts patrons, other employees, and outside dinning at risk.

Great place to brunch!! Try the liquid breakfast for a start and move to the lemon ricotta pancakes!!! Never had a disappointing meal here and the staff if exceptional.

Great service great food great place to have breakfast in Santa Barbara. The dirty fries where amazing. They even had blankets to keep you warm sitting out side.

Delicious breakfast, nice staff and great ambiance. All the dishes were really flavorful and unique. Dirty fries were awesome, ricotta pancakes - excellent, shrimp and grits - great. Cinnamon rolls - so good. Only thing I could go without was the biscuits, they were pretty dry. Signature drinks were good too.

Love this spot!!! Great service, food and drinks!! Colin, our server is always so awesome and the manger Raul is super accommodating and sweet! Great for dates, girls night.. really any occasion!;)Definitely my new hangout!

The staff were friendly and efficient and most of the food was good. Try the orange juice it was amazing!! However, the baked goods, which is why we went, werent as great as expected. Parts of our cinnamon roll were cold and my maple bacon biscuit was so over cooked it was basically inedible. Would definitely try again.

Service is the worst. From the moment you walk up to the hostess. Waited an hour almost when we were told 35 min. After the wait time we were told another 15 minutes! There was a table open. We were finally seated. Waited who knows how long before we had to ask for service. Everyone just walked by an looked but never offered service. We couldnt leave because there was no one to take the check. It was extremely frustrating. The food was good, the toast really test your jaw strength its so hard and burnt. We will NEVER return.

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Santa Barbara. Im excited that they moved and expanded their hours, although Ive still only ever been for brunch. Everything Ive tried has been delicious, and everyone Ive taken here has been likewise satisfied. The staff is all personable and the owner is often there bussing tables and running food. The cocktails are also amazing! Worth the wait and the price

The service was absolutely terrible. This time we dined with two server friends that thought the same thing. Our server was crista and from the beginning her attitude was trash. We were given one wrong menu and she just snatched it out of my hands. From the moment we received our food we never saw her again up until she handed us our check, at no point did she check on us once. We then waited over ten minutes for her to pick it up to which point we just went inside and handed it to the host. The host had better service. The food was decent, could have used more flavor. Not worth the service in my opinion since we were also one of 3 tables there.

We had a delicious healthy & artistic brunch complete with scrumptious pastry from Deux Bakery! The setting was quiet, in a beautiful courtyard with flora and succulents adorning the fountains! Unhurried, relaxing, and the lavender latte so comforting! Perfect start to our day! We want to try everything on the menu & will certainly be back! My favorite was seeing the beautiful snap peas smiling back at me in the silky endless summer scramble & sharing the light as a feather almond croissant with my hubby!

Food was great, we went for breakfast so it was a little windy and chilly and our food got cold kind of fast but the service and food quality was great! They also offered us blankets if we got really cold since we werent seated next to heat lamp.

Great spot for quality american food. Nice place to think about business. This place has an awesome feel to it. Menu is similar to a restaurant in El Paso I loved.

I absolutely have an amazing meal every time. Make reservations or get there early

The food was so fresh and delicious. The service was fantastic, friendly, and helpful. I wasnt sure what to get and they answered my questions and provided suggestions. So satisfying and the seating is inside and out, but the outside is shady and within a beautiful courtyard. Surprisingly quiet, absolutely loved it!

Exquisite food and masterful baking. The Nutella & Banana Croissant is expertly done - not too gooey, not too dry and still great bread and filling texture.Coffee is great. The Green Rancheros are an absolute must have, their tomatillo sauce is to die for.

An excellently placed little bistro in the heart of Santa Barbara set in a cozy courtyard. The menu is filled with history and sustainable excellence. We chose a multitude of tastiness. The open faced biscuit sandwich, green rancheros, endless summer scramble, strawberry French toast, and the Scarlett cheeseburger with dirty fries. Everything was superb and amazing portions! Definitely bring your appetite.

This place was nice for a lunch, but seems like I will have to try their breakfast. If you are looking for a non rushed nice place to sit, eat and talk this is the place. I would say the pretzel was my favorite part and will go back to get a drink and pretzel with friends next time. This place is tucked away and I would not of found it without a friends help.

