Bella Vista - Santa Barbara

Bella Vista embodies the casual Californian dining experience. Situated just in front of a beautiful lawn (and beach just about 50 yards away), the service is casual yet attentive. A well conceived menu gives diners many options (especially noted for good vegetarian and pescatarian options), and execution is good but not great.

Me and my wife had a wonderful evening at Bella Vista.Nice location,Friendly Stuff and most of all delicious food especially sea food.

Awesome vista, high quality food, kind service, reasonable price, highly recommend!!

Such good food .. more than just sweets n bread .. tortas are amazing.. posole on the weekends!! Great service .. enjoy something authentic

We came up the coast for the day from LA and our final stop was Bella Vista. The restaurant and ambiance is lovely but a bit HUGE. I'm not a serious designer but even my FIDM/ life experience eye could tell you this space could use some breaking up- especially when you feel like you're walking thru a private party (as we did) to get to our table on the patio. Our servers were awkward to say the least. They all seemed like it was their first day serving without someone watching over them. The food was really very good. Thankfully. After we were done it took *forever* to get the check. Then they made mistakes with our tea selections to go. And then, because we hadn't learned, we requested cookies. You guys: DO NOT REQUEST COOKIES. It not only took FOREVER but they were just cookies. For the time it took I couldn't believe they were not HOT AND FRESH. Top it all off with how the valet treated us? I have no reason to return.