Awesome hidden spot. Rice was fire and great Mexican taste. Prices were in point. It Must be a hidden local spot with what I saw from people coming and going. Its a tasty, price is right spot. read more

Great food I love their pico de gallo. Always been my favorite in Santa Barbara. Highly recommend food without a doubt.

IMO, the best carne asada tacos In town! This is a classic no frills taco joint. Sometimes the gristle can be a little much, but when they're on, they're on. Love their burritos and you can't go wrong whether it's Carnitas, Pollo or Asada. Solid salsas and try the carne asada quesadilla. I've been coming here for over 25 years, each location has the formula on down right. Enjoy! read more

This place is so different they make food their way so it may not be for some people but hey it's their dream their restaurant! I had two of the best vegetarian tacos I have ever had in my life at this place!!! read more

El Citio is a mainstay in Santa Barbara, this one in Montecito is tucked away in a neighborhood. Solid tacos!! Try'em! read more

El Sitio - Mexican Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

This place is a local favorite. The montecito location is on the corner of Salinas and Cacque right by the liquor mart. My friend and I split the chorizo breakfast burrito on a Sunday morning. There wasn't a line and it was prepared fresh to order quickly. It was huge so glad we split it! It comes with refried beans fyi. The flavors were delicious and authentic, my other friend got two carne asada tacos. She also really enjoyed them, had lots of onions and cilantro. Staff was super nice. Clean place, cute patio to enjoy your food. Bathroom available for customers. Parking right in front. Go check it out!! read more

This is a simple, small restaurant at one end of a two-business "strip mall." They have a range of menu selections but mostly they seem to specialize in burritos/tortas and street (soft) tacos. If you want a "typical" Mexican combination, with sides of rice and/or beans you can add them as side orders. For dinner, we tried the Nachos and the Brocheta de Pollo (grilled chicken with bell peppers, onion and mushrooms). VERY good! Next time, I would order an extra set of four warm corn tortillas with the Pollo--they're a perfect match. The Nachos are impressive. It's a large serving--enough for 3-4 people. They use chopped carne asada steak. Then they load-on fresh pico de gallo, cheese, sour cream and lots of sliced avocado. For breakfast, we tried the chorizo, potato and egg burrito. They specifically call-out that they add beans, which is a little unusual for a gringo like me. I figured, "When in Rome . . ." The burrito was good, not great. The beans don't work as well for me and their chorizo is kind of bland. So the next day, we asked for no beans and extra potatoes. To add some creaminess, we got a side order of sour cream. We got the Chorizo burrito again--and the Bacon, potato and egg (more like Canadian bacon). The Bacon burrito had more flavor. That's a keeper for us. They provide salsas and pico de gallo (super-fresh) at a salsa bar. Nice counter staff and a nice little outdoor patio dining area. No indoor seating. read more

Giving it 3 because first off my Asada burrito is all rice. Barely any meat. & my salsa container was legit less than half full & one was open so my burrito fell out the bag before I got inside. read more

El Sitio - Barely any meat. - Mexican Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Great burritos. This is arguably the best el sitio in sb but for some reason has a low review. I recommend the rajas burrito.

My chicken burrito did have much meat in it. Just rice and beans. $14? Eating outside in their patio next to a stinky trash dumpster. Won't be back. read more

Enormous burritos I would've liked half the burrito for half the price. I assemble bean and cheese burrito is $11. Frijoles were average and a little dry. I had a veggie burrito they charged extra for everything. Two dollars extra for cheese, extra for avocado. read more

El Sitio never disappoints They will customize your burrito for you. They are very quick and very nice. read more

Massive delicious chicken burrito, super quick service! Salsa bar is clean and great!