I’ve only been here for breakfast/brunch and I can’t rave about it enough. Food is amazing!

I was excited to visit this place, but I’ll admit this was the first experience I’ve had since COVID began that I did not want to leave a tip- even for just being open and the staff putting themselves on the front line. The service was horrifyingly slow and for no apparent reason. I didn’t even have a waiter visit my table for almost 20 minutes after being seated as a party of 1, and then it took another 20 minutes to get my mimosa and then another 5 for a cup of coffee. Everything on the menu seemed overpriced and the reservation/walk-in system is weird. I suggest trying somewhere else...

Its a cute little place. We went during covid times so we didnt get to eat indoors. But Im sure we didnt miss it. Very friendly service and a wonderful outdoor setting. We loved it. Food was fantastic and pretty.

This is one of my fave breakfast spots in Santa Bárbara. The atmosphere is so cute and charming, and every single thing I’ve had has been absolutely delish - the coffee, the to-die-for cinnamon roll, avo toast...and the endless summer scramble is a must try. There are so many different flavors on the menu, not just your typical bacon and 2 eggs kind of breakfast. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

Things seemed to have dropped off here. I loved this place when they first opened, but my last meal really made me think about where they are now. Maybe it was a bad day...

Oh my god. So much goodness. The bacon was a highlight. I feel like our table probably ordered everything

Tasty drank (jalepeno watermelon margarita!?), Tasty food (we had dirty fries, almond croissant, salad with egg + avocado & the BLTA), quaint atmosphere. Server was top notch -happy and helpful. Location is neat but took a minute to find ..

Extremely bad experience on Black Friday. Our family with small children was made to wait for an hour for a table. We waited as there were very few restaurants open. After one hour one woman just came out and shouted on on the waiting people that the kitchen just closed. Wil never ever go there.

Delicious hidden gem that is well worth finding. It is in the middle of a building complex so you need to go past the first set of stores and restaurants. The staff was so helpful and its dog friendly! Everything was fantastic and thoughtful with locally sourced fresh ingredients.

Scarlett Begonia is a cute place in the middle of courtyards off of State Street in Santa Barbara. We had brunch here and were seated quickly despite it being fairly busy.The space we were seated in was fairly small and very early on, the staff member clearing the next table kept touching his butt to my body when clearing that table which was not necessarily the first “taste” of the restaurant I wanted. Despite that the rest of the experience was pretty good:They brought us an amuse-bouche of house made granola with Greek yogurt. I love any restaurant that gives an amouse-bouche…even if I can’t eat it or don’t like it, it’s cool when one comes along.My wife had the 2 egg breakfast substituting avocado instead of meats. This also came with fruit. She said the gluten-free bread was delicious. It also came with delicious homemade strawberry jam that was not overly sweet.I had the Endless Summer Scramble (not on the menu as of this December review of our summer experience there…their menu changes seasonally which is what you want with a restaurant.) It was also very good and came with French arugula, leeks and Gouda. Both our dishes came with the same potatoes although one was labeled peewee potatoes and the other was labeled green potatoes. That was a bit confusing though in the end I guess comforting that we werent missing out on a particular kind of potatoes. The eggs were not exactly soft scrambled as stated though they certainly werent over cooked.I also had a biscuit which was pretty darned good. (I’m a biscuit snob.) It was also served with that homemade jam and butter. It was definitely a legitimate, southern, generously sized biscuit. The butter they served it with was unsalted, but the table came equipped with a little little container of finishing salt which we applied ourselves and made the difference in terms of the taste we were looking for.As a sort of sequel to the amouse-bouche, the check came with pieces of house-made brittle for all. That was also awfully nice although that brittle definitely stayed with my teeth the rest of the day. It wasn’t quite as crunchy as other brittles Ive had but tasted good.We had an overall good experience and would definitely would come back for the food (but not so much for the contact with the contact with the busboy’s butt.

Carrot cake cupcakes was available amazing, but theyre always out of cinnamon rolls

Yum! Stumbled in after a touristy trip to the mission. Can’t beat the mimosa and the yummy food here!

The service was a little slow, but the food was fantastic. Recommend the cinnamon roll... But for two!

One of the best brunches Ive ever had! Delicious food and great atmosphere.

