10 Best Santa Barbara Restaurants (2017 Version)

Santa Barbara limousine services like ourselves transfer clientele to diners on a daily basis. From restaurants overlooking the sea, and dining rooms in wine tour country, – to the happening pubs of State Street – these are our recommendations for the 10 best dining options on the American Riviera.

10. Bouchon

9 W Victoria Street (website)

9. Toma Restaurant

324 W. Cabrillo Boulevard (website)

8. Black Sheep

26 East Ortega Street (website)

7. The Lark

131 Anacapa St (website)

6. Corazon Cocina

38 W Victoria St (website)

5. Finch & Fork

31 West Carrillo St. (website)

4. Lure Fish House

La Cumbre Plaza, 3815 State Street (website)

Their most famous dish might be the halibut tacos with beans, but the seasonal lobster and abalone are also great picks.

3. Shellfish Company

230 Stearns Wharf (website)

Located on the world-famous wharf, this restaurant is particularly famous for its lobster tacos and clams. Their spiny lobster and crab are also outstanding.

2. Brophy Bros

119 Harbor Way (website)

Fresh seafood with incredible views of the harbor. Local favorites include mussels, oysters, and baked clams. It has won numerous awards, including for best bloody mary in the city.

1. Los Agaves

600 N Milpas Street (website)

Classic favorites include Rellenos, fajitas, and nachos at the city’s best-rated restaurant. A wide selection of shrimp- and seafood dishes are also served. The salmon tacos are another must.

Looking for something different? Combine wine-tasting tours with dining in Los Olivos or Santa Ynez! Alternatively, check out the dining cruises departing from town.

Whether for dates, an outing with the family, or a bigger celebration, all our services are offered with a unique lowest-price-guaranteed.

4 Secrets To Santa Barbara! | Hidden LA

Santa Barbara limo services sure have a blast. We get to cruise up and down the American Riviera, PCH, Solvang, and Montecito on a daily basis. Having served the county for over 20 years, our limousine services know the ins and out of the area. We have also come to know some pretty exciting facts and spots throughout the city.

Hang on as we present some hidden facts you probably did not know of.

1. Scarface House

Few customers renting limos in Santa Barbara know that the actual house of Tony Montana in the best-selling film Scarface is located in Montecito. Popular on cinematic limousine tours, the city has been featured in various big movies. In one film, Batman throws a bomb off of Stearns Wharf, while Barbara Jane’s (Meryl Streep) home in It’s Complicated (2009) can also be seen in town. The movie Sideways (2004) was mostly filmed in the Santa Ynez Valley, located a short drive from the city itself.

2. Romance at Sea

Numerous companies offer romantic cruise tours from the city. Santa Barbara limos have for instance been utilized for couples going on sunset dining cruises, party boats, concert yachts, and similar.

3. Wine Country

Santa Ynez’s vineyards are amongst the most gorgeous in California. Renting a hot air balloon for a date here can be an ideal adventure. Why not try wine-sipping onboard a balloon flying over acres upon acres of rolling green hills?

4. Island Paradise

Just across the channel from the city is where we find Channel Islands National Park, a true treasure of the sea. Visited by planes from Camarillo Airport and by boats, this hidden gem is home to numerous species found nowhere else on Earth. Limousines take clients here for experiencing the great outdoors, camping, hiking, or photographing.

Book your tours of the city today! Your Santa Barbara adventure is closer than you think.

Best Santa Barbara Camping! | Limo and Party Bus Services

Having been providing Santa Barbara limos and party buses for over twenty years, we’ve also transported numerous campers to campgrounds around the county. We are a best-rated limo service that also offers unique wine-tasting tours to vineyards throughout Santa Barbara County and Southern California.

Why not style up your camping trip by adding limousine services? These are our best picks for “Top Campgrounds in Santa Barbara County”!

Beach Camping

Various beaches in and around Santa Barbara offer overnight tent camping. We’ve had clients booking limousines for campouts at Carpinteria-, El Capitan-, Refugio- and Gaviota State Beaches. These beaches are visited by limos and party buses for a variety of different reasons, some come here for surfing, while others come here to do wedding photography.

Carpinteria State Beach might be the most scenic and offers over 240 campgrounds, many of them by the sea. There are also tours available here of the nearby Salt Marsh, a Carpinteria landmark. Gaviota is a sandy cove sheltered by Point Conception, 30 miles west of town, and is famous for its hiking trails.

El Captain and Refugio are relatively close to one another, but our choice would be El Captain, which sits further away from the highway and offers nearly 140 campsites. Beach camping can also be done at Jalama Beach County Park, one of our limousine clients’ favorites. Here you can enjoy pristine coastal areas and wide camping sites. This beach rarely gets daily visitors, so campers mostly get the beach and campground to themselves.

Mountain- & Forest Camping

Aliso Park Campground

Inland Santa Barbara isn’t just home to acres and acres of wine country, but also prime camping grounds, beautiful forests, and surrounding mountains. If you are looking for remoteness, check out Cuyama Valley, maybe the county’s most underrated and secluded region. Here you can camp at Aliso Park Campground in New Cuyama, CA, nestled in an oak forest just below the mountains. There’s also a beautiful year-round creek nearby, abundant wildlife, and numerous hiking trails.

Closer to town, you can get a limousine rental to one of the many campgrounds along Santa Ynez River. Fremont, Sage Hill, Paradise, and Los Prietos are a few miles apart, and best of all, just a 30-minute drive from town! The Santa Ynez wine country is also home to Upper Oso Campground, yet another camp ideal for fishing, hiking, and lake swimming.

For a campground separated from others and with beautiful nearby creeks and hiking trails, see Sage Hill Campground. We’ve had limousine rentals stop by here on numerous occasions, oftentimes prior to or after a wine tour of Santa Ynez.

Lake- & Island Camping

Alternatively, why not venture out to Channel Islands National Park for an overnight island camp? Several of California Channel Islands offers secluded camping, including Santa Rosa-, Santa Cruz- and San Miguel Islands. While Island Packers offers one day trip to San Miguel Island in 2017, there are several overnight tours here in 2017. So why not get a limo to the harbor and cross the channel for an island camping trip?

Why not combine your day in wine country with a campout? Another popular place for camping is by Cachuma Lake, not far from where we do wine tours in the Santa Ynez Valley. Cachuma Lake Recreation Area offers the county’s best lake camping with numerous sites along the lakeside. Two popular nearby camps are Live Oak- and Circle V Ranch Campgrounds by the Santa Ynez River. Alternatively, check out Mono Campground in the wetlands surrounding Gibraltar Reservoir. This camp may not be by a lake but sits along Mono Creek wetlands in the Los Padres National Forest.

Check Also Out: 6 Best Things To Do in Carpinteria, California!

So what are the county’s best camping spots? Well, that all depends on who you ask. For beaching, head south to Carpinteria State Beach or venture north to Jalama Beach County Park. Prefer isolated forest camping? Visit the secluded Aliso Park Campground with spacious sites and a beautiful setting. Rather into lake camping? Your best choice would probably be Cachuma Lake Recreation Area.

For whatever reason you’re searching for a limousine in Santa Barbara, let a limo rental from us get you there in style and safety. Besides traditional stretch limo transportation, we also specialize in local wine tours, city tours, airport transfers, and party bus rentals. A limo service can be used for so much! Whether for a wedding, a big day celebration, or just for a romantic side trip to the campgrounds.