Returned to El Sitio after years of not going there, since last time I saw them kick out a homeless man who was PAID for his food, was clean, and not bothering anyone. Anyways, I stopped by today and got an asada burrito to go, when I got opened the burrito there was a hair literally in the middle of it, I thought that maybe was mine (burrito smelled pretty darn good) and decided to take a bite, then I saw a SECOND hair! I was so disgusted, I opened the entire burrito and found More hair. It made me sick to my stomach, so gross! if they don't cover the hair to cook I can only imagine what else goes on in that kitchen. Sick and disgusted. read more

I only had the carnitas tacos and the green salsa but it was fantastic! Super fast service too.

Best Mexican restaurant in town. They are vegetarian friendly and have some of the best salsa. Check them out.

Great tacos! Recommend el adobado. No frills, but has a nice sunny patio and the price is right.

On the quest to find the best breakfast burrito in SB I made my way into El Sito. The staff is always amazing and the burritos they have are absolutely fantastic. Definitely a contender for best breakfast burrito in SB. I'm excited to head back and try more things on the menu read more

Poor service Messed up my lunch They won't exchange your order No satisfaction guaranteed Was one of my favorites Food was just like service poor:( read more

I Took a chance and tried this place out. It did not go well for me. First of all it was expensive for a hole-in-the-wall place. I had a carnitas burrito. The Carnitas tasted weird and I wound up on the toilet for hours. I will not eat here again. read more

$18.07 for an asada burrito and a can of coke is ridiculous. Barely any meat. Sorry for the bad review but I'm mad about this.

The woman at the front desk was clueless. My family and I ask for burritos with meat about 3 times because she can barely understand english. I had to repeat myself in spanish and she still gets the order wrong! In what right mind do you charge someone 14$ for a burrito of just cheese and rice. The lady also made me ask multiple times for the bathroom key. Bad service + meh food. read more

Hole-in-the-wall Mexican spot. We went to eat here after a hike. Ordered the chicken torta and brocheta de bistek with an agua de Jamaica. Our food was good and the salsa bar was pretty solid read more

This used to be one of our favorite little take-out places pre-COVID. It's just gone downhill on food plus higher prices. Gave it a few tries to be fair but not going back. read more

Stopped in here today for Lunch with friends. I ordered two tacos, one carnitas and one chorizo. Both were very good, and packed with meat and topped with cilantro and onion. The carnitas had the delicious crispy bits that I love. Their sauces were good and had a good amount of heat. The burritos are huge and although I didn't personally try them, my friends were more than pleased. read more

El Sitio - Carnitas, chorizo and a chorizo burrito - Mexican Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

If you enjoy over paying for burritos and eating tastes tasteless starches..this will be your go to. I live around the corner as always try to give this family shop The benefit of the doubt. But the truth is this food fucking sucks. Sorry excuse for anyone trying to reach Mexican food and don't need their call themselves authentic. Horrible anyone who truly enjoys his spot a has never been south of the border and B must have the tongue amputated because I can't take the damn thing every time I've eaten here read more

Holy moly. Grabbed a breakfast burrito after a bike ride. The chorizo wasn't oily, instead chunks of flavor. Potatoes added a nice texture. Red sauce had perfect temp. I am not a huge breakfast burrito fan because they typically ruin my day but that was not the case today . read more

I mean, the breakfast burrito was awful. Over half of it was just beans. It was not cheap. Oh you could taste it was beans. It was just gross. It's too bad. This used to be one of my favorite places to eat breakfast and lunch. read more

A burrito is severely overpriced almost at $13 when all it is just meat, rice and beans. After paying I told them no rice, I'd prefer grilled onion inside my burrito as a substitute and I was told it would cost extra, so I angrily said I wasn't going to pay more for their already overpriced expensive burrito. I was asked if I still didn't want rice and I asked them if it cost less if I get it without rice? They said no, so I told them to keep the rice in my burrito since I was going to be charged for it no matter what. The person after me ordered a burrito and wanted extras but was told it would cost more to which they refused. Moments later a cook asked her if she wanted cheese in it and was told they weren't going to charge her extra...nice to witness double standards. This is why I prefer Mexican street food vendors instead of brick and mortar mom and pop Mexican restaurants that I try to support until they give me expensive shoddy customer service unlike street vendors who give you way more portions, variety of toppings at no extra cost, flavorful delicious food that makes you want to come back for more. read more