Lunch at the Scarlett Begonia is always a treat for me. This time a chilly breeze blew through the outdoor dining room and the space heaters were on. Even so, my friend and I almost took advantage of the nice blanket provided at each table in case of such a misadventure.Scarlett Begonia is dog friendly, another reason we like to go there. My friends large dog stayed relaxed throughout our lunch.They have raised their prices since our last visit, so we decided to split a persimmon salad - with pear, pomegranate seeds, pecans, and goat cheese over mixed lettuces - and an order of truffle fries. Both were delicious. Curiosity got the best of us, so we asked our server why the persimmon salad had no persimmons. Turns out its a misprint in the menu, and the persimmon salad is really a pear salad!As always, the food and service are excellent here, the menu creative, the environment relaxing -- again a rewarding experience.

The pastries are excellent. Fresh strawberry preserves. The soft egg dish is a great mix. Also had the ricotta pancakes and bacon. All done to perfection. Dog Friendly. I saw several dishes Id like to try in the future so I will have to come back often!

Amazing and delicious food. The Shrimp and Grits it was delicious and great service. Don’t miss this place if you are around here.

Cute place with quality food, thoughtfully prepared. Excellent service!

Such a great breakfast spot. Great service, although not with a smile, and awesome at dietary accommodations. I would definitely go back here in the future.

If someone asked me how The perfect breakfast would go, I would basically describe this brunch. Buffett apps to hold you over, unlimited drinks with mimosas, juices, coffee, whatever you want. Then come the entrees. Never knew a crab cake and Hollandaise sauce went together so well. The bacon was thick cut n perfectly cooked. I ate this 4 hours ago and my mouth is watering right now thinking of it. The shrimp on my huevos rancheros blew my top, and then came the deserts. I may have died and gone to heaven and just haven’t realized it yet. Service was awesome, our girl knew what was going on and she had the mimos a pouring. It did hurt the bank account, but worth it!

Definitely a locals place for brunch. Limited hours so get there early! If you want indoor seating, be there before 1pm. Cinnamon buns sell out quickly and are the local favs. I ordered the turkey meatball sandwich with dirty fries. Skipped the bread and just devoured the dirty fries and meatballs. Dogs allowed and its a very cozy place. Reminds me of a French cafe with lots of conversations in a sunny courtyard.

I had the best breakfast I have ever had at this wonderful restaurant. The food was amazing.....so fresh & we bought a loaf of the blueberry walnut bread. The staff was friendly & so welcoming. Even though I live in Orange County, I will definitely will go back.

One of my favorite brunch spots in Santa Barbara. Although the prices are a bit higher than I usually like to spend, the food is definitely worth it so we will treat ourselves every once in a while. The restaurant is charming, both inside and outside. Blankets are available if its a little too chilly on the patio. The food explodes with flavor and is made with noticeably quality ingredients.

Vary good food service and indoor dinning finally

Was visiting Santa Barbara for a short time and we decided to go to this littlelittle place that was back in the center of the building. The food ended up being absolutely wonderful as well as the staff.If youre in the area I would certainly try to check this place out.

Great food. Great atmosphere. Great in general. Only reason its a 4 instead of a 5 is because the gf toast I had today tasted older than usual and the steak with my steak and eggs was smaller than usual. That said, everything else was fantastic and this was a more rare occurrence.

Truly the best brunch in SB! We had brunch here during July 4th weekend, which was two days after the CA gov closed all indoor dining again. Our wait time for the patio was less than 20 minutes. The host and waitresses were trying their best to tend to the influx of people waiting for tables and customers paying their checks. Despite the slight chaos, the back patio offers a nice refuge. You feel like you are dining in someones backyard, amongst some of the friendliest people. While we were waiting for our food, my husband and I conversed with all the tables around us. The FOOD is definitely the shining star. We ordered the Shrimp and grits, tri tip banh mi with a side of arugula salad, lox on farm toast with fried capers, dirty fries, two bellinis and two lavender lemonades. Everything was cooked and seasoned nicely. Nothing was greasy and everything was full of flavor. The dirty fries which are fresh thick crunchy fries topped off with bacon jan will knock your socks off. The shrimp and grits were so good and easily in my list of the best grits I have had.We also purchased a cinnamon roll and blueberry muffin from the front case and were disappointed with how dry both pastries were. If you are looking to buy their famous cinnamon roll, buy it off the menu and take it to go. Our neighbor gave us half of their huge cinnamon roll and it was light and airy nothing like the cinnamon rolls they sell in the bakery case.

Excellent service. Deliciously fresh quality food. Beautiful plating. Will be back, again and again. Great prices too!!!

Came here for a quick breakfast on our last morning in Santa Barbara not knowing that this place is very popular. Our server highly recommended their famous cinnamon roll since it was featured at the Food Network. I also had the shrimp chilaquiles. All are super yummy and a must try. Get there early before they open if you want to get seats or make reservations ahead of time.

Incredible brunch, the best bacon youve had, and one of my top burger reviews. Get the dirty fries if youre going for the burger!

The menu items were imaginative, the food expertly prepared and delicious. The wait staff was attentive but discrete. And the prices were quite reasonable.All in all, breakfast was very pleasant.I would go back again.

Good food, and quick service.

Great little spot with interesting takes on breakfast and lunch fare. Homemade biscuits were flaky and delicious; french toast was outstanding. Recommended by a friend as the best breakfast in town and definitely not disappointed!

We liked this restaurant because the quality of food is top-notch. It was not as good as last year when we visited maybe it was what we got. We will try it again

Only giving this place 3 stars because Vivian was such an great hosts/server. The food here is over hyped and tasteless. And the pictures on the website does not look like the actual restaurant!

The food here is incredible if a little expensive. The ham Benedict, the lemon ricotta pancakes and the cardamom french toast are absolutely to die for. They have a sister bakery named Deux bakery that freshly bakes all their pastries and pies. The cinnamon role is a staple and I get one for my husband every time we go there. The seating is inside and outside and they have lovely coffee bar offerings like the coconut mocha.

Waited over an hour and was never seated, I think its because of our skin color.

Delicious food. Great service.

Decent tasting cinnamon roll. Service was great amongst this pandemic

The food not only tasted amazing (and locally, organically sourced) but also looked like a work of art. The secluded patio seating is perfect, wit, and comfortable.

Wonderful cafe with a beautiful patio. The chicken pot pie was amazing!

Enjoyed their breakfast (especially the toast and sausage). Very quiet on a week day and the service was quick to accommodate me having to run to class.

Amazing food. Really cute courtyard. The staff is exceedingly friendly and helpful.

There is no better brunch place in Downtown Santa Barbara hands down

Great food, awesome service, definitely be back!

Casual relaxed amazing brunch. Food full of flavor.

Me and my partner decided to grab brunch here after driving out to Santa Barbara for a little getaway from L.A. Service was great and food was delicious. Would def. come back here.

Brunch was delicious! We loved the coconut latte and London fog

Great menu, got service, nice outdoor seating

Breakfast is so good that it is the go to spot for taking out of town guests, but their lunch and dinners are great for us locals too.

Fantastic sunday brunch! Great bloody mary, delicious coffee, award-winning cinnamin roll (never knew potatoe dough could be so delicious). We had green tortillas rancheros so very tasty with delicious bacon, and a shrimp grits dish with perfect poached eggs. The service from Vivian also top shelf...highly recommend this restaurant, but do expect a 45 minute wait for a table on the weekend. Also very nice outside seating.

Reservations are highly recommended. We had an earlier reservation at 930am (I believe they open at 9) on a Saturday and it was packed! Luckily we were sat right away and throughly enjoyed our dishes. Had such a hard time deciding as everything looks amazing. Had the maple bacon biscuits.... yum! Steak and eggs were so good, with fresh garlic herb butter. And the item pictured. Soooo good.Note... not the best spot for those needing ADA accommodations. Tight fitting chairs and tables on the patio and lots of stairs getting to and from the location if you dont approach from the right area.

We are from FL but design trips around this place. We have come here for years and it never disappoints. The food is truly incredible. The maple bacon biscuits are insanely good. The burrata open faced sandwich is also amazing. We love you guys.

Vivian was the best waitress. Explained the menu and gave great recommendations. Lemon ricotta pancakes were delicious and so were the cocktails. Kind of hard to find if you are from out of town, but worth the drive from Morro Bay .