Can't go wrong here. Sounds boring but I actually think the chicken quesadilla with onion is pretty standout. The chicken is super peppery - would also recommend just chicken and onion tacos. Burritos are always a big hit too. read more

Solid. It's located in the heart of a very Mexican part of Santa Barbara. Being from Santa Maria, this area reminds me of home. It truly is a hole-in-the-wall kind of place and yes I don't think they speak a whole lot of English but that's ok. It's Mexican food and that's probably more of an encouraging sign if anything. I was very pleased with the tacos, probably as good as you can get in Santa Barbara. Don't expect quality service but you will get quality food. That's way more important for tacos. read more

Had the Adobado Mixto tacos with the pasilla, and the pollo burrito. Not quite Super-Rica (especially the pasilla rajas), but very good. Chicken in the burrito had very good flavor, pork adobada was really nice. Pico de gallo is HOT, the roasted chile and verde salsas were medium-mild but tasty. Place is busy at lunch with tradesmen getting to-go orders. Very few gringos here, a good sign. Takes a few minutes to get the food, but it's fresh and hot! Yeah, some of the help does not speak English. But look where you are, this is the Latino side of town. Use your Spanglish and figure it out. There are only 6 plastic tables, 3 inside and 3 outside, this is a true hole in the wall that does mostly take-out. Cash-n-carry. Calling in a to-go order? Ain't gonna happen. Why is this location so hard to find in a Yelp search? I always seem to get the de la Vina store when I search on my phone. read more

El Sitio - Adobado Mixto tacos (tortillas in foil) - Mexican Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Got lunch here today. Always passed this place but decided to stop off and check it out. Nice simple menu with quite a lot of spice in their salsas. No chips unfortunately but there were roasted jalapeños to go with the chicken breast, carnitas and the bistek read more

Good food. The red and green sauces rock. The red sauce is smokier and hotter, the green tomatillo sauce is really smooth and has good heat. The salsa fresca (pico de gallo). Small with some indoor seating and reasonable outdoor seating/patio. This is another good go-to spot. read more

Good food any typically not crowded, great weekend alternative. HOWEVER, they have the worst to-go packaging in the city and your meal with break through your bag within five minutes of leaving the restaurant. Hadn't been in a while, and totally forgot it. Luckily the container landed on the ground in one piece and not breaking apart. NOTE TO MANAGEMENT: REALLY????? YOU CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THIS? read more

It's all about the food. Order at the register and pick up your food when they call your number. It's prob not quite as "gourmet" as some of the competition and definitely not fancy, but the food is very very tasty. I think they have settled into a COVID groove of food to go, even if you eat it there. They have several locations throughout southern SB county and every one of them are always consistently good. I've tried many of their dishes and all of them are good- definitely hard to go wrong. read more

The most wretched excuse for Mexican food I have ever eaten. They literally have their burritos pre made and reheated on the griddle. Which explains why our 3 carne asada burritos were served to us in under 2 minutes. The sour cream was spoiled, the meat was green, the beans were dog food grade and rice was cold inside. Headed to the ER to get my stomach pumped. Never eating there again. They've just lost over 20 customers from my company alone today. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! =/ read more

It's a dirty dive that smells. If that's your thing, then you'd love it. There are definitely better mexican food restaurants in town. I've been here probably a dozen times out of convenience. It's ok at best. Better if you can take the food to go. Unimpressive. read more

Really disappointed with there service on Salinas street payed 28 bucks for 2 burritos we ordered sour cream and avocado we got mushy avocado and and asked for the burritos to be cut in half and they weren't and they took forever will never return tot that restaurant again read more

Another El Sitio location. Just as good ! read more

El Sitio - Salinas St. El Sitio - Mexican Near Me - Santa Barbara, California