This restaurant is fantastic for brunch! The owners are intimately involved and the staff is super friendly. They found a place for us at the last minute during very busy Easter brunch and when they learned it was our first visit, made the time to get to know us. Highly recommended!

Cozy garden atmosphere, great service. The cinnamon rolls are exquisite!

Service was excellent and I loved that its dog friendly. My huevos rancheros were okay, they would have been excellent if it wasnt in a pool of watered down salsa. Nonetheless Ill be back :-)

Fantastic place to grab brunch! Had the Crab Cake Benedict and the Endless Summer Scramble - both fresh and delicious.Also, do yourself a favor and get one of the fresh daily baked goods! I most definitely had the best morning bun of my life here.

You have to try the Yukon Cinnamon Roll. TRUST. They also have some great cocktails here. Great spot.

This place is cute!

You cannot leave without a cinnamon role - so amazing!

OMG! Always a good day trip for us. This place never fails to bring the best flavors to each dish. Bring your appetite.

Horrible experience, they charge you for sides that are supposed to come with the meal. Be wary of the 20% service charge that is meant to be for parties of 7 or more but they charged us for a party of 6. The service was absolutely not worth 20%. The waitress didn’t come and check up on us. I asked for a chocolate chip muffin and she gave me a chocolate and nuts muffin. WITHOUT asking if that’s what I want. Won’t be coming here again.

Delisious food, amazing and calm atmosphere, friendly staff.Recommended!

American food and service here is quality. this place is absolutely outstanding. certainly worth a return visit.

Peaceful place for brunch, love their French toast and smoked salmon but steak is lower than average standard

Quaint, romantic, contemporary breakfast and lunch spot hidden in a storybook like setting within Victoria Court. The food and drink menus are creative yet very approachable. The food was exquisite and the service was exceptional.

I LUV, LUV, LUV this place. I will drive to the place from where I stay just to eat some of their grits and eggs. Crazy rite!!! But its true! Try it for yourself!!!!

The food was good but our experience was marred by a rude server (heavyset hispanic female with ponytail) who repeatedly blamed us for her mistakes.

American food and the setting at this place is super good. Nice place to meet and catch up with family. Fast and courteous service. The bill was average for the menu.

Yes! If you are in the Santa Barbara area and want quality breakfast, this is the best!!

Love this place never disappointed

Yummy food.

Ive enjoyed myself every time I have come here for breakfast. Since they pride themselves on local and fresh foods, the menu can change over time based on what they can get their hands on. Some of the menu does seem to stay consistent. The wait can get long so I recommend trying to get here early on weekends.

The food is fantastic - very exceptional flavor, quality, and presentation. The prices are very reaonable relative to experience. The portions are big enough for big appetites. The location is set a level down inside Victoria Court, which is a nice outdoor cafe with no pedestrian or vehicle traffic - very peaceful and quiet. The service was excellent as well. The only negative was the hosting, which was a circus. We had a party of 8, and they did not communicate that we were wait-listed vs having a table reserved. If you have a party of 6 or more, they take reservations, so reserve, and if you want to plan, do it a day ahead. Definitely worth your patronage as a local or a traveler. Cheers.

Cute little spot with premium ingredients. Wasn’t very busy and we were seated quickly. Food came out fast and hostess was gracious. The food was very good especially the biscuits and rolls! But very expensive for what you get. I’d come back but not very often definitely a place to treat yourself

Probably the best kept brunch secret in town. Ive lived here for 7 years and just went for the first time and its AWESOME. Really delicious and creative takes on classic American breakfasts. (I strongly recommend the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes or the Green Rancheros.) The courtyard available for outdoor seating is tucked away in the Victoria Court so youre shielded from the busy-ness of State Street and you get to enjoy one of the less trafficked, yet quintessential parts of Santa Barbara.

Service was pretty slow but breakfast nachos were incredible. Not very spicy at all, which was good. Record player where guests can feel free to play records as they pleased. I put on some Michael Jackson and my son and I danced around a bit. No one seemed to mind. Cinnamon roll was incredible.

Amazing, creative food and kind, efficient staff. Can’t recommend highly enough! Their lemon ricotta pancakes were the best!!!! And those homemade scones... wow! I’d eat there every day if I could!

Food was delicious and the service was really good. Definitely going back when I come to